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by johnea 2y ago
Nice article!
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by johnea 2y ago
According to: https://www.iso-accelerator.co.uk/news/post/how-many-iso-sta... "The ISO Standards Catalogue comprises more than 25 thousand standards" Maybe the author could start out by specifying which
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by johnea 2y ago
The world is in massive massive overpopulation. 1/10 of the current population would be a nice compromise. The only demographic against such a scenario are ponzi scheme scammers...
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by johnea 2y ago
Maybe automating a task that you don't want to remember how to perform, would best be done by writing a script? Always remember the rule of the lazy programmer: 1st time: do whatever is most expeditious 2nd time: do it the way you wish
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by johnea 2y ago
I don't "have" linkedout, AND I don't click meme URLs...
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by johnea 2y ago
New species discoveries are interesting. When I see an article on this one that isn't worded as clickbair for idiots, I'll read about it...
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by johnea 2y ago
As the author implies, this is the root of the reason user's need "free software", not "open source"...
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by johnea 2y ago
Just another reason to finally grow out of the make believe world and come back to reality...
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by johnea 2y ago
And the 12 that they're renting out... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/27/poverty-rate-a...
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by johnea 2y ago
"Features", like hurricanes? Naming them is stupid, it's emotional and irrational. The Japanese have a much better system of numbering them...
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by johnea 2y ago
Now the market is thriving, for rich people... Of course to the WSJ, no one else is really even human 8-/
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by johnea 2y ago
I've been a major fan of anime for decades. Including starting to study Japanese at age 50 (not recommended). I could care less about the game spinoffs, or the vtubers, but I do hope we can get beyond the current plot trend of "li
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by johnea 2y ago
Bernie Sanders!!! Assuming the desired outcome is actual democracy...
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by johnea 2y ago
If you ever wonder how the US became so fucked up, just take a look at the UK. The apple doesn't fall far from the tre...
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by johnea 2y ago
Of course this all depends on what you mean by "better", or for whom the product is better. AI, like every technical advance in history, will be deemed "better" if fewer people make more money from it. This has nothing t
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by johnea 2y ago
How many times are these naive questions going to resurface? Of course this all depends on what you mean by "better", or for whom the product is better. AI, like every technical advance in history, will be deemed "better&quot
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by johnea 2y ago
My mower? The east coast really is 50 years behind...
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by johnea 2y ago
I totally agree. And the extent to which we're really ignorant, is generally not ackcowledged in the way things are generally described. For instance, in this article as is typical, the discrepancy between what current theory predicts,
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by johnea 2y ago
Really interesting topic, not so great article. Much better off reading the wilipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_radio_burst#FRB_220610 In addition to the short summary of that specific event, it has a mu
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by johnea 2y ago
That is brilliant! As soon as they release one with a coal fired steam engine, I'm onboard! Nothing like last millenniums technology today...
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by johnea 2y ago
For the same reason you have to say "open source" instead of "free software". It's the money stupid! Socialism for the wealthy and austerity for the idiot herd has been the standard for decades in the US and UK. Sti
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by johnea 2y ago
I'm not sure if emulating the wealthy is really a path to success for a broad swatch of American children, but I do agree that there is more at play here than the pandemic. Children who hadn't even started school yet are still imp
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by johnea 2y ago
Like all short term weight loss solutions, when the user stops taking these meds, the weight is regained. Not sure how that is a good thing...
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by johnea 2y ago
Pull the fire alarm and evacuate the building? Or, just stop using over-bloviated metaphors for first world marketing creating fictional scheduling crises. Not making you dev schedule is not a "fire", much less a "war".
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by johnea 2y ago
I just bought a 1 year old Nissan Leaf for $15,000 in San Diego California. The aversion to EVs in the US is mostly just american idiocy. In the US 2/3 of people live in single family homes. That means NEVER using a public charging sta
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by johnea 2y ago
Two hamsters on a treadmill could outperfom nuclear power 8-/ Nuclear is the biggest boondogle in electric generation history. And a huge fraction of that bloated cost is still hidden in externalities, as the overwhelming majority of a
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by johnea 2y ago
Speaking one's actual opinion should certainly be protected, but intentionally spreading disinformation is not free speach, it's fraud. There isn't and should not be protection to commit fraud, although interpretation of many
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by johnea 2y ago
Lithium fires obviously need some form of chemical dousing. Pouring tons of water is just not a good way to put out the fire.
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by johnea 2y ago
One of the worst embedded OSes ever. Sure glad i'm not still stuck in this hell in 2024...
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by johnea 2y ago
Yes, they are, by definition. This is the difference between "open source" and "free s/w". Open source is a process of using public collaboration to develop a for-profit product intended to benefit the product'

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