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by jayrot 2y ago
Yeah this is absolutely worthless and should never have been done, much less shown to anyone. I want the money I spent on this back. /s
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by jayrot 2y ago
"If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts thro
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by jayrot 2y ago
Anyone particularly excited about this concept might be interested to know that it already exists (for a little less than $400). PikaBoost[1] It works. But not nearly as well as an ebike, of course. Here's a youtuber doing a fairly in
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by jayrot 2y ago
"No plan survives contact with the enemy". --Helmuth von Moltke or, if you prefer, "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth" --Mike Tyson.
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by jayrot 2y ago
I truly am hesitant to ever criticize someone else's parenting style since if I've learned anything, it's that kids personalities can be very different and circumstances are always more complicated than you might think. That
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by jayrot 2y ago
I honestly wouldn't worry about that aspect of it too much. Effective understanding and use of tools is important for this next generation (which is why we have restrictive but reasonable rules for tech use for our kids). However, unle
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by jayrot 2y ago
Another very likely explanation is that it WAS taught, but was simply forgotten. Which is completely forgivable. It's not like 6th grade had an intensive 3 month unit on Hammurabi.
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by jayrot 2y ago
As Shaw said, “Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.” Things can be, and often are, both at the same time.
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by jayrot 2y ago
Right? Also there are an awful lot more totally boring and simple things that “if brought together” make exciting stuff happen. Sodium and Chlorine? Potassium and water?
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by jayrot 2y ago
> i think this has everything to do with the fact that learning chess by learning sequences will get you into more trouble than good. even a trillion games won't save you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_n
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by jayrot 2y ago
> There are weird structures that we discovered and haven't yet made sense of as well. Do you mean biological structures? Or do you mean physical/geological/natural structures? If the latter, can you give some examples? Sp
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by jayrot 2y ago
Quick plug for anyone who may be interested in ham but a little intimidated by the license that’s required. Contact your local ham club or group (I guarantee you there is one). Ours had a fast track to getting people licensed. It amounted t
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by jayrot 2y ago
You don't need an anthropological study, friend. There's already an apt slang term for it. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bitch_eating_crackers Personally, I absolutely despise Trump but he's been firmly
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by jayrot 2y ago
>Just make absolutely sure you trust your government This sentence stings right now. :-(
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by jayrot 2y ago
Nature, uhh, finds a way.
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by jayrot 2y ago
Also, for what it's worth, the idea that betting lines and odds are set to make "equal money on both sides" is a very simplistic and often ignorant talking point. It is quite possible if not common, especially on big games li
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by jayrot 2y ago
That's the sign of a truly great "content creator". I've found myself watching a lot of different YT channels on topics I would NEVER have thought I had any interest in.
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by jayrot 2y ago
How Things Work was extremely formative for me
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by jayrot 2y ago
Miss me with that “Too big to fail” nonsense.
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by jayrot 2y ago
I’m racking my brain hard to try to imagine how someone uses the blockchain everyday
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by jayrot 2y ago
Hope you're sitting down, because the next iPhone is going to be the Best iPhone Ever.
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by jayrot 2y ago
It warms my heart to see that Steve's website appears frozen in time (and works just fine). I bought Spinrite nearly two decades ago and it saved my bacon more than once. Also loved to listen to him and Leo on Security Now in the very
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by jayrot 2y ago
The potpourri of a youtube channel, Atomic Shrimp, has done a couple interesting videos doing just that.
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by jayrot 2y ago
Wasn't familar with the "Reid Technique" so I had to look it up. One of the opening wikipedia paragraphs is just perfect. >In 1955 in Lincoln, Nebraska, John E. Reid helped gain a confession from a suspect, Darrel Parker,
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by jayrot 2y ago
Literally from your link : > Conclusion: In randomized double-blinded, placebo-controlled trials, presumably with minimum sources of bias, placebos are sometimes associated with improved control of symptoms such as pain and appetite but
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by jayrot 2y ago
I've seen that too when it was making the rounds. It's certainly interesting in that it opens your mind to the concept of reference frames. That said, I don't think the 2D representation is really all that inaccurate (and cer
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by jayrot 2y ago
Shades of Rimmer being prosecuted by the Inquisitor.
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by jayrot 2y ago
The metal nametags is a very poor example of the point being attempted since I would venture a guess that there are 1000s of companies or shops in the US that can make metal nametags.
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by jayrot 2y ago
> Even in USA that likely could be legal with an appropriate court warrant Can you expand upon this? I'm not particularly familiar but it doesn't seem right. Obviously LEO agencies are allowed to subpoena private information, b
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by jayrot 2y ago
Hardly. Keeping your apps and operating system updated is one of the more reliable prophylaxis against vulnerabilities. Unless I'm misunderstanding "turn it off and on again" suggest a kind of pointless, "just start over

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