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4y ago
SwissMicros (not affiliated) has nice clones of many HP calculator models. https://www.swissmicros.com/product/dm42
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Figuring out how much extra capacity is needed still needs to be done. Simply stating that no new peaker plants are needed "because storage capacity will be there" is a bit too simplistic. I'd be glad if that's the case,
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I believe the difference is that during a Dunkelflaute, peaker plants might have to generate a large amount of or the majority of electricity, whereas today, peaker plants are build to only generate relatively small amount of power at the m
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4y ago
"The Double Helix" by James Watson is still a surprisingly accessible read that's very relevant here.
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That was not a side project from my limited understanding ;) I believe the M$/Alphabet/Meta security teams are probably more advanced or on par with the best state sponsored teams. I could be wrong, plus the state sponsored teams
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4y ago
Oh yes, I do. Thanks!
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4y ago
I believe there are nfc scanners with much more capable antennas that for instance can scan a passport from 10 ft away…
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4y ago
Apple could add a pressure sensor and disable transmission while in the air. Yes, might be not working for Tahoe or Mexico City but work in most places.
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Do the AirTags have lithium ion cells? I thought they have the no explosive cr2032 or thereabouts…
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I think that depends on the greeting. If it doesn't clearly say your name (and or the LLC you're owning), they might not be sure it's the right number and not leave a message for privacy reasons.
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Bread rolls perhaps, not loaves? But don’t forget, people used to eat _way_ more bread in earlier times …
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4y ago
Great, so the mob can now switch to using lyrics for their communication :) ?
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4y ago
Of course, there now is a business opportunity to make style obfuscating AI transformers ...
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4y ago
For locks specifically, LockPickingLawyer has a decent channel, even if most locks are just utter crap. His valentine's days specials are especially entertaining.
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4y ago
unlikely to see WW3 _AND_ WW4 ...
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4y ago
Also along these lines: Return from the stars by Stanislaw Lem. Spoiler: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_from_the_Stars
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as long as the price is right ...
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4y ago
One would think that the few crucial bits of information gleaned are listened to manually, and the machine translation is not the only thing the judge or a jury sees.
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Cue Stan Freberg (do youself a favor and listen to the whole musical): """ Columbus: Hello there, hello there. We white men–other side of ocean. My name Christopher Columbus. Native: Oh? You over here on a Fulbright? Columbus
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4y ago
If it needs to be given away, maybe to a museum belonging to the United Nations? I'm not sure if there are truly extraterritorial museums, though.
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I recently found an old backup 3.5" floppy from ≈1993 with some thesis material. I could read it without any problems on an old USB connected floppy drive (and as a bonus, compile the LaTeX with zero problems). I was a bit surprised an
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4y ago
Wow, the jackals are out in full force tonight ;) Seth Meyers must have been offline for a while ?
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Note: goes into effect in 2026. Much can happen until then. A new administration might be able to undo this relatively easily. I imagine there are lots of lobbyist dollars available. That said, looks great!
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4y ago
Soon, information about acoustic modems, mimeographs and music cassettes will be lost, too.
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In school, I worked on an introductory CS/EE class many, many moons ago, and I believed we used something like "logisim", which by then was pretty awesome - you could build simple things like adders, combine those with "
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That's how a lot of law systems were constructed: many countries are basing their law on roman practices. That's not inherently bad, IMO.
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I don't believe the OP has lost the work - looks like sharing has been disabled. It's still pretty sucky.
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Ja, let's put all the Hitlers in charge of the militaries. What could go wrong ?
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You must not have a pool :)
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What I don't get is that if you have a web presence in the EU, you're STILL subject to GDPR regulations, so really, in practice, for many – in particular larger – companies, you'd have now implement GDPR AND the new british r
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