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by wsh 13d ago
Some B2B websites require e-mail validation at each login as a way to confirm that the user’s organizational affiliation remains valid. Being able to read mail sent to an @example.com address doesn’t prove someone is an employee of Example
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by wsh 8mo ago
If you’re wondering, as I was, who Amateur Radio Digital Communications is and how they have money to make grants, it’s the foundation that sold a quarter of the 44.0.0.0/8 IPv4 address block, allocated in 1981 for use in amateur radio
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by wsh 8mo ago
FS.COM Limited (深圳市飞速创新技术股份有限公司, https://cn.fs.com/ ) was founded in Shenzhen in 2009. They’ve applied to be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange; here’s the draft prospectus from a month ago: https://www1.hkexn
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by wsh 9mo ago
I liked An Answer for Linda (1961), which shows the work of outward toll operators using mark-sensing call tickets at traditional (3CL) cord switchboards. “Watch Billie closely, as she handles a group of typical calls.” (I won’t spoil the
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by wsh 1y ago
You forgot SMPTE 170M, which is probably the definitive standard at this point: https://pub.smpte.org/doc/st170/20041130-pub/st0170-2004_sta...
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by wsh 1y ago
RJ45S and RJ45M are ordering codes for so-called “registered jack” configurations for terminal connections to the U.S. telephone network. These codes were defined until 2000 in the FCC Rules (47 CFR § 68.502(e)) and later in the TIA&#x2
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by wsh 1y ago
Interesting. The left side of the slide at 15:43 in the video is definitely from page 27 of Symbol Sourcebook , but the detail of the ⌘ symbol doesn’t seem to be: not only could I not find the symbol, but also its caption (“FEATURE”) is se
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by wsh 1y ago
Symbol Sourcebook would’ve been my first guess, too, but I just glanced through my copy (7th printing, 1977) and didn’t see the ⌘ symbol. The closest thing in the Graphic Form Section is a symbol for “Atomic d orbital,” but it’s clearly n
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by wsh 1y ago
The treaty returning sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius, disestablishing the British Indian Ocean Territory, seems to be on track for ratification: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings&#x
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by wsh 1y ago
I’ve always thought of Kerberos as a centralized authentication system, to establish users’ identities. Authorization, in the sense of deciding to allow or deny a requested action by a known user on a specific object, remains distributed,
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by wsh 2y ago
Both links worked earlier, but they don’t work for me now, either. Anyway, the data sheet explains how the manufacturer tested the tape’s effectiveness with rats. The Wayback Machine has a copy: https://web.archive.org/web&#
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by wsh 2y ago
The manufacturer’s product page, with a link to the MSDS: https://www.teraokatape.co.jp/english/products/class/class00... Data sheet describing the “rat prevention effect”: https://www.teraokatape.
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by wsh 2y ago
DFSMS: Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem DFSMSdfp: Data Facility Product DFSMSdss: Data Set Services DFSMSrmm: Removable Media Manager DFSMShsm: Hierarchical Storage Manager DFSMStvs: Transactional VSAM Services DFSMSopt: Optimizer
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by wsh 2y ago
I agree with the advice to ask a lawyer, but it’s sensible to be concerned with license agreements even in early-stage ventures that couldn’t enforce them. By establishing the company as licensor, an agreement might help the founders avoid
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by wsh 2y ago
Yes. “Freight collect” means the recipient pays the carrier for transportation; it implies nothing about payment for the goods. “COD” (collect on delivery) means the carrier collects a specified amount of money—typically, the price of the g
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by wsh 2y ago
I have the now-discontinued Sony DPT-RP1, which I use with Jan-Gerd Tenberge’s software ( https://github.com/janten/dpt-rp1-py ). It works well for reading PDF documents without the need for frequent zooming or scaling.
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by wsh 3y ago
> It is not legal to operate a remote transmitter site without [...] 47 CFR § 73.1400(b) permits operation with “a self-monitoring or ATS-monitored and controlled transmission system that, in lieu of contacting a person designated by th
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by wsh 3y ago
The website claims “Design, Construction and Operation according to US SUBSAFE.” I’d want that for my submarine, of course, but I wonder if it’s realistic. I’d understood that SUBSAFE was a comprehensive program applied to U.S. Navy subma
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by wsh 3y ago
The author writes, about his purchases of computers, phones, and other hardware, “These are not recurring so I can't count them in.” Here in the U.S., many such items would be considered capital assets, for which the cost would be reco
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by wsh 3y ago
Those are the new Inside Macintosh series, published starting in 1992. SpInside Macintosh, the HyperCard stack from which the web page linked in this item was created, was produced from the first five volumes of the original Inside Macin
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by wsh 3y ago
If customers know what they’re buying, and unsubscribing is convenient, then I see no ethical problem with selling limited-term licenses—but as you mentioned, some potential customers might choose not to buy. Depending on the purpose of the
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by wsh 3y ago
On your specific text: - What if the AI is supplied by a vendor but runs on a computer system controlled by the user or by a third party? This could happen if the user doesn’t want, or isn’t allowed, to disclose the inputs or their derivati
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by wsh 3y ago
Security was Microsoft’s stated reason for a similar change in 2017, when they removed the ability to insert EPS images into Microsoft Office documents: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/support-for-eps-i.
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by wsh 3y ago
You could also use memorandum, journal, and ledger books, just as Pacioli taught in 1494, but why waste your limited time and attention on a problem for which you have a choice of good, off-the-shelf solutions at modest prices? (Think Quick
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by wsh 3y ago
In context, “foreign” means an entity registered in another state or country. See the FAQ: Can I register my out-of-state DAO? No. A certificate of authority for a foreign DAO cannot be filed pursuant to W.S. 17-31-116.
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by wsh 3y ago
> I'm pleased to see that SuperCard still exists! Just barely. There’s not a 64-bit version (for lack of Carbon libraries), much less one for ARM64. The developers suggest using a VM: https://www.supercard.us/superca
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by wsh 4y ago
For an interesting look at one of the early ATM networks, see Gifford and Spector’s article, “Case Study: The CIRRUS Banking Network,” Communications of the ACM , August 1985. It’s posted here as an exhibit in a patent case: https:/&
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by wsh 4y ago
For Deming’s own ideas, such as the 14 Points, see his book Out of the Crisis (1986), reprinted by MIT Press. For the practical application of control charts and other techniques (due originally to Shewhart and others), see the Statistic
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by wsh 4y ago
The prefix “AO” in the name of a Russian business entity is like the suffix “Co.” in English; it’s an abbreviation for aktsionernoye obshchestvo (акционерное общество), joint-stock company.
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by wsh 4y ago
In “notice and comment” informal rule making under the Administrative Procedure Act, it’s standard for agencies to review the submitted comments in the final rule, to show that the data, views, and arguments of interested parties were consi

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