jakkals

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by jakkals 6y ago
I usually have multiple Bash tabs open in Terminal, and I needed a quick way to see what each tab contained. The following bash script will set the Title of the tab. #!/bin/bash # Sets the title of the Terminal Window /
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by jakkals 7y ago
I borrowed this book from the library, but before I finished it I bought it, I liked it that much. In short, I very much agree with this recommendation.
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by jakkals 7y ago
There is also transmission (actually the first one mentioned) "Between people who are in close contact with one another (within about 6 feet)"--this does not mention liquid droplets at all, which is why I figured it to be airborne
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by jakkals 7y ago
> It doesn't seem to be an airborn virus, but it does survive on surfaces. I just read this last night, and from this I had the impression that it is an airborne virus, and that surface spreading is not the main vector: https:&#x2
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by jakkals 12y ago
24 hours later, and I still get the same message from Al Jazeera!
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by jakkals 12y ago
It seems as if NBC (www.nbc.com) is in the same boat.
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Al Jazeera hacked(america.aljazeera.com)
3 points by jakkals 12y ago|3 comments
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by jakkals 14y ago
Hm. I have never heard that meaning of the word previously, and the link I previously provided ( http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nominal ) also did not show that specific meaning (unless I am too blind to see it!). I do find it inter
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by jakkals 14y ago
Ah. That explains it. I did not know that meaning of the word, and the explanation I checked at: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nominal only showed the meanings that I was familiar with. Live and learn, I guess. Thanks frabcus!
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by jakkals 14y ago
Am I the only one who got confused by the first sentence? "The Dragon spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station this morning and is performing nominally...". Is everything fine now, or is it not? "Nominally" in this sense
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by jakkals 17y ago
Right now, Anathem by Neal Stephenson is my favorite. I read through the comments before adding my 2 cents. I saw a lot of my favorite books, including a few by Neal Stephenson. But I did not see Anathem. Hmmm... I also saw a few references
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by jakkals 17y ago
"The only other US president to receive the honor was Jimmy Carter and he received it for his work after he was president" Woodrow Wilson won the Nobel Price in 1919 (while he was in office). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson
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by jakkals 17y ago
Rats! Yes, I did indeed mean 1/(x-1). Thanks for the correction.
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by jakkals 17y ago
I like this! Immediately I can also see that 1/5 + 1/25 + 1/125 + ... = 1/4 To generalize: 1/x + 1/(x x) + 1/(x x*x) + ... = 1(x+1) 'Proved' by looking at a picture :-)
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by jakkals 18y ago
Twitter is available again for me, so yeah, for me it was only down for a few minutes. As for whether HN is the appropriate forum to "tattle tale" when a well known website is down? Hmmm... Dunno about this one, I just figured it would be n
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Twitter is broken
2 points by jakkals 18y ago|4 comments