CallMeJim

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by CallMeJim 4y ago
I wrote myself a tool to monitor the RSS feeds of a bunch of web serials, and send any new chapters to Kindle. Using Calibre CLI, adapting to send EPUBs instead of MOBIs was as easy as changing from: ebook-convert chapter.html chapter.mobi
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by CallMeJim 4y ago
Wow, TIL — homemade CNC for under $500! The same project also covers homemade 3d printers. Are there any other projects similar to this, making normally-expensive pieces of equipment approachable for hobbyists?
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by CallMeJim 4y ago
CNC machines for under $5k? Where might we find some of these?
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by CallMeJim 4y ago
Misleading title. In this study (in mice), a high-fat diet led to diabetes, and diabetes led to Alzheimer's. It doesn't state that a high-fat diet will lead to Alzheimer's in humans.
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by CallMeJim 4y ago
Sounds like common sense.
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Gluten free beer in New Zealand(glutenfreebeer.nz)
1 points by CallMeJim 4y ago|1 comments
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by CallMeJim 4y ago
There isn't much scope for gluten-free beer drinkers in New Zealand... Two brands of beer, about 4 different choices. Gluten-free beer drinkers in other countries: what are some actually nice gluten-free beers?
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by CallMeJim 4y ago
Do you genuinely believe that dividing net wealth by total employees gives a meaningful figure? If Amazon employed me tomorrow, would their revenue immediately and automatically increase by $100k?
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by CallMeJim 4y ago
When the first deals started closing again, who would have won the deals? The company that stayed home for 12 months? or the company that continued working for 12 months? Imagine swimming hard against a strong current. You get nowhere (or m
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by CallMeJim 5y ago
Note that in part of the process, Copilot was the one asking complex questions when the human programmer didn't know how to proceed. Copilot adds tremendous value for someone who knows what they want, but not how to do it. For example,
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by CallMeJim 5y ago
You're aware that plants fill both those criteria: (a) capable of suffering, and (b) a preference to live? What do you eat?
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by CallMeJim 5y ago
Dogs and pigs can be trained. Cats can, to a certain degree. Cows? Not so much. I wouldn't rate them at the same level as cats, dogs and pigs (source: farming background).
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by CallMeJim 5y ago
Distinct personalities and intelligence are quite different things! Talk to a grower and they'll tell you that plants have personalities (this one doesn't like the shade, this one sulks after being repotted, etc).
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by CallMeJim 5y ago
You may also have seen Vessel Health? The co-founder gave a speech at the 2022 Advanced Lateral Flow Conference. https://vesselhealth.com/
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by CallMeJim 5y ago
Ignorance of the law is no excuse (in most/all jurisdictions). Australia's recourse would be to deny him entry.
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by CallMeJim 5y ago
Yes, exactly! The 90% can't live isolated forever because of the 0.2% who can't have vaccines for medical reasons. (The remainder is made up of those who've made anti-vaxx part of their identity). Put that money and resources
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by CallMeJim 5y ago
So you're against the lightning network because it can't be scaled infinitely? The overall system is just software, and it can be improved. L1 is capable of 4.6 transactions per second. L2 is capable of 25 million per second curre
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by CallMeJim 5y ago
No, a market maker makes (adds to) the market by placing orders. A market taker takes orders away from the market by completing transactions, thinning the order books.
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by CallMeJim 5y ago
This is entirely unrelated, but it's unusual to see "black" used in a positive sense... Just thinking about all the phrases it's been used negatively in (eg "black sheep of the family"). I'm entirely uninv
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by CallMeJim 5y ago
> NASA satellites have been observing increased green cover on land, which is thought to be due to intensive agriculture to feed growing populations and ambitious tree-planting programs – for example, the so-called “Green Great Wall” in
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by CallMeJim 5y ago
From the biology perspective, monoclonal antibody production is hard, expensive and time-consuming. I don't think you'll see a rapid scale-up of these, as manufacturing at scale is so different to manufacturing in small batches. R
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by CallMeJim 5y ago
I agree with the sibling comments, I've never actually seen anyone go to the app store before Google/Amazon for simple purchases. When it comes to these companies selling apps though, it doesn't matter what the market thinks.
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by CallMeJim 5y ago
From the 2010 article: > The current financial system is slow, and tedious, and old, and in many ways actually broken or flawed. But one thing we know is that it's resilient. One single mathematical error will not send the whole thi
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by CallMeJim 5y ago
We use https://esignatures.io/ for a flat rate of $0.69 per sent contract. Much easier than DocuSign (or HelloSign, which we were previously using). One feature to note is that with HelloSign, access to the API is prohibiti
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by CallMeJim 5y ago
Ender 3 V2. Still new - I got the bed leveled once, now I just slice, insert SD card, and print. I've printed 20+ items across as many days without needing to re-level the bed. No problems with print quality, it just works. Setup was o
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by CallMeJim 5y ago
I had the same procedure on a lower eyelid, but the stye made the eyelid too thick to flip. An attendant had to force the eyelid down while the stye was lanced with a scalpel. For some reason, the anaesthetic didn't take effect. Pain.
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by CallMeJim 5y ago
I wore contact lenses for 10 years, before getting lasik. The first time, it took 30 minutes to get them in. For the first few months, I really struggled. Eventually it got easier, and in a short time I could put them in first time, every t
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by CallMeJim 5y ago
Betteridge's law of headlines: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no." [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...
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by CallMeJim 5y ago
(non-American) what does it mean to be "flawed by a factor of 4"? Is he referring to being off by 4 or more orders of magnitude?
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by CallMeJim 5y ago
This has been updated to include a spiel about Kent Dahlgren. I'm not aware of the story there — is there some sort of feud between the two parties?

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