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by johnohara 4y ago
This article was an interesting (and quick) read. Thanks for posting it. FTA: Few regulators have been quite as ardent as King Philip IV of France. ... He owed money to the Templars, and they refused to forgive his debts. ... the last gran
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by johnohara 4y ago
> The job was to find possible explosives and ammunition that may have been dumped in the lake by an ammunition factory which is said to have done so between the 1940s and up until the 70s. I know the operative word here is "possi
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by johnohara 4y ago
They roast Mystic Monk Coffee to support their effort. https://www.mysticmonkcoffee.com/pages/about-us-wyoming-carm... Personally, I'd suggest they roast a blend called "Jawa Java." It would probably sel
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by johnohara 4y ago
"The Computing Machines in the Future" (1985) http://cse.unl.edu/~seth/434/Web%20Links%20and%20Docs/Feynma... In section 3, Reducing the Size, he speculates having a billion transistors in a compute
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by johnohara 4y ago
Results of the APCS exam are not graded on a scale of 1 through 5, A through F, or pass/fail. So technically, there is no such thing as passing an APCS exam. The free-response section is moderately subjective because each response is i
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by johnohara 4y ago
> The 1990s were expensive and awkward. Wholly agree. Developing an application to be deployed to 100-200 users using a desktop client-server model easily ran into the thousands (tens of thousands today) and made one think very hard abo
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by johnohara 4y ago
I routinely drove across the Hoover Dam in the late 1990's and marveled at the water crashing over the spillways. The rings were present even then, albeit not very wide. To manage the water level, a release was performed for the first
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by johnohara 4y ago
I realize this article focuses primarily on comparative energy efficiency, but missing from the discussion is an equally important comparison of powertrain reliability, complexity, performance, and long-term cost of ownership.
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by johnohara 4y ago
> The California Energy Commission estimates the sea [Salton Sea] might produce 600k metric tons of lithium carbonate per year. > The land under the lake is a patchwork of ownership spread across three primary entities: the federal
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by johnohara 4y ago
My experience teaching high school kids was just the opposite. Quite a few will stay with a problem long after most so-called "prudent" adults have moved on. As adults, we forget that 17 year olds are still living their lives in a
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by johnohara 4y ago
Family, pancakes and algorithms. In that order (no pun intended).
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by johnohara 4y ago
The Warthog Project on YT is worth mentioning here as an example of what happens when passion meets technology. Been watching since the second vid. Never disappointed. [0] He uses Digital Combat Simulator (DCS) from Eagle Dynamics SA. They
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by johnohara 4y ago
From the Wikipedia entry for the U.S. Marines: The Marines' most famous action of this period occurred during the First Barbary War (1801–1805) against the Barbary pirates,[38] when William Eaton and First Lieutenant Presley O'Ba
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by johnohara 4y ago
Agree. The past 59 years have been particularly notable.
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I took a computer programming class in college, circa 1976. PL/1 using the PL/C compiler. Punch cards, keypunch machines, greenbar paper, onery operators, contempt for first-time users, the whole bit. Wasn't that difficult ac
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by johnohara 4y ago
The oldest and most mind-boggling process ever devised and foisted upon readers lies at the bottom of many of those ads -- "circle ### on reader service card." It was a cruel joke for the ad to spark your interest whereby you woul
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by johnohara 4y ago
When I listen to Chronotope Project I hear the Vangelis influences. Along with Vangelis' inspiration to pursue such solitary and personal musical expressions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARkcu3J8OvI https:/&#
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by johnohara 4y ago
Long system commands with a ton of switches usually give pause, requiring at least a couple of reviews before pressing <enter>. Two day turnarounds are a whole other level. Interesting problem nonetheless.
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"Walking away" was literal in many cases. I remember seeing homes with a pile of "all our belongings" in the driveway scheduled for removal by contracted help loading dumpsters. Toys, bikes, exercise equipment, couches,
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by johnohara 4y ago
>The illegal, inflated property tax assessments resulted in an estimated 100,000 Detroiters, most of them Black, losing their homes to foreclosure. Should be "contributed to," not "resulted in." Many lower income Amer
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89.26% of its shares are now owned by 375+ institutional investors. Their expectation of growth and success is well-understood by the Board of Directors and the Executive Team. In less than a year, the IPO is complete and Elvis has left the
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by johnohara 5y ago
Human beings like Doug Kenny, P.J. O'Rourke, Anne Beatts, Michael O'Donohue, and every one of the incredibly talented writing and production staff at The National Lampoon during the 70's are proof that God is indeed merciful.
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by johnohara 5y ago
Fun indeed. And interesting. Well done.
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Krakatoa erupted 8 years later. Wikipedia: "The sound was claimed to be heard in 50 different locations around the world and the sound wave is recorded to have travelled the globe seven times."
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FTA: "Repairability is a selling point for the Surface Laptop SE in particular because the laptop is being marketed to schools, where laptops can be dropped, spilled on, or otherwise abused by kids who may or may not know better."
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There are enormous amounts of hydrocarbons beneath the Artic Ocean and the world has known that for many decades. If those resources could be extracted without extreme complication and expense the world would have done so before now. It mak
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Not sure. But I've always had the impression Kickstarter was about small business entrepreneurs/solopreneurs unable or unwilling to raise capital through traditional means. Per the KS Mission Statement, "It’s where creators s
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Sunbeam is currently owned by Newell Brands (Carl Icahn) whose other brands include Coleman, Parker Pen, Calphalon, and First Alert. They certainly don't need the money to kickstart a campaign, but it would be interesting to know if
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by johnohara 5y ago
900km is 15 km further than the longest RAGBRAI (550 miles) ever. And that is done over 7 days. I've ridden the full RAGBRAI three times and know from personal experience that your body turns into an insatiable caloric furnace after th
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by johnohara 5y ago
FTA: "Since the technology cannot be un-invented, the book calls on America to develop and shape the military applications of AI, rather than surrendering the field to countries that do not share its values." The past 60 years h

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