spiffistan

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by spiffistan 3mo ago
You can make that silly argument to justify almost any government overreach
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by spiffistan 4mo ago
These seem mostly like Claudeisms. I feel each model (and even generation) has their own set of these isms.
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by spiffistan 4mo ago
This is probably the natural conclusion but it will take some time to get there
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Energetically Modified Cement(en.wikipedia.org)
5 points by spiffistan 11mo ago|0 comments
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by spiffistan 2y ago
Incidentally GSM-R problems led to a nationwide train service shutdown in Norway on December 25. Related?
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by spiffistan 2y ago
twitter 2.0
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by spiffistan 2y ago
You're right, my bad
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by spiffistan 2y ago
There was a controversy when Go came out about the naming due to another language also being called Go, and the top voted alternative name was Plan9, and as an homage they may have used that internally instead.
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by spiffistan 3y ago
A coating for projectiles to be able to withstand the heat from laser weapons would be one with possibly significant impact, given recent announcements.
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by spiffistan 3y ago
It probably does work for certain kinds of software, but groundbreaking research breakthroughs not so much.
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by spiffistan 3y ago
Twitter has been rebranded as 'X'. Elon has the domain x.com and I suppose he wants to use it
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by spiffistan 3y ago
That's one of the most jargon-dense sentences I've ever read
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Mount of Piety(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by spiffistan 3y ago|0 comments
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by spiffistan 4y ago
Was about to say this. Kudos to them for actually conveying the information! They seem to have learned that what they're (partially) in the business of selling is long term trust.
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by spiffistan 4y ago
Considering continental drift is about 2.5cm per year (or one inch)...about 50km from where it is today.
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by spiffistan 4y ago
But SF is also very chilly for California so it really helps with the perception of humidity.
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by spiffistan 4y ago
This is the reason. Institutional investors (which hold the lions share) are more wary of stocks with astronomical P/E ratios when the macroeconomical forecasts are what they are today. Expect the bloodbath to continue until there is a
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by spiffistan 4y ago
There's very little relative trading volume on the price slope below 165-150 here, I wouldn't be surprised to see a fall to 95 and down to 30-50 in the medium term, and a cap of "only" about $100-150bn.
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by spiffistan 4y ago
Well, I'd like it to be a standard size I could stack. Maybe I'm just nostalgic but I pine for the days where I had a shelf full of self-burnt CD's. Shame they're so prone to bit rot.
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by spiffistan 4y ago
I've been thinking that there oughta be a human-sized cartridge for data in general. Current SD-cards are flimsy, and it's just getting worse. The Minidisc/Gameboy cartridge/MiniCD form factor was something that was tang
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Lawson Criterion for Fusion Energy(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by spiffistan 4y ago|0 comments
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Twitter bans popular flight tracking service ADS-B Exchange(twitter.com)
56 points by spiffistan 4y ago|2 comments
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The Count of St. Germain(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by spiffistan 4y ago|0 comments
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by spiffistan 4y ago
The fallout from that scenario being discovered alone would make it absolutely not worth it, so I leave that for the conspiracy bin.
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by spiffistan 4y ago
I've been dreaming of a book decompiler that would some newfangled AI/ML to produce a perfectly typeset copy of an older book; in the same font or similar, recognizing multiple languages and scripts within the work.
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Strong Link/Weak Link(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by spiffistan 4y ago|0 comments
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by spiffistan 4y ago
Also rather interesting that Vladimir Putin is thought to have been involved as the RAF handler, if those sources are veritable.
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Linear Elamite(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by spiffistan 4y ago|0 comments
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by spiffistan 5y ago
How is the ventilation and air quality? I work in a passive house in and we're experiencing significant issues with the indoor air quality when the building HVAC turns low.
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by spiffistan 5y ago
Not when what you write (compromises) literally mean something radically different. That’s not syntax.

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