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511.
by Tagbert 3y ago
I recall reading a science fiction story in one of the magazines like “Analog” several decades ago that used this concept as a major plot point. Two Planets were at risk of all out war and were evenly matched such that the results would be
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by Tagbert 3y ago
No, you’d still end paying that but in subscriptions to several streaming services and then some extras to rent or buy shows that are not freely available anymore. In the meantime those other channels that a smaller number of people watched
513.
by Tagbert 3y ago
and that would be the point. Any single piece of evidence, particularly something with a noticable error rate, should not be enough to convict someone. It might be enough to investigate someone, but there should be corroborating evidence.
514.
by Tagbert 3y ago
Taking a tour of the Gatsby Mansion in Victoria, BC, we saw dozens of examples of hair wreaths and similar constructions of human hair. Interesting but slightly creepy.
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by Tagbert 3y ago
The better analogy would be the Lisa. It’s reasonably powerful but more expensive than they want it to be. The next version will probably lose some features but be less expensive. The Macintosh to the AVP’s Lisa.
516.
by Tagbert 3y ago
Moving the emitters affects the pace of time for them.
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by Tagbert 3y ago
The problem there was that, unless you were already clearly seriously ill, your blood oxygen did not drop. It was not diagnostic.
518.
by Tagbert 3y ago
That might have been possible before now but Meta have enabled E2E encryption recently which prevents that. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/meta-announces-end-end...
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by Tagbert 3y ago
"JeffSnazz 5 days ago | root | parent | next [–] > that's to start improving the grid and increase the use of EVs. Notably, one of these needs to occur before the other." The point was that while they are related, you don&
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by Tagbert 3y ago
that one is near the surface and consists of clay deposits so extraction and refining should be much easier than many other deposits, such as in Australia.
521.
by Tagbert 3y ago
Yes, but they are not milestone events. They are trends in ongoing processes. You don’t need to finish A to 100% before you start B. They can run in parallel.
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by Tagbert 3y ago
“ Siri is mostly useless and I’ve never met anyone who uses it regularly. So whether it needs ml processing or not is irrelevant.” You should get out more. I use Siri daily to switch lights, set reminders, turn on timers, and play music. It
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by Tagbert 3y ago
Then let's start with the strays. Our cat was a rescued stray whose ear was docked when she was spayed. A block away from us is a house with a whole colony of stray cats that people have put up housing and other people come by and fee
524.
by Tagbert 3y ago
That’s too bad. I was glad to be able to rent an M3 at Hertz last summer when visiting family. I had planned to do it again this spring. It beats the Nissan Altimas and Kia Sportages.
525.
by Tagbert 3y ago
Probably just using stainless steel or similar material for the pipes. It would be too energy intensive to desalinate the cooling water. It is an open system that pumps water in and back out again. It is not a closed system.
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by Tagbert 3y ago
In the US, housing is heavily biased to single-family houses. About 81 million detached single-family vs about 30 million multi-unit housing. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042111/single-family-vs...
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by Tagbert 3y ago
Yes, BBEdit on the Mac has always done that, too. I often open a new tab and paste something in there to keep it around for some indeterminate time. BBEdit saves the temp content until I decide to close the tab or to formally save it and gi
528.
by Tagbert 3y ago
You can do that kind of thing in html today. I use this embedded SVG for the logo on a page: <img id="logo" src='data:image/svg+xml;utf8,%3Csvg%20width%3D%22100%25%22%20height%3D%22100%25%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%2054%
529.
by Tagbert 3y ago
Unless they were Monster Incorporated, makers of expensive, gold-plated cables with a history of seeing anyone who uses “monster” in a product name regardless of commercial industry.
530.
by Tagbert 3y ago
It is common in languages that phonemes (groups of letters making a single sound) are pronounced differently depending in where in a word they occur. At the start of a word, they may get more emphasis and that can chance the pronunciation.
531.
by Tagbert 3y ago
What do those sites say about the problem when you report the error to them? Do any of them acknowledge their error?
532.
by Tagbert 3y ago
On the web, goto: Your Account Click on: Prime Manage your membership, view benefits, and payment settings This takes you to a page with button on the right: Manage Membership Update, cancel and more clicking on that button displays a
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by Tagbert 3y ago
The same tow trucks that would tow away vehicles after a crash would tow an EV to an impoundment yard where it could be monitored.
534.
by Tagbert 3y ago
Which you don’t need to poke at while you are driving.
535.
by Tagbert 3y ago
That was a pliosaur in the movie, not a mosasaur.
536.
by Tagbert 3y ago
SVG does not store a bitmap. They are XML files and you can inspect the source code.
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by Tagbert 3y ago
You are not required to tell the truth to the police.
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by Tagbert 3y ago
This is exactly the scenario that Apple’s proposed ID solution addresses. Not sure why California chose to go at it alone.
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by Tagbert 3y ago
We have a model for what happens when you “bring down the system”. Do you think it would be better if we were all living in the equivalent of Somalia? It can be very difficult to engineer a stable revolution and all too often it ends up in
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by Tagbert 3y ago
What is the benefit of a map cached at a coarse resolution, though? does it let you navigate?

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