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by jxcl 8y ago
> You're not forced to use the App Store Is this true if you're a developer? I've stayed away from macs because you need xcode to get any sort of dev tools and xcode is only available on the App store (at least this was th
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by jxcl 8y ago
> - Opens in App Store, which gets stuck (as always) asking me for billing info. > - Rustle around for PayPal password. Why not just provide a .dmg? > - +4 minutes, finally get App Store working. Download. This seems to be more a c
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by jxcl 8y ago
This already exists to some extent: https://mycroft.ai/
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by jxcl 8y ago
> Fever, red eyes, overflowing mucus, extreme soreness and raw throat for days or over a week - are you trying to tell me that this isn't sick? I'm saying (and so is this study) that these symptoms are not necessarily due to in
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by jxcl 8y ago
This is all anecdotal evidence that's pretty well countered by this statement: > Their first conclusion was that athletes are lousy at identifying whether and why they are sniffling. The original 1980s studies had relied on runners’
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by jxcl 9y ago
I agree with the concept of free-range parenting, and I see where you're coming from re. civil offenses for frivolous reports, but that carries the burden with it that perhaps some things that should be reported will go unreported. Isn
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by jxcl 9y ago
The style of writing may well be very attractive, but it's important to remember that you're reading scientific articles written about forty years ago, and above that, in fields that are both advancing very quickly. I don't h
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by jxcl 9y ago
One of us misread the article. I understood it to say that they want to rewrite the core of the Python code to Rust so that they don't have to wait for the Python interpreter to start every time someone uses the hg command. The Rust bi
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by jxcl 9y ago
I figured that would be the case so I tried to middle click the pricing page and found that that wouldn't work either
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by jxcl 9y ago
The also have "climate change" in quotes in that article and the phrase is a link to this article: http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/new-climate-study-thro...
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by jxcl 9y ago
It doesn't seem like there is. mozilla.debian.net says: >Jessie and Stretch backports of Firefox release and beta are gone because of the requirement of rust to build them, which is not available in Jessie or Stretch. Please update
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by jxcl 9y ago
> and specifically it was obvious after first use what was happening. Sure, it's obvious after the first use, but if somebody is taking a screenshot of sensitive information, is the best way for them to find this out to show them th
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by jxcl 9y ago
I'm really confused by the graphs. The axis are labeled exactly the same, so I don't understand how they're ordering these logos within them.
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by jxcl 9y ago
I've been working my way through the podcast "A history of philosophy without any gaps". I find the episodes are a perfect length for my commute, and the presenter seems to be pretty well informed: https://historyo
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by jxcl 9y ago
Because a kg goes into 5 lbs 2.2679619 times, and 5 lbs goes into 1 kg 0.44092452 times.
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by jxcl 9y ago
Do you know about the `units` command? $ units Currency exchange rates from www.timegenie.com on 2017-08-24 2980 units, 109 prefixes, 96 nonlinear units You have: 5 lbs You want: kg * 2.2679619 / 0.44092452 You
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by jxcl 9y ago
I don't have any particular advice. I searched the web for astrophotography stacking and used some software I don't remember the name of to do it. Sorry I can't be more helpful!
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by jxcl 9y ago
I'm going to be pedantic and air a pet-peeve of mine. "Raw" isn't an acronym. It's just shorthand for raw image data. It's not even the file extension of most (any?) camera raws. Why does everyone insist on wri
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by jxcl 9y ago
> don't you need a certain "minimum" time to capture the faintest of stars, because their signal otherwise wouldn't rise above the noise floor? I'm not an expert or even very knowledgeable on image stacking, but
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by jxcl 9y ago
> The histogram tells much more of the story (if not the whole truth). I feel that this is worth expanding on. Because a raw file isn't actually image data and instead just straight readouts from the sensor, it doesn't make sen
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by jxcl 9y ago
I agree that any company that asks for more than 40 hours should not be allowed to have the work/life balance key value. The profile says that the company eats dinner together and people go home at 8pm. That sounds pretty work centric
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by jxcl 9y ago
Raymond Hettinger, if I remember correctly, is the person who originally wrote NamedTuple, and he's not shy about reminding people during his talks at conferences. I wonder if his pride or other personal feelings about that particular
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by jxcl 10y ago
This is a very useful site for Debian security issues: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/o...
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by jxcl 10y ago
In a similar vein, not letting the camera do the B&W conversion in the viewfinder will train your eye to look for tonal differences and will help you see possible B&W compositions before you bring your camera to your face.
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by jxcl 10y ago
My favorite videos of his are not the ones where he shows off new video games, but the ones where he delves into space history and engineering and astrophysics. He's taught me so much!
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by jxcl 10y ago
This is a great video that explains the current thinking behind the cause of the explosion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBcoTqhAM_g
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by jxcl 10y ago
I appreciate what you're trying to do, but unfortunately this is kind of the problem with the Google culture. Everything has to be done with automation and better tools because they simply do not have the ability to go through the mass
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by jxcl 10y ago
Because encryption can be decrypted with the correct key. A hash can't be reversed once you've hashed something with the pepper.
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by jxcl 10y ago
As long as there's no possibility of a remote exploit, this actually seems pretty cool. You're telling me I can plug a computer into my jeep and automate things? Maybe I want to have the car roll the windows down for a while if th
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by jxcl 10y ago
In case anybody missed it, Backblaze publishes their raw data, so it should be possible to do this analysis: https://www.backblaze.com/b2/hard-drive-test-data.html

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