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   by OnACoffeeBreak 5y ago

   I don't have any sources to back this up, but it seems to me that you highlight this fact yourself in your argument. The US had the stability, the institutions and finances to enable the emigres talent to do the work instead of (in the
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   by OnACoffeeBreak 5y ago

   https://rachelbythebay.com/
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   by OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago

   This is off-topic, but I've always wanted to bring this up with fellow geeks... Integer code of the asterisk ('*') ASCII character is 42, which, is the answer to life, the universe and everything. The asterisk character is us
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   by OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago

   I re-read my comment, and I realized how impersonal it was. Of course, there is a science-first way of thinking of things and then there are practicalities of being with family. I just traveled from the US to Eastern Europe and back for a f
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   by OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago

   Don't travel plans, to Europe in your case, also depend on vaccinations and organic immunity (from infections) at your destination? Specifically, I'm not aware of studies demonstrating viral load carrying capacity of immunized in
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   by OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago

   You may find this paper by Kristin Neff more palatable: https://academic.udayton.edu/jackbauer/PGSG/Neff%2003%20self... From the paper: "Some may fear that having too much self-compassion leads to passivity,
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   by OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago

   Here's a paper that introduced me to self-compassion. It explains what self-compassion is and how it is different from self-esteem: https://academic.udayton.edu/jackbauer/PGSG/Neff%2003%20self...
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   by OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago

   I don't think we have the data to answer the question posed by the grandparent comment. Lifespans have likely been reduced by response to the pandemic. Those whose lifespans have been reduced are still alive and are not showing up in d
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   by OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago

   But the others were not there when you're there and certainly not with your state of mind. The world is not static and neither are you, which presents infinite possibilities for unique experiences and perceptions.
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    by OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago

    This 99% Invisible podcast episode talks about the unintended consequences of planting trees in the peat tundra of Scotland spurred by the British government's tax breaks to incentivize re-forestation around the country in the 1980s:
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    by OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago

    Logs of calibration procedures along with calibration results should be stored on the device and auditable along with test results.
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    by OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago

    “William Wordsworth was said to have walked 180,000 miles in his lifetime. Charles Dickens captured the ecstasy of near-madness and insomnia in the essay “Night Walks” and once said, “The sum of the whole is this: Walk and be happy; Walk an
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    by OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago

    As the other poster pointed out arcing is one component. Another is that DC voltage equivalent of an AC voltage is the RMS value of the AC signal. So, V_AC_RMS = V_peak / sqrt(2).
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    by OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago

    I absolutely agree with cleaning while cooking. Sauce has sputtered on the rage top, go ahead and wipe it off while it's still liquid. If I'm done cutting on the cutting board, rinse the board and kind off while things are cooking
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    by OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago

    In general, slowing frequency is an indicator of a heavily loaded grid. I don't have an appreciation how much the frequency can practically be off the nominal 50 Hz (in Europe) before it indicates grid failure.
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    by OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago

    Could you explain how properly sequestered nuclear waste is not less harmful to the planet as carbon in the atmosphere? I'm my current view, nuclear waste can be sequestered and stored effecting only a tiny fraction of the planet while
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    by OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago

    I am (in my middle age) at the biggest crossroads in my life right now, and I found this YouTube video by a Buddhist monk helpful in learning how to let go. Maybe it can help others. "Four Ways of Letting Go | Ajahn Brahm | 09-04-2010&
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    Turn $1.5 Blue Pill STM32 board into a Sigrok compatible logic analyzer(cnx-software.com)

    3 points by OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago|0 comments
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    by OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago

    Same here. I loaded programs from cassette tape into a Soviet clone of a Sinclair computer. Each program started with some sort of a loader block that produced a constant pitch. I would use a screwdriver to adjust the magnetic read head of
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    by OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago

    A better example may have been Myanmar: https://www.economist.com/asia/2020/10/22/in-myanmar-faceboo...
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    by OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago

    I'm only a few chapters in, but so far this book has struck a balance of being dense enough to not be boring: "No Bullshit Guide to Math and Physics" https://minireference.com/
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    by OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago

    I'm in a similar boat. I'm middle aged and have always struggled with meaninglessness of life. I know it's up to me to create meaning and purpose, and I've struggled with doing so over the decades.
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    by OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago

    It works well for a learning project that doesn't push clock rates. This lets the nose introduced by the breadboard to settle before each clock edge. Also, bypass capacitors are key.
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    by OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago

    Here is a discussion between Donald Hoffman, Sam Harris and Annaka Harris about Hoffman's ideas on consciousness: https://samharris.org/podcasts/178-reality-illusion/
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    by OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago

    Could it also be that vitamin D levels indicates some other pathology and maybe supplementation with vitamin D itself doesn't do anything for chances of getting infected?
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    by OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago

    I'm addition, putting content out there is also a good way to learn from the feedback.
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    by OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago

    Seems like your wait is over. From the second half of [0]: > Hydroxychloroquine treatment for coronavirus does not work. It is not beneficial, and in fact appears to be actively harmful. As far as I’m concerned, administering it to infec
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    by OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago

    If we can take the dearth of bikes for sale during the pandemic as an indicator of growth in popularity, I would say the US is experiencing a biking boom. I've been trying to buy a mountain bike for my kid for the past four months unsu
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    by OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago

    So true. I just had my wife and or teenage daughter watch The S Dilemma on netflix just a few hours ago. Chilling even for a techie like me. More people should be encouraged to watch it.
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    by OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago

    What do I way to know, eh? I guess the real thing I would like to know is how your job is different from product development for the public. I very much realize that it's an open ended question and is not answerable unless you've