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by elric 2y ago
Interesting, thanks fot clearing that up. I was under the impression that the length was where it's at.
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by elric 2y ago
I worded that poorly, I didn't mean to say that the entire distance should be covered vertically, but rather that a second loop could be wound on top of the first.
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by elric 2y ago
How many of these never-married men are in a relationship? Unmarried != single. Stats on the number of singles who have never been in a relationship would be far more valuable. Relationships, sexual or otherwise, are not subject to paperwor
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by elric 2y ago
Is there any particular reason why they keep building colliders with ever increasing diamaters, instead of going vertical? If we can create magnetic fields strong & precise enough to force particles into a very large loop, surely we can
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by elric 2y ago
It has become vastly more ubiquitous, probably by several orders of magnitude. More of it ends up in the environment than is broken down, so it's still accumulating. It's moving up throughout the food chain. We've certainly s
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by elric 2y ago
There's a study underway for a similar implant to help treat sleep apnea. Similar in size, multiple implants can be inserted around the nerves innervating the muscles in the throat. They would be powered by induction using a wearable c
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by elric 2y ago
That is very much not what I said. Additionally: some of recent people who've been detained are "criminals" as well, a missing document, a tattoo-gun there on a tourist visum, etc. Doesn't make it right to treat them lik
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by elric 2y ago
Anecdotally: a couple of years after 9/11, when I was a student, some of my friends who travelled to the US mysteriously disappeared for a few days. Turns out someone in the friend group had done some hackery type things (I won't
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by elric 2y ago
Tangentially: Belgium's interregional environment agency (irceline) publishes very detailed information on our (awful) air quality: https://irceline.be/en
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by elric 2y ago
Very surprised to see Belgium in that list. What gives? Our electricity mix isn't too bad. We don't have much heavy industry. We're not heavy A/C users. Is it our meat consumption?
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by elric 2y ago
Many (most?) people get ectopic beats, but the threshold for noticing them seems to differ. Being stressed/anxious makes them more noticeable. There's a self-reinforcing feedback loop: the more you notice them & worry about th
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by elric 2y ago
That meme is such a load of hogwash. In many ways, US English is closer to "traditional" than UK English. They've both diverged somewhat from what they were in the 17th century. Neither form has been "simplified" in
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by elric 2y ago
I've written my fair share of nasty reflexive code for testing or for abusing libraries, but I don't think I've ever overwritten final fields in this way. Private fields, sure. But not final. Sounds like a good evolution to m
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by elric 2y ago
I think the parent is referring to the goal of making the web more "LLM friendly".
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by elric 2y ago
Currently rewiring some my home's electricity so I can monitor my PV power production locally (without the shitty built in Chinese cloud garbage with hardcoded wifi passwords). Using the Shelly Pro EM for energy monitoring (it has 2 CT
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by elric 2y ago
Very reminiscent of SpaceX's earlier test flights. Keep at it, Isar!
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by elric 2y ago
I use Storage Scopes on my GrapheneOS android phone, works great. Can decide exactly which files or folders an app gets to access.
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by elric 2y ago
Not only that, but these companies are effectively letting Google decide who they can do business with. It's insane.
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by elric 2y ago
> The only benefits I can see of "Apps", are the developer get's access to private information they really don't need. That's exactly the point. More developer control, less user control. Can't change cookie
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by elric 2y ago
Wait until you find out about the thousands of camera's on public transport. At least cars being tracked are just cars. On public transport the tracking is much more invasive (and pervasive).
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by elric 2y ago
Instead of writing code, you can now figure out the code that your AI wrote and effectively treat everything as a legacy system.
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by elric 2y ago
I'm already seeing developers spending more time communicating with their AI than with their team. I don't think that's a good evolution. Many of us aren't the best communicators, but it's a skill we typically polis
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by elric 2y ago
I wonder if alternative forms of education (like Waldorf/Steiner) would make more sense to more kids. It's clear that the standard way of teaching doesn't resonate with many kids, and we would do well to investigate that.
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by elric 2y ago
A few essential skills that I feel schools ought to teach: 1. Personal knowledge management 2. Digital literacy 3. Calling bullshit in the age of big data (this is an actual course, freely available on youtube)
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by elric 2y ago
Not every bank supports it yet, and it's not always free. Some offer a limited number of free instant payments. One of my banks charged 1eur per instant payment up until recently. I understand the situation is improving, however.
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by elric 2y ago
I think you might be trivialising the scale on which space-capable nations are causing suffering. But that's not the point. The point is that this is neither the time nor place for party pooping.
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by elric 2y ago
Terms and conditions apply there.
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by elric 2y ago
The first system that worked? I have no idea what you're talking about. Whatever system US banks have, they weren't first, and it barely works. I mean Credit Cards are mostly an American invention, sure. But you've been laggi
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by elric 2y ago
Can we maybe not shit on this parade? The number of non-disgusting governments world in space-capable nations currently sits at zero. It doesn't detract from this achievement, and people are right to celebrate it.
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by elric 2y ago
I don't think the brain relies on a spin cycle like a washing machine, but maybe it's not so far fetched. Walking and being generally active helps the body "pump" lymph.

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