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by ciscoriordan 3mo ago
The article just says that SpeechAnalyzer size is "system." It actually treats each locale like an on-demand resource and Apple doesn't document how much space each one takes up or under what circumstances they get cleared. I
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by ciscoriordan 4mo ago
My Belgian Tervuren and I have a basic herding title and about 4 years of herding experience. The sheep movement is excellent. You could make it even more realistic by having them favor lusher areas and by having one occasionally bolt spast
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by ciscoriordan 4mo ago
You’re so wrong. ‘“I think some faculty worry that everyone is going to discard willy nilly and then before you know it there won’t be anything left,” Walker said. “No, libraries have gotten together, research libraries and others, and join
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by ciscoriordan 4mo ago
Exactly. Basically a cardboard shell with realistic covers.
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by ciscoriordan 4mo ago
I stayed at an Airbnb that had fake books on the shelves! I looked them up and they aren't even especially cheap. But they probably get stolen a lot less.
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by ciscoriordan 4mo ago
You're confusing the other library in the article with the (unnamed) one mentioned in the title, the Chester Fritz Library.
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by ciscoriordan 4mo ago
Sensationalism. That's routine collection management. Here's another article about the same library, the Chester Fritz Library, acquiring one of the 11 remaining copies of a 444-year-old book: https://blogs.und.edu&#x2F
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Show HN: Kindling – reverse-engineered kindlegen, ~7,000x faster in Rust(github.com)
2 points by ciscoriordan 6mo ago|1 comments
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by ciscoriordan 2y ago
AG Charts is in a simple/powerful sweet spot.
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by ciscoriordan 2y ago
Related to that: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/05/software_prob... Defense attorneys in a DUI case got their hands on the source code for the breathalyzer. It turned out to have terrible pr
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by ciscoriordan 2y ago
A depression cuts both ways -- lower tax revenue, but lower labor costs too.
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by ciscoriordan 3y ago
An electrical issue could cause a gauge to misreport. E.g. vibrations cause a bad ground.
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by ciscoriordan 3y ago
Cheap flights, expensive parking. Paine Field doesn’t have massive garages like SeaTac. I’ve taken the flight from the article and my airfare was lower than my parking costs for just a weekend trip. Ubers are expensive but only ~20% more th
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by ciscoriordan 3y ago
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/russian-su-34-fullback... “The statement went on to add that the crash was caused by an issue with one of the engines during takeoff, but the jet's two crewmembers are said to
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by ciscoriordan 3y ago
I had a parasitic drain on my Tacoma from my Automatic device (OBD-II reader / GPS tracker). I parked in a garage with no cell service and it drained the battery by constantly trying to connect. It was a non-issue when I commuted daily
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by ciscoriordan 4y ago
Possibly including John von Neumann, one of the greatest polymaths ever. Everyday life now would be different if he had lived to a normal life expectancy instead of dying to aggressive cancer at 53.
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by ciscoriordan 4y ago
If you like this, I recommend "Big Dead Place" ( https://www.amazon.com/Big-Dead-Place-Menacing-Antarctica/dp... ) by Nicholas Johnson, a garbageman at McMurdo.
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by ciscoriordan 7y ago
They moved due to overcrowding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_Library_of_Washington... .
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by ciscoriordan 8y ago
Whistleblower here. It took 25 months from when I reported the fraud until the settlement.
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SEC Charges Rothenberg Ventures in Fraudulent Scheme(sec.gov)
176 points by ciscoriordan 8y ago|87 comments
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by ciscoriordan 8y ago
The first line of the article is: "Roughly 70 percent of all Chinese fireworks entering the United States come here under the control of a Chinese businessman who has used his influence to raise prices and block competitors, leaving ma
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by ciscoriordan 8y ago
I'm on the phone with Apple customer service right now. It looks like I'm going to get a refund for the $257 I paid to have my spacebar fixed in March. The rep on the line says I'm the first person she's talked to about
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by ciscoriordan 8y ago
That's the line that made me give up on the article. The author twists the truth to fit his narrative.
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by ciscoriordan 8y ago
It shifted away from Silicon Valley investors as time went on.
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by ciscoriordan 8y ago
https://cases.justia.com/federal/district-courts/california/...
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by ciscoriordan 8y ago
Math Foundations of Computer Science (15-151) covers proofs, combinatorics, etc. https://csd.cs.cmu.edu/course-profiles/15-151-Mathematical-F...
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by ciscoriordan 8y ago
https://oneminutefax.com - Send free faxes online without having to create an account.
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by ciscoriordan 9y ago
It’s huge in healthcare, and in other industries still used in some back offices.
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by ciscoriordan 9y ago
Their big patent, https://patents.google.com/patent/US6208638 , expired last year
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by ciscoriordan 9y ago
https://oneminutefax.com - Send free faxes online without having to create an account. Proof-of-concept is up.

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