abstractbeliefs

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by abstractbeliefs 3y ago
I don't think that's quite how it worked. The colour was created by different phosphors on the inside of the screen, there was nothing different about the electron beams. The number and pitch, the resolution, of these different ph
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by abstractbeliefs 3y ago
when it's open source, let us know. Too many companies have it on the roadmap and never deliver.
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by abstractbeliefs 3y ago
The details here about the funding situation - in particular terminating a raft of projects and a licensing change specifically to sell AGPL exemptions - doesn't paint a rosy picture. It's weird to see "Needless to say, this
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by abstractbeliefs 3y ago
Not at all! It's good to support your colleagues, but it's also considered good etiquette to state your relationship when creating new accounts to give praise like this. While you're doing do innocently, because of the reward
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by abstractbeliefs 3y ago
I think you misunderstand. The comment you reply to I think acknowledges that there are problems with nuclear project management - they're saying that with that in mind, let's figure out how to do it better, to make nuclear projec
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by abstractbeliefs 3y ago
There is a lot of utility in 1 to 1 links, but you don't need encryption to do that, while adding it does encourage it at the expense of other modes. As for commercial activity, the whole point of the amateur spectrum is specifically t
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by abstractbeliefs 3y ago
The pros have to bid at auction to tie up bandwidth with encrypted comms that cannot benefit or be used by others. If people want encryption, they are welcome to use the ISM bands where it is allowed, or get licenses for the commercial area
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by abstractbeliefs 3y ago
You talk about retrojustification, but in many parts of the world this has long been written into law, for example in the UK's Wireless Telegraphy act: 1(1) The Licensee shall ensure that the Radio Equipment is only used: a) for the pu
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by abstractbeliefs 3y ago
My concern is that the moment you implement encryption you've opened a race to the bottom in people abusing the license for purposes outside the license. Even if you know who it is, you don't know what they're doing. The temp
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by abstractbeliefs 3y ago
Why? Amateur radio is supposed to be an open spectrum for people to communicate and experiment on, not provide services on. If you need to privately communicate, use the ISM bands, don't consume the amateur experimentation bands.
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by abstractbeliefs 3y ago
I'm talking about the top level comments, that is to say, comments posted directly in reply to the post itself. At the time, of the six comments, 1 was the author, and two were his colleagues who created accounts <5 mins before the
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by abstractbeliefs 3y ago
This is a weirdly astroturfed post, a full 50% of the top level comments are the author or accounts created moments before this post, specifically to comment here. I'm still interested in the product, but I've already got a bad ta
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by abstractbeliefs 3y ago
What a silly mistake for short term domestic gain. The ruling party (the Torys) in England are haemorrhaging support and seats because they've overseen a disastrous decade of mismanagement. It's well understood in the UK that this
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by abstractbeliefs 3y ago
Is that where you at at present? Full-time or just visiting?
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by abstractbeliefs 3y ago
>I'm increasingly of the opinion that the permanent seats are stupid and shouldn't be so >a whole bunch of reasons why the permanent seats aren't representative You're spot on that they aren't representative o
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by abstractbeliefs 3y ago
That's exactly what gatekeeper means: entities that control access to something (in this case financial capital on terms suitable to buy property, but equally it can be social capital to access in-group acceptance, etc). This control o
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by abstractbeliefs 3y ago
Sure, but on the other hand, he was bald. I would consider that a strong indication at least that the authors aren't talking completely out their asses.
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Systemd 254 released, deprecating sysvinit scripts(lwn.net)
44 points by abstractbeliefs 3y ago|118 comments
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by abstractbeliefs 3y ago
Yes, you cannot use your ham/amateur radio license for that. Amateur radio is supposed to be firmly in the realm of community building to improve the appreciation of the radio spectrum, and to encourage amateurs to explore, experiment,
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by abstractbeliefs 3y ago
I'm not saying that it's right, but I can explain why they feel this. If you strongly and sincerely believe that you have some key knowledge on skin disease, say you were the first person to discover a working sunblock to prevent
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by abstractbeliefs 3y ago
That's true for _this_ polyhedron, but it's useful and more clear to demonstrate the technique with a simple example and allow the mind to then explore what else could be modelled this way than to blow someone away with complexity
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by abstractbeliefs 3y ago
I'm not sure how many years you have been bridging in but with recent developments like Matrix logging all chats (including a second bot after the first one was banned) it sounds like too little too late.
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by abstractbeliefs 3y ago
Sadly, I think Matrix's bridge onto Libera might soon be curtailed - they've not been good neighbors for some time and it's eroding the usability of IRC for IRC natives. https://libera.chat/news/matrix-ir
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by abstractbeliefs 4y ago
Probably Massdrop?
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by abstractbeliefs 4y ago
China's Belt and Road Initiative suggests that they view the under-developed Middle East and African nations to be the next in line, the same as the US viewed China as a source of cheap labour. The party has been making deep investment
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Rasperry Pi hires former police surveillance officer as Maker in Residence(bladerunner.social)
40 points by abstractbeliefs 4y ago|44 comments
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by abstractbeliefs 4y ago
That's true, but it was 2.5 years ago they added that statement: https://github.com/betagouv/publicodes/commit/59fa78f6bcbc02...
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by abstractbeliefs 4y ago
It's not good enough, because there are instances where the project might die but they decide not to. For example, if they are acquired and shuttered (like when fitbit bought and closed Pebble), if legal says they can't, or if the
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by abstractbeliefs 4y ago
D. DeVault running the forge, not the mint
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by abstractbeliefs 4y ago
The regulators permit something akin to kickdown. While the cars will limit you under gentle/steady state driving, if you floor the accelerator to avoid an accident, the limiters will disengage: 3.6.1.4. It shall be possible for the d

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