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by __john 6y ago
Seems like a case for piracy.
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by __john 6y ago
I don't mean to be a pessimist but I believe the cows will get the collars hung on whatever they can and either tear them off, or if they're not strong enough; be stuck until they are found or die. Edit, I suppose it could work on
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by __john 6y ago
> Reason is much of the price is based on the land values. This is untrue. Beef prices are set by the four meat packers that control 75% of the market[1]. https://www.hcn.org/issues/43.5/cattlemen-struggle-again
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by __john 7y ago
I don't care for any book in particular (except maybe Excession). I more just enjoy the Culture universe.
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by __john 7y ago
The Culture Series by Iain Banks, quite a good scifi series in my opinion.
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by __john 7y ago
https://atlas-api.com/ I probably need to promote it better, and get a better landing page set up. It could probably benefit from an interactive map as well.
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by __john 7y ago
From Wikipedia > Since 2015, Tsinghua University has overtaken the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to top the list of Best Global Universities for Engineering published by the U.S. News & World Report. https://en.wik
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by __john 7y ago
The link in the article was not paywalled for me (maybe it is for others?). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-50234-9
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by __john 7y ago
> SPY as we know it will cease to be on Jan. 22, 2118, or 20 years “after the death of the last survivor of the eleven persons” -- whichever occurs first. The structure doesn’t provide those people with a financial interest in SPY. If SP
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by __john 7y ago
Would the Chinese government send it's "LulzSec" types to cyber work farms in NK? Or is something else more plausible?
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2017 Median Income by US County(mapcase.io)
2 points by __john 7y ago|0 comments
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by __john 8y ago
> normally particles don't have an entangled counterpart. I believe this assumption is incorrect. Most particles do have an entangled counterpart. https://www.quora.com/What-percentage-of-subatomic-particles...
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by __john 8y ago
My impression is that quantized inertia is somewhat of a fringe theory. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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by __john 8y ago
I didn't know this existed, thank you for pointing it out.
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by __john 8y ago
One thing I like about bitbucket/atlassian over github is bitbucket's pipelines[1] and the bitbucket-pipelines.yml file. I really wish github had something like that. [1] https://bitbucket.org/product/features&
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by __john 8y ago
For those who didn't know what AEAD is, it stands for Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authenticated_encryption
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by __john 8y ago
and what problem does the electoral college cause?
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by __john 8y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=IIAOPSW it's called noprocrast it's a dropdown, 'No' by default.
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by __john 8y ago
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/on-cloud-nine.html
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by __john 8y ago
ClearCase is a terrible version control system.
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by __john 8y ago
Wouldn't a "quantum internet" have more stable latency? I generally notice that my latency fluctuates between 50ms and 100ms. I attribute this to the other users on my ISP's network, all the routers/switches/et
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Blockchain Technology and Its Application to Government Contract Close-Outs(fbo.gov)
1 points by __john 8y ago|0 comments
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by __john 8y ago
That thing about Facebook blocking messages with links to the thepiratebay.org doesn't seem to be true. I just tested it. Maybe it's a regional thing (i.e. it works in the US but not in the EU).
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by __john 8y ago
Build a water trough.
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by __john 8y ago
what is noc?
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by __john 8y ago
The exciting bit https://youtu.be/ZUV53Nn3PhA?t=4202
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by __john 9y ago
How long ago was this?
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by __john 9y ago
nah, anyone can buy Ripple and have a Ripple wallet. Only thing you can't do is mine Ripple.
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Front End Checklist(frontendchecklist.com)
2 points by __john 9y ago|0 comments
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by __john 9y ago
The way I remember [] before () is that [] is "basic" and square and () is "refined" and curvy. Seems silly but it helps me.

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