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571.
by ansible 6y ago
Yep, it was through incidents like these that we developed Lockout Tagout: https://www.osha.gov/control-hazardous-energy
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by ansible 6y ago
> That patch antenna array looks both beautiful and a pain in the ass to design and simulate. These days, it isn't too hard. You can usually just import your antenna design CAD file into the simulation tool, and go from there. S
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by ansible 6y ago
I would have bought this style of phone 8 or 9 years ago. I had the original G1 (actually the ADP1) and Samsung Sidekick 4G, and loved the keyboards on those phones. With some practice, I could get close to 30 wpm on the keyboards. Sinc
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by ansible 6y ago
Huh, I just poked around and saw that option on my Pixel 3a. On the one hand, it might be interesting to try it. On the other hand, at least with the one BT device I regularly use, the current stack works flawlessly...
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by ansible 6y ago
Yes, the point of the rules is not that you can just skirt the edge of safety. The intention of the rules is that they be easy to understand, easy to follow, and you won't be in danger if you mess up a little bit.
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by ansible 6y ago
I am not in favor of this person getting fired. That said, should this person be making decisions with regards to abuse reports (especially those involving questionable content involving children) when this person has apparently shown poor
577.
by ansible 6y ago
I am worried about many things. And I think we are already in serious trouble with regards to pollution and climate change. For this one thing, spy satellites in low Earth orbit, I am not so worried. Without active re-boosts, these orbits
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by ansible 6y ago
It is also helpful to have at least two tape drives, and check the backup tapes against both . Early in my career, we had a storm that caused an electrical surge. In spite of the power protection, it damaged the tape drive on the main serv
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by ansible 6y ago
> Elsewhere, they say that two years ago, they found they were unable to restore from backups... So their business actually failed a couple years ago, and they have only noticed this month.
580.
by ansible 6y ago
Makes me wonder if the individual bits on an old floppy could be picked up by magnetic film. If that had sufficient resolution, you could then just photograph the film, and do some image processing to read the bits. There's a bit of
581.
by ansible 6y ago
Any more, all I care about is how searchable the name is. That's something to like with Debian and Ubuntu.
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by ansible 6y ago
Six years ago, I searched long and hard for a 15.6in screen laptop with a SSD and no numeric keypad. HP had just come out with the first of their Omen series of gaming laptops. I've sort of regretted the decision. Not the keypad pa
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by ansible 6y ago
It is worth remembering that linked lists were invented back in the dawn of computing. This was when systems... often didn't even have cache memory at all. Accessing different RAM values took the same amount of time, and sometimes wit
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Is Bayesian thinking a sham? – Julia Galef(youtube.com)
1 points by ansible 6y ago|1 comments
585.
by ansible 6y ago
And just to throw a wrench into things, EGA had modes like 640x350.
586.
by ansible 6y ago
I also tend to use my hands to explain a lot, especially when the subject is not something the listener is expert in. Using gestures to reinforce the idea of how these separate objects are related... this node is the peer of that one, this
587.
by ansible 6y ago
Most TV output and home computer monitors in the 1980's did not have square pixels. Source: lived through those times...
588.
by ansible 6y ago
The only solutions to all this I can think of are considered hopelessly "radical" and "socialist". One thing that would help is having a Universal Basic Income, with Universal Healthcare. This would allow people to work
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by ansible 6y ago
But they were benefiting. They have had years of not winterizing their systems, which helped them earn quarter after quarter of profits. Those profits were paid to executives and shareholders, who will not help make up the shortfall now.
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by ansible 6y ago
I expect there will be a big fight about this. Insurance companies are already worried. I expect them to start writing into their policies exclusions about man made climate change. Which most people won't notice until it is time to fil
591.
by ansible 6y ago
The various three-wheelers available in the NA market are kinda cool, but don't particularly appeal to me. Except for the Piaggio MP3 and similar that allow the rider to lean into turns.
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by ansible 6y ago
So The F-35 costs too much. In other industries, you would look for ways to cost-down the product. We often keep the same basic structure or components, but figure out less expensive ways to accomplish the same goals. Often, the revised p
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by ansible 6y ago
> ... Reliant Robin- at least the single-wheel-in-front variety. To be clear, this is because the single-wheel in front vehicles will roll over if turned sharply or at too high a speed. The single-wheel in back designs are much more
594.
by ansible 6y ago
> Free markets often fail to adopt low cost protections to tail events. Especially when they can foist off the costs of black swan events onto their customers, investors, insurance, and/or the government. In the mean time, they wi
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by ansible 6y ago
Eh, it isn't that radical. These people making minimum wage are likely working part-time, so they don't get medical insurance. They often have to find two or more part-time jobs. Do they are working more hours than a full time job
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by ansible 6y ago
Did you use Netflix on any devices? Maybe one of those was trying to connect.
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by ansible 6y ago
How many billionaires can I name that fit the label "ruthless"? How many are there that don't? Maybe not Gates, but Steve Ballmer. Larry fricken' Ellison. Terry and TC Gou. Koch Brothers. Musk & Bezos. The list
598.
by ansible 6y ago
I don't know that the rich are above-average in lacking empathy or compassion. Though there does seem to be a correlation between wealth and ruthlessness, which isn't exactly the same thing. However, when we see bad behavior from
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by ansible 6y ago
I'd definitely switch over to a webstore that sold items that were sourced from the manufacturers or their authorized / official distributors. And who could prove it. Bonus points for getting the manufacturers themselves to link
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by ansible 6y ago
Name and shame. That's the only way it gets better.

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