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by jackfoxy 8y ago
Here some narrative on a privateer prowling the California coast at end of the China trade route period. http://factcards.califa.org/ran/elrefugio.html
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by jackfoxy 8y ago
So this guy moved into Kreuzberg a full year after the last time I was in Berlin. And this is now historic. Man, I'm old. East Berlin was a scary place, if you ever took the U-Bahn, went through pass control, and popped up on a street
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by jackfoxy 8y ago
Nietzsche and Goethe are the two greatest prosists of the German language. Nietzsche had an awesome command of philology and was a syphilitic. His writing is seductive. > Nietzsche wasn't very good at expressing what he meant. His e
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by jackfoxy 8y ago
I read or heard somewhere the major clothing brands consider YKK zippers so reliable they won't even look at competitors product, even at substantial discounts, the zipper being such a small portion of the total cost of goods, but a cr
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by jackfoxy 8y ago
Most important part of the tldr; is this law does not take effect until 2020. Lots of time to be amended before then.
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by jackfoxy 8y ago
The benefits of vaccines overwhelm the problems, and yes, the anti-vaccine quackery of the last couple decades has made legitimate discussion impossible. It's a similar situation to states' rights , a term which 160 years ago the
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by jackfoxy 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Jackson_(activist)
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by jackfoxy 8y ago
The only time I ever approved of a website generating sound without my permission when I opened it.
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by jackfoxy 8y ago
This.
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by jackfoxy 8y ago
I have a Surface RT too that I love for couch computing. It didn't cost much and I continue to get a lot of use from it, but the fact is it is not fully supported.
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SpaceX's 'Load-And-Go' Rocket Fueling Approach Viable, NASA Safety Panel Says(space.com)
3 points by jackfoxy 8y ago|0 comments
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Study Offers Pessimistic Outlook for Commercial Space Stations(space.com)
2 points by jackfoxy 8y ago|0 comments
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'Impossible' EmDrive Space Thruster May Really Be Impossible(space.com)
45 points by jackfoxy 8y ago|86 comments
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Ntel's Loihi roadmap calls for its brain chips to be as smart as a mouse by 2019(pcworld.com)
2 points by jackfoxy 8y ago|0 comments
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Elon Musk Says SpaceX Will Reuse a Rocket Within 24 Hours in 2019(space.com)
2 points by jackfoxy 8y ago|0 comments
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by jackfoxy 8y ago
That's an unfair and inaccurate characterization of Grant. There were lots of major battles with high casualties when Grant wasn't around. Grant's genius was to maneuver his army after the battle as if it had won . This frea
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by jackfoxy 8y ago
...and an inexperienced 3rd mate was alone on the bridge.
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NASA advisers say SpaceX rocket technology could put lives at risk(chicagotribune.com)
184 points by jackfoxy 8y ago|197 comments
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by jackfoxy 8y ago
It collided with an underwater reef.
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by jackfoxy 8y ago
Or use both units of measure. Is there a reason not to?
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by jackfoxy 8y ago
IIRC The alcoholic master handed over navigation to a very inexperienced 3rd mate and left the bridge for him to navigate out the channel by himself. That's an individual screw-up that can happen in any organization's culture. I w
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Patent Review System Upheld by U.S. Supreme Court(bloomberg.com)
313 points by jackfoxy 8y ago|173 comments
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by jackfoxy 8y ago
He is disobeying through means of prolonged legal actions. I hope he gets the sh!t sanctioned out of him in the end. Alternatively, isn't there grounds for a class action suite? Can a class file a suite against an individual?
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by jackfoxy 8y ago
Except that it's not civil disobedience. It is disrespecting someone who is being civilly disobedient. Disrespect and civil disobedience, one action is not always bad, the other not always good.
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Bankrupt Spaceflight Company's Assets to Help Young Minds Soar(space.com)
2 points by jackfoxy 8y ago|0 comments
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FCC Issues Warning in Wake of Swarm's Unauthorized Launch(space.com)
135 points by jackfoxy 9y ago|158 comments
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by jackfoxy 9y ago
I was looking for something specific to type systems, but this is a good start.
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by jackfoxy 9y ago
> Soundness means that every program that typechecks is valid. Completeness means that every valid program can be typed. I like this definition. Can someone link to an authoritative article that elaborates on this statement?
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by jackfoxy 9y ago
Wikipedia reports quite a different story about HH and WWII service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Humphrey#Marriage_and_e...
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by jackfoxy 9y ago
The UK developed the first portable timepiece good enough to accurately tell longitude. It's theirs.

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