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by ajford 6y ago
Um... yeah, I disagree. No cushioning is going to survive for 50 years, and something like an office chair should be rotated far sooner than that (or maintained with replacement cushioning/support) to keep the ergonomics intact. Especi
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by ajford 6y ago
Agreed. My last employer had been on the same GH tier for over 6 years or something like that, and was on a much older tier. It lacked some of the new features, but the price-point was right for our team size, and we weren't yet at the
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by ajford 6y ago
We use both Slack and Teams. I strongly disagree that it's the 'cool factor' making Slack better. Teams is just a pain to use for 70% of my day-to-day messaging needs. Teams works well for meetings and large presentations. Fo
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by ajford 6y ago
It's a bit melancholy now with the collapse and all, but just wanted you to know a paper copy of that image was taped up on the Clock Room wall at Arecibo Observatory when I left (somewhere in 2015).
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Some of it is holdover from various economic depressions that are holding on tight to our collective habits. My wife and I both favor bulk shopping for a majority of our household goods, and when we pondered why, it came down to our familie
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by ajford 6y ago
Because Pelosi didn't tell a crowd of people to walk down Pennsylvania Ave and 'give them the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country'. Stating that you don't understand why there aren't u
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by ajford 6y ago
I don't think anyone who writes production code is using Jupyter as a development env. It's more like a self-documenting, persistent repl, or perhaps an interactive doc. I've used it as a way to document data exploration for
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by ajford 6y ago
Proof? Without something to back up your statement that he didn't make it, I'm gonna keep my own counsel on that. If your talking about the build quality, that's all possible at hobbyist levels of skill. And doubly so for som
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by ajford 6y ago
Because I've got enough experience in engineering, software, and electronics engineering that I can recognize what's possible. I've also seen his other videos and know him indirectly (a personal friend worked with him at NASA
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by ajford 6y ago
Agreed. For me, the switch to group mailboxes in urban/suburban areas reduced package theft, since my last few group mailboxes have had parcel lockers, so I attributed that to the lack of USPS concern regarding package theft. I've
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by ajford 6y ago
There's no proof for either the accusation that it was intentional or that it was an honest mistake. I agree to disagree. At this point, it's up to the reader to decide what they want to believe. Whether it's staged or not, t
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by ajford 6y ago
That's why I was suggesting it be a fully US Postal Inspection sting. But yeah, they'd have little reason to start one, other than trying to scare porch pirates into giving up. And yeah, with the current state of USPS right now, t
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by ajford 6y ago
Anything beyond that likely falls afoul with boobytrapping laws in many (if not all) states. Rober even calls out that he attempted to report his porch pirate (with clear video) to the police, but they didn't take action. Now, I'd
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by ajford 6y ago
I feel like characterizing it as Rober paying to arrange the theft is disingenuous. He stated that two of the five people he arranged to set out bait packages (and were compensated for setting out bait packages) had acquaintances "stea
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by ajford 6y ago
My take on it is that many of the fundamental advancements in the last couple of decades are increasingly shifting from the public sector into the private sector. SpaceX benefits NASA, but it is beholden to itself and it's shareholders
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by ajford 6y ago
NSF is responsible for the site restoration, which is one of the reasons NSF wanted to "divest" (transfer ownership). The last EPA study from a few years back had an estimate of something near $100 Million USD (roughly 10yrs of op
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by ajford 6y ago
That's the rub. Yes it wasn't a streamline design, but rather the result of a series of upgrades over the decades, but it was still producing important and meaningful science. A full refit of Arecibo (obviously while it was still
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by ajford 6y ago
I studied pulsars in University and worked with Arecibo, Green Bank, did some data analysis with VLA, and worked on some undergrad projects using low frequency arrays. The details get complex, but the gist of it is that arrays let you see b
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by ajford 6y ago
This statement ignores the fact that the radar capability put Arecibo in it's on class when it comes to Planetary Astronomy. The capability to study near-Earth Asteroids and perform radar observations of the Moon and other large object
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by ajford 6y ago
You may know two people who have no use for Arecibo, but I know of many many more people who know the actual capabilities of Arecibo and know just how impactful the loss is, and that's just on the science side. The telescope also serve
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by ajford 6y ago
The need to return to a natural state is only in the event of a full divestment/closure of the site. If the site continues to operate in some fashion, it is not required to be restored. Also, if NSF divests the structure (essentially h
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by ajford 6y ago
You may have seen this already, but here's some more direct photos of the collapsed pieces. https://twitter.com/NotiJuan/status/1333803305831604225
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by ajford 6y ago
The next most powerful radar telescope is Goldstone's telescopes (also part of the Deep Space Network). It's unfortunately about 20x less sensitive, and is at a different frequency. This means it's less suited for finding and
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by ajford 6y ago
Arecibo's S-Band radar was extensively used in the tracking of near-Earth asteroids, which was termed "planetary defense" by NASA. It was nearly 20x more sensitive than any other telescope capable of radar tracking. https:&#
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by ajford 6y ago
Within the halls of Arecibo, it was rather well understood that the early funding/control issues that started in the mid 2000s was due to bad blood between leadership at NSF Astro and NAIC (through Cornell). Can't be proven for an
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by ajford 6y ago
The original platform didn't include the Gregorian dome. The auxiliary cables were added in the mid 90s during a major upgrade that included the dome, adding a considerable amount of weight. The choices were made based on funding and a
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by ajford 6y ago
I've often found that simply buying an older model of a relatively popular brand is more than enough to get a working combo. My go-to is Lenovo, and sticking to the Thinkpad line. Occasionally I've had some growing pains, but I&#x
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by ajford 6y ago
Holy shit... do you have a link handy to that file manager bug? I run XFCE and have for a while, but I've been seeing that issue lately and thought it was my (older) ssd going out. Hadn't thought it could be related to the DE. Per
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by ajford 6y ago
OP was commenting on the order of the S and C
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No, he was pretty clear that it was due to needing to use that solver due to it being the only one that works on ARM right now. The dual licensing was only relevant in that the client would have to pay for the commercial license (due to the

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