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by ptha 3y ago
That's a slightly extreme route planning optimisation, but reminded me of UPS removing left turns (in Right Hand Side driving countries like US) from their route planning to save fuel, lives, C02 emissions [1] [1] https://
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by ptha 3y ago
Apparently the Perseverance Mars Rover has some self-driving capability: With the help of special 3D glasses, rover drivers on Earth plan routes with specific stops, but increasingly allow the rover to "take the wheel" and choose
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by ptha 4y ago
I'm sure you already know: Kim Kardashian will pay a fine of $1.26 million for not disclosing to her Instagram followers that she was financially compensated for promoting EthereumMax https://www.forbes.com/sites&#x2F
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by ptha 4y ago
Desalination is not without problems, producing 1 to 1.5 times the amount of brine (compared to fresh water) being one of them. How to dispose/use this brine. There are some options: https://news.mit.edu/2019/brine
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by ptha 4y ago
You're probably already aware, there is evidence that Beethoven was not completely deaf. According to a leading Beethoven expert, the composer still had hearing in his left ear until shortly before his death in 1827. “Not only was Bee
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by ptha 4y ago
I remember playing a version of this on the (386?) PC. Bashing the various keys did not go down well with my dad. https://www.freegameempire.com/games/Summer-Games
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by ptha 4y ago
Just an example, I had the non-deterministic case using JAXB to generate java classes from XSD Schema files. Running an ANT jaxb task to generate the classes from the same schema files would generate different class files each time. The cla
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by ptha 4y ago
From the article: In 2005, Andrew tried to reverse-engineer the BitKeeper networking protocols in order to create a free software alternative. If it hadn't been him, it would've been someone else—it was only a matter of time. Lar
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by ptha 4y ago
Yes it would be nice to get a some comparison of fidelity, range etc. It mentions high-quality sound. But it does seem more efficient than traditional speaker designs. From the article: They tested their thin-film loudspeaker by mounting
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by ptha 4y ago
I remember reading him many moons ago in the Improper Bostonian. Here's a bit about how he got his start writing about cars. https://www.motortrend.com/features/ezra-dyer/
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by ptha 4y ago
Unfortunately, there are all sorts of ways to phish links. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing#Link_manipulation The link may look similar or even appear identical, and still be under control of the scammer. Similar
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by ptha 5y ago
Yes, I believe he did multiple RH podcast episodes on this. He has also released a book: "The Bomber Mafia: A Story Set in War". [1] I think the first I heard of the Tokyo firebombing during WWII was in the Errol Morris documentar
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by ptha 5y ago
From the article: That makes Starship, which conducted a successful flight to the edge of space last year, especially threatening to the contractors and their allies in Congress. So far Starship has flown to 12.5 km [1], which seems to be
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by ptha 5y ago
The Irish elk, now extinct, was quite an impressive sight, with antlers wider that it was tall. The Irish elk stood about 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in) tall at the shoulders and carried the largest antlers of any known deer, a maximum of 3.65 m (12.0
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by ptha 5y ago
I'm reminded of Louis Slotin experimenting with the "Demon" core. The core was surrounded by 2 half spheres of beryllium. The core would go critical if the 2 spheres were not separated from each other. The standard proto
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by ptha 5y ago
I wasn't aware of the name of this. But often during code review have asked why some code is being removed, and asked the developer why that code was there in the first place. Some googling found this article on the origin of the phras
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by ptha 5y ago
Apparently Tesla was: founded (as Tesla Motors) on July 1, 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning in San Carlos, California. It gets a bit more complicated however: Ian Wright was the third employee, joining a few months later. The
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by ptha 5y ago
You mention JIT, and lead times greater than a year. Are these 2 things not at odds with each other? Are you saying the vulnerable JIT supply chain when interrupted led to hoarding? The hoarding causing lead times of up to year which is wh
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by ptha 5y ago
Great articles, it seems that most (not just French) wines are produced by grafting wines onto a phylloxera (insects that feed on the vines) resistant rootstock. From the gizmodo article: It's hard to compare modern wine, which is all
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by ptha 5y ago
Apparently the CIA also got in on the action, producing a fake sex tape of Sukarno, in order to kick off a revolution (to oust Sukarno). More details here (along with the KBG story): https://medium.com/war-is-boring/the
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by ptha 5y ago
Agreed, not being snarky, but isn't that what the "R" is in the (R)emote (C)ode (E)xecution is - The ability to trigger arbitrary code execution over a network (especially via a wide-area network such as the Internet) http
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by ptha 5y ago
It seems that putting the test near the nest was done deliberately: Cognition is challenging to assess in wild animals because testing paradigms often require individuals living under similar conditions to be tested repeatedly. Administeri
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by ptha 5y ago
A little perspective from the other side, why screws aren't aligned in watchmaking: Is it possible to machine a screw, tap the threads, and control the depth of the countersink so as to produce perfectly aligned slots? It is, and it&#
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by ptha 5y ago
It's powered batteries, from the article: At the back of the robot are two titanium spheres—each somewhere between the size of a yoga ball and a beach ball—filled with batteries that power a year of continuous operation. It also has
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by ptha 5y ago
The vaccine was never touted as being 100% effective. For Pfizer the (Lancet study) efficacy numbers ranged from 88-93%, the first month after full vaccination. After 4 months the effectiveness waned to 47-67% (depending on the variant). So
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by ptha 5y ago
Just a link skipping to the gear change: https://youtu.be/MQe0fLEQ2jY?t=165
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by ptha 5y ago
I'm guessing it's being called extraordinary, because the godwits are flapping continually rather than gliding to take a break, from article: Unlike albatross or other long-flying seabirds, godwits are active flyers, not gliders—
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by ptha 5y ago
I assume you mean that the Windows API (standard for Windows apps) is case insensitive, but if using the WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) it's possible to get case sensitivity: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win
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by ptha 5y ago
I've had issues when moving between Window/*nix file systems, where Windows file names are case insensitive and *nix systems are case sensitive. Build script works fine locally on Windows, but then chokes in *nix test server, as i
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by ptha 5y ago
I'm from Ireland, and it was required for me to get a mortgage in order to buy an apartment. It's basically mortgage protection insurance - This is a particular type of life assurance taken out for the term of the mortgage and de

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