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by dmckeon 6y ago
From the title, I was expecting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_on_Zanzibar (title from a mention in the novel of a factoid that the entire human race, standing close together, would just cover Zanzibar. Would lov
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by dmckeon 6y ago
I’ve heard that styled as “do project the document, don’t document the project” but I don’t know a source to attribute this to. The idea is to write a rough draft that covers what the project is, what it does, the API structure, and how to
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by dmckeon 6y ago
One wonders what the alternative-history narrative would be if the US had offered to pay the Brits for their soldiers’ snacks? Perhaps the common UK complaint about US soldiers in WWII would have been: overpaid, oversexed, overweight , a
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by dmckeon 6y ago
Same: The Fine Article - but vary the second word according to context.
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by dmckeon 7y ago
Used these folks in San Mateo a few years ago - YMMV: https://www.abettersource.com/
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by dmckeon 7y ago
The core issue seems to be that executives who are effectively “paid in stock” are directly incentivized to maximize the market value of the stock before they sell, whether that is good for the long-term health of the company or its other s
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by dmckeon 7y ago
We should not be surprised - this is what Puerto Rico saw after Maria: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/06/us/puerto-rico-hurricane-... > The ship was prepared to support 250 hospital beds, but over i
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by dmckeon 7y ago
Eventually, yes. Meanwhile, FUD will rule, GDP will be depressed, markets will be frothy, and the service economy will be in freeze-frame for as long as social distancing is generally expected. Any person or business with limited cash on
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by dmckeon 7y ago
Near the town of Moffat, in Scotland, not Moffat Federal Airfield (Naval Air Station) in Sunnyvale, CA.
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by dmckeon 7y ago
For commercial trucks, there is a law - search “Mansfield bar” or (possibly NSFW image) https://sparebumper.com/the-mansfield-bar-jayne-mansfield-an...
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by dmckeon 7y ago
No mention of the risk of malaria on the Panama route? Perhaps alligators were more dramatic and better suited to the graphic medium.
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by dmckeon 7y ago
The plague is endemic in fleas on rodents and small wild animals in the US Southwest. Most people who contract it are first treated with antibiotics after presenting with the typical symptoms, and only a few days later do the test results
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by dmckeon 7y ago
> Interviews with a dozen laboratory experts and government health officials reveal a six-week-long series of glitches, missed opportunities and delays that contributed to the shortage.
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What went wrong with the coronavirus tests in the U.S.(washingtonpost.com)
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Never thought I would feel nostalgic for old school address labels. The current version of marketing is much more, ah, specific. If you work with data about people, you should read Christopher Wylie's description of more powerful tec
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by dmckeon 7y ago
Aww, shucks: rsync -aSHx src/ dest
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by dmckeon 7y ago
If a country does any no-adjustment approach nationwide, people may want a single common day of the month to do daylight sensitive schedule adjustments, such as outdoor sports practices. I propose overnight on the first Sunday of a month.
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by dmckeon 7y ago
Roll-out of newer voting procedures (all vote-by-mail, fewer locations to return ballots) varies, depending on what county a voter is registered in: https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voters-choice-act/
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Texas man close to exoneration after computer algorithm leads to new suspect(nbcnews.com)
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Automated system can rewrite outdated sentences in Wikipedia articles(news.mit.edu)
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by dmckeon 7y ago
There is also a Navajo enclave within that Hopi reservation/enclave: http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2016-May/023665.html
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by dmckeon 7y ago
Coming soon: machine learning system to analyze vocalizations in dairy herds to increase total herd production over time.
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by dmckeon 7y ago
In the US, there used to (~1980s) be plenty of storage lockers at bus depots, train stations, and airports. The gradual awareness in the US of the possibilities of terrorism - UNABOM, the NI/IRA "Troubles", the 1993 WTC bombi
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International evaluation of an AI system for breast cancer screening(nature.com)
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by dmckeon 7y ago
Vehicle speed within traffic lane, or relative speed along a vector to/through the radar device - which vector might be at a significant angle to the traffic lane?
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by dmckeon 7y ago
Neither the article nor the malware reports it links to identify which merchant networks are affected.
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by dmckeon 7y ago
> The couple used to fly down from Long Island in a Cessna, until one day the runway at the island’s airport was underwater. Sounds like time for a float plane certificate.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition
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by dmckeon 7y ago
Sounds like a job for Normal man: https://www.propublica.org/article/the-ransomware-superhero-...
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by dmckeon 7y ago
Try Nomorobo - took robocalls down by at least 90% for me, and I gladly pay ~$20US / year to not have flow interrupts. Works on iOS, free for VOIP numbers.

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