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by Cactus2018 6y ago
A Sudoku Solver in APL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmT80OseAGs
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Looks like I need to compile R and my libraries with AVX2 support. # list available instructions $ gcc -march=native -dM -E - < /dev/null | egrep "SSE|AVX" | sort This post has some info, but no benchmarks.
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> those "Mandala" images Chladni Plates? A few links from past research: https://www.comsol.com/blogs/how-do-chladni-plates-make-it-p... Video example - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPTn
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I paired down my book collection recently, and while looking for a shop to take them, I was discouraged to discover how selective of the type of books they accept >> No: atlases, catalogues, computer books, comic books, condensed book
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Live bird migration maps using active radar: https://birdcast.info/migration-tools/live-migration-maps/
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eBird powers the annual "Great Backyard Bird Count" Mark your calendars for the next event on February 12-15, 2021 https://gbbc.birdcount.org/
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The journal paper - COVERING IN COVER LETTERS: GENDER AND SELF-PRESENTATION IN JOB APPLICATIONS https://journals.aom.org/doi/pdf/10.5465/AMBPP.2019.275 How gendered language was measured: > We used a c
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The recent post "Danish military intelligence uses XKEYSCORE to tap cables in co-op with the NSA" - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24960994 has comments about the value of meta-data, and reminded me of the l
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Using Metadata to Find Paul Revere(kieranhealy.org)
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There are some great 'how its made' videos on youtube under combinations of search terms like circular loom weaving machine Plastic netting for fruits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FG2d97nxSg Lexus CF
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Wikipedia - List of Common Misconceptions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions
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Plato's Phaedrus (c. 360 B.C.E.) > ... If men learn [writing], it will implant forgetfulness in their souls; they will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is written ... http://www.umich.edu/~
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Ironic that indicative.com is on multiple blocklists? easyprivacy, adaway, pihole, netguard...
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I found a thread with the search term hackernews comments to visitor rate
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Dang comment about the 1% rule from 7 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22622983 > The number of accounts that have posted to HN this year, divided by the number of IP addresses that have accessed HN, is 0
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Dave Barry: A journey into my colon – and yours (2008)(miamiherald.com)
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> Slow lorises are one of the world’s only venomous mammals (nytimes.com) a better title might be Slow lorises are one of the world’s few venomous mammals (nytimes.com)
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And the partner post "Success: How NYC Open Data and Reddit Saved New Yorkers Over $55,000 a Year" https://iquantny.tumblr.com/post/87573867759/success-how-nyc...
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Related analysis of open data: "The NYPD Was Systematically Ticketing Legally Parked Cars for Millions of Dollars a Year- Open Data Just Put an End to It" https://iquantny.tumblr.com/post/144197004989/the
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The short version: > ... it was revealed that Bell city officials were receiving unusually large salaries, perhaps the highest in the United States. ... California Public Records Act requests, showed that the city payroll was swollen wit
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2010 City of Bell, California Scandal(en.wikipedia.org)
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There are a lot of HN posts about people trying MDMA one time and having a life changing discovery about themselves. This author says, "My lack of emotion and empathy", and "my insincerity, emotional poverty, absence of shame
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Mayo Clinic has a long list of causes and triggers: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/tinnitus/symp...
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Of the ~200 common colds, 4 are known coronaviruses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_cold#Viruses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus#Infection_in_human...
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> It's mandated by regulation in all cars after..2002? I don't think the port is the surprising part, it's the ability to articulate brakes and steering wheel!
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> I have a suspicion that the way game of thrones ended may have been an experiment to disrupt consumers attachment to release them onto new objects of desire. This is a great theory! I think the creators of HBO's GOT ended the seri
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The story I recall was when they lost NewEgg API access https://camelcamelcamel.com/blog/newegg-data-is-unavailable
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My BMW had the following failures within a short time-frame. The dashboard was "lit up like a Christmas tree". (Does not including normal wear items like brakes, battery, filters) Mechanical failures - Water pump, air condition co
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MBTI Personality Prediction for maxwellhill Personality Probability INTJ 0.194212 INTP 0.180541 INFP 0.138535 INFJ 0.129220 ENTP 0.089378 ... etc Controversiality: 0.51 % https://www.dailyma
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Leading up to "Columbus Day" / "Indigenous Peoples Day", I've been listening to lectures on the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. There was a lot of brutality, especially by Hernán Cortés. The war dogs are

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