KineticLensman

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by KineticLensman 11y ago
When he said "at a small base outside of the Hanscom U.S. Air Force Base" I took his responsibility to be that of one of these two bases (or perhaps the AOC if that was elsewhere). I'd agree that it seems unreasonable for a s
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by KineticLensman 11y ago
This [1] doesn't concentrate on kerning as such, but it is my favourite typeface-related comic strip. [1] http://wondermark.com/650/
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by KineticLensman 11y ago
Stross (who is active on HN) explores the subject of abandoning stories in some detail on his blog, e.g. regarding the Halting State series [1]. He also describes here how political uncertainty can kill a story; in this case uncertainty reg
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by KineticLensman 11y ago
Same premise as Greg Bear's The Forge of God [1] from 1987, where the aliens play mindgames with the civilizations they are about to destroy. His analogy (from memory) is baby birds cheeping in a tree. [1] https://en.wikiped
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by KineticLensman 11y ago
My understanding is that the camo was intended to confuse WW1 sub captains who were trying to compute torpedo firing solutions in their heads whil peering through the periscope. The target ship plainly would be highly visible but it's
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by KineticLensman 11y ago
You should have put it like this... "Careful, In Soviet Amerika, interweb censors you"
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by KineticLensman 11y ago
I interpret 'strategy' as integrating ends, ways and means. In other words, deciding where you want to get to, the approach you will use to do so, and how to exploit the resources you have available. Unless your business space is
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by KineticLensman 11y ago
Yes. The BBC isn't pro-govt but it isn't neutral either. IMO
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by KineticLensman 11y ago
In the Defence industry, they can and will search vehicles and property. Accepting a job is assumed (sometimes explicitly contractually stated as) giving consent. You must generally assume that company machines and comms means are monitored
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by KineticLensman 11y ago
> BBC also is state sponsored, but generally considered to be trustworthy. Brit here: The BBC is state-funded, but it's output is not state-driven. The news team (IMHO) generally takes an editorial view that is to the left of the cu
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by KineticLensman 11y ago
British curry eater here. I have a curry cookbook that identifies the regions of Birmingham where the dish was believed to have originated. The classic Balti is widely understood to have been developed to meet the tastes of the British
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by KineticLensman 11y ago
Or the Martians of Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles. But still an interesting survey of changing attitudes
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by KineticLensman 11y ago
Many military processes use decision cycles that are similar to OODA. An example is the intelligence cycle [1] whose steps include Direct - Collect - Process - Disseminate. Similarly, the targeting cycle [2]. These cycles are integrated in
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by KineticLensman 11y ago
They are also sometimes called 'the last piece of England', reflecting both their westerly position and the fact they are a place where some aspects of time have stood still. The boat that takes tourists there is called 'The
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by KineticLensman 11y ago
Or dwarf planets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_planet#Contention
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by KineticLensman 11y ago
One of my places of work had a department known as 'the Departure Lounge' because of its high exit rate
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by KineticLensman 11y ago
Someone downstream said "A good trick is to post a solid counterpoint as a reply to the currently topmost comment: people are more likely to vote on comments near the top" So I'm looking for a counterpoint except that this is
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by KineticLensman 11y ago
I worked somewhere where management decided to reduce the amount of coffee delivered by the vending machines. They realised that they would also need to reduce the size of the cups so no one would notice. Stupidly they made the cups smaller
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by KineticLensman 11y ago
Agree. I took a non-STEM education then transitioned into coding and after many years I now find myself writing proposals, task specifications, and research reports. I increasingly conduct independent reviews of documents other people have
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by KineticLensman 11y ago
I used to ride one at the University of Leeds in the 1980s. It served a five floor lecture theater known for its brutalist 1960s architecture [1]. I rode it over the top on several occasions - the car went up one side, slid horizontally and
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by KineticLensman 11y ago
Just tried it from a work PC that hasn't been before (so fresh cache), got domain sales
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by KineticLensman 11y ago
Some drug companies / jurisdictions don't allow drugs to be used in ways that they consider unethical https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethal_injection
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by KineticLensman 12y ago
53 year old here. When you are making really long term plans, bear in mind that your fitness will decline. Optimise out things that will make your back ache.
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by KineticLensman 12y ago
Stross mentions a suppressed volume of Knuth, can't remember in which book
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by KineticLensman 13y ago
My problem with infinite scrolling is that it is very hard to go straight to the last element. My example: A Flickr user with over 1000 images in their photostream. photostreams are loaded most recent first. But what if I want to see the fi