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by jackfoxy 7y ago
I do know the MS guy largely responsible for Q#. He's an honest fellow and adamant that there is nothing like it. I've never worked with it. If you do get serious with it I'm sure the team would be very interested in hearing
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Not the authors only gratuitous editorializing > the United States… is now riven by toxic political discord and stands at the brink of social collapse both cases unnecessary, off-topic, and detract from an otherwise good article
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I even got 2nd tier Microsoft support on a call for the second problem. That level of MS support is usually quite good, but in this case it was totally ridiculous. The engineer did not even understand the advertised functionality, but inste
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by jackfoxy 7y ago
I've been using whatever the current Edge browser is in Windows10 for several years. (I don't know if that is current the "Chorme" Edge or not.) But I am tired of 2 problems that never seem to get fixed and am contemplat
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by jackfoxy 7y ago
I have one remaining Cross ballpoint pen and one refill cartridge for it. It is the only ballpoint pen I have that is worth a damn. Unfortunately I lost the other 2 Cross pens I've had in my life. The quality of most ballpoint pens tod
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by jackfoxy 7y ago
You can look to Houston, TX as a control group of what development and urban growth looks like without zoning laws. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoning_in_the_United_States#Ho...
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by jackfoxy 7y ago
I think the real problem is Twitter refuses to make sophisticated filtering available to users. Simple mute, block, and keyword filtering are inadequate.
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by jackfoxy 7y ago
Here's a rebuttal from a physicist https://motls.blogspot.com/2019/07/quanta-magazines-anti-qua...
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by jackfoxy 7y ago
That is an honest and good question. I won't say I am such a person, but perhaps I can shed some light. Academia is an elite, powerful, and privileged institution. Of course it is not a monolithic institution, but a conglomeration of m
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by jackfoxy 7y ago
I have been a Pinboard user since 2010. In fact, I got in at some point where the service offered free service forever. Thank you. I'm also a contributor to the drop in active users. I stopped using it for several years. Don't kn
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by jackfoxy 7y ago
How about offering them the dream of the rule of law? Arbitrary enforcement of capricious legal codes is the biggest hurdle keeping the people, and hence the economies, of these countries down.
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How ironic that the nation that led the world in the frontiers of maths in the 19th century completely missed the boat in the applied math of signals intelligence in WWII. I'm referring to the tank serial numbers and the lack of care i
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by jackfoxy 7y ago
Seems the title of this post has changed since I first commented (it had referenced open source). Still, it would be nice to see all the design an operational files involved.
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I just did a quick visual scan of the PDF. Some parts have to be fabricated. Custom parts of the microscope were designed with Autodesk Inventor Professional and 451 fabricated by Protolabs and 3D Hubs... I do not think this is open sourc
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by jackfoxy 7y ago
I think the real potential game changer here is platinum group metals. The total world supply (of platinum alone) is a mere 8 million ounces https://www.statista.com/statistics/418212/global-platinum-s... Investor
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by jackfoxy 7y ago
Here is some anecdotal historical context. Recently my parents were reminiscing at a family event about mid 20th century small town American life. The local telephone exchange operator (always a woman) could freely listen in on any telephon
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by jackfoxy 7y ago
Never underestimate motivated spooks with unlimited budget and access to the best and brightest.
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I live on a named creek in the S.F. Bay Area, and I've recently re-discovered what a natural wonder it is. It is mostly original creek for its entire length. I discovered recently a tributary that at one time ran through my property wa
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by jackfoxy 7y ago
Paywall, as happens more and more frequently.
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I'm not a crypto expert. But I do know this stream is a firehose. Somewhere on the site is says how much data is generated. I forget. Naively I would think at least for some applications there would be no way to determine what part of
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by jackfoxy 7y ago
Australian National University generates a random bit stream by measuring the quantum fluctuations of the vacuum. http://qrng.anu.edu.au/index.php A few years ago I created a F# .NET library to consume this stream in varyin
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by jackfoxy 7y ago
From the press release: To qualify, commercial and marketing activities must either: require the unique microgravity environment to enable manufacturing, production or development of a commercial application; have a connection to NASA’s mis
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by jackfoxy 7y ago
> fly up a few models/actors More like 1, even for the biggest brands. This is going to be way expensive. I think you are onto a good idea, except I get the impression NASA will prioritize missions that contribute to commercial or s
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by jackfoxy 7y ago
The income tax system is as much about the government asserting dominance over citizens (and residents) as it is about raising revenue. There could be more efficient revenue collection schemes devised (less friction), taxes with fewer colle
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In any event, I think all the relevant naval operations from this era are documented, but not perhaps well-collated. Pirates on the other hand were not well-known for documenting their operations. Some archival research may result in histor
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Burning was a common means of disposing of a prize https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prize_(law) by naval forces, privateers, or pirates, when for whatever reason the victorious force decided manning the prize and sendin
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Wolfram on Gell-Mann(motls.blogspot.com)
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It's fallen into the memory hole. See the current Wikipedia page, no mention of Assange's ideologies from teenage years all the way through founding WikiLeaks. And also no information doing simple internet searches. I'm not m
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Murray Gell-Mann: 1929-2019(motls.blogspot.com)
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Way back before he holed-up in the Ecuadorian, well before his hero status in some quarters tarnished from the 2016 election, I had this guy pegged as a Russian operative. I'm sure he probably viewed himself as in charge. The nature of

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