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by _xerces_ 5y ago
OP might have a valid point, but the childish way he chose to share his message and the poor English aren't going to help when it comes to finding future employment.
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by _xerces_ 5y ago
A box? You must be a favorite, premier customer! Most of my stuff comes in a flimsy paper bag these days.
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by _xerces_ 5y ago
It's a lot easier to get a donkey up a minaret than down...
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by _xerces_ 5y ago
So the drivers who barely break even will have to purchase new vehicles that are on average $19k more expensive? Let's assume there is enough charging infrastructure in place, CA is hardly a poster child for reliable electricity distri
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by _xerces_ 6y ago
I hit a paywall and had to use Outline: https://outline.com/PCp3qe
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by _xerces_ 6y ago
Which makes me shocked that some lazy guy just posting a Wikipedia link is voted so highly.
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by _xerces_ 6y ago
Why is this low effort post so high? There have been lots of interesting articles, visualizations and tutorials on Kalman Filters posted on here over the years. This guy just posts a Wikipedia link with no comments and you all think it is g
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by _xerces_ 6y ago
Is that the 8-bit gun nut who made fun of school shootings and protested gun control by walking around in public with an assault rifle strapped to his back? Talk about a weak nerd overcompensating for something.
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by _xerces_ 6y ago
I enjoyed reading this, but what is the reason for the big orange boxes that quote from later in the article? I see other publications do this and always found it distracting. Is there a reason for it, is it for the benefit of modern intern
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by _xerces_ 6y ago
Not sure if you saw that part, but article mentions 300,000 years of coprolites found in the caves which indicates an extensive presence of these animals.
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by _xerces_ 6y ago
There are tents that use similar concepts such as this insulated one: https://www.cruaoutdoors.com/products/crua-cocoon-two-person...
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by _xerces_ 6y ago
The seeming lack of movement even convinced the Greeks that the Earth is stationary: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/noBKApHwFm8aMuvnw/link-the-g...
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by _xerces_ 6y ago
If you're interested in ancient iron (and steel) this series covers ore mining through actual manufacture: Mining https://acoup.blog/2020/09/18/collections-iron-how-did-they-... Smelting & Charcoal M
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by _xerces_ 6y ago
There are a lot of steels called Damascus now, probably more accurately called Damascus Style. Basic idea is to keep heating and folding the steel, then hammer it flat, then heat and fold again and again. Then, once you fashion the knife bl
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by _xerces_ 6y ago
Probably some cheap steel that sharpens easily, but also dulls easily. https://knifeinformer.com/discovering-the-best-knife-steel/
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by _xerces_ 6y ago
I don't get the point of it. It could be my screen size (15" laptop) or resolution (4k), but the gifs looked terrible even when I stared exclusively at the center of the image.
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by _xerces_ 6y ago
I don't believe evidence supports music being an aid to concentration directly. However, it does make some tasks more tolerable and might extend the time a person is willing to spend on it. Whether the trade-off is worth it, depends on
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by _xerces_ 6y ago
How about this explanation? Simulation, Consciousness, Existence Hans Moravec, 1998 https://outline.com/JHCE77
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by _xerces_ 6y ago
Always start out streaming in really, really low quality on the Firestick and gets stuck there despite us having gigabit fiber. Usually have to stop playing, exit and then go back in again then it works and plays in HD. Never happens on Net
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by _xerces_ 6y ago
That was a pretty vague and unfulfilling article. No mention of what these mysterious "devices" are or what they look like.
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by _xerces_ 6y ago
Could be he was sponsored. It looks like one of his other projects was a request from Singapore Airlines, so maybe something similar here?
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by _xerces_ 6y ago
I recently installed it because WSL2 can't talk to hardware, so I use it for devices connected using a USB to UART cable.
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by _xerces_ 6y ago
How did this come about, is it the consequence of an armed society, or something else unique to Americans?
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by _xerces_ 6y ago
Behind the paywall: https://outline.com/Y2nTEK (Copy WSJ link, paste into bitly to shorten, then paste shortened url into outline.com)
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by _xerces_ 7y ago
Try this link: https://outline.com/NNdcms 1) I put the FT link into bitly 2) I then put the bitly link into outline.com