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Pratchett and Philosophy: The Tao of Sir Terry(tor.com)
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Capital letter test is a foolproof way of sorting AIs from humans(newscientist.com)
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I first encountered this word in troff documentation back in the 1980s. Two examples: A Typesetter-independent TROFF by Brian W. Kernighan, 1982. https://www.hack.org/mc/texts/ditroff-kernighan.ps.gz Using nroff a
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by jshprentz 4y ago
Source code at https://github.com/GerevAI/gerev
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What an AI had to say about the Rosslyn-to-Georgetown gondola proposal(arlnow.com)
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PDP-8 computers have appeared in several movies, starting with Three Days of the Condor in 1975. Starring the Computer has a complete list. [1] [1] https://www.starringthecomputer.com/computers.html#DEC
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by jshprentz 4y ago
Clocks with no apparent mechanism are known as mystery clocks. They were invented by French clock-maker and magician Robert-Houdin [1]. He exhibited his first mystery clock at the Exhibition of the French Industry of 1839. Many other make
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And this one: https://xkcd.com/2304/
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Mark Hostetler's analysis of North American windshield splatters in 1997 is documented in his book, "That Gunk on Your Car: A Unique Guide to Insects of North America." He reports on two dozen types of insects, with photos of
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by jshprentz 4y ago
To counter the Washington Pizza Index, I propose that the United States establish a Strategic Pizza Reserve. Daily pizza orders from Domino's will be stablized at slightly above average demand. Excess pizzas will be frozen and stored i
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by jshprentz 4y ago
>> There is no word in English dictionary with HH (°°°° °°°°). > Beachhead Also bathhouse, fishhook, hitchhike, roughhouse, and withhold.
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by jshprentz 4y ago
Previous HN discussion in 2020: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25412576
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Compare with the 3x3 Fakoo alphabet [1] discussed here earlier [2]. [1] https://omniglot.com/conscripts/fakoo.htm [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33092239
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by jshprentz 4y ago
I have used the WeatherBug app [1] on my most recent three or four Android phones. It provides tabs for the current conditions, hourly and 10-day forecasts, and a radar map. They also have a website [2] and an IOS app [3]. I haven't us
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> A windowless room with a community bathroom doesn't sound appealing, but at a certain price point it's better than nothing. Last November, HN briefly discussed [1] Munger Hall at the University of California Santa Barbara, wh
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You can still buy the X10 Powerhouse thermostat setback controller [1]. "Mounts on the wall under your thermostat and plugs into an appliance or wall receptacle module. Selector switch (low, medium, and high) 'fools' your the
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> I would love to be able to use a tool like this to create a comic book. Last week PhilFTW explained "How To Create a Complete Graphic Novel in ONE Day" with Midjourney in a YouTube video [1]. He uses five tools: - Midjourney
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What does GPT-3 “know” about me?(technologyreview.com)
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HN considered "What Was Wrong with Display PostScript and NeWS?" in 2015 [1]. TLDR: Poor performance on mid-1980s hardware. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10076724
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The project data page [1] shows Food Compass scores for dozens of beverages, grains, fruits, seafood, dairy, eggs, meat, mixed dishes, savory snacks, and sweet desserts. They evaluated more than 8,000 foods. [1] https://sites.tuf
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Ranking Healthfulness of Foods from First to Worst (2021)(now.tufts.edu)
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The linked "Introducing Stashpad" blog post doesn't show or tell what this is. Instead visit the Stashpad homepage [1] or watch their two-minute "Stashpad Quick Start Guide" video [2]. I learned that Stashpad is a h
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Gabriele Doblhammer and James W. Vaupel concluded that "month of birth influences adult life expectancy at ages 50+" in their paper [1] in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). They tracked for 30 years the m
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by jshprentz 4y ago
Andreas Spiess, "the guy with the Swiss accent," analyzed the Helium network in May 2021 for his YouTube channel about electronics and micro-controllers. His video [1] provided a technical description and also analyzed the Helium
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One example of top down mobilization was the mass manufacture of aircraft for World War II. This Fox Business video [1] shows how Roosevelt's advisors found the top industry guys to analyze the artisanal manufacture of B-17 bombers, de
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Boston's Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire[1] claimed 492 lives in 1942, so I am not surprised that the city imposes many checks on new restaurants. Neither the headline, the article, nor the linked Institute for Justice report[2] list the
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Author Daniel Suarez speculates about how Ryugu could be mined in his novel Delta V[1]. Can visionary eccentric billionaire Nathan Joyce successfully mount a mining expedition to Ryugu? Maybe. (I've read only 75 percent of the book.) T
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Cambridge University zoologist Arik Kershenbaum speculates on the form and function of alien life in his 2020 book, "The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy[1]." No time to read a book? Watch his Harvard science book talk[2]. [1]
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Note well. In Latin, nota bene.
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Back in 1978, with 300 baud modems, we wanted to minimize the number of characters transmitted. Peterson, Bitner, and Howard reported[1] in Communications of the ACM their algorithm to optimize the tab stop columns for a text document. They

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