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by implements 1y ago
“By definition, there is no real number between 0.9r and 1 therefore they are the same” … was how I heard it explained.
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by implements 1y ago
How about measuring the linear tape motion in a similar way that laser mice measure surface movement?
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by implements 1y ago
There was an adventure game that showed “The Mists of Time” for 30 seconds during initial map generation - it was a very creative way to describe the analogue tv noise caused by missing video signal.
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by implements 1y ago
There’s an interesting blog post about how a far simpler machine generates its video signal, if people are curious about the signals involved: http://blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/2023/10/how-the-zx80-gen... “The C
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by implements 1y ago
Empty product and also 0! (Which is extra unintuitive because 0 isn’t empty ie the products of 0 are 0)
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by implements 2y ago
Radio 4 on long wave, I believe - which is only guaranteed until the end of June this year because the BBC’s stock of irreplaceable high power valves is running out. As well as triggering Armageddon the LW signal also switched older electri
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by implements 2y ago
> I suspect you will find its not a single point of failure either. It’s just that Hayes is a high-demand area, so see above for lack of excess capacity .... if one site goes boom, the other will struggle to take on 100% load. Hayes (Nor
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by implements 2y ago
I think I heard the same Podcast - not only do the Apps try and discover the minimum rate a Nurse might take, they’ll actively attempt to manipulate the circumstances of Nurses who were in a strong position so they too end up more dependent
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by implements 2y ago
> the feminist prescription for a female doctor is "lady doctor", not "doctress" Being male I hesitate to speak for feminists, but I’m fairly sure at least 2nd wave ones would prefer just “doctor” and would frown on “
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by implements 2y ago
> Much of philosophy throughout history seems to operate this way. “Philosophy is poor at revealing truths but excellent at revealing falsehoods (or at least unsupported arguments)” was the main lesson I took from informally studying it.
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by implements 2y ago
(That was just an attempt at a joke, btw)
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by implements 2y ago
The real challenge is avoiding them hacking your device if you click the link! …
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by implements 2y ago
(Potential non-commercial customer) Checked the help page - couldn’t see anything about static IP addresses, IPv6 etc? Edit: Ah, “Our network. You acknowledge that We may change your Internet Protocol (IP) address from time to time without
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by implements 2y ago
Middle age is 45 to 65, and Old age can perhaps be thought of as the following three ten year periods: Go, Go-slow, No-go - that would make elderly as 75+ (Rationale being retirement planning advisors encourage people to make the most of th
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by implements 2y ago
YouTube pushed a video about it to me a few days ago - I guess it’s an algorithm driven story.
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by implements 2y ago
Some older flat panels use “cold-cathode fluorescent display backlights” and they’re driven by a high-voltage inverter, I believe - so it’s still a good idea to be wary.
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by implements 2y ago
http://doomeer.com/factorio does that. You can specify how many of each product you want to produce per second, minute or hour and it shows how many assemblers and what raw material production is required.
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by implements 2y ago
As a fan I’m driven to say Dua’s been credited with “Most Improved Artist” having taken to heart the infamous criticism of her BRIT Awards performance of “New Rules”: “I love her lack of energy, go girl give us nothing!” https:/&#x2
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by implements 2y ago
Famously, B&Q’s original name was “Block and Quayle” after the surnames of the founders - but they switched to B&Q because everyone in the trade were abbreviating it that way.
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by implements 2y ago
Speaking of dodgy things in sheds, as a heads-up Hexamine fuel tablets are now illegal to possess in the UK - so campers and model steam engine enthusiasts beware.
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by implements 2y ago
In the early 1990s before shops had internet access a British company called “CardCast” [1] used non-public commercial Ceefax data channels to multicast stolen credit card data to high-fraud locations such as shopping centres and petrol sta
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by implements 2y ago
> Today only China and the USA are fully sovereign in terms of having the capability to build the full spectrum of electronic, communications, and military equipment. Not arguing, but I think China still relies on Russia for jet engines
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by implements 2y ago
> It is hard to understand what the author is hand-wringing about. The issue seems to be “Organisations party to classified information have to keep it secret regardless of whether it’s in the public domain”. As an academic historian the
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by implements 2y ago
ADS said: “From the time that it first appeared in Doctorow’s posts and articles, the word had all the markings of a successful neologism, being instantly memorable and adaptable to a variety of contexts.”
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by implements 2y ago
For reference, early Garmins sent and received NMEA 183 data, including their own proprietary sentences: https://developer.garmin.com/downloads/legacy/uploads/2015/0...
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by implements 2y ago
Out of interest, do you put relayd in front of httpd? (I’m not knowledgeable enough to know whether that would improve security or not)
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by implements 2y ago
Interesting read - the BBC article referenced fleshes out some detail: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33414358 (Eric Roberts: The spy who suffered)
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by implements 2y ago
> index card + scotch tape Tip: If you fold over the index card and join the edges with Scotch tape it makes a handy little envelope to store a USB stick or SD card in - and you can add some written notes for contents, date, etc.
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by implements 2y ago
If someone is offered a particular posting but chooses not to accept it without good reason then I expect they won’t be offered anything better (more important, prestigious or more enjoyable). (Saying that, I remember reading once that high
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by implements 2y ago
> The FAST feature detector is an algorithm for finding regions of an image that are visually distinctive, … Is that related to ‘Energy Function’ in any way? (I ask because a long time ago I was involved in an Automated Numberplate Readi

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