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by imglorp 2y ago
I mean, you can still get Flourinert (!!) and you can pretend you have a Cray. But more seriously, would distilled water work? It should have minimal conductivity in theory. https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/d&#x2
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by imglorp 2y ago
There is an international docking standard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Docking_System_Standard But if ever (hopefully) colonize space, would there be a single government to legislate standards? I&#
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by imglorp 2y ago
Further down, paraphrasing a thread, > why is the dot spacing different on the left vs right can? > When a product design like this gets licensed out to others in the same industry, they will often change the design slightl
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by imglorp 2y ago
Something I wish DKS did better was Fill. If you have selected a cage and press F, it will fill the cage with all the possible combinations on the right panel. Instead, I think it should take only the ones you haven't ruled out by de-s
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by imglorp 2y ago
The CtC community sometimes overlaps with, and mentions in their vids, https://www.dailykillersudoku.com/ which also has a nice UX, especially for helping compute totals and possible sum-partitions. Some features might bea
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by imglorp 2y ago
Gyros on gimbals have other drawbacks, such as drifting and gimbal lock.
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by imglorp 2y ago
Yes - it might have been 500g lighter if it wasn't fully mechanical.
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by imglorp 2y ago
NASA's 2-year cert for electronics requirement is puzzling. I understand rules about mission critical electronics: you want to (a) depend on it and (b) avoid fire, magic smoke, and blowing breakers on the Station. But for a non-critica
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by imglorp 2y ago
The gasoline vs H2 ballpark is a little wider because storage is not trivial for H2 -- you need to carry around a cryogenic and/or high pressure vessel instead of a plastic box -- which will detract from your p/w ratio. It also wa
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by imglorp 2y ago
> we're politically/socially unwilling to transfer the risk to the people who are responsible for creating it This is important. Insurance was invented 2000+ years ago but aggressively deploying technology that worsens floods,
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by imglorp 2y ago
There was an F9 loss early in the program where the presenter was overcome by emotion. I would love to find an archive of all the launches including that one.
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by imglorp 2y ago
User defined functions were implemented similarly as external execs in early shells. As the script was parsed, functions were dropped into /tmp without their wrappings and then called as external programs. Since they would still refer
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by imglorp 2y ago
Recent events also taught us that proof of work is a serious problem for the biosphere when serious money is involved and everybody scales up. Instead, it seems proof of stake is more what is required.
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by imglorp 2y ago
Is there anything special to learn about occultations like this or are they just curiosities like alignments?
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by imglorp 2y ago
This is a frustrating conversation. It appears that anonymized data medical data are being sold en masse by providers (*) because money. But it's also obvious to us tech folk how trivial it is to combine anonymized patient encounters w
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by imglorp 2y ago
Why was this flagged? Engineering failures seem very on topic.
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Engineering Fairy Tale: Cascade Failure at Super Kamiokande [video](youtube.com)
3 points by imglorp 2y ago|1 comments
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by imglorp 2y ago
And if you don't have the space, there's also arresting systems you can install in case an aircraft runs long. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineered_materials_arrestor_...
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by imglorp 2y ago
Since the article mentioned Postgres by name, isn't this a case for using its asynchronous notification features? Servers can LISTEN to a channel and PG can TRIGGER and NOTIFY them when the data changes. No polling needed, regardless o
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by imglorp 2y ago
I just added this book referenced by the article to my reading list. https://focus-dewereldvanasml.nl/
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I made $100K from a dick joke(imgur.com)
532 points by imglorp 2y ago|260 comments
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by imglorp 2y ago
The list of CEOs paying tribute lengthened. https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/3/24335290/apple-donation-do...
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by imglorp 2y ago
Does it matter for an informational site? HTTP is quicker and doesn't expire certs etc. Of course, agree, it's totally needed for anything with a login or downloads etc, but serious question, what's the risk/benefit trad
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by imglorp 2y ago
Regarding his ask that ACM dedicate itself to the public good, the IEEE is already there in its code of ethics. > hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public, to strive to comply with ethical design and sustainable devel
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by imglorp 2y ago
Side question. One of the speakers gave his DECT number. Does that mean people are still carrying around old phones just to use at tech conferences?
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by imglorp 2y ago
DMCA is working exactly as intended: the asymmetry is the house advantage, keeping IP holders in the green and consumers in fear of their power. Any innocent casualties who were benefiting culture and society are acceptable losses. It'
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by imglorp 2y ago
Blancolirio goes into some depth on the hydraulic systems. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J04wUKZUCI&pp=ygULYmxhbmNvb...
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by imglorp 2y ago
It's just one notch below the Winnebago Heli Home :-) https://www.thedrive.com/news/34753/the-winnebago-heli-home-... I didn't realize there were so many AN-2's for sale: looks like going rate is ab
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by imglorp 2y ago
We have a set of reusable silicone lids. They can withstand high temperature on stove or microwave and just rinse off. Hopefully they aren't found to release anything. Instead of a paper towel, we throw food on a plate or bowl and drop
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by imglorp 2y ago
I'm not wild about the title either. In English, "fly into the sun" implies permanence and they exploited that for title bait. Better, "closest approach" or even "dip into" would say that Parker will keep

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