bokononon

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by bokononon 3y ago
The postmasters' lawyers have to be put in front of the Inquiry for this utter deriliction of duty.
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by bokononon 4y ago
The link is in the article, in the hypertext "Lasry, lead author of the study". It's quite a good read. URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01611194.2022.2...
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by bokononon 6y ago
https://www.theregister.com/2020/10/07/google_oracle_api/
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by bokononon 7y ago
MIT, with little more info: https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614416/google-researchers...
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Apple’s charging at least 20% more for every product this year(macworld.com)
4 points by bokononon 8y ago|0 comments
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by bokononon 8y ago
A friend has a fully functioning Nilfisk that was made in 1969 and, the same as you, the only thing that's been replaced is the power cord.
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by bokononon 8y ago
I also do this. Time-travel to Ancient Rome, winning the lottery, pandemic survival, going to Mars. I find I just start the scenario, and the imagination takes its own turns. It's like daydreaming and it's an enjoyable way of fal
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by bokononon 9y ago
It's easy to work out (that Shakespeare was possibly in touch with Thomas North, or they were only one bounce apart): > Mr. McCarthy focused on Thomas North, a translator of Plutarch’s “Lives,” whom Shakespeare relied on heavily for
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by bokononon 9y ago
Thanks, I'll read that tonight. Another work by Annie Dillard, 'The Force that Drives the Flower' was also published in the Atlantic and it's a pleasure to read (YMMV): https://www.theatlantic.com/magazin
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by bokononon 9y ago
I wonder if this could ever learn to play Spelunky? :-)
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by bokononon 9y ago
Indeed. From their 2016 Annual Report, "There are no parties with whom the Group has contractual or other arrangements which are essential to the business of the Group except the contract with Apple Inc." https://imagin
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by bokononon 10y ago
> I remember reading Verlinde's paper on entropic gravity when it came out and I'm still excited about that idea. I remember reading this too. Did anything ever become of this theory?
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by bokononon 10y ago
Update: ‏@CERNpress Sorry guys, but there is no evidence so far in the #LHC data to support the existence of a hypothetical #Madala #boson https://twitter.com/CERNpress/status/773509832485769216
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Based on LHC data, scientists predict new boson that interacts with dark matter(wits.ac.za)
1 points by bokononon 10y ago|1 comments
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by bokononon 11y ago
The Straight Dope has more on this: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/3063/why-is-the-let...
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by bokononon 11y ago
> Ask the Polish how bad the Euro has been for them, for example. Poland isn't in the Euro, its currency is the zloty.
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by bokononon 11y ago
How do you think the unthinkable? With an ithberg.
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The infamous Atari landfill games are going on Ebay(alamogordonews.com)
2 points by bokononon 12y ago|0 comments
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by bokononon 12y ago
(not so confident there, someone here is just a doctor's appointment away from catastrophe, could be anyone, even you :-/)