WizardAustralis

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by WizardAustralis 7y ago
Ted Kaczynski did some awful things because of things like a road being built through Montana near his cabin. I don't dare think about what he would have done if a New York people flood came through.
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by WizardAustralis 7y ago
There is a fella on the radio weekly here in Aus (and the BBC), Dr Karl Kruszelnicki. I always liked his take on it, "Could blow up any time between next Tuesday and 10,000 years from now. Don't worry about it."
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by WizardAustralis 7y ago
I will consider this pay back for all the astronomy information I read through only to realize they are talking North Hemisphere. When I got my telescope (Equatorial Reflector) the first thing the manual talks about is "Find the North
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by WizardAustralis 7y ago
This was the solution on Macs at least. I know someone that still uses a Mac mini G4 as their daily runner but running the latest Debian. Only way they can get any decent software support.
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by WizardAustralis 7y ago
I forgot who said it but "bubbles grow far bigger than is rationally thought possible, and fall far faster than anyone expects". These bubble can go on for decades but once it bursts, the bottom of the bucket drops out and all the
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by WizardAustralis 7y ago
It really depends on your browsing habits I have found, essentially how many tabs you have going at once. I tend to be very frugal in my use of tabs, maybe 30 at any one time and even then very briefly and I don't have any issues. To p
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by WizardAustralis 7y ago
We will probably start to see this a lot in the video game consoles field. On the hardware front, looking at the early specs of the PS5 for instance show them emphasis faster storage access speed more so than added CPU/GPU/RAM. Co
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by WizardAustralis 7y ago
The irony here is that the bikes aren't slowing traffic, the endless road works are. Also Chch is basically one giant Wilsons parking lot now. I love the place and I intend to settle there in a few years time but it is very dishearteni
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by WizardAustralis 7y ago
Don`t mix up the idea of renewable and infinite. Theoretically it can be done but until we each that point it definetly is not working like that.
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by WizardAustralis 7y ago
He also appears on Democracy Now! occasionally. That it takes a listner/viewer funded station to get this stuff out is interesting. RT can be propaganda in intent but I do like that they are at least showing a very different point of v
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by WizardAustralis 7y ago
The book I recommend on this topic is '10 Arguments for deleting your social media accounts right now' by Jaron Lanier. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37830765-ten-arguments-f... It makes the argume
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by WizardAustralis 7y ago
All I can say is both of you are right.
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by WizardAustralis 7y ago
Just a quick correction. The book is 'Debt : the First 5,000 years' by DAVID Graeber.
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by WizardAustralis 7y ago
While not the most technology advanced use, I think this stuff could make for a great solar powered water heater.