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by TMWNN 3mo ago
> but after 6 years with a Garmin Fenix still holding 90% of its battery (and being able to replace it), I'm not their potential customer. What kind of battery life did you have when you bought it, and how long is it now? Does Garmi
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by TMWNN 3mo ago
Title edited by me from "Playing Computer Music via an AM Radio on Computers Like the Altair, IMSAI, PDP8, Sorcerer, TRS80, etc in the 1970s"
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Playing Computer Music via Am Radio on Computers Like Altair, IMSAI, PDP8, etc.(github.com)
2 points by TMWNN 3mo ago|1 comments
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Arizona State launches influencer degree where students must gain real followers(dexerto.com)
8 points by TMWNN 3mo ago|1 comments
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by TMWNN 3mo ago
> Some things that are shipped from the us to foreign lands could be shipped from Canada for similar costs. Food, for example, or minerals or oil. These are things shipped in bulk “elsewhere”. Canada, as far as I can tell, has lots of su
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by TMWNN 3mo ago
>Or when they can't afford health care anymore Ah yes, the so-effective Canadian system. Context for others: An amazingly high portion of Canadians don't have a family doctor < https://www.ctvnews.ca/health&#x
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by TMWNN 3mo ago
>A country doesn't get attacked and invaded It's as if you blithely ignored my >Even (again) setting aside Trump explicitly ruling out invasion in the sentence before the one you quoted. As for >Who do you think would Can
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by TMWNN 3mo ago
>we are attempting to redirect some of our trade to other nations besides the U.S., including by a series of sweeping free trade agreements Canada sells $450 billion to the US annually, out of total exports of $550 billion. Let's sa
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by TMWNN 3mo ago
One point I was not aware of is that Gates offered to put IBM in touch with SCP for SCP-DOS, but IBM turned down the offer because it preferred a single source! (It's understandable. Microsoft, even if tiny compared to IBM, was a real
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by TMWNN 3mo ago
I disagree. The various questioners in The Last Question all hope for/expect an answer; what they don't expect is the "insufficient" response. I am talking about someone jokingly asking AI `HOW TO ACHIEVE COLD FUSION`
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by TMWNN 3mo ago
I recently saw a photo of an alligator lying on top of a pool floatie shaped like an alligator. That alligator could be trained in every way possible for ten years, and never ever recognize the mutual resemblance. Like you, I wonder if we w
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by TMWNN 3mo ago
>It is ~a meme on subreddits that developers struggling to get good results out of any given model is a "skills issue." * GIT GUD* (at prompting)
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by TMWNN 3mo ago
The day is coming when some * BIG* problem is solved by AI just because someone jokingly asks about it.
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Using sed to make indexes for books (1997)(pement.org)
69 points by TMWNN 3mo ago|15 comments
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by TMWNN 3mo ago
I read at night in bed. I love how, with ebooks (first Overdrive, now Libby), when I hear about an interesting book, I can within 30 seconds search for it across multiple libraries, borrow it, and send it to my Kindle.
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by TMWNN 3mo ago
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6AYJ9YQpxQI
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by TMWNN 3mo ago
The day is coming when some * BIG* problem is solved by AI just because someone jokingly asks about it.
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by TMWNN 3mo ago
At least you recognize this. The average Redditor is not capable of such self-examination. Highly relevant comment < https://np.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1jh9c90/why_do_... >: >Imagine y
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by TMWNN 3mo ago
Captain Kirk defeated multiple evil computers this way
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Can Math as We Know It Survive AI?(aventineresearchinstitute.substack.com)
2 points by TMWNN 3mo ago|2 comments
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by TMWNN 3mo ago
I haven't read the op-ed, but I wonder if it talks about the French Leclerc case? TIL that when Greece tested four tanks in 2000 before a big arms purchase, the US M1A1 Abrams and British Challenger 2E tanks had trouble with their sate
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America's Enterprising Spirit Is Booming After Decades-Long Slump(nytimes.com)
1 points by TMWNN 3mo ago|0 comments
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by TMWNN 3mo ago
Highly relevant: Great Moments in PCMR History: A chess game published in 1982 includes a computer opponent but only uses 672 bytes of RAM. 1K ZX Chess has been described as "wizardry", "history's greatest game programmi
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Space cargo costs falling faster than steamship freight in the 1800s(thetimes.com)
8 points by TMWNN 3mo ago|0 comments
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Samsung Is Said in Early Discussions on Potential US Share Sale(bloomberg.com)
3 points by TMWNN 3mo ago|0 comments
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by TMWNN 3mo ago
I hope my brain is also different. I also have never spent hours scrolling through short-form videos on Instagram, TikTok, Facebok, etc. I never ever walk outside with my phone in my hand, instead enjoying the view. I do enjoy watching YouT
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by TMWNN 3mo ago
Or as SCP calls them, cognitohazards. Also relevant: < https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-math-theory-for-why-people-... > My understanding is that those who work with the mentally handicapped use bright lights and other
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by TMWNN 3mo ago
/r/space discussion < https://np.reddit.com/r/space/comments/1usdigz/china_success... > China is now the second country, and third entity after SpaceX and Blue Origin, to recover a booster
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China recovers Long March 10B rocket following maiden flight(chinadaily.com.cn)
10 points by TMWNN 3mo ago|4 comments
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Nintendo in a Small Town, 1987(dfarq.homeip.net)
2 points by TMWNN 3mo ago|0 comments

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