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Tombstones can preserve interesting information, for example the ~2 millennia old Seikilos epitaph. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seikilos_epitaph "The Seikilos epitaph is the oldest surviving complete musical
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It's not exactly the same but in the early 1970s PDP-8 computers could play music by generating radio frequency interference in a manner that could be picked up by a nearby AM radio. The sound was not mechanically generated, but it had
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FCC proposes record $34k fine for unauthorized transmissions during wildfire(arrl.org)
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An entirely side comment: this issue is touched on in the quite entertaining Norwegian show on HBO Max, "Beforeigners." I recommend it. It's a sci-fi / police procedural with the premise that people are suddenly arriving
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There are places that do cost-cutting the other way around. I recall from a place a long ago where it was handled by 1) freezing annual raises for everyone, 2) cutting managers' salaries by 5%, 3) cutting executives salaries by 10%. So
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Sure, it's always interesting to investigate vulnerabilities and design deficiencies, and it can be beneficial especially when the goal is improving security for everyone. But it's hard for me to celebrate someone whose motivation
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Is the insect apocalypse upon us? It's complicated, say researchers(cnn.com)
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The Lore of Large Numbers by Philip J. Davis. Out of print, but used copies available.
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One additional thing to watch out for is additional documents that are presented for your signature after you start work. One place gave me an employee handbook on day one and asked me to sign something saying I agreed to follow the terms i
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If you don't care about having user comments and you don't post all that often, you can do it all in handwritten HTML/CSS. Zero dependencies! (That's what I do with mine, at < https://7402.org >)
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Built to Outlast the Big One, and Pretty Much Anything Else(nytimes.com)
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Here's what I remember: I had interviews in the 80s in Silicon Valley with technical firms. There were no quizzes. Typically, much of the interview was based on your resume. Interviewers were very good at drilling down on what you wrot
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Ask HN: How to understand theory of infantry tactics
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I wish I had kept better in touch with friends. It seemed so easy to find and have friends in school. I wish I had realized that it gets harder every year after.
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Actually, they don't allow new use of SMS verification.
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Adafruit requires 2FA to prevent bots buying out Raspberry Pi(blog.adafruit.com)
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The reputation of Z (whatever that is) may actually have an effect on whether you get into a top grad school. I knew a professor who said if they knew nothing about or had never heard professionally about any work done by the professors or
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"As someone who knew a little math, what really drove me bonkers about the college guide was: (a) the logical absurdity of adding together completely unrelated statistics to produce a single measure of merit — the key point being that
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I Gave My Child a Smartphone and It's Been the Best Thing for Her(wired.com)
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Dilbert on brainstorming: https://dilbert.com/strip/2021-12-12
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From U.S. Government Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) https://www.eeoc.gov/prohibited-employment-policiespractices Prohibited Employment Policies/Practices Under the laws enforced by EEOC, it is illegal t
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Autism or Encephalitis? My Son’s Misdiagnosis and Our Family’s Season in Hell(quillette.com)
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Wordle developer donates in-app spend to charity(bbc.com)
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I've sometimes used this method: break the work into pieces, and invent little rewards for the completion of each piece, e.g., next cup of coffee, walk around the block, read one story on website, get snack, etc.
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I find neither of those headlines absurd nor strange, so by the rules of logic I guess the above statement is correct - although I disagree with the implication that there is something wrong with either one. I'm always fascinated by th
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I'm uncomfortable with having to create an account and be connected to a cloud service in order to have a working home voice assistant. To be fair, Mycroft does say that if you're willing to do some work, you can get local process
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Shadow war in space is heating up fast(washingtonpost.com)
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21 U.S. Code § 863 - Drug paraphernalia (a) In general It is unlawful for any person— (1) to sell or offer for sale drug paraphernalia; (2) to use the mails or any other facility of interstate commerce to transport drug paraphernalia; or (3
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“Losses caused by or resulting from a Cyber Incident are not covered”(chubb.com)
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Show HN: DIY Home Voice Assistant with Privacy and Air Quality Display(7402.org)
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