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by emsign 6y ago
I've been awaiting a new Adam Curtis documentary for so long now. They're always a little bit more interesting, more thought-provoking and insightful than most of what is out there about whatever topic they are dealing with.
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by emsign 6y ago
On a sidenote, I really like that site's design. Having just read about the Gemini project, I feel like we all should maybe tone down the web design a little bit.
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Diaphragm Air Engine(youtube.com)
2 points by emsign 6y ago|0 comments
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Sony Walkman Hacks: Activate FM radio, increase volume and improve the sound(youtube.com)
2 points by emsign 6y ago|0 comments
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by emsign 6y ago
Oh, how wondrously conveniend for some people in politics.
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by emsign 6y ago
So what? That's a dream come true.
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by emsign 6y ago
...and I didn't even know laser stripping was a thing.
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by emsign 6y ago
I hope this wasn't due to underfunding. Old stuff breaks, but it should last when it is being maintained properly.
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by emsign 6y ago
For me they blurred the images because of my ad blocker. Or probably because I have cookies blocked.
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by emsign 6y ago
If a piece of tape acts like a bevel and cracks the display, use a sharpie instead. Problem solved.
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by emsign 6y ago
https://jazzkeys.plan8.co/?msg=-MBeGU8Te_CQdizj2E9v I improvised this as I was typing. The "Peace Piece" song was the inspiration for what I wrote. It's a really fun way of creative writing. The text isn&#x27
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Donut-shaped C code that generates a 3D spinning donut(youtube.com)
1 points by emsign 6y ago|0 comments
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by emsign 6y ago
Isn't he notoriously short on cash? Maybe he doesn't have any more real estate to sell?
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Walking in a Straight Line Across Wales [video](youtube.com)
2 points by emsign 6y ago|0 comments
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by emsign 6y ago
This. When I get the impression that my expertise and suggestions don't matter that's the point when I mentally quit my job. That's always the first step, the original reason. After that it's only the benefits, good pay
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Ask HN: Is the sound in high speed camera videos real?
1 points by emsign 6y ago|1 comments
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by emsign 6y ago
That's how I imagine what normal beekeeping is like.
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by emsign 6y ago
What notion is really interesting to me is the underlying believe that if "everything would be back to normal if those people responsible for this mess were exposed and removed". The adversity to accepting that most of life is jus
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How to Convert Laptop Webcams to USB Webcams(youtube.com)
2 points by emsign 6y ago|0 comments
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by emsign 6y ago
That's funny I use an IBM rebranded RAID card. In AHCI mode with ZFS.
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by emsign 6y ago
AvE comes to mind, very informative. Although I don't like his dad jokes and sexist phrases at all, they got old and annoying really quick. Sadly useful information to bad joke ratio is about 1:3 in his videos.
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by emsign 6y ago
Yep, I think hacking became kind of a buzzword in the new economy. Facebook deciding to name their corporate grounds to "1 Hacker Way" is such an example of how tech companies have appropiated the term to mean something that doesn
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by emsign 6y ago
The single most important thing that made me understand the hacker mindset as a teenager was the Jargon File. And the publications and conference videos of the Chaos Computer Club also had a great influence on me, as well as Clifford Stoll&
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by emsign 6y ago
It's a great DIY channel, I really like his no thrills and friendly style of presenting. And he has come up with some brilliant upcycling ideas.
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by emsign 6y ago
Yeah, people go into withdrawal during the night which leads to bad quality sleep which leads to the desire to drink coffee earlier in the day, since you feel very unwell after you wake up. A downward spiral.
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by emsign 6y ago
my advice: avoid caffeine altogether, everything decaf, if you insist on consuming those beverages.
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by emsign 6y ago
Ah, just today I had a caffeine withdrawal induced headache, because I had been drinking tea the last three days. It was so bad I had to pop a Thomapyrin tablet with a Coke. For all non-Germans: it's a fixed combination drug that inclu
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by emsign 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_flash In a thundercloud change of its electro-magnetic field causes ice crystals to change refraction of sunlight. But it looks like something that seems unlike a natural phenomenon.
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Crown Flash, rare weather phenomenon of aurora-like streamers emanating a cloud(youtube.com)
9 points by emsign 6y ago|1 comments
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by emsign 7y ago
You're never truly 100% anonymous online, also anonymous platforms are usually broadcast type. Meaning single users broadcast things to a possibly infinite number of receivers, usually it's even public with no access restrictions.

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