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by bhk 1y ago
It's black holes all the way down!
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by bhk 1y ago
There were giants in the Earth in those days...
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by bhk 1y ago
Yet the author injects needless complexity with macros and claims "I think it’s possible to write clearer Lisp code, I just don’t know how." I don't get it.
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by bhk 1y ago
Wow! Exhibit 1 for the prosecution.
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by bhk 1y ago
Re: conversion between types Most languages can be placed somewhere on a strong-weak spectrum, but JavaScript is an outlier. Two "equal" values can implicitly convert to opposite boolean values, or different numeric values, or di
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by bhk 2y ago
I was responding to a claim about wind. Yes, we can extract energy from tidal forces.
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by bhk 2y ago
None of the power comes from the Earth's rotation. Angular momentum is conserved in a closed system.
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by bhk 2y ago
Where did "transgenic" come from?
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by bhk 2y ago
Where did this bogus "transgenic" narrative come from? And BTW he didn't say "research on transgender mice", he said "making mice transgender"... which is technically incorrect but obvious to me (and, I t
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by bhk 2y ago
Pet peeve: people saying "A New Hope" when referring to the original 1977 film, which was actually called "Star Wars", dammit.
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by bhk 2y ago
The interviewers were fans of Franz Kafka, I presume.
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by bhk 2y ago
When some rando on the Internet make an outlandish claim I know to be skeptical. It's becoming clear that much of what I've seen in print over the last 40 years deserves similar treatment.
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by bhk 2y ago
Taken at face value, this implies their copyright infringement claim was fraudulent, but in pursuit of a higher good. But according to many replies to that tweet, they were actually working on behalf of actual copyright infringers. Not sure
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by bhk 2y ago
We need a leader like President Camacho!
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by bhk 2y ago
Maybe. There's a pattern there, too. For example: https://x.com/mtracey/status/1855682527756697724
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by bhk 2y ago
Something tells me that if there were a bus-sized Chinese spy balloon floating all the way across the continental US, the military would be extremely aware of its presence. (As I recall they were, but they would not publicly acknowledge it
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by bhk 2y ago
"...without evidence..." What he claimed was "high" (high-level, I assume, rather than intoxicated) and "reputable" sources who needed to remain anonymous told him there was circumstantial evidence of this. I d
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by bhk 2y ago
They'll have to see who is winning first?
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by bhk 2y ago
... and to keep donations coming in. It helped cultivate a sense of hope when they needed it.
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by bhk 2y ago
The article you cite says nothing in direct response to the parent comment (ballot harvesting, etc.). It also includes some misinformation, saying " signature verification is a critical part of ensuring that only valid ballots from eli
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by bhk 2y ago
Interesting that in one of the cited studies the authors are not afraid to claim that viral infections may cause autoimmune diseases, despite the fact that the potential mechanisms they list could also apply to vaccines. "Current resea
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by bhk 2y ago
I am referring to undefined behavior. For example, consider the case integer overflow when adding two signed numbers. C considers this undefined behavior, making the program's behavior is undefined. All bets are off, even if the
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by bhk 2y ago
There's an important point to be made here: those who define the semantics of C and C++ shovel an unreasonable amount of behavior into the bucket of "undefined behavior". Much of this has dubious justifications, while making
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by bhk 2y ago
Ugh. Instead of 10 files in one directory, scatter them across 13 subdirectories. An anti-pattern in my book.
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by bhk 2y ago
So... this demonstrates an exploit that relies on a feature that is advertised as exploitable: loading byte code. What am I missing?
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by bhk 2y ago
It seems obvious to me that thinking critically about what you read or hear takes effort and time. I wouldn't call it unbearable, though, because the alternative is polluting your mind with unvetted notions.
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by bhk 2y ago
> Both companies will provide any data they have, including the full contents of any messages, if provided with an appropriate court order. As we have learned, many companies hosting your data do not even require a court order. An urgent
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by bhk 2y ago
I'm amazed at how this one specific easily detectable type of fraud is so common. One has to wonder about all the other, less obvious, ways of comitting fraud and how common they must be.
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by bhk 2y ago
Cui bono?
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by bhk 2y ago
But they need these huge margins to pay for the politicians and media coverage (or absence thereof) that allow them to do what they do.

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