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by bumbledraven 2y ago
Oops, the lyrics actually say "27th year", not "22nd".
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by bumbledraven 2y ago
> The temperature in Death Valley National Park could skyrocket to 130 degrees next week, according to the National Weather Service. 130° would cook a steak to medium rare.
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Death Valley could break world heat record(foxla.com)
5 points by bumbledraven 2y ago|1 comments
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by bumbledraven 2y ago
> nobody says "22nd year" in this context You sure? “He was born in the summer of his 22nd year…” https://genius.com/John-denver-rocky-mountain-high-lyrics
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by bumbledraven 2y ago
It's right there in the LICENSE file: https://github.com/poundifdef/SmoothMQ/blob/main/LICENSE What's unclear or not transparent about that?
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by bumbledraven 2y ago
Agreed. I was impressed by the amount of interesting info and the well-written delivery. I found the bio of the author, Jo Marchant, on Amazon ( https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00B9DBJ3E/about ): > [Ma
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The Great MEV Heist(blog.dshr.org)
3 points by bumbledraven 2y ago|0 comments
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Requirements for Digital Preservation Systems(dlib.org)
1 points by bumbledraven 2y ago|0 comments
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by bumbledraven 2y ago
I noticed that Victor Shoup is an author. I recognize the name from citations in papers by cryptographer D. J. Bernstein (known for creating ChaCha20, Ed25519, qmail, and more). Shoup is referenced in over 100 pages on Bernstein's cr.y
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by bumbledraven 2y ago
On an APL keyboard no less!
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by bumbledraven 2y ago
In American English, in the context of people, "network" typically refers to business contacts. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/network : “To get a job in today's economy, it is important to have a stro
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by bumbledraven 2y ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20240620050635/https://www.nytim...
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When Tommy Rath Vanished from 'The Jungle'(nytimes.com)
2 points by bumbledraven 2y ago|1 comments
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by bumbledraven 2y ago
"British Isles" is the commonly-accepted term, and it doesn't seem to be particularly contentious outside of Ireland. As https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles notes: > As a term, "British I
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by bumbledraven 2y ago
A 2023 meta-analysis ( https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36982007/ ) concluded that "as a short-term plateau exercise, high-altitude mountaineering has no significant negative impacts on the cognitive functions of cli
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Five Nine Problems(specbranch.com)
2 points by bumbledraven 2y ago|0 comments
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by bumbledraven 2y ago
In the U.S., a product called REMfresh is available that releases melatonin over a 7 hr period. https://www.nestlemedicalhub.com/products/remfresh-extra-str...
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by bumbledraven 2y ago
I had to check that for myself, and wow, you weren't kidding. 2015 population of Canada south of Seattle (~47.6°N): ~22 million ( https://imgur.com/a/azeTbwz ) 2015 Canada population: ~35 million Sources: - NASA SED
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by bumbledraven 2y ago
Paul said they'd have "been fine" with Sam staying, which is different than wanting him to stay: > For several years [Sam] was running both YC and OpenAI, but when OpenAI announced that it was going to have a for-profit
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by bumbledraven 2y ago
https://archive.ph/wT5PE
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How to find a location using only the shadow [video](youtube.com)
3 points by bumbledraven 2y ago|0 comments
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Proof: Little's Law (Why to Limit WIP)(fuza.co.uk)
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by bumbledraven 2y ago
Carroll's algorithm has evolved over the years. The First Sunday Doomsday Algorithm ( https://firstsundaydoomsday.blogspot.com/2009/12/quick-start... ) includes all the improvements published as of 2023, includ
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by bumbledraven 2y ago
In many ways, it would make more sense to use a leading 1 for A.D. years instead of a leading 0. This way, 1984 would become 11984, and the year when Caesar died, 44 B.C. (which is astronomical year –43) would be the year 09957. With this
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by bumbledraven 2y ago
> What I don't understand though is his obsession with spaced repetition. I think Matuschak wants to be able to recall particular things ~forever, and spaced repetition is the best method known for that. (Nit: Your sentence begins a
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by bumbledraven 2y ago
Yeah, 10 minutes/day for 40 new questions/day seemed low to me as well. I agree with you that the plausibility of that figure depends on how long it takes to answer questions. Matuschak writes: > In my personal practice, I&#x27
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by bumbledraven 2y ago
For reference, the paper mentions the term "homotopy" exactly once, in this sentence: > The set-theoretic definition is too strong (Cauchy reals and Dedekind reals are certainly not equal as sets) and the homotopy type theoreti
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by bumbledraven 2y ago
> Move to a sphere and it improves to cube root. No, it doesn't. Due to the Bekenstein bound, the amount of matter — and hence information — that can be stored in a sphere is ultimately proportional to surface area, not to volume. T
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by bumbledraven 2y ago
Why isn't Japan on the chart? I'd expect the wallets to be returned there almost 100% of the time. Here's a quote from patio11 to illustrate my point: > [Japan] is a place where I could take my daughter to lost-and-found t
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AI Is Helping Referee Games in Major Sports Leagues, but Limitations Remain(scientificamerican.com)
2 points by bumbledraven 2y ago|0 comments

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