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Sacramento Sheriff sharing license plate reader data with anti-abortion states(sacbee.com)
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I sync Joplin via Dropbox across phone and 2 laptops. In theory a prob? But in practice rare to never bc im only one user on one device at a time. And im making small changes at a time. There was 1 minor conflict once and Joplin saw it
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> real mystery is why no one's designed a language that makes floating-point comparisons default to relative tolerance of 10^-10 or so. Bc the very next step is a footgun: "the function said these two values are equal but they&
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2010 car here. Maintaining it well to reach >=300k. New cars also have oil-burning issues and I anticipate difficulty of obtaining parts due to large, diverse BOMs from all those useless features.
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You're right and I argue this with my friend. Especially when I discovered that seitan has almost exactly the same macros and cost as chicken breast. I believe part of it is people rationalizing the "satisfaction" they get
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This truth is horrific. Of course some of it is due to band information, doctors who aren't aggressive enough with nutrition requirements, terrible school lunch programs, bad subsidies, housing prices and workong hours that make it mo
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Yep. IME: 495S =80. 128N ~= 85-90. Where wid(495s) = 2x wid(128N). Never dared >70/75 on I90.
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Also if you have some acquired 6502 skills consider doing some c64 and appleii or even atari x00 projects. Then maybe go back to 2600. All are very constrained in their own beautiful ways but not as perverse as the 2600 :)
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Yes. Also the ballot question was extremely obfuscated. My gf voted against it not knowing what it was.
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Well there's the Thing Reddit Should Have Done: made their awful feeble chat more like discord!
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Just did a quick check. Profit margin for Old Dominion Freight Line is 22% [a] [a] https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/ODFL/old-dominion-...
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It's been suggested to state things in terms of 9/11/2001 for Americans who don't understand the distaste in such discussions. E.g. each "Hiroshima" would be worth 65 "9/11/2001"s. The sca
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That's a harsh accusation. I moderate bc i love the topic and want to encourage others. Banning and blocking posts isnt the powertrip ppl think. It's not like being a cop and stealing cash, cocaine, and raping hookers. It's
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> Many of the classic, non-nutritive sweeteners like sucralose have been tested more thoroughly than almost any substance we ingest. ..until last week: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=sucralose+cancer
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Ok. As im approaching my first half-kilo, my 250th can of energy drink, i'll slow down.
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By remote is meant only a few feet. The intended user can switch off or unplug the load in person then operate the meter.
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It appears to have broken after only a small number of switch changes. My guess is the radio'd commands are an incorrect sequence which operates the meter in an incorrect sequence. E.g. 1. Disconnect circuit 1 2. Connect circuit 2 By
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Certainly under normal operation. This may be skirting that protection.
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It used to be grab code, laptop and backpack... a modest barrier to enty. Now any jamoke can dl a firmware and conceal this in a pocket and go wild. That's "easy to use."
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Not the "entire." Watch some food factory vids. A lot of it is metal, waxed cardboard, silicone etc.
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> replacing the mod team, That's like immigrant jobs: You can take them away but there aren't hoards of passionate volunteers chomping at the bit to replace them.
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Might have pthalates/softeners [1] which can be carcinogenic. Not ideal to circulate. Suggest cloth tape [1] https://adhesives.specialchem.com/selection-guide/hot-melt-a...
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Because we have awareness. Err some of us.
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I believe the electrostuff in the brain is determinstic, but we exist in a parallel dimension which is able to bias the movement of any of those interactions. Picture the brain as a pinball game, and we're able to "tilt" the
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In what pre-ChatGPT world did "write clearly and provide ample information" include such familiar and long-known tips as: * Ask the model to adopt a persona * Use delimiters to clearly indicate distinct parts of the input * Specif
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Analog coprocessors are the actual mission of their parent company<1> This computer is their marketing tool! <1> https://www.anabrid.com/
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The instructions say to connect to the audio in of a computer.
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how is this generally possible? In my simplified understanding, a text message is a hunk of data, but I know it's more complex than that.... it must be able to connect to all kinds of services and trigger all kinds of code running, r
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> squamming loins ?!?! I looked it up, but there are too many definitions... https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Squam Is that a synonym for "knocking boots" ?!
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Please don't spread misinformation about the ACLU. This is easily verified through google search. It dates back to 1952[1]. "The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 established that a "reasonable distance" of the bo

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