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by staplung 4d ago
It's still in ruby, although I see the new GUI is in swift: https://github.com/homebrew Rewriting a program in Rust (specifically) really only makes sense for a few reasons: 1) the existing implementation is in an unsa
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Helion Moves Fusion Goalposts(axios.com)
11 points by staplung 6d ago|1 comments
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by staplung 8d ago
That file doesn't seem like it would work for a number of reasons. The gear with integrated hour hand wouldn't be able to rotate in the space that it's mounted. In order to tell the time against the ring, the hand would need
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by staplung 14d ago
Is it just me or does the dark blob in the center of the decagon look like a Mandelbrot set? The resemblance appears more acute in the images lower down in the article.
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by staplung 1mo ago
Partial summary: -ESP32 based device that tries to detect bluetooth/MAC addresses of flock cameras and beeps when it does - a Stingray detector that runs on a second-hand mobile hotspot - a device that alerts you about things that are
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by staplung 1mo ago
Clocks like this are fun. I coded one but couldn’t decide how to handle the corner cases where the sun rises but does not set (and vice versa). You also have to decide if you’re showing the time that the sun rose today or if it should be to
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What happens when you put AI to work deciphering lost languages?(theconversation.com)
3 points by staplung 2mo ago|0 comments
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by staplung 2mo ago
The cast I was watching said that during the flip and boost-back the booster is pulling 11 Gs. That's a pretty hard hitting water-hammer for sure.
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by staplung 2mo ago
Summary: almost, but not quite entirely successful. Launch successful. Booster separation and boost back burn looked good. Booster failed to relight some of its engines and hit the water hard. Successfully deployed the 20 starlink satellite
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by staplung 3mo ago
I'm not sure I understand why even a truly obscure programming language article should ever be deleted; it's not like Wikipedia is running low on paper. If Odin ceased all development tomorrow it would be good to have some recor
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by staplung 3mo ago
Tom Scott did a video a few years ago about New Zealand's attempt to eliminate rats by 2050. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcp1BfPUeOc The program is actually called "Predator Free 2050" and also aims to el
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Trump admin tries to block Clean Air Act lawsuit over xAI's gas turbines(arstechnica.com)
11 points by staplung 3mo ago|0 comments
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by staplung 4mo ago
Ha! This set it designed to take 114 years to construct and for maximum verisimilitude, Lego will run over your foot with a Lego tram after only a few decades of trying to build it.
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by staplung 4mo ago
Oh, cool! I couldn't remember which way Marimo did it so just checked the homepage. The gif there still seems to show it the old way, just FYI. Anyway, keep up the awesome work! I haven't used Jupyter at all since I started runnin
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by staplung 4mo ago
Reminds me of one of the more brilliant passages in Snow Crash , describing work in "Fed Land"... ''' Y.T's mom pulls up the new memo, checks the time, and starts reading it. The estimated reading time is 15.6
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by staplung 4mo ago
Pluto is great. I use it all the time. If you like the reactivity/reproducibility but are wedded to Python, you might want to check out Marimo, which is also great. [ https://marimo.io/ ] It too puts the output of a cell
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by staplung 4mo ago
The headline is perhaps overstating things a bit but they do discuss how this is different than e.g. rivulets ''' This technology is fundamentally different from the “rivulet (shark skin) process,” which is known as a typical
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by staplung 4mo ago
I wonder what's holding them back from attempting to land...on land (as opposed to another splashdown in the ocean). They must have their reasons but there have got to be engineers dying to get their hands on a returned vehicle to see
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by staplung 4mo ago
Allen Downey (author of the above) has a number of books on computer science-y things. You can buy hardcopies but I think all of them are also just freely available. Here's a few: Think Complexity https://github.com/A
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by staplung 4mo ago
I and the public know What all schoolchildren learn Those to whom evil is done Do evil in return. W.H. Auden
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by staplung 4mo ago
Have you tried Fresh? Has everything you listed and more https://getfresh.dev/
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by staplung 5mo ago
They said that Cobra would never acquire the pieces of the Weather Dominator. Now we’re doomed!
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by staplung 5mo ago
Per Dave Barry "The plug on this device represents the latest thinking of the electrical industry's Plug Mutation Group, which, in a continuing effort to prevent consumers from causing hazardous electrical current to flow through
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A Falcon 9 rocket will hit the Moon this summer at 7x the speed of sound(arstechnica.com)
1 points by staplung 5mo ago|5 comments
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Sub two-hour marathon record broken(espn.com)
4 points by staplung 5mo ago|0 comments
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by staplung 5mo ago
Sadly, the article says nothing about how old the fragment is or how it compares to other early copies of the Iliad. Somewhat amazingly, the earliest complete copy of the Iliad is from around 950 C.E. https://en.wikipedia.org&#
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by staplung 5mo ago
Intro code snippet has two buttons ("+" and "-") in an HStack. Expected them to be arranged horizontally but in the accompanying screenshot they're stacked vertically. Is that intentional?
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by staplung 5mo ago
The failure of the upper stage is a bummer. If it triggers a months-long review, that will almost certainly bump back the schedule for the prototype Blue Moon lander launch.
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by staplung 5mo ago
Honest question: how do you track stars during daylight? Is it the case that at the operational altitude of the B-52, bright stars are always visible?
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by staplung 5mo ago
What if I like magenta? Or brown?

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