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901.
by analog31 1y ago
Surveillance of journalists is a way to discourage journalism, because it threatens both the journalists and their sources.
902.
by analog31 1y ago
I'd put it a bit differently, that it remains a scientific endeavor, but leaves us in the same predicament as we're in now, which is the difficult work of forming a scientific theory that can only be tested indirectly.
903.
by analog31 1y ago
My mom's reaction when she was looking for an apartment to rent: "Nobody cooks any more."
904.
by analog31 1y ago
Indeed, I wonder if Plato was responsible for "everybody kmows democracy is a failure" up until quite recently.
905.
by analog31 1y ago
Karl Popper trashed Plato in The Open Society and its Enemies .
906.
by analog31 1y ago
I wonder if something like this could also help the hardware industry, thus encouraging more manufacturing in the US.
907.
by analog31 1y ago
Linking multiple units means making the stations longer. A more likely scenario is to deploy more units and deal with staffing by migrating to autonomous operation.
908.
by analog31 1y ago
Industrial policy. Every prosperous country has an industrial policy that includes generous support for basic research, and reasonable immigration. And it's not all that bad . We're something like the number-two industrial countr
909.
by analog31 1y ago
The odd thing is that if our industry has failed, so has Japan, Korea, and Europe, because they all make electrics, and we can buy them in the US. I don't know the extent to which demand plays a role. Ford makes F150s because people bu
910.
by analog31 1y ago
This was my experience too. My mom had a subscription to Byte Magazine, and I remember trying to read the articles on OOP when they came out. It was utterly opaque to me. When I started using HyperCard, the light bulb turned on. I think a s
911.
by analog31 1y ago
A hastily edited thesis is a sure sign of a student who got a job offer. ;-)
912.
by analog31 1y ago
One thing about the radio is that it can be on while you're doing other things, if those things don't require much concentration.
913.
by analog31 1y ago
This is as good a place to mention it as anywhere: My physical therapist told me that people who work at a computer all day have a high risk of osteoarthritis.
914.
by analog31 1y ago
One thing I recognize is that coming up with a novel and coherent theory of operation is worthy of recognition by itself. One example is that the ancient Greeks proved the theory of a parabolic mirror, even if they couldn't make one, a
915.
by analog31 1y ago
Ah, the getter. Another materials problem. ;-)
916.
by analog31 1y ago
I've adopted a personal rule about "invention," loosely based on the patent system. Claiming to have had an "idea" is not enough. Ideas are a dime a dozen. But a patent requires a coherent description, novelty, and
917.
by analog31 1y ago
As I understand it, the Vatican astronomers called Galileo out on his claim to have invented the telescope. It didn't stop them from buying a couple of his scopes.
918.
by analog31 1y ago
In addition to the filament material, Edison's research program also worked tirelessly on improving vacuum technology. Getting electric current into a glass bulb without leaks or cracking due to thermal expansion, and keeping the air o
919.
by analog31 1y ago
A growing suspicion of mine is that maybe the govt is just more efficient at some things, like funding speculative research, which is part of the industrial policy of every prosperous nation.
920.
by analog31 1y ago
A relative runs trail ultras, but I'm just guessing here based on our conversations. About food in general, you learn what agrees with you and what doesn't, and this information is also shared informally. Something might be gassy
921.
by analog31 1y ago
They could be misinformed themselves, or concocting an argument that doesn't really make sense. Even a lot of seemingly "logical" arguments are really just chains of weak but plausible-sounding inferences.
922.
by analog31 1y ago
>>> So the three reasons readers might not already know what you tell them are (a) that it's not important, (b) that they're obtuse, or (c) that they're inexperienced. (d) because it's false. I'm not saying
923.
by analog31 1y ago
I repair practically anything that breaks in my house -- except heavy work on the car, or the roof. A few things, from me as a kid: 1. Take things apart, and try to figure out how they work. Don't worry too much about getting them back
924.
by analog31 1y ago
From what I've read, pallets are treated with all kinds of nasty chemicals.
925.
by analog31 1y ago
>>> But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. This is why it's so hard for good classical musicians to learn jazz improvisation, even if they love j
926.
by analog31 1y ago
Hint: Basses have the most wreckage. -- Bassist
927.
by analog31 1y ago
The repairs are hard to discern from the outside... https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10162184681342501&vani... The only pic I could find.
928.
by analog31 1y ago
How will green hydrogen be preferable to batteries?
929.
by analog31 1y ago
For me, those side-investigations are often physical experiments, which run on their own time scale. Plus they often run on another computer, to reduce the risk of crashing and losing data, or just physical proximity to the experiment. How
930.
by analog31 1y ago
Solution: Learn C.

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