studius

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by studius 6y ago
How many died? The elapsed calendar time from the birth of the first human to when an electronic drink blender was first invented was much longer, but I wouldn't say that was more effort and sacrifice than getting to the moon. Do you k
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by studius 6y ago
I'm all for healthcare, but, on topic, it'd make even more sense to find replacements one-at-a-time for all of the products we use daily that are made up in part by crude oil. Most plastics, many foods, many skin products, etc. al
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by studius 6y ago
I'd seen a gas pump with 100UL before, years ago, otherwise I would've had an even more difficult time interpreting it.
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by studius 6y ago
I see no argument as to why going to the moon was easier. That sort of title diminishes the sacrifices and accomplishments involved with going to the moon.
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by studius 6y ago
"You’ll track support for each party in each sector, moving wooden markers up and down the numerical tracks." Unclear if this is discrete or indiscrete. "Different sectors have different point spreads, reflecting their import
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by studius 6y ago
Analog data is data that is represented in a physical way. Is the game not physical?
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by studius 6y ago
> He said he transferred it to his personal Dropbox cloud account to use later on his personal computer. Some companies don't draw the line between personal and work computers. Most schools, colleges, and universities expect student
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by studius 6y ago
I for one was glad to see it was about a board game instead of a short sci-fi story or an interview with the Prime Minister about their old pacemaker. Not that those wouldn't have been interesting, but I wasn't expecting a board g
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by studius 6y ago
Open-source and free software licenses don't imply that the source must remain served on some site, and it doesn't imply that the license for the code cannot change for future versions of that code necessarily - as it depends on
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by studius 6y ago
> it’s not about me, but about ways to improve the code This is true for me, but I also would admit that it's not all altruistic. Specifically, I will report problems that may be rare for others and unlikely to be reproducible by th
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by studius 6y ago
Touting as 100 LOC using only stdlib: * may show that Ruby can do a lot on its own. * may show that a developer doesn't have to depend on another gem just to get the job done. The Ruby stdlib is powerful, and depending on another gem c
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by studius 6y ago
It looks like it forwards TCP. Forwarding UDP would be useful also.
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by studius 6y ago
Without even any AI or ML: * Average counts of emojis, messages, acronyms, etc. could be misused by a human reader to determine things like age, religion, or ethnicity. If we frequently use poop emojis, we could be considered immature. If w
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by studius 6y ago
> It doesn’t say that the global administrator does not have access to the message content. Slack also allows administrators to view deleted content, etc. Slack used to let users see who those admins were in certain places; if that'
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by studius 6y ago
> I have never needed an SD card I need to use SD cards for my camera and RPis. That's a significant amount of users that would buy Macs, even if you don't use them. > and have gone all-in on USB-C The move to Thunderbolt 3
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by studius 6y ago
How would you approach setting up and maintaining the following nano-aquascape, with an outcome similar to the Walstad method[1][2]: * freshwater 11.3L natural tank, ranging 9.5L - 11L through evaporation * no powered filtration, aeration,
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by studius 6y ago
Ok- so... when I don't wash the aquafaba off of the beans in cooking, I get- let's say- "bloated". I can only imagine eating these could result in a rough approximation of the decibel level of the Dragon taking off from
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by studius 6y ago
I've already been projecting at the side, so I'm planning on building my body, and I'm applying to HN with my strong hands.
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by studius 6y ago
While Apple isn't right on everything, they are a business, and they have the responsibility to decide what they will provide and what they won't. If they can't change X because it will screw over critical application group Y
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by studius 6y ago
> Free users don't care if you tell them to fuck off. You don't have to and shouldn't respond in any specific time period. Even if you're the sole maintainer of a critical project and you imagine the world wants your
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by studius 6y ago
> Fastest Laptop Processor (Single Thread) On The 10nm SuperFin Process That last part of the title would seem to imply that it's not the fastest overall. Wonder what are: 1. the fastest overall 2. the fastest overall single threa
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by studius 6y ago
Fun! But why only TSLA, FB, AAPL, NFLX, AMZN, GOOG, and SPY?
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by studius 6y ago
Impractical isn't the right word. The Voyager 1 spacecraft is still working, and it's practical.
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by studius 6y ago
Apparently social media hasn't quit them.
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by studius 6y ago
I don't. But I'm curious how others do.
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by studius 6y ago
They downplayed the actual amount of time that went into these changes and the upcoming changes. Here's the history: Matz[1] released the first version of Ruby in Dec 1995. DHH was a major player in getting Ruby into the global spotlig
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by studius 6y ago
> Reality is hard. It's easier out here in europe, we've been lucky enough not to suffer too much from the awful american media diet. I live in the U.S. and stay away from the media. I recommend it. I used to think it was impor
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by studius 6y ago
Or, possibly, it stays the same without variation and the measurement was flawed. A recent study indicates our most accurate clock may not be infallible[1]. P.S. gravity isn't constant either[2]. [1]- https://www.nature.com&
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by studius 6y ago
I can tell there is wisdom in your words. My understanding of Buddhism is that there is one spirit and the world is false. The notion of self and all feelings, etc. are false, since the only thing that exists at all for real is the spirit.
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by studius 6y ago
Yes, I don't see what the problem with text messaging is. Android now has some compatibility with iMessage, and SMS is standard and supported on most mobile devices, even really old phones. Why lock-in to WA or any of these options in

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