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   by adolph 2y ago

   Even if the criticism was intended to be constructive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google's_Ideological_Echo_Cham...
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   by adolph 2y ago

   Just take a breath and reread the difference between steps two and three.
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   by adolph 2y ago

   1. Is anyone paying Oracle for this trademark? I ask because lawyers aren’t underpants gnomes; if there is not a revenue stream then what supports their effort? 2. The below quote from the article has a poignant innocence to it. Not as unhi
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   by adolph 2y ago

   One of the interesting aspects is that organizations with strict hiring requirements have to have deep supply chains in order to meet those requirements. Its always interesting to read an account that describes these otherwise unknown-to-me
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   by adolph 2y ago

   > some ATC employee groups and I can tell you exactly why they are short staffed: > - The FAA has strict hiring requirements. So what happened? Why did the FAA upend a stable hiring process, undercut the CTI schools it had establishe
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   by adolph 2y ago

   Is it weird that the executive order [0] mentioned in the article specifically names a wind project (Lava Ridge [1]) that is nowhere near the outer continental shelf? 0. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2
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   by adolph 2y ago

   To clarify “from scratch” as in from basic materials and not “in scratch” as in the MIT graphical programming g system[0]. It appears to be written in Zig[1], which I find interesting for analysis. 0. https://scratch.mit.edu&#x2F
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   by adolph 2y ago

   Epistemological modesty/honesty is undervalued compared to confident certainty (in my mind at least).
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   by adolph 2y ago

   P43r, a space-included numeronym[0] pronounced like Paer? Or just the straight acronym of PAIN? 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeronym printf "\n%s\t%s\n\n" $(uname) $SHELL; wrd="$(pbpaste | tr -
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    by adolph 2y ago

    Relatedly, here is an account of someone working on global ocean surveys of microbes. https://x.com/science_doodles/status/1879600503157592386
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    by adolph 2y ago

    Japan companies were a threat just a couple weeks ago. There is credible evidence that leads me to believe that (1) Nippon Steel Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of Japan . . . might take action that threatens to impair
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    by adolph 2y ago

    I wonder if GPS and the like will be used more for their clock features than for position. The emissions celestial bodies are perfect fiducial markers [0,1], but connecting them to position still requires accurate timekeeping [2], as the pa
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    by adolph 2y ago

    This is the one weird trick that museums use to pull in donor dollars.
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    by adolph 2y ago

    wants to create a nonprofit foundation to govern and protect the AT Protocol, outside of Bluesky the company Bluesky and Graber recognize the importance of this effort and have signaled their approval. But the point is, it can’t rely on
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    by adolph 2y ago

    I wonder what’s the max lexile score for 144 characters
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    by adolph 2y ago

    The specific words were “china's population” which is different from any specific person. Did the English strap down each individual and intravenously administer opium? Unlikely. To the extent that a government reflects the general sen
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    by adolph 2y ago

    Weight or brightness?
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    by adolph 2y ago

    I thought both would be all caps but it seems that the language uses an initialism rather than an acronym. All my life I’ve been rarely typing out all caps Tcl like I’m one of the folk who use all caps MAC for the line of Apple computers.
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    by adolph 2y ago

    Kinda hard to do now
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    by adolph 2y ago

    >> Like britain invaded china ( opium wars ) and forced opium on china's population. > how did Britain force the Chinese population to consume Opium? The Chinese government of the time had banned opium and the Briti
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    by adolph 2y ago

    >> Rather than calling it "renegging on an explicitly-legislated compromise", it's a "loophole" that needs "closing." > You're assigning a single mind to a group of uncoordinated actors to cr
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    by adolph 2y ago

    Since I’ve never seen an f9 landing, watching ift5 land was kinda mind blowing. Even 6k away you can tell it’s really big but moved with a grace and smoothness like a hippo in water only with crackling flame.
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    by adolph 2y ago

    A great circle line tho
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    by adolph 2y ago

    > donuts over the pacific Atlantic
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    by adolph 2y ago

    I think the parent comment refers to ULA being on life support. The new contracts won't be as flush as the company was designed to need, and there won't be 3x launch cadence. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/
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    by adolph 2y ago

    Maybe EU is big mad at Apple because that "Hide Distracting Items" feature of iOS Safari makes those popups go "boom" when they disappear. No need to click through N different popup paths. One method and a satisfactory a
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    by adolph 2y ago

    > why not broadcast transponder info Do rockets broadcast ADS-B? Trad terrestrial ADS-B: https://www.flightaware.com/adsb/ Space-based ADS-B: https://aireon.com/its-just-ads-b/
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    by adolph 2y ago

    > Nobody is flying or sailing at Point Nemo. It looks like this flight is maybe a bit south of Nemo, but in the relative vicinity. "Santiago Chile to Sydney AUS, 2-3x a week" [0] https://www.flightaware.com/live
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    by adolph 2y ago

    The flight was over the Southern Indian Ocean? https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/QFA63/history/202501...
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    by adolph 2y ago

    > Trash removal in NYC is free Trash pickup costs the city $109 billion. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-16/nyc-mayor...