jnewkirk

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   by jnewkirk 2y ago

   Extremely impressive decipherment results for this script, a long-standing challenge in epigraphy. The methodology seems very sound, and while allographs can make or break confidence in decipherments, their treatment is very convincing and
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   by jnewkirk 3y ago

   I had a pair of these transceivers when I was in my teens, from a somewhat later period, thanks to my grandfather who refurbished them from his time as a telegrapher at Western Union. Synchronization at startup took ten seconds or so while
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   by jnewkirk 7y ago

   The description of play in the article corresponds most closely to (straight) carom billiards rather than a variety of pool (or even three-cushion billiards). A run of forty is creditable; runs of 100 or more aren't uncommon among good
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   by jnewkirk 8y ago

   Helpful, perhaps, would be James Ford's recently released "Introduction to Zen Koans": https://www.wisdompubs.org/book/introduction-zen-koans Not necessarily what you're looking for, but possibly mo
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   by jnewkirk 8y ago

   Splendid! Thanks.
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   by jnewkirk 8y ago

   Can you point me to any of these writeups? We're a local government site undertaking a design refresh, and they sound very helpful.
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   by jnewkirk 9y ago

   This, indeed, hits the nail on the head. It is not an anti-technological rant, but a proper rant against technology as an end in itself. Big-picture thinking -- on the scale of the Earth and a timespan longer than one life -- inevitably ove
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   by jnewkirk 10y ago

   I think this may be exactly what the title suggests: a fixed point operator.