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901.
by fnord77 5y ago
it took me far too long to realize you have to drag the operations to recipe area and not just click them. /facepalm
902.
by fnord77 5y ago
I know this is terrible for consumers, but I'm endlessly amused by all the hacks and workarounds in this game of cat and mouse.
903.
by fnord77 5y ago
seems the UK wants to become (another) cautionary tale.
904.
by fnord77 5y ago
> A nation could develop world-class AI planes... such a nation would probably already have nuclear weapons. Any nation capable of hypersonic skip glide weapons also probably has nukes. So this hypothetical attack wouldn't be happe
905.
by fnord77 5y ago
we've steadily moved away from serfdom under centralized government and banking for centuries. yet suddenly because of the actions of a couple private companies, we're going to suddenly go back to serfdom? This makes no sense.
906.
by fnord77 5y ago
I'm baffled why 5G was approved and deployed before there were safety verifications with aircraft
907.
by fnord77 5y ago
the pernicious thing about spring is there appears to be 15 different ways to do the same thing. Everyone's idea and enhancement request was thrown in. Plus things got left in that should have been deprecated after better ideas cam
908.
by fnord77 5y ago
I don't think there's just one great filter. I imagine there are various filters depending on the particular environment and circumstances. Several are behind us already. Several are ahead.
909.
by fnord77 5y ago
handheld flash for phone: https://www.amazon.com/Anker-Certified-Generation-Flashlight...
910.
by fnord77 5y ago
this is true - I was at a street fair a couple years ago with an old Graflex 4x5 camera, just walking around. People came up to me asking to have their pictures taken. This in a town where most except the crazies keep to themselves. It
911.
by fnord77 5y ago
https://wigle.net/stats#ssidstats
912.
by fnord77 5y ago
what advantage does locking a CPU to a specific vendor give the vendor?
913.
by fnord77 5y ago
Back when Magic Leap was at the top of the hype cycle, a friend of mine did some napkin calculations to see what kind of computing power their headset would need to do what they were claiming they could do. The result was way out of the l
914.
by fnord77 5y ago
I'm not up on CPU terminology. I read the article and I don't know what this means. What is "locking" in this context? What is the "AMD PSB" ?
915.
by fnord77 5y ago
it is great this is so subtle. I like this better than having context menu or some other hidden access link
916.
by fnord77 5y ago
wow, nice time-saver.
917.
by fnord77 5y ago
video of one in action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iwRbIMpPMs
918.
by fnord77 5y ago
would like to see a live animation of this
919.
by fnord77 5y ago
During the pandemic I've been avoiding "dark" shows and movies, just for my own mental health. SG-1 is a great rewatch because it is light and optimistic.
920.
by fnord77 5y ago
> Starlink satellites are responsible for 1,600 near-crashes in orbit every week, reports Futurism’s Dan Robitzski, a number that he reports is likely to increase as Starlink plans to launch more satellites.
921.
by fnord77 5y ago
no reasonable trial has found any video game to increase intelligence, which I believe is what the OP was asking about.
922.
by fnord77 5y ago
there's been a proliferation of administrators in colleges. the ratio of administrators to professors/instructors has been steadily climbing since the 70s.
923.
by fnord77 5y ago
there's been a proliferation of administrators in colleges. the ratio of administrators to professors/instructors has been steadily climbing since the 70s. I see this as a form of corruption.
924.
by fnord77 5y ago
exactly right. the only thing you get better at by playing a game is that game.
925.
by fnord77 5y ago
possibly adults who have not matured intellectually beyond teen levels.
926.
by fnord77 5y ago
> Why in the world has this idiotic trend of abstracting everything away by layers upon layers of complexity gained such a strong foothold in the industry? everyone wants to prove themselves by having s gh project that is used by a lot o
927.
by fnord77 5y ago
these don't have filtered output, do they?
928.
by fnord77 5y ago
my favorite mask, the Moldex 4200 is not listed. This is the only mask that does not fog my glasses (used to be a lot cheaper) https://www.amazon.com/Moldex-4200N95-Disposable-Respirator-...
929.
by fnord77 5y ago
> you can't sacrifice quality to zero, GM tried in the 80s
930.
by fnord77 5y ago
just an anecdote, but I see quite a few people in my linked in network who are now at google within the last few years. People I wouldn't consider "google quality".

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