iisan7

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by iisan7 10mo ago
I appreciated the parallels in this idea to the concept of wu wei (無為), or achieving by doing nothing. The idea appears in writing attributed to Confucius and Lao Zi, that regarding political leadership, the best leaders can order their gro
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by iisan7 11mo ago
It paid off for PARC, iirc the laser printer justified lots of other things that Xerox didn't profit from but turned out to be incredibly important.
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by iisan7 1y ago
Except for one thing ... Schools tend not to fail many people. When an entire cohort has a different level of ability, standards adjust. Possibly some proctored, standardized exams might be more comparable over time. I have read that, contr
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by iisan7 1y ago
Readers should be dubious of her moral authority on this issue. When given influence, her advocacy of the war on Libya resulted in endemic violence and showed that she was as misguided as anyone else in American politics when it comes to in
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by iisan7 1y ago
I think it's still brave to attempt a mission with significant chance of failure that risks resources, careers, and reputation. And had it been a _manned_ mission to Venus, the adjective that comes to mind is not brave but pointless, f
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by iisan7 1y ago
my understanding/recollection is that it was necessary for surveillance to note when decedents had COVID; it was listed as a (contributing or underlying, not sure of the jargon) cause, and so depending on how you cut the data you could
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by iisan7 1y ago
Would be great to have the option to input a major city and have it in a lookup table instead of requiring gps to be on and additional permissions.
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by iisan7 1y ago
VDQI explains why chartjunk is bad, and if it reduces the amount of chartjunk in the world, that is good. Many maintain a soft spot for VDQI probably because it's their first a-ha moment in terms of appreciating graphic communication.
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by iisan7 1y ago
Unlike Pascal's Wager, those who take Kerrick's Wager (and it seems a good one) each contribute minutely to the probability of the outcome under consideration.
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Reflections on the origins of Altair Basic (with source code)(gatesnotes.com)
4 points by iisan7 1y ago|2 comments
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by iisan7 1y ago
straight to the source code: https://images.gatesnotes.com/12514eb8-7b51-008e-41a9-512542...
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by iisan7 2y ago
and the music! I remember saving snippets of the music that were posted online well before the soundtrack was available (and taping some of the background music). Great stuff, capitalizing on the San Francisco music scene. Great wikipedia p
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by iisan7 2y ago
True if the process of selection favors projects that produce the greatest social value, which is far from certain. Specifically in the case of projects with significant environmental impacts, I suspect you are right -- because Earth doesn&
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by iisan7 2y ago
I generally agree that the government often hamstrings itself. But consider also that you can't terminate state employees easily, and their benefits packages often cost more than 100% of their salary. The salary itself and the working
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by iisan7 2y ago
I would argue it continues to be elusive, because it's hidden from plain view. For example byzantine ruins are often not restored, and not in demand by tourists. They are often removed to get to the classical bones beneath, or restored
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by iisan7 2y ago
Also "Jmmortel" in the following sentence (unless that J character was chosen for stylistic reasons).
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by iisan7 2y ago
Right, my language was sloppy but I meant two things-- the quality will still be dependent on the hardware chain, and I should expect that a 'bit perfect' capture of a VHS tape will usually be inferior to one captured from a vinta
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by iisan7 2y ago
No, I'm thinking of proprietary hardware or software in the decks that perform tbc, noise reduction, filtering of artifacts, etc. If given a choice of a perfect copy of a spotty VHS and all the virtualdub and avisynth filters, or the m
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by iisan7 2y ago
Best at capture/preservation, but only theoretically best at playback someday. Currently the best software processing algorithms are imo not on par with video playback quality from the best hardware of the era, especially for damaged t
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by iisan7 2y ago
no problem -- it was just a throwaway comment to the effect that "Phenibut" in reference to the other drug mentioned the parent comment sounded much more like a gay D&D centaur to my ear.
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by iisan7 3y ago
You had "Phenibut" right there and you went with Promethazine?
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by iisan7 3y ago
It's the English long s. I'm not aware of any OCR that recognizes it. Distinct from the letter F by it's lack of a horizontal bar.
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by iisan7 3y ago
I think you're implying there is a supply problem but I think it's a demand problem. I could go to a cafe right now. But when I get there, there's going to be mainly (1) people waiting for orders to go (2) people working on l
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by iisan7 3y ago
And couch surfing, which OED found a citation for from 1987. Still, applying it in a new context is worth something.
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by iisan7 3y ago
I agree that lawyers shouldn't fix coffee machines, their time is certainly more valuable. But they should know how, in a pinch. Flexible, adaptable analog thinking is an important human trait. I'm reminded of a related quote by H
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by iisan7 3y ago
I heard they did it for $3.50
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by iisan7 3y ago
As I was watching it, I was thinking that if I were responsible for planning the scripts, I would have been kicking myself for not recording one for an ambiguous circumstance, or incomplete success. As it was it was a little disjointed.
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by iisan7 3y ago
(Otherwise known as pathological lies). To do as the saying says, and "know thyself" is difficult. People are prone to be overly harsh or generous when evaluating themselves.
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by iisan7 3y ago
well, if some of the reasoning in this thread is correct, maybe you need to take off your clothes to prevent yourself getting angry!
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by iisan7 3y ago
good points. driver advisory ("possible slowdown/disabled vehicle ahead") or closed systems (cargo road trains) make a lot of sense.

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