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by jussij 3y ago
That falling on the face is irrelevant, as it's just a byproduct of some pre-determined programming that is not learned. Surely if this was a learned experience the deer after failing on its face would quickly learn it's best to n
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by jussij 3y ago
Yet without any external inputs, the deer will eventually learn to walk by itself, suggesting some kind of internal hardwiring.
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by jussij 3y ago
> trying to dethrone the U.S. dollar or replacing it in the global system with the renminbi Obviously, this will never happen. The reason the USD is so popular is because it is a stable and fungible currency. Those are the exact opposite
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by jussij 3y ago
> At current rates it will pay itself off in 9 years One thing to consider, over that period of time, electricity tariffs will most likely go up, meaning that R.O.I. will end up being less than 9 years.
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by jussij 3y ago
In 1983 Turbo Pascal sold for about $50.00 meaning some 40 years later that price would be equivalent to about $250.00 given an inflation figure at about 3.5% per annum. By comparison, a very expensive IBM PC shipped with a free version of
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by jussij 3y ago
And why do Australians think governments should build power distribution systems? Why can't we leave that up to private enterprise? And why do Australians think governments should fund the building and upkeep of federal highways? Why c
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by jussij 3y ago
In 2023, Australian full battery electric vehicles made up 7.2 per cent of all new vehicles sold, compared with 3.1 per cent in 2022. That is despite a decade of EV denial by one particular side of Australia government, meaning EV re-chargi
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by jussij 3y ago
Back in 1856 Eunice Newton Foote, created an experiment showing CO2 traps heat from sunlight, by putting jars containing varying degrees of CO2 in direct sunlight. What she wrote in her paper describing that experiment was the heat rise hap
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by jussij 3y ago
Back then BRIEF was also an amazing development environment. Now it was not so much an IDE and more of a programming editor, but it was still amazingly good for software development.
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by jussij 3y ago
Firstly, while total debt might have quadrupled, in that time the size of the economy has also grown, and that means the debt has become easier to finance. Debt sits at about 130% of GDP, and was about 68% of GDP back in 2008, meaning when
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by jussij 3y ago
High debt with high growth is still much better than high debt with low growth. And Trump record on handling debt issue is no better than Biden. Trump added $USD 7.8 trillion to the debt during his term in office, whereas Biden's has a
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by jussij 3y ago
What you're describing is a fairly universal phenomena found in many developed economics around the world. Over the last decade or more many countries have seen a hollowing out of their middle class, with stagnant wages growth and rapi
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by jussij 3y ago
The predictions of a 'soft landing' being required have turned out to be false, as the USA economy has shown remarkable strength. Compared to the rest of the world the USA economy is booming, with high GDP growth, high employment
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by jussij 3y ago
So, which one of those five options is the simple download?
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by jussij 3y ago
It's very difficult for any major institution to not have problems similar to this, as there will always be individuals in positions of power who take it upon themselves to make decisions that can be construed as corrupt. However, the
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by jussij 3y ago
Do you have any examples of how the FDA is starting to put corporate interest ahead of public interest?
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by jussij 3y ago
There D wiki has this list: https://wiki.dlang.org/IDEs
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by jussij 3y ago
I think one of the side effects of Open Source has been the devaluation of source code. Many decades ago, Microsoft destroyed the IBM PC by licensing their source code to other hardware manufacturers. Not only did that destroyed the power o
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by jussij 3y ago
Ok, I think I understand but correct me if I'm wrong. Normally that return URL would be hidden from view, as it would live in configuration detail found inside of the Microsoft system, attached to the client_id. However, Harvest weaken
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by jussij 3y ago
Can someone with OAuth expertise explain this issue in a few more details, as I've read the blog a few times, but still don't understand the actual vulnerability. From my very limited OAuth knowledge isn't this how it works:
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by jussij 3y ago
Back in those days software came in a box and the box contained the media for the software and at least one book, which was the user manual. Some software included multiple numbers of books, covering different topics. But these were real bo
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by jussij 3y ago
These days, Windows Defender has a habit of declaring almost any executable a virus. I can compile a simple 'hello world' C++ code using the Microsoft C++ compiler and the resulting executable is immediately quarantined by Windows
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by jussij 3y ago
> Companies like Intuit have lobbied an industry into existence, and boy oh boy it's lucrative. Nearly every public facing industry lobbies Congress to protect their industries at the expense of the USA citizen. One of the worst off
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by jussij 3y ago
LSP refers to the Language Server Protocol, a standardized protocol designed to provide real time source code information for a given code base; tree-sitter is parser design to create a real time syntax tree for a given source file. No doub
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by jussij 3y ago
A common saying amongst rich family dynasties is 'The first generation builds the business, the second makes it a success, and the third wrecks it'. Elon seems to be trying hard to break that rule, as he seems to be working to ach
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by jussij 3y ago
Dumb mobile phones still have SMS, so 2FA still works and since it is a telephone, talking to friends and family is also possible. I suspect the reasons the OP gave up on the smart phone was to get away from all of those phone apps.
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by jussij 3y ago
This column found on that page indicates inflation has gone down: Un-adjusted 12-mos. ended Jun. 2023 3.0% I'm pretty sure the last reported USA annual inflation figure was 4%.
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by jussij 3y ago
The page says the monthly USA CPI came in at 0.2% which is quite low as if that trend continues, it will equate to a 2.4% annual inflation number. The 'Shelter up' in the comment refers to this statement found in the report: The
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by jussij 3y ago
There are problems with recycling in general. For example, the overuse of plastics, with no sensible recycling plan means we have plastic garbage patch twice the size of Texas floating around in the Pacific Ocean. These problems are general
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by jussij 3y ago
Nuclear power plants seem to take a long time to get right, which means they end up being very expensive. As an example, consider the new Olkiluoto-3 nuclear plant built in Finland. That reactor was commission just a few months ago, but its

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