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   by eggy 3y ago

   The number of license plate cameras in Yonkers is growing. A few acquaintances have showed me a speeding ticket for 28 in a 25 mph posted speed limit. 3 mph? Really. You could argue error on the equipment, last calibration, etc...but who ha
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   by eggy 3y ago

   The case that fits the pen remedies this I am told. I'll have to confirm.
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   by eggy 3y ago

   Cable tension systems are very tricky to engineer, and Arecibo was built quite a while ago. If you use fixed, non-adjustable cables, you still need to tension them again after installation to allow for settling to balance tension on all the
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   by eggy 3y ago

   I think the hurricanes and storms would do more than "shake, not stir" the drones, especially the helium-filled drones ;)
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   by eggy 3y ago

   I always recommend this book, "Building High Integrity Applications with SPARK" as an introduction to how SPARK can be used for high-integrity, safe programs for mission-critical applications. SPARK has a legacy of large, high-int
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   by eggy 3y ago

   Funny you should say that, because I managed a water show in Macau. The 17 million liter, 10m deep pool had hydraulically actuated lifts in it, and we went from normal hydraulic fluid to vegetable oil for leak and contamination issues. The
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   by eggy 3y ago

   I have an Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo as my main home and travel computer. I am upgrading my Samsung Ultra Note 20 to a Samsung Fold 5. I can work off of my Note now, and leave the Asus laptop at the place I am staying. I spent 6 months in Saudi
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   by eggy 3y ago

   Since they kept people from socializing and getting out and about, and they pushed their vaccines on the public to the point that over 80% of the population was vaccinated, does it mean that when you let vaccinated people out, COVID still k
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   by eggy 3y ago

   Also, we are talking multiple shots and boosters, not a single vaccination. If young, healthy males are not in the high-risk group for a COVID infection, then why recommend several vaccines to them that carry this risk? How about not recomm
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    by eggy 3y ago

    Vaccine safety data and studies are typically collected well beyond the almost three years this vaccine has been around. If you think we don't need any further testing, then my point of the vaccine being under EUA is even more relevant
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    by eggy 3y ago

    I am using Acceλerate for MS 365, which brings Visual Scheme for Applications (VSATM) to the MS 365 suite [1]. It can be used in the other MS 365 apps as well and ties in nicely to .NET. That and I unashamedly love Lisp over python even tho
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    by eggy 3y ago

    At this point why do they have to apply for emergency use authorization? Shouldn't we be back to typical safety trials? Is the yearly flu shot under EUA too? Why is the CDC still blanket recommending shots for young people? Especially
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    by eggy 3y ago

    Six liters of water consumed within three hours killed a human among other notable water intoxication deaths, so most anything in large enough quantities will kill you.Toxicity levels need to be confirmed and established [1]. [1] https:&#
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    by eggy 3y ago

    I was too until they strayed from the more Standard ML-like syntax to Rust-like syntax all for trying not to alienate the Algol crowd and Rust aficionados. For popularity. I like APL, BQN, and J so I'm not swayed by it.
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    by eggy 3y ago

    Measure of lowest annual precipitation. I thought they meant lowest RH. I spent 6 months in Saudi at the end of 2022. 11 to 14% humidity.
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    by eggy 3y ago

    We will get better at landing a device on an asteroid ala SpaceX, and use long-burst jets to veer the single rock off target. It will require identifying them when they are far off. Ramming into them will be plan B!
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    by eggy 3y ago

    I only made it through the first three trade paperbacks. I loved it, but wound up going overseas and lost touch. Thanks for the ping; I'll have to pick it up again.
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    by eggy 3y ago

    <<Stranger still, some doctors declared the syndrome occurred only in certain geographical locations. New York and Southern California were deemed risky, while Hawaii and London were absolved.>> NY and SOCAL, that explains it al
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    by eggy 3y ago

    All of the divorces I know firsthand from my peers do not involve violence or sexual abuse, but more nebulous or obtuse statements about personal happiness and expectations from life. I do think a culture of instant gratification and the my
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    by eggy 3y ago

    Yep, had that on my calc, and then skipped the zero when typing the post. Good catch. Even closer to a pure vacuum!
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    by eggy 3y ago

    I love(d) PicoLisp. I have run Windows, Linux (many flavors on many machines), and MacOS, but my working OS is Windows, and I could not get the x64 PicoLisp running on Windows back then without using Cygwin or MinGW. I can run it on WSL[1],
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    by eggy 3y ago

    I agree, it could use more of the easy details, however, I don't have much issue with 10^-2 Pa, since standard atmospheric pressure is 101,325 Pa, so 0.1 Pa (10^-2 Pa, or 1.45x10^-6 psi) is definitely understood as a vacuum, but you&#x
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    by eggy 3y ago

    Thanks for the clear explanation on polymers and plastics. Very interesting. Bitumen is pretty nasty!
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    by eggy 3y ago

    I programmed in PET basic in 1977/78 on my PET 2001 computer with a tape drive. Oh, the memories! And trying to explain to my mom and dad what the large thing on my desk was, and what could you do with it. Dad would bring up Colossus:T
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    by eggy 3y ago

    I always found it interesting that the plastics we think of - nylon, polyethylene, Teflon, etc. - are man-made and that there are actually naturally occurring plastics, or polymers such as pectin, cellulose, silk, and wool. The shapes, opac
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    by eggy 3y ago

    UPDATE: Paper showing a 1 in 35 (22 out of 777, or 2.8%) myocardial injury of 777 eligible participants of an original 1871 employees of a hospital after receiving an mRNA-1273 booster [1]. This is only after 3 years of the vaccine's f
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    by eggy 3y ago

    Well, the appendix has gone from we don't know it's function, or it is a useless appendage, to it might have a role in our immune system [1]. [1] https://www.news-medical.net/health/Why-do-Humans-have-an-Ap..
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    by eggy 3y ago

    I've actually enjoyed and done much more sober than I ever did during my entire drinking years. But to stay on point, the original article is "Alcolhol without the hangover" - keyword "hangover". A hangover is a sym
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    by eggy 3y ago

    And a few fermented fruits and a "buzz" are not a hangover. A hangover means you have overdone it.
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    by eggy 3y ago

    Privileged? I worked very hard to get that point of "privileged" to have had two single-job families. In the beginning I worked at different jobs out of necessity and in part, to see what suited me and what suited the work. I lear