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by chiph 6y ago
Unless they want your demise attributable to "natural causes" Yeah, no one is going to go to all this trouble for some schmoe from the middle of nowhere. But imagine something like regime change as a motivation.
872.
by chiph 6y ago
Because all you'd need is something that booted into a RDP client. And you don't need full Windows for that - probably just an improved Windows RT running on a low-power ARM device.
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by chiph 6y ago
> Most implementations of transactional memory are based on software. The POWER9 processor-based systems provide a hardware-based implementation of transactional memory that is more efficient than the software implementations and require
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by chiph 6y ago
Depends on the specialty, I would think. Pediatricians, general practice, etc. can probably have lower standards than other specialties since they are where people typically enter the medical system for treatment. If they haven't seen
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by chiph 6y ago
I've carried a Spyderco Ladybug for over a decade. If you get the serrated blade (and you should), you'll want a sharpener that works on them. The closed length is about 2-1/4" (57mm) Note that it has a locking blade,
876.
by chiph 6y ago
My thought was: No need to find a dump station. Just get to 10,000 feet and open the black tank valve. Hopefully over wilderness...
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by chiph 6y ago
I bought a Sony CDP-101 in 1984 (their first commercial CD player). Unlike hifi components today that are mostly air and a small embedded processor, it was densely packed with circuitry and weighed a surprising amount (10kg? maybe more?). F
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by chiph 6y ago
Now that you mention it - I now recall the mouse connectors being underneath my 1040ST. What a horrible place for them, but the back panel was full (SCSI connector, DB-25 connector, MIDI ports, floppy DIN, and more) so they were tight on sp
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by chiph 6y ago
Dad got to fly it once too. Air France was about to go on strike at any moment and the agent at CDG looked at the clock, looked at dad, looked back at the clock, and changed the ticket to Concorde. He said it was an amazing experience. But
880.
by chiph 6y ago
Dad got taken for $300 from the fake "Microsoft Support" people. And then had to pay a local firm to fix & remove all the stuff they changed when he allowed them remote access. He was a smart man. But as he got older he would
881.
by chiph 6y ago
You're the one who brought up Independence Day. And again, your knowledge of history is shallow. I am able to remember when the schools became integrated [0]. I also know why the bathrooms at the rest stops in the South have two entran
882.
by chiph 6y ago
I think your sense of outrage has leapt far in advance of your knowledge of history. Look up "Divine Right of Kings" sometime. We got rid of it and inspired the world, starting with France in 1789. Are we perfect? Not even. But
883.
by chiph 6y ago
Something I was amazed to see as still being a valid proof of birth is a family bible. Not everyone has their birth recorded via a government-issued birth certificate. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en&#x2
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by chiph 6y ago
You've probably heard the term "Force Multiplier" via bad Hollywood movies. Well, a fighter-bomber is that in spades. You are able to project force into the 3rd dimension, flying above the enemy troops almost with impunity i
885.
by chiph 6y ago
I can tell you didn't grow up during the 70's, with leaded gas and carburetors that dumped raw fuel out the tailpipe. In comparison, today's cars emit practically nothing but water. (there's room for improvement of cour
886.
by chiph 6y ago
In the effort to find something the plant is actually useful for, a high school classmate's science project was to see how much ethanol you could get out of it. Turned out - not much. But he did find that goats will eat it -- if there
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by chiph 6y ago
> I thought I’d hate all this chaos, but it was fun. I threw tomatoes at the screen and launched myself into the air with the grappling hook, trying to come down on top of the screen as Leonardo DiCaprio droned on about dreams. So, like
888.
by chiph 6y ago
The federal interstates are supposed to have 16' (4.9m) clearance under bridges. However in older parts of the country (mostly the Northeast) there are many bridges that don't have that clearance and have been grandfathered in. An
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by chiph 6y ago
I grew up in the 1970's when environmentalism was just getting started (I can recall the 4th or 5th Earth Day[0] being celebrated). Back then the concern was population growth[1] and the consumption of resources. Fossil fuels were a m
890.
by chiph 6y ago
I bought a bottle of Jimmy Red bourbon from High Wire for a coworker (I got super lucky - it was one of maybe a dozen left), and he reported that it had a lot of flavor -- very natural tasting, and not like anything that comes out of a prod
891.
by chiph 6y ago
They're not bad, if the password is long enough. So if you have 3 shorter words, add another word or two to increase it's length.
892.
by chiph 6y ago
The account is apparently being run by a friend while he is "unavailable"
893.
by chiph 6y ago
He isn't a former officer. He is a current officer. Being charged with espionage is a very real possibility.
894.
by chiph 6y ago
Active-duty military of a foreign nation gets special attention at borders. As you might expect. When I was in the USAF my unit got invited to participate in a shooting competition in Innsbruck. At the time, Austria was a neutral country (
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by chiph 6y ago
I never did the sticky-tape and photoresist circuit cards. But Radio Shack sold some circuit transfer-decals that you pressed onto your cleaned copper board, prior to dunking it in the etchant solution. The trick was to remember that the o
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by chiph 6y ago
I've had my Embody for just over 10 years now. It's been great, but the back doesn't go vertical enough for me (it's fantastic for slouching though). The plastic "springs" are starting to squeak with age. If I
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by chiph 6y ago
I've sat in the various IKEA chairs at my local store, and while they're stylish, I wouldn't want to be in one for more than a couple of hours. There truly is a difference between them and chairs in the $400-800 price range
898.
by chiph 6y ago
I've ordered repair parts for a 1980's Herman Miller from these folks and had a good experience. They also sell reconditioned Aerons and Steelcase chairs. You can get a Leap V1 for $399, or slightly more if you want custom printed
899.
by chiph 6y ago
What about doing something like David Gilmour's concert at Pompeii? Smaller audience for social-distancing, absolutely spectacular location, and make money selling Blu-Ray discs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiXNIjGX
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by chiph 6y ago
Something they didn't mention is the rise of personal wealth. As people enter the middle class, they start having fewer children. As to why - I'm not a economist or sociologist, but I expect it's partly because they aren&#x2

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