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by ano-ther 3y ago
Works for me
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by ano-ther 3y ago
Kids these days. Meanwhile in the 70s: > [The Rocky Horror Picture Show] soon became a hit as a midnight movie, when audiences began participating with the film at the Waverly Theater in New York City in 1976. Audience members returned t
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by ano-ther 3y ago
I still haven’t understood Microsoft‘s strategic rationale for being the leading provider of a free browser. Google and Chrome makes sense because they need as many people browsing as possible. But IE for MS? How was it supposed to help the
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by ano-ther 3y ago
Agree it’s odd. Must be one of these, which don’t really have a name (link from the article): https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23886219-integrated-... > SUMMARY 1.1 Background Chevron Corporation submitted pr
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by ano-ther 3y ago
> Individuals assigned to the olfactory enrichment group were provided with an odorant diffuser (Diffuser World) and 7 essential oil odorants (rose, orange, eucalyptus, lemon, peppermint, rosemary, and lavender; from The Essential Oil Co
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by ano-ther 3y ago
1 Are we seeing them in those areas because that’s where they are or because that’s where there is a large number of trained pilots + sensors? 2 Why are there so many types (and different colors too)? 3 Why would an (earthly) adversary ris
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by ano-ther 3y ago
> Average wealth increases; but average log(wealth) decreases What’s the mathematical rationale (or intuition) for looking at the log values? I don’t quite understand what they represent.
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by ano-ther 3y ago
From 2001, but still prescient. Also explains why I once had to wait for more than two years to get a simple website from corporate IT. They treated it as an “information management solution” and wasted time to integrate that across the com
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Don’t Let Architecture Astronauts Scare You (2001)(joelonsoftware.com)
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by ano-ther 3y ago
They sent me a very phishing looking email. From a domain like db-service.com, only text “there is a problem with your account, please call xxx”, with xxx a number that was nowhere to be found on their website. Turned out to be a legit inqu
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by ano-ther 3y ago
Part 1 here: https://www.karlstack.com/p/yale-university-vows-to-geolocat...
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Yale University vows to 'geolocate' most EJMR users [PART 2](karlstack.com)
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Stalking, Not Sales(world.hey.com)
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RelayGate: Deye Solar Microinverters Lack Essential Part(heise.de)
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by ano-ther 3y ago
> The "possibly carcinogenic" label often causes fear and confusion, but just means the evidence is unconvincing. > the "possibly" refers only to the strength of scientific evidence. If the evidence was strong, the
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Aspartame advice unchanged despite cancer question(bbc.com)
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Honest question: what’s the appeal of a bike that needs an internet connection & app to unlock?
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by ano-ther 3y ago
Printers have vastly improved though. My last printer jam must be at least five years ago while in the 90s and 2000s it was much more dreadful (especially when you are seen as “the technical one” in the office).
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by ano-ther 3y ago
It helps you to get insights into an industry, a feel for what they need and how customers tick. Also connections and an understanding how businesses are run. On the other hand, Microsoft and Meta have bee quite successful with founders san
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Japanese Moonshot R&D Programs (Japan Science and Technology Agency)(jst.go.jp)
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by ano-ther 3y ago
Oh, they are. It’s part of my routine when I get a new setup. But the people pinging me cannot know and want to be considerate.
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by ano-ther 3y ago
I don’t like just hi either, but people tell me they do it because they don’t want to disturb me and don’t know if I may be sharing my screen - so it is well-intentioned. I once was on a WebEx when the presenter was notified by her manager
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by ano-ther 3y ago
> legally binding guaratee that users’ data will be maintained for 100 years That almost sounds like a threat to commit a crime in certain jurisdictions. It’s (or was) the promise for you to be able to access your data for so long, provi
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by ano-ther 3y ago
Interesting how the mind wants to maintain continuity by not challenging assumptions. The researchers saw brooding octopuses at a warm vent. Since prevailing wisdom said they hatch only in cold water, they went away. Only when they came bac
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Models generating training data: win or fake win?(dblalock.substack.com)
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Not yet official. From https://www.iarc.who.int/news-events/update-on-iarc-monograp... > IARC has assessed the potential carcinogenic effect of aspartame (hazard identification). Following this, the Joint FAO/W
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by ano-ther 3y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34674569
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by ano-ther 3y ago
The new outlook also shows other Office365 apps in an icon column on the left — which I really don’t need because I already have them in the Windows task bar.
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Apple Testing Its Autonomous-Vehicle Tech at Chrysler's Old Proving Ground?(caranddriver.com)
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What happens when 'fun' corporate retreats cross a line(bbc.com)
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