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The matter of whether the universe is or isn't infinite is definitely not a settled matter. > Because we cannot observe space beyond the edge of the observable universe, it is unknown whether the size of the universe in its totality
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Educated by a about five minutes of searching and reading, my impression is that not supporting MD4 means not supporting WPA networks.
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Given that LibreSSL is natively developed for OpenBSD (and that searches turned up nothing), I strongly doubt it does. edit: Maybe the developers would be amenable to a patch, but it sounds like a substantial undertaking.
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OpenBSD does support PSK. Random excerpt here: > For standard WPA networks which use pre-shared keys (PSK), keys are configured using the "wpakey" option. [1] I think the article is saying that the new OpenSSL is the library th
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Vehicles are tested for pedestrian crashworthiness. Modern cars are even tested on their ability to detect pedestrians and avoid hitting them. https://www.euroncap.com/en/vehicle-safety/the-ratings-expla...
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He did a series of columns for Make Magazine. A compilation book titled "Make: Forrest Mims' Science Experiments" was published in 2016. https://www.makershed.com/products/forrest-mims-science-expe...
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It seems pretty easy to order just the Pi? I opened the US suppliers, and of the ones that aren't already out of stock, you can: buy directly from Makerbright: https://makerbright.com/raspberry-pi-zero-2-w-.html or pla
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Somebody wrote down their thinking on exactly this subject: http://canonical.org/~kragen/eotf/
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SponsorBlock is great! It's available on a bunch of platforms besides Chrome: https://sponsor.ajay.app/
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SLAM would be to build a 3D model of what you filmed with a drone. Adding CGI to drone footage doesn't require that, and is absolutely something Blender can do. Look at its motion/camera tracking features.
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> the goal should be is reducing hospitalizations, deaths and long-Covid for the good of people (don't die) and that of the health care system (ICUs not overrun). I agree, that's an excellent goal! Universal vaccination seems t
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Nobody is willing to take a stance that strong, because they can't know that for sure. There could be further viral mutations, an unexpectedly sudden decline in immunity from vaccines, a string of unlucky superspreader events, a comple
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Blender is remarkably good for video editing and compositing.
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For one, money. There is an organized group that charges $90 online for hocus-pocus covid medication prescriptions [1]. The more people that can be convinced that this is a worthwhile purchase, the more money they get. https://am
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The linked film, "The Fires of Kuwait", documents events that took place in 1991.
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Where did you get the "over a million gallons of kerosene" figure? The figure I found [1] is 260,760 lbs in the first stage, which works out to almost exactly 25,000 US gallons in the first stage, which uses the large majority of
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It's not that they were deep-cycling the cells before. Discharging lithium cells to 0 volts is very bad for them; the cars definitely restrict the cells from being discharged below a certain point. Rather, the potential for danger du
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My understanding is that Chez Scheme is pretty fast. Developed by Cisco, and the new backend for Racket.
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These are "electric mopeds and motorcycles", legal street vehicles that are operated on streets, not bike lanes or sidewalks. They fit in the same niche as 49cc scooters and 125cc motorcycles, and are quieter and cleaner.
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NYT pays people to write its content, but Twitter users post their content for free.
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Just for clarity, that's "70% of American adults". 18% of Americans are 15 or younger [1], below the youngest approved vaccine age (the Pfizer vaccine is approved for teenagers as young as 16), so that's (0.18 + (1-0.18)
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If the anti-theft device is integrated into the brushless motor controller, it could require some serious reverse-engineering skills to bypass.
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It wouldn't need to spin as fast, but more torque would be required to reach any given RPM.
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Probably mostly by not expending energy to climb and then descend. Helicopter lift efficiency varies heavily with altitude, but how it varies depends on the weight of the helicopter. Heavy helicopters require quadratically more torque to ho
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How much money is in DuckDuckGo, Mojeek, Gigablast, YaCy, or other minority search engines? If indexing material requires serious resources, the only viable search engines will be the huge ones.
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Blender can do that, too, with the "Grease Pencil". https://www.blender.org/features/grease-pencil/ Here's a short film produced as a grease pencil showcase. At the end, it shows what working with i
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That seems unlikely in the U.S., since it's an invasive species that out-competes native trees. https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/plants/princ...
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The Andromeda Strain
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USB 3 provides up to 900mA, so potential waste of up to 4.5W
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It's still a terrible waste of energy to generate that much heat with a storage device which is essentially idle.

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