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by akeck 5y ago
Crude birth rate is dropping sharply: https://population.un.org/wpp/Graphs/2_Probabilistic%20Proje...
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The Simple Math Behind the Mighty Roots of Unity(quantamagazine.org)
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Caltech’s Leo Flying Biped Can Skateboard and Slackline(spectrum.ieee.org)
1 points by akeck 5y ago|0 comments
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Whatever Happened to the Population Bomb?(spectrum.ieee.org)
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by akeck 5y ago
Probably just "plasma breakeven" Sabine talks about the issue. [1] https://backreaction.blogspot.com/2021/10/how-close-is-nucle...
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by akeck 5y ago
The nuts and bolts of AirPrint are CUPS (linux printer server) plus Avahi (mDNS infrastructure, known in Apple land as Rendevous). My recollection is that to get my USB printer to AirPrint, I only needed to install the CUPS and Avahi packag
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by akeck 5y ago
This is so awesome to read. Thanks so much.
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by akeck 5y ago
A handwritten condolence letter.
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by akeck 5y ago
Jane McGonigal is another person doing work in this space. [1] https://janemcgonigal.com/
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Scientists create their own GPS by spying on internet satellites(science.org)
144 points by akeck 5y ago|62 comments
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by akeck 5y ago
It's a little tedious, but I prefer to do one color per layer. After drawing a color, select everything in the layer and then do a union and remove all the interior points. That makes the file much smaller. Otherwise, you have overlapp
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by akeck 5y ago
I adore Inkscape. If you haven't tried it, painting with the marker tool and a pressure sensitive tablet is really fun. Drawn look but infinitely scalable. Good for "cell" style art.
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by akeck 5y ago
Use a certified letter to their legal dept.
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by akeck 5y ago
Interesting - the OODA loop is similar to Deming's Plan-Do-Check-Act.
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Outdated Answers: accepted answer is now unpinned on Stack Overflow(meta.stackoverflow.com)
162 points by akeck 5y ago|75 comments
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by akeck 5y ago
I've developed a healthier way to use IG for myself. I follow only a small number of artists in the particular fields of art in which I'm interested and I keep my accounts private. As a result, I'm limited in what's av
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by akeck 5y ago
I've heard that "Vox Latina" is really good for classical pronunciation. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/vox-latina/0D460CEF06E5...
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The Rocky Flats [FBI] Raid(outrider.org)
1 points by akeck 5y ago|2 comments
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April 1990: Linus Pauling's Longevity Formula(scarc.library.oregonstate.edu)
1 points by akeck 5y ago|0 comments
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Minor volcanic eruptions could 'cascade' into global catastrophe, experts argue(phys.org)
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Champagne moment as supernova captured in detail for the first time(theguardian.com)
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by akeck 5y ago
I may be incorrect, but I think there's a section that updates parts of the tax code to pay for it. I think the crypto language got slipped in there.
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by akeck 5y ago
Could I trouble you (or anyone) for a "metaverse"-related fiction reading list? It's been awhile since I dug into some classic cyberpunk.
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Amazon removes binding arbitration requirement from TOS
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U.S. regulators to require reporting on crashes involving driver assistance tech(washingtonpost.com)
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by akeck 5y ago
Yup. A long time ago I did a full backup with Time Machine, then a DR (re-install and restore). Half my restored photos were zero length. Fortunately, I had a secondary backup. I've been using Carbon Copy Cloner since.
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by akeck 5y ago
I still have my G1G1 XO-1. I don't know what to do with it in the long run, but to me it's still a fascinating tech footnote to play with.
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by akeck 5y ago
Gabe Brown's talk is my favorite introduction to regenerative ag: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUmIdq0D6-A He did a book on it: https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/dirt-to-soil/ I also li
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Kugelblitz (Astrophysics)(wikipedia.org)
1 points by akeck 5y ago|0 comments
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by akeck 5y ago
Citation?

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