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   The (Surprisingly Funny) Code for the Apollo Moon Landings Is on GitHub(popularmechanics.com)

   16 points by jpindar 7y ago|4 comments
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   by jpindar 7y ago

   OK but why can't we have just one of them running somewhere as a demonstration?
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   by jpindar 7y ago

   That's how https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/ works. You have a Home column, which is strictly things the people you follow have tweeted and retweeted, in chronological order; and you have a separate Activity column for t
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   by jpindar 7y ago

   I use github - for code. But dumping 100 Gigs of movies, music, books, and other random personal stuff there is not its intended use.
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   by jpindar 7y ago

   Just for the heck of it, and because I have a thing for Google Earth, I counted the number of baseball diamonds (easy to spot from the air) within the city of Boston but gave up once I got over one hundred. Not counting Fenway Park :)
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   by jpindar 7y ago

   Tweetdeck also has strictly chronological order, with the Home and Activity feeds kept separate.
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   by jpindar 7y ago

   There's tweetdeck.twitter.com, which is in chronological order, and gives you separate Home (posts by people you follow) vs Activity (other things related to people you follow) columns, as well as other configurable columns for notific
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   by jpindar 7y ago

   That may be a good enough explanation for why one individual is fat. It doesn't explain why whole societies are becoming heavier. Something must have changed other than our species as a whole just becoming lazier for no particular reas
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   by jpindar 7y ago

   >he chain is difficult point - leather won't cut it as you need immense tensile strength and rigidity - but if you didn't want to meticulously hand-craft a modern chain (possible but tedious), a direct-gear solution might be pr
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    by jpindar 7y ago

    I think it would be a lot easier to go with internal combustion of ethanol and biodiesel (and possibly wood gas) first.
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    by jpindar 7y ago

    I think most people enjoy it for the sake of creativity, not for 'gameplay'. Hence the popularity of mods that unlock everything and give you infinite money.
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    by jpindar 7y ago

    I use virtual comports (with an FTDI adapter) every day to control industrial instrumentation, and I'm honestly curious to know specifically why they are not helpful in your case, so I can be prepared in case any of my clients experie
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    by jpindar 7y ago

    What type of problems do you have using a virtual com port? Timing?
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    by jpindar 7y ago

    And sitting at a desk in a heated/air conditioned office is not just like every other job - especially those that involve cleaning. But I agree that if you don't enjoy programming, you're probably not going to be especially
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    by jpindar 7y ago

    Ah, the TVtropes of software development.
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    by jpindar 7y ago

    It's the quickest way to get breaking, local, or event-centric news. It's the preferred means of communication for my utility company in the event of a blackout. Some companies have contests for free swag; I've gotten an Atla
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    by jpindar 7y ago

    There are many listings on Alibaba & Aliexpress.
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    by jpindar 7y ago

    There already are green sand beaches, which are considered something of a tourist attraction. https://www.google.com/search?q=Green+Sand+Beach&client=fire...
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    by jpindar 7y ago

    Analog video signals are pretty distinctive, anyone with an oscilloscope could recognize them.
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    by jpindar 7y ago

    >last I checked, you can't get use a letsencrypt certificate with these, depending on how they have things set up I'm doing that on my hosting at Namecheap.
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    by jpindar 7y ago

    There's a plaque on the wall of a building on the main street of a town I used to live in, which says something like "This marks the site of the tavern where the townspeople assembled in July 1776 to hear the Declaration of Indepe
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    by jpindar 7y ago

    > But in the USA there are no celebrations on April 19th There certainly are in New England! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriots%27_Day
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    by jpindar 7y ago

    But then you must already have the file as an epub... so what are you trying to accomplish?
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    by jpindar 7y ago

    Or download the files from your "Manage Your Content and Devices" page using the "download and transfer using USB" link which gives you the older AZW3 format.
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    by jpindar 7y ago

    I've done remote embedded (and instrument control) work. It's not impossible. I mean, who is really into electronics and doesn't have a bench setup already? Also most test equipment these days has network connectivity, so you
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    by jpindar 7y ago

    I've always assumed refactor was related to factoring a mathematical equation.
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    by jpindar 7y ago

    Capital letters didn't mean shouting until after the internet - or at least texting, BBSs and such - became popular.
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    by jpindar 7y ago

    There are also ones that fit in windows that slide horizontally, which ought to be just as good as "normal" ones.
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    by jpindar 7y ago

    And that it's possible for two places to be more than 24 hours apart.
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    by jpindar 7y ago

    Or Google Earth.