bifftastic

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   by bifftastic 4y ago

   I like the name
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   by bifftastic 4y ago

   Seems like there are a few other things that are not SMS, including SMS itself: $ dig is-not-s.ms @sym.noone.org. axfr ; <<>> DiG 9.11.5-P4-5.1+deb10u7-Debian <<>> is-not-s.ms @sym.noone.org. axfr ;; global
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   Conversations with James Lovelock, the scientist at the end of the world(theguardian.com)

   1 points by bifftastic 4y ago|0 comments
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   by bifftastic 4y ago

   Needs (2020)
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   by bifftastic 4y ago

   How do they know their structures are correct?
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   by bifftastic 4y ago

   I think this is a very HN phrase and sentiment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
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   Support SMS Delivery Notifications(issuetracker.google.com)

   1 points by bifftastic 4y ago|0 comments
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   by bifftastic 4y ago

   Desmond Tutu. A lower second class degree is a 2.2.
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   Button pushers: the artists making music from mushrooms(theguardian.com)

   1 points by bifftastic 4y ago|0 comments
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    Musk puts $44bn Twitter deal ‘on hold’(ft.com)

    3 points by bifftastic 4y ago|0 comments
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    by bifftastic 4y ago

    Underrated comment
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    by bifftastic 5y ago

    I like the name.
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    Trickbot is using MikroTik routers to ply its trade. Now we know why(arstechnica.com)

    3 points by bifftastic 5y ago|0 comments
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    My “daily drivers”, and what happened to Slackware here(rachelbythebay.com)

    3 points by bifftastic 5y ago|0 comments
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    Forecasting the World in 2022(ft.com)

    1 points by bifftastic 5y ago|0 comments
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    Physics of Finance (1997)(arxiv.org)

    1 points by bifftastic 5y ago|0 comments
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    A natgas Cassandra speaks out(ft.com)

    2 points by bifftastic 5y ago|0 comments
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    The rich get richer and rates get lower(ft.com)

    66 points by bifftastic 5y ago|43 comments
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    by bifftastic 5y ago

    You should not be downvoted as you are correct. While all UK schools known as "public schools" are private, most private schools are not public schools. You are right that what constitutes a public school is hard to define, but I
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    Things ideally every software developer would be good at(twitter.com)

    1 points by bifftastic 5y ago|0 comments
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    Most of the power sector’s emissions come from a small minority of plants(arstechnica.com)

    12 points by bifftastic 5y ago|3 comments
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    by bifftastic 5y ago

    Tempted to try this with SunOS 4.1.3 for the sake of nostalgia - the first Unix I ever used.
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    Climate crisis: Scientists spot warning signs of Gulf Stream collapse(theguardian.com)

    71 points by bifftastic 5y ago|1 comments
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    by bifftastic 5y ago

    I'm not the person you're replying to, but yes A definitely is the electromagnetic vector potential (from classical electrodynamics). In gauge theory A tells you how to relate the phase of Ψ at nearby points in space/time. N
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    by bifftastic 5y ago

    I like the name
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    by bifftastic 5y ago

    I don't believe this refers to caramelized onions, which are sweet and slowly cooked. It refers to onions fried at a high temperature until brown or turning brown. This can certainly be done in under 10 minutes and is common in India
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    by bifftastic 5y ago

    See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27470109
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    by bifftastic 5y ago

    This isn't the first time I've seen negative articles about cryptocurrencies suddenly drop down the rankings on this site: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27215572
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    by bifftastic 5y ago

    This reminded me of this old post from the late Erik Naggum on comp.lang.lisp: https://www.xach.com/naggum/articles/3147591653434816_-_@nag...
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    by bifftastic 5y ago

    Not meaning to be facetious, but it's in this week's hard copy.