scionthefly

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by scionthefly 2y ago
That's why I'm upgrading myself off of AT&T and on to a modern provider.
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by scionthefly 2y ago
I miss having a quick toggle to turn GPS on and off. It was on some of my early smartphones. Now I have to dig into the location menu...
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by scionthefly 2y ago
This is version 1.0. CERN education has a great track record of native language activities and will no doubt expand to other languages assuming this course is successful and useful.
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by scionthefly 2y ago
With a big friendly cover and the words "Don't Panic!"
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by scionthefly 2y ago
My grandfather referred to it as "stinky foot cheese". I still covered my spaghetti with it...he did not. lol
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by scionthefly 2y ago
I have a physical copy of your documentary, which I finally decided to buy probably a few months after it was no longer for sale (thank you ebay). It is a memory trip for me and I learn something new every rewatch. The BBS scene in the late
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by scionthefly 2y ago
The NASA weekly movie selection for the ISS is the classic 1997 film "Event Horizon". Astronauts: 8O
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by scionthefly 2y ago
I know I've found my people when I remember the same relatively obscure video about a relatively specific repair of a long forgotten (by most) device.
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by scionthefly 2y ago
Fermilab operated the Tevatron until the LHC was online. They then pivoted to emphasize neutrino research, which is perfectly doable with the linac and the main injector ring. There is a lot to learn about neutrinos. I certainly do not fore
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by scionthefly 2y ago
Kind of makes me want to hook a multi-mode decoding radio to the output of a high efficiency (lol) neutrino detector to see if any of those extrasolar neutrinos are just interstellar packet radio...
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by scionthefly 2y ago
I bought an Extech CO210 CO2/Temp/Humidity datalogger about ten years ago. It's been a very useful, reliable device. Maybe there are newer models or different manufacturers (e.g. the Aranet 4) that make ones that would work f
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by scionthefly 2y ago
I am 34,583 years old.
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by scionthefly 2y ago
The only competition it would have would be a Microline ML184.
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by scionthefly 3y ago
So if anyone attacks Ikea now, I'm honor bound to go to war.
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by scionthefly 3y ago
Only humans have real names. I'm a figment of the computer's imagination.
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by scionthefly 3y ago
Okay...I think this might be interesting. I've seen and read a lot of "math for dumb physicists" works, which as a physicist...yeah, I see their point. This could help me understand the math wizards a little better.
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by scionthefly 3y ago
Somewhere I still have the StarOffice CD/s that I received (bought?) when it was a SUN microsystems product in the...maybe very early 2000s. And now I use LibreOffice...so, fairly successful software.
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by scionthefly 3y ago
Anvils on eggs until you have an orbit boosting burn.
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by scionthefly 3y ago
Does this analysis also consider the wide ranging massive impact of fentanyl and similar drugs that have skyrocketed drug overdose problems in all communities in the past five years?
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by scionthefly 3y ago
Searching for the site of the time capsule on Google Maps makes me wonder -- has anyone created an archive of time capsule locations? I can think of at least three or four at my university alone, and a couple more in the surrounding communi
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by scionthefly 3y ago
They're about the same age as me, and they're aging better than I am.
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by scionthefly 3y ago
If I had a nose large enough for a bunch of bees to fly up and sting, I would be very interested in avoiding bees too.
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by scionthefly 3y ago
Theoretical warp physics -- the real kind, like Alcubierre, not the Wesley Crusher kind -- proposes that a source of negative mass would be critical to the creation of a warp field. Antimatter as part of an energy storage system for propuls
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by scionthefly 3y ago
So, it's both an effective entry point for beginners, and powerful enough to be a utility language for experienced programmers.
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by scionthefly 3y ago
When it's an option, fly Lufthansa. At least in their transatlantic flights, the food was excellent even though I was in cramped economy class. As I recall I had a type of beef stew, potatoes and carrots, salad, bread rolls, butter, an
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by scionthefly 3y ago
We gave high school kids some time for self-directed activities, like go see teachers for help, make up work, get a snack, hang out with friends if you have your work done. We had kids standing around looking confused. They didn't know
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by scionthefly 4y ago
There has been a trend of using PCB to make rulers for a long time. It's cheap, you can customize the message/graphics, it looks techy, and people love to collect them. I have a Digirule and a Digirule 2a. They scratch many itches
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by scionthefly 4y ago
Surprising -- until you look at what they eat. Rural people often eat /food/. They may eat too much, with too many calories and too much fat, but it is food. Eggs, bacon, pancakes, sausage, gravy, steak, potatoes, corn, beans (gee
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by scionthefly 4y ago
After a recent devastating family tragedy, a friend reached out and said "we are paying a lawn service to mow for you." It was unexpected, related to something I had posted about trying to fix our riding lawnmower, and honestly to
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by scionthefly 4y ago
My concern is that a large portion of the population who has traditionally used RPi for projects will have pivoted away to another platform by the time they are available again. I'd like one so I can use it for Mathematica. Running it

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