Isamu

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by Isamu 6y ago
I first assumed D. Ang
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Similar to the flag of the United States but with extraneous junk on it
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Further down it says 9% of our waste is recycled, and our exports should come out of that.
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From TFA: > This figure is almost double the higher end of the estimates from 2015 and five times more than the lowest estimates in the earlier predictions. > The data included American waste exports that were not accounted for in the
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Agreed, and really Trump is not interested in ideology, but rather the recent successes of SpaceX and the potential of others are inspiring to a lot of people and point the way to potential new space business sectors. He is just pro busines
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by Isamu 6y ago
When and where has the copyright period rolled back? It’s like a ratchet. Actually I do know of one: Congress granted an exception to the visually impaired.
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It is true that pi is complete overkill for such a project, but it is very convenient and lots of people have experience with it. Plus your standing desk could also be a pi-hole for wifi security.
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by Isamu 6y ago
So I guess I have been using Emacs for at least 36 years. Did they mean to say GNU Emacs?
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You can filter pretty much any packet. The downside with using TCP is you are looking at individual packets, which may be out of order, that sort of thing.
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Interesting details: > These GRU hackers and their co-conspirators engaged in computer intrusions and attacks intended to support Russian government efforts to undermine, retaliate against, or otherwise destabilize: (1) Ukraine; (2) Geor
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by Isamu 6y ago
Congress carved out an exception to copyright laws for the benefit of the visually impaired. Braille and books on tape for the blind or impaired can be prepared without the normal restrictions but of course the consumers have to be legit.
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Nostalgia. I still have one of these cool G4 iMacs tucked away, and yeah we used the modem for our dialup Internet connection. It is amazingly heavy.
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> afterwards on a meta level there is anxiety with everything you click on and how it might influence your filters Yes I have so much hesitation where I am curious about someone’s fringe viewpoint but DO NOT want to be swamped with more
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All I want to say is that I am thankful for an article feed where the top discussion is about something Roger Penrose said.
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Copying established artists is an important part of learning the techniques of established artists.
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All the way back in Usenet days it was mitigated somewhat by frequently posting the “Frequently Asked Questions” digest, but people still managed to ignore it. Laziness is human nature. And it may even be a feature, not a bug.
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We did family camping when I was a kid because it was the cheapest vacation. It was never a luxury good.
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> The moisture is being sucked out of some places and falling to others. I would like to learn more about this, can someone post more information?
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>A science fiction style solution is going to be the only way to feed the world. I get what you are saying, I just want to clarify: we can feed everybody now, but mostly with vegetables. But yes, shared resources like ocean fish are unde
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by Isamu 6y ago
Exactly my point, the grid is a complex dynamic system.
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> One squirrel shouldn't be able to bring a whole grid down. Grids are supposed to be resilient and have a couple of safety features A very big outage in North America occurred from the cascading effects of a single breaker working
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Japan, in particular after a hot spring bath. In fact they will have vending machines full of single portion milk bottles for you to enjoy.
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No, "learning physics is easy" is a flat out lie. For some it will be very frustrating depending on the path they take. "Most people give up" is probably the truth. People don't want to put in the effort. Another tr
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by Isamu 6y ago
Wordnet is already open, I think the advantage of this is that it is being actively maintained. From Wordnet: > Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software and database and its documentation for any purpose and without f
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What a great graph! That is very enlightening, thank you for sharing.
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Also Ireland is off the hook, if you remember they also disagreed with the original ruling and maintained that they were not offering special deals to various companies like Apple. Instead they benefited from the massive influx of liquidity
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Lots of things at work are sacred, I have to avoid talking about them openly. This makes meetings uncomfortable for me when the very orthodox-privilege leader wants you to open up. Things like Agile for instance can’t be discussed unless yo
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It takes constant training and energy to follow where the facts lead you. Feynman used different approaches as a way to keep himself focused on the facts and not exclusively what he “knew” was true. He said the easiest person to fool is you
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But a surprisingly common alternative view is: it’s all about BORN TALENT, no amount of work will help you if you are not anointed. Personally I find the born talent view to be lazy and not a little bit creepy.
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After watching “Summer Wars” (spoiler alert: Japan is saved through a heroic game of Koi-Koi) I went shopping for a hanafuda deck and was delighted to find that Nintendo still makes them! I am still bad at Koi-Koi but I love my Nintendo car

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