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by kbutler 3y ago
This appears to be one more real reason why vinyl is objectively worse than a CD.
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by kbutler 4y ago
Wondered about "rap" in this context: From Collins dictionary of British English """ Rap: 2 (verb) in the sense of reprimand Definition to rebuke or criticize sharply """ Other interpretations would
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by kbutler 4y ago
I'm not sure where you're getting your info, and I don't think this really matters, but boxofficemojo says: "Domestic" refers to gross box-office revenue from North America (U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico), unle
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by kbutler 4y ago
From the link All Releases DOMESTIC (72.2%) $21,471,685 INTERNATIONAL (27.8%) $8,253,978 WORLDWIDE $29,725,663
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by kbutler 4y ago
12" MacBook is similar size because of reduced bezels (MacBook is 11.04x7.74x<=.52 2.03lbs) a little wider, way thinner and lighter) vs Samsung n150 10.4x7.4x1.4 2.8lbs) and the MacBook is a much better machine (display and computat
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by kbutler 4y ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20010516014056/http://www.battle... But it uses flash https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0185183 describes the success of the movie: budget $73M, worl
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by kbutler 4y ago
Around 1985, I bought a used paperback copy of Battlefield Earth, and it had a tear-out form to "Order the soundtrack of a book!" as it was "Soon to be a major motion picture!" Loved the book, but never ordered the sound
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by kbutler 4y ago
And so you compare references to your political opponents to references to the holocaust? A little introspection may be helpful.
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by kbutler 4y ago
Mine's fine (#1b1b1b on #ffffff, chrome windows). Are you running some low contrast mods, dark mode, or some such?
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by kbutler 4y ago
...the vetting in her school district... These are actually specific to the Duval school district, which was pulling books before the recent law, not to the "entire state's education system". https://pen.org/b
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by kbutler 4y ago
> whether a model can learn the rule “zebras can be recognized by their uniform-width stripes” or not But zebras don't have uniform-width stripes. https://www.animalfactsencyclopedia.com/Zebra-facts.html
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by kbutler 4y ago
> place an odalisque with an inscription on it obelisk?
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by kbutler 4y ago
Yes. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Shear-tension-ring-fract... and others.
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by kbutler 4y ago
So, why doesn't the boss always fire all employees and not pay any salaries?
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by kbutler 4y ago
You can use a device like the kill-a-watt to measure actual consumption: https://www.amazon.com/P3-International-P4460-Electricity-Mo...
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by kbutler 4y ago
There are actually very, very few lakes in this region - and lots of canyons (every one of which is unique!). Water management is the compelling benefit, but that does require realistic management based on actual flows.
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by kbutler 4y ago
Probably not, as they will likely have multiple groups looking and some degree of delayed notification. Especially if they prank one group by not telling them. :-D
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by kbutler 4y ago
Except sighing isn't generally a natural response to stress, but a response to boredom. So maybe it's consciously emulating a natural behavior matching a lower-stress state, to help shift to that state. From personal experience, t
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by kbutler 4y ago
This paper says, " we found that dietary adherence played a more significant role than caloric restriction in distinguishing the two groups". Also, "First, there seems to be a heightened neural response to highly processed fo
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by kbutler 4y ago
It's a classic system design failure, but it's 75 years old! It predates much of the learning on designing for human failure. (Various elements and automations of the system have been created and updated, so these could have inclu
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by kbutler 4y ago
LAMP with PHP/Perl/Python has been common for a long time - at least since 2006 https://www.computerworld.com/article/2553939/lamp.html
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by kbutler 4y ago
But is a square more of a perfect circle than an off-center perfect circle? Seems like this should derive the best center point of your circle, rather than mandating the dot. But yes, we are overthinking it...
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by kbutler 4y ago
I recommend it! You can get KVMs that switch multiple monitors, but you pay more for multiple monitors and for multiple input types (HDMI & Display port), so depending on your setup, it may make sense to have the some monitors on the sw
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by kbutler 4y ago
> expected to be asynchronously available most of the time "during core working hours". See other point about establishing boundaries between work and personal life. It is helpful to establish expected contact/response tim
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by kbutler 4y ago
Another one read the examples that included China, Bangkok, and Tokyo and the comments talking about mole.
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by kbutler 4y ago
Yes, cold deaths vastly outnumber heat deaths (600k from heat but 4.5m from cold annually worldwide). And yes, increased warmth decreases cold deaths - about 2x (283k avoided cold deaths vs 116k increased heat deaths per year). https:&#x2F
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by kbutler 4y ago
https://grammarist.com/idiom/its-greek-to-me-and-its-all-gre... Popularized by Shakespeare, but predates him as a latin phrase used by scribes: Graecum est; non legitur, which means “It is Greek and therefore is im
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by kbutler 4y ago
I prefer _schemes_ over _Common_Lisps_, and I prefer Racket of the Schemes. The author is just using the plural to acknowledge there are multiple variants of the scheme and common list languages and environments. This is not uncomm
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by kbutler 4y ago
Eggcorn https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn In linguistics, an eggcorn is an alteration of a phrase through the mishearing or reinterpretation of one or more of its elements,[1] creating a new phrase having a diffe
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by kbutler 4y ago
It just means that Burundi may have neither potable freshwater, nor available saltwater for desalination, nor sufficient wealth to pay for it. Poverty is hard.

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