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by kbutler 2y ago
In most (many?) US jurisdictions, you don't need a driver's license to drive on private property.
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by kbutler 2y ago
https://emilkirkegaard.dk/en/2022/03/supersize-me-failed-rep... "the conclusion, weak as it is, is sufficient to show that the Supersize me documentary is dubious, or maybe even a hoax. Clearly, eating a
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by kbutler 2y ago
We have a "smart" washer & dryer, and the Alexa voice announcement when the cycle finishes is handy.
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by kbutler 2y ago
Substack now reports "flagged as spam". Not sure why that is, but article content is available at https://web.archive.org/web/20240420183201/https://farrs.sub...
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by kbutler 3y ago
Dupe. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40041143
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by kbutler 3y ago
It is possible, yes. It just hampers much of what people expect modern websites to do (though it hinders abuse, as well, which is good!). But even GitHub, who proudly declared they had removed all non-essential cookies https://g
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by kbutler 3y ago
Often complicated, rather than illegal. https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/deer-farmin... While driving through Texas after the total eclipse, my wife and I were reading about the high fences on Texas ran
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by kbutler 3y ago
This does not appear to be accurate. The official EU GDPR site says that consent is required for anything except "strictly necessary" cookies. https://gdpr.eu/cookies/ "To comply with the regulations gov
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by kbutler 3y ago
We call this a one-way mirror. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-way_mirror They are not perfect (intensity & wavelength limitations), but they exist. See also mirages and total internal reflection.
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by kbutler 3y ago
Andy Grove's philosophy was "Only the paranoid survive". Intel seemed to rest on its laurels, divesting ARM, casually developing casual GPUs, and being complacent about their biggest direct competitor. They needed (and need)
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by kbutler 3y ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20240111093630/https://ihavenotv... Doesn't archive the actual documentaries, but you can see this site if the live site isn't loading quickly.
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by kbutler 3y ago
He makes a convincing argument to (checks notes) not be convinced by convincing arguments.
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by kbutler 3y ago
Yes, the illustration is incorrect, and does not match the code's evict function, which only moves the hand after marking the current object "unvisited". From the initial state, with the hand pointing to A(visited), when the
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by kbutler 3y ago
sschueller offered a differing opinion, klyrs attempted to gatekeep the conversation. I agree the rollover to level 0 would be the ultimate milestone, if it really resets to the beginning and doesn't introduce a bunch of new challenges
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by kbutler 3y ago
Love that reference to the Unix epoch, and the all-too-human misassociation with a seemingly more appropriate event.
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by kbutler 3y ago
No (no significant difference in atmospheric oxygen, but individual indoor environments may be a concern) Maybe (nutritional content of food varies widely, examine diet) Unlikely (specifically antidepressants, but may be worth evaluating wa
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by kbutler 3y ago
...to take money... Our guys are trying to create money ex nihilo.
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by kbutler 3y ago
Was I alone in expecting software engineering tools?
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by kbutler 3y ago
https://oversight.house.gov/release/covid-origins-hearing-wr... """ The mainstream media downplayed—and even denied—the scientific theory that COVID-19 emerged from the WIV. Nicholas Wade testifie
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by kbutler 3y ago
Nasa also says the world was greening 2000-2017 https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/ames/human-activ... 5% increase in leaf area over the period (from CO2 and land-use changes) https://www.natu
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by kbutler 3y ago
Isn't this very topic, the relicensing of ZeroMQ, a proof that there is a need and desire to relicense by an organization that believes in software freedom?
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by kbutler 3y ago
https://www.cdc.gov/smallpox/history/history.html To test his theory, Dr. Jenner took material from a cowpox sore on milkmaid Sarah Nelmes’ hand and inoculated it into the arm of James Phipps, the 9-year-old son o
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by kbutler 3y ago
Processing that amount of data is going to be expensive, regardless.
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by kbutler 3y ago
In the western US, water rights generally derive from first historical productive use of the water. Older uses take precedence over later uses in case of low water years. So a farm (mine, factory, city) established in the 1800s has a right
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by kbutler 3y ago
The windows spotlight links from the landscape photos on my windows lock screen always open edge. I haven't dug in enough to find if there is a way to change that.
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by kbutler 3y ago
It can be hard to accurately measure the value of those activities. You may be getting a short-term benefit at a huge long-term cost.
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by kbutler 3y ago
Continuing study and investigation after achieving functional competence. Learn more apis, dig in to implementation, read other people's code, ... There's a big difference between engineers who consistently, proactively study and
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by kbutler 3y ago
Seems like you could install pretty good motion isolation systems in the trucks with that kind of money...
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by kbutler 3y ago
Looks like we've reached the max comment depth. I think we agree that labor is a source of value - discovering, creating, transforming inputs to add value - and capital is surplus value from previous labor. I think we disagree that soc
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by kbutler 3y ago
Yes, "dead labor" if I recall Marx's term, embodied in the capital good - the useful part is the recognition that capital is simply the saved surplus value from previous work, applied to magnify current work. But trying to ap

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