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dieselerator
7y ago
There is a US company that makes king size wall bed systems. --> Sico, Inc. in Minnesota [1]. In some size I have seen them in hotel rooms. They seemed well made and operated smoothly. I have no idea about prices. [1] < https:
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7y ago
> It all ended with serious incident where one of the crews overshot the runway resulting shut down of Laguardia airport. Mike Pence was on board. The aircraft you are referring to was chartered from Eastern Airlines (since acquired by
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7y ago
tl;dr The article is a book review/author interview. The author of the book has a grievance. Rich people can pay to avoid waiting, inconvenience, and hassle. It isn't fair. the author also expresses the opinion this leads to m
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7y ago
I wonder how it feels to be assigned to the control group?
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7y ago
Though I am not a lawyer, I will jump to a conclusion that this strategy will fail. First, algorithmically generating all length 12 sequences of 8 notes (2^36 = 64 G results) is just math, not music composition, even if you encode the res
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7y ago
I think the question suggests another question: Can an economy feel "irrational exuberance"?
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7y ago
The article shows us transistor level logic circuits to study, but I think the quick answer is as the architect Seymour Cray gets the credit.
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7y ago
In my case the phone has never been in my pocket while in use. The phone may occasionally ping the cell tower. Otherwise it is just listening in standby mode, in plain words, not transmitting. The premise of the article is weak. In my
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7y ago
tl;dr my read is: Rather than paying for direct ads candidate Bloomberg paid "social media influencers" to post his message. Apparently it would be difficult to enforce a rule preventing that, so Facebook has decided to allow
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7y ago
tl:dr The 32-bit signed integer clock rolls over in 2038. This is mitigated by OS updates to a 64-bit clock for most reads of the clock.
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7y ago
tl;dr Teach Yourself Logic 2020: A Study Guide by Peter Smith This book discusses what I would describe as "formal logic" or philosophy. In my opinion that is for those interested in pure math or philosophy. This book is a study g
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7y ago
tl;dr If you have anxiety: 1. Start to take action even if you will “do it badly”. 2. Defer worrying until later. 3. Helping others can help take your thoughts away from own problems. --- I guess I am blessed in not being troubled by much a
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7y ago
It occurs to me I should consider the following. The author is a lawyer arguing to expand the field of defendants in a lawsuit. Most of those defendants would be likely to settle rather than be dragged into court. Who would be the benefic
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7y ago
tl;dr The authors studied simulations of electrical conduction in a semi-conductor crystal. They found "bound states" of two electrons with two holes, which they call "pi-tons" a kind of quasi-particle that only exi
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7y ago
>Buying a car is a typical example here: If you're able to negotiate a car dealership down to a price that's minimal profitable for them, the dealer will be unhappy, but there are no negative consequences for you. I am not disa
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7y ago
Thank you. I appreciate the summary.
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7y ago
>Finally, Bloomberg should be more careful with their word choice. They are prestigious enough to know that __nothing__ is free. There is always a cost(s) involved. The transaction might not call for an exchange of financial wampum bu