ggm-at-algebras

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by ggm-at-algebras 7mo ago
In Shenzhen for a tech meeting. The streetscape is quieter, despite high traffic levels and I hear not only MORE birdsong, but the birds do more complex songlines. The air is clean. For sure some of this is because it's a coastal city
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by ggm-at-algebras 7mo ago
I really want Europe to succeed but I keep thinking the tpm/trust zone keys are going to be a killer here. We need something akin to DNSSEC key ceremonies, combined with the CAB forum to police who gets admission.
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by ggm-at-algebras 7mo ago
It would seem passing strange that Gentry Lee came up with all the awful bits and the consulting oversight didn't.
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by ggm-at-algebras 7mo ago
Nothing in this thread makes me feel I should change my mind but de gustibus and all that.
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by ggm-at-algebras 7mo ago
If he'd stopped after one, it would have been fine. He decided to do a series. It got weird. I still read them but the original is a decent standalone and you won't die unhappy if you never read the following. The same could be sa
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by ggm-at-algebras 1y ago
Mate, we're not talking about the future, but about 3 letter guys now. I'm one, I've carried it with me for 40+ years as have the ten or twenty peers of mine I know by their tla. I got it at pobox.com when the door opened, th
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by ggm-at-algebras 1y ago
Not to trivialise but being a 3 letter guy means being old. So, it's at best a celebration of achieving longevity and at worst a celebration of creaky joints and a short temper.
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Bostwick Consistometer(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by ggm-at-algebras 1y ago|0 comments
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by ggm-at-algebras 1y ago
https://archive.is/TFtBv
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No One Knows How Big Pumpkins Can Get(theatlantic.com)
4 points by ggm-at-algebras 1y ago|1 comments
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by ggm-at-algebras 1y ago
Also at theconversation.com https://theconversation.com/stormy-weather-heres-what-went-w...
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Storm in a teacup or dark clouds: why do people hate the BoM website redesign?(theguardian.com)
2 points by ggm-at-algebras 1y ago|2 comments
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Oz Labor Gov rules out giving tech giants free rein to mine IPR to train AI(theguardian.com)
5 points by ggm-at-algebras 1y ago|0 comments
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by ggm-at-algebras 1y ago
> Before around 2010 – when LED lighting and smartphone use became widespread – many women’s menstrual cycles tended to begin around the full Moon or new Moon phases. Afterwards, that synchrony largely vanished, persisting only in Janua
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by ggm-at-algebras 1y ago
Strong agree. The misuse of analogies to state what these systems are doing is part and parcel of the problem.
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by ggm-at-algebras 1y ago
Plug an OTG cable in and connect to that, so you don't repeat plug-unplug?
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by ggm-at-algebras 1y ago
At some point the cost of the meter exceeds the value of the product being metered. This happened very soon after hotels really jacked up telephone bills. Somehow they decided not to stop being silly, simply to bill the ignorant or lazy and
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Cardioprotective effect of semaglutide are independent of adiposity and weight(thelancet.com)
1 points by ggm-at-algebras 1y ago|1 comments
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by ggm-at-algebras 1y ago
Paper title: Semaglutide and cardiovascular outcomes by baseline and changes in adiposity measurements: a prespecified analysis of the SELECT trial Interpretation The cardioprotective effects of semaglutide were independent of baseline adi
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AI heavyweights call for end to 'superintelligence' research(theconversation.com)
4 points by ggm-at-algebras 1y ago|0 comments
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Ozempic for All(theatlantic.com)
5 points by ggm-at-algebras 1y ago|1 comments
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by ggm-at-algebras 1y ago
You need a mechanism which forms interference fringes. Chocolate blooms, so you might be able to etch the bloom. Otherwise, it's skim an edible oxide layer over the chocolate to etch.
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by ggm-at-algebras 1y ago
The history behind vU meters is also fascinating. People used to calibrate off the BBC techs, or off American techs. No BIPM, no SI units: what the BBC say.
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by ggm-at-algebras 1y ago
Good ideas never die!
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by ggm-at-algebras 1y ago
"Lie" is a word I dislike in much discourse. Being wrong, fine. Misunderstanding, fine. The implied intentionality in "lie" demands evidence. Not always wrong, but overused. My own personal nitpick hot buttons: * "l
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Santorini quakes traced to sideways crustal magma moves, not volcanic centers(phys.org)
1 points by ggm-at-algebras 1y ago|0 comments
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Vortex (Véhicule Orbital Réutilisable de Transport Et D'Exploration)(dassault-aviation.com)
27 points by ggm-at-algebras 1y ago|11 comments
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by ggm-at-algebras 1y ago
The proof of the pudding will be affordable housing, which demands both a fall in property values and acceptance of a lower return on investment for property. I wish I believed there won't be social engineering and lobbying to counter
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by ggm-at-algebras 1y ago
As few variances from the unadorned ui as possible.
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by ggm-at-algebras 1y ago
Dedupe over edited photos, and handling highly approximate date information are my "nobody has this right yet" criteria.

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