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by _xerces_ 2y ago
You can already change the voice in ChatGPT (in the paid tier at least) to one of 5 or 6 different 'people' so I imagine you can change it in the new version too.
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by _xerces_ 2y ago
Why is there no need to adjust between drivers? If the mirror/screen is set for me, my wife will still need to adjust for optimal viewing.
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by _xerces_ 2y ago
Maybe the beeswax helped preserve it as intended.
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by _xerces_ 2y ago
A video summary of why this research is important: https://youtu.be/Mz7Qp73lj9o?si=29vjdQtTtIOk_0CV
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John Lothropp: Ancestor of 80k people including 6 US presidents(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by _xerces_ 2y ago|2 comments
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by _xerces_ 2y ago
Most jobs in the USA are "at will" meaning there is no contract and either you or your employer can decided to terminate the arrangement at any time for any (legal) reason.
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How ECMO is redefining death(newyorker.com)
175 points by _xerces_ 2y ago|158 comments
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by _xerces_ 2y ago
One issue I have had is where they cancel the domestic final leg of a non-direct international flight. The total ticket cost was $2000, but they valued my cancelled final connection at only $40, yet if I tried to purchase just that flight a
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by _xerces_ 2y ago
I think there is another one, Math C that involves day-to-day mental arithmetic which I am terrible at despite being good at Math A and holding engineering degrees. There might also be another element of Math C which is a feel for numbers a
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by _xerces_ 2y ago
See the Silver Line on the DC Metro, and several other lines that run in highway medians. It is not a new thing.
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by _xerces_ 2y ago
Google has a useful "Where to watch" feature in their results for a lot of TV shows.
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by _xerces_ 2y ago
CA already makes non-competes unenforceable and aren't most FAANG employees in CA?
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by _xerces_ 2y ago
One of the arguments was that you improve your insulin sensitivity because by limiting your feeding window, you are not constantly eating, snacking for 16 hours a day and causing multiple spikes.
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by _xerces_ 2y ago
I found out not long ago that Time Team episodes are officially available on YouTube, both old and new: https://www.youtube.com/@TimeTeamClassics https://www.youtube.com/@TimeTeamOfficial
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by _xerces_ 3y ago
I have heard that Tesla does not use the capacitive touch/sense technology that other automakers use and so relies on detecting the current increase or something from the driver wiggling the wheel or slightly moving it.
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by _xerces_ 3y ago
That was the killer feature for me. Being able to yell "Alexa, put milk on the list" right as I poured out the last drop was very convenient. For larger lists like recipe ingredients I used the web interface. I still use it via th
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by _xerces_ 3y ago
Inkjets are complicated, hard to get right and companies that make them have to hire electrical engineers, software engineers, firmware engineers, hardware engineers, mechanical engineers, chemical engineers, experts in microfluidics and mo
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by _xerces_ 3y ago
He doesn't want me to have to go figure out what Docker is, but now instead I have to figure out what Vagrant is or does, he doesn't say. I go to the Vagrant site and see: "Single workflow to build and manage virtual machine
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by _xerces_ 3y ago
Why would a couple of cameras and a screen be an insane feat of engineering? I spent a lot of time watching on the back of seat screen the tail cam and front camera of the A350 I flew on recently. One issue the Concorde had was poor visibi
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by _xerces_ 3y ago
I have read that certain foods such as walnuts can 'feed' butyrate producing bacteria, but I wondered how one can increase their numbers. From the article, that sounds difficult: " One of the challenges is the face are the bu
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A type of bacteria that causes dental plaque was found in 50% of colon cancers(nbcnews.com)
125 points by _xerces_ 3y ago|81 comments
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by _xerces_ 3y ago
You can simulate a 5G base station or phone on your laptop and have them talk over your network or localhost. You can even use an SDR to have them talk over the air (local laws allowing) https://github.com/oai-group/ope
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by _xerces_ 3y ago
You can simulate a 5G base station and/or a phone (UE) with this software and have them talk to each other over your local network or localhost You can even use an SDR to create a real base station or UE (local laws allowing) at home.
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by _xerces_ 3y ago
Reminds me of reading Asimov's books set in the distant future and they still use tapes and other things from the 1950's. Maybe if pressed he could argue that the technology in the future was vastly different, but wanted to use th
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by _xerces_ 3y ago
It seems a lot of astronauts, at least the early ones live long lives. I wonder if it was because the selection process weeded out anyone with any sort of health condition and anyone who was not at peak physical fitness.
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Could Genetics Influence Cancer Risk from Red and Processed Meats?(technologynetworks.com)
2 points by _xerces_ 3y ago|0 comments
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by _xerces_ 3y ago
You can request a copy of your LexisNexis report here and if you're a resident of certain states you can have them delete your data and stop collecting: https://consumer.risk.lexisnexis.com/request
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by _xerces_ 3y ago
Are you not worried about bedbugs buying furniture off Facebook?
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by _xerces_ 3y ago
Reminds me of an old joke among auto enthusiasts: "How do you know if someone drives a manual transmission? They'll tell you".
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by _xerces_ 3y ago
Just a few snippets that use language typically used by those on the further left with a bit of an agenda. I am kind of center-left myself, so I agree with some of the sentiment, but I tend to think that a lot of the issues they ascribe to

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