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by akeck 8y ago
Very smooth on iPhone 7 Safari. Only thing odd is that the larger drops are faceted like cut glass.
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by akeck 8y ago
Some of the moon data he mentioned as lost may have been recovered (photos, though :-/) : https://www.wired.com/2014/04/lost-lunar-photos-recovered-by...
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Farmers are using LED lights in ways that seem to border on science fiction(washingtonpost.com)
6 points by akeck 8y ago|0 comments
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The Glow-In-The-Dark Kitty (2011)(smithsonianmag.com)
1 points by akeck 8y ago|0 comments
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by akeck 8y ago
To be "successful" (be visible) on "classical" social media (vs. something like HN), it seems like you have to do certain things every day - that change depending on the current algorithm ("engagement"). So cla
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by akeck 8y ago
For example, Kit Kat Japan won a Cannes Media Grand Prix award in 2009 for creating a candy-box-post-card sold in Japanese post-offices. I believe the idea was to enable a convenient way to send a gift during Japan's gift-giving season
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Why Are Japan’s Cherry Blossom Trees Blooming in Fall?(smithsonianmag.com)
142 points by akeck 8y ago|60 comments
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Turning old milk jugs into 3D printer filament (2014)(m.phys.org)
3 points by akeck 8y ago|0 comments
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by akeck 8y ago
Congratulations on clawing your way back. After reading about the "Zunger Shock Sieve" [0], I've started building up my emergency funds. In the US, health issues are unfortunately a common path to financial distress. [0] htt
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How being cold may one day help people lose weight and protect against diabetes(washingtonpost.com)
1 points by akeck 8y ago|0 comments
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by akeck 8y ago
For quick scripts, I do all my date math with seconds-since-the-epoch, retrieved with "date", and then convert back at the end. The final date benefits from the latest timezone package update, so mostly I do OK.
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U.S. Will Deny Visa/Green Cards Without Giving Applicants a Chance to Fix Errors(propublica.org)
1 points by akeck 8y ago|0 comments
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Touch Screen Lexicon Forensics (TextHarvester / WaitList.dat)(articles.forensicfocus.com)
1 points by akeck 8y ago|0 comments
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by akeck 8y ago
Seems like it could be used for pellet stove fuel.
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by akeck 8y ago
"Chasing the Rabbit" by Steven Spear. It gave me a much deeper understanding of the Lean/Toyota than other books.
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Build a Pi Zero W pocket projector(mickmake.com)
41 points by akeck 8y ago|6 comments
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by akeck 8y ago
Also, busses in transit apparently follow "universality". https://www.quantamagazine.org/in-mysterious-pattern-math-an...
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by akeck 8y ago
I work in a somewhat tall building, so I've started taking pomodoro breaks by walking up and down the stairs.
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by akeck 8y ago
Could hundreds of self driving cars cruising around a city with LIDAR affect the eyes of pedestrians?
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by akeck 8y ago
Well there's "quitting" and "stop using". I have friends who've quit and told me, etc. I also have friends who just went dark. I don't have updated non-FB contact info, because all our comms had collapsed
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Asbestos in a Crayon, Benzene in a Marker: A School Supply Study’s Toxic Results(nytimes.com)
1 points by akeck 8y ago|0 comments
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by akeck 8y ago
Whether he's in the clear or not, this sounds like an excellent way to get sued.
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by akeck 8y ago
"Money can't buy happiness but it solves 95% of the problems that make you unhappy." ~ GSElevator
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by akeck 8y ago
Hmmm. The story I keep hearing is companies switching from Slack to Teams, not because Teams is better, but because it's more or less integrated into O365 and has various compliance certs already. 7.1B seems a bit high when competing w
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Taiwan President's cup of coffee leads to a $165M share plunge(theage.com.au)
16 points by akeck 8y ago|6 comments
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Microsoft and Amazon made their voice assistants share data(washingtonpost.com)
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Children can be swayed by robot peer pressure, study says(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by akeck 8y ago|0 comments
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Sending your kids to college increases the chances you’ll lose your house(washingtonpost.com)
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Thirty micrometres a minute: scientists discover the speed of death(theguardian.com)
3 points by akeck 8y ago|0 comments
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MacOS System 6, Version 6.0.8: run in browser(archive.org)
178 points by akeck 8y ago|57 comments

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