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by aksss 4y ago
Evidently, "The Cradle of Aviation Museum" in New York has an exhibit of a replica "Marconi Kite". This was, I gather, a "Levitor" kite modified to lift an antenna. Of this exhibit, the Museum's website sa
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by aksss 4y ago
> Many of the experiments and developments during the 1800s led directly to the eventual development of the powered airplane and transatlantic wireless communications in the early 20th century. The article goes on to explain that the Wri
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by aksss 4y ago
> sort of banality There’s a gestalt to the word in the US. If the words are parsed or translated literally, particularly for esl, I can see how it would seem very plain. But speaking as a kid from the American eighties, I don’t think “s
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by aksss 4y ago
Missing two other American time zones, Alaska and Hawaii.
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by aksss 4y ago
Things tech workers associate with “job stealing” (exploitive temporary visa programs and offshoring) should not be characterized as an animus towards immigration. They are different, and that’s the point, right? Nobody in tech I’ve ever
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by aksss 4y ago
Wow.. I like that at least on a few samples I looked at, the comments have constructed playlists from the constituent songs. Y’know, if you don’t like your songs being interrupted by a smooth voice talking to you about Tupperware.
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by aksss 4y ago
Voting with one’s feet is about all one can do when a city or state’s policies are locked up.
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by aksss 4y ago
Really? You are forecasting that the US will have a net loss in people coming in vs leaving this decade, meaning checks watch prior to 2030? I guess let’s see how this ages but I can’t think of any sober analysis that would lead me to tha
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by aksss 4y ago
Let’s make sure we’re distinguishing between immigration of high skilled labor vs sending high skill jobs overseas or hiring high skill workers on low-wage worker visas. I don’t know a single worker in tech that’s hostile to immigration of
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by aksss 4y ago
You’re really just saying that when humans get together in organized groups it tends to amplify the worst aspects of human nature. “Corporations” is pointlessly specific and smacks of simplistic rhetoric.
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by aksss 4y ago
Had he an eagle and a snake as companions?
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by aksss 4y ago
tl;dr: automatic enrollment has resulted in more people contributing to 401(k) plans. Also, preaching the gospel of target-date fund allocations is driving young people to prioritize equity investments.
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by aksss 4y ago
By the numbers, the USA is much different, even just counting legal and ignoring illegal migration.
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by aksss 4y ago
I believe it's in "Energy and Civilization: A History", and probably reprised in "How the World Really Works". This is rando google search for it (so double check) but material looks correct to me: "An average
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by aksss 4y ago
Dress codes on private property, what a world!
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by aksss 4y ago
Pageant and spelling bee contestants aside..
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by aksss 4y ago
I think Smil had calculated this energy to an equivalent number of laborers working for us 24x7 (like slaves). IIRC it was like 172 or something. It may sound fantastic but once you start imagining what kind of human labor it would take to
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by aksss 4y ago
A finer point - it’s mere marketing attempting to influence consumer buying decisions with platitudes that distract from pure capability evaluations or other considerations. Which obviously works on getting a lot of people over the purchasi
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by aksss 4y ago
Most tech people have a vision of what VR “should be”, but perhaps not as many fully appreciate that it’s a very, very difficult problem that people have been chipping away at for decades with relatively modest gains. Oculus is exponentiall
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by aksss 4y ago
God bless online car forums. Usually just awesome, well-intentioned, and helpful people that participate, with decades of knowledge indexed. There was a year way back there when the usefulness of the forums surpassed the Chilton's manu
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by aksss 4y ago
Table for reference: https://homebatterybank.com/how-fast-will-a-car-battery-drai... That said, at between like 0F and -10F, I'd be intentional about starting that car every couple days. Below -10F to -20F, I'd st
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by aksss 4y ago
After my Audi I learned I'm never buying another German car. Hard to work on myself, absurdly expensive for the shops to work on them, parts are very expensive. Since most owners seem to be "of a demographic" that does not mo
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by aksss 4y ago
Yes, my Audi did not like being disconnected from power. If I remember correctly, it didn't go into limp mode but it was in some partial alarm state when it reconnected such that one had to mimic the Contra cheat code with their fob to
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by aksss 4y ago
I wonder if one couldn't identify the time it takes for the battery to get to some low point (50%?) and then determine the order of magnitude draw they would be looking for. 75mA would take a long time (I think) to drain the battery to
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by aksss 4y ago
I’ve heard it’s possible to anonymously fry people’s systems with annoyingly loud bass this way. Urban legend?
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by aksss 4y ago
After a quick read I guess I’ll write the obligatory comment that surely the author is referring to full ORM kits like EF rather than minimalist ones like Dapper. That assumption in place, I’m mostly in alignment with his comments (damn kid
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by aksss 4y ago
A lot of people (like myself) have a perverse interest in writing utilitarian code and building cool things and reading about how to do it all better (if not the best), in our spare time and for its own sake and because it’s fun and cool. E
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by aksss 4y ago
Well, not showing how a bullet is made, but an attempt at coarsely portraying the assembly of one rifle round, and then its shipment, firing, and the flight of its constituent bullet. Here’s a better couple of videos: https://you
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by aksss 4y ago
Well, it’s worth considering that FBI had control over it long ago and ran it themselves for a while (hence it’s ability to be so public), and the impetus to give it up could be any number of things from threat of revelation to the more mun
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by aksss 4y ago
Simply a question of capacity planning, load balancing, and configuration.

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