jonah

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by jonah 5d ago
AX, not to be confused with Ax the machine learning tool from Meta for optimizing experiments. https://ax.dev
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by jonah 11d ago
Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week - https://svpow.com - is one that shows up on Hacker News from time to time. (There's much more to it than the title might suggest.)
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by jonah 14d ago
The Scientific 7-Minute workout is a great starting point. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/well/workouts/
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UN votes to adopt new world map to reflect Africa's true size(bbc.com)
3 points by jonah 21d ago|0 comments
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by jonah 21d ago
"stack them up during a disassembly and then unstack them as I reassemble." I love this! Automatically sequences the fasteners. Another option is a piece of corrugated cardboard. Poke the screws into cardboard in the pattern they
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by jonah 26d ago
So nice! My friend makes little shadowbox dioramas like this - such a neat atform. https://www.michaelevanlong.com/dive-bar-dioramas (The Silhouettes section may be NSFW depending on how puritanical your workplace is.)
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Why Is Everyone in Silicon Valley Talking Like That?(theatlantic.com)
3 points by jonah 1mo ago|0 comments
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by jonah 1mo ago
I have an F100 sitting in a box somewhere waiting for repair. At some point I snapped the finger off the ring around the lens mount which couples the lens aperture. Stupid thing is plastic and easy to snag or bump.
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Rural America's Maternal-Health Crisis Is About to Get Worse(theatlantic.com)
7 points by jonah 2mo ago|7 comments
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by jonah 2mo ago
I bought the cheapest PTZ camera they have listed and, as you say the install was easy. The interface is useful and it does what it says on the tin.
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Why standard time is better for your health than daylight saving time(washingtonpost.com)
7 points by jonah 2mo ago|3 comments
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by jonah 3mo ago
You get more money in, so you have higher revenue. Your spending also increases by an equal amount, so your profit is unchanged.
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by jonah 3mo ago
Fastest option I can get where I am is 260 Mbps for $250 from a local wireless ISP... This makes starlink tempting but for that I'd have to run cabling 50 plus. M to get the this where it has a clear view of the sky... (Edit) A nearby
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by jonah 3mo ago
Oh, bummer. I only met with him once - a mutual friend put me in touch with him. He was wise, gracious, and generous with his time. Bon Voyage Om.
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My New Life with the Palantir Chore Coat(theatlantic.com)
6 points by jonah 3mo ago|0 comments
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by jonah 3mo ago
Hey, why can't I get full-resolution 4k snapshots off my G5 Pro bullet?
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by jonah 4mo ago
No. Low fire clay fires at 1060°C+ and high fire clay at 1222°C+. [Corrected to both be Centigrade]
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by jonah 4mo ago
In general, gaffer's tape is the superior product, but for this use case, I'm thinking that duct tape with its solid backed film and thicker adhesive might be more airtight.
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by jonah 4mo ago
"This result is, to the best of our knowledge, the tightest known bound on papal visits required for complete national infrastructure repair in the literature." You don't say? I suspect the only.
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by jonah 4mo ago
I was recently trying to get models to generate a 3D fortune cookie. Claude in three.js and Gemini in openSCAD. Neither really got the concept or could get very close at all. It's a surprisingly complex shape I guess.
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by jonah 4mo ago
QRP is the keyword you may be looking for. 9W, battery powered, SDR shortwave transceivers. There are inexpensive and expensive versions.
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Iran mulls taking control of all 7 cables passing through Strait of Hormuz(wionews.com)
52 points by jonah 5mo ago|52 comments
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by jonah 5mo ago
IIRC, these were all in one book that I read as a kid. I wish they had credited it so I could find a copy to give as a gift.
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Unfounded Health Concerns Are Powering a Solar Backlash(propublica.org)
3 points by jonah 5mo ago|0 comments
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by jonah 5mo ago
I was looking to see if BZR referred to a 3rd party ad network. I didn't find anything, but apparently someone has replicated OAI's system and you can run insert it into your own LLM. GH: system32miro/ai-ads-engine
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by jonah 5mo ago
There are many species of milkweed and they're not all the same to the butterflies. Try to grow the ones that are native to your area. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepias#Ecology https://www.growmil
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by jonah 5mo ago
You should only be planting native species whatever they are for your specific area.
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Why Silicon Valley Is Turning to the Catholic Church(theatlantic.com)
7 points by jonah 5mo ago|0 comments
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by jonah 5mo ago
It matters legally. Different countries allow unlicensed use on different frequencies. Look up which is correct for your location.
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by jonah 5mo ago
They have plenty of running/driving mules out there already: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6_9_HHLOSY (Not for sale yet though.)

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