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by kd5bjo 2y ago
There's the Tattered Cover in Denver, but it's apparently in the middle of bankruptcy right now-- might not last much longer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tattered_Cover
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by kd5bjo 2y ago
> I don't see any reasonable way around this, though. If I have a car that I could replace for $8K and would salvage for $1K, I can't reasonably expect someone else's insurance company to pay $12.5K in costs (for repairs p
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by kd5bjo 2y ago
Minor nitpick about the reporting: > The team reduced the overall leaf blower noise by about two decibels, making the machine sound 37% quieter. While a 2 dB reduction in noise does represent a 37% reduction in acoustic power, our percep
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by kd5bjo 2y ago
Having lived in regions that use both, I have to say that there’s not much difference in everyday experience once you’ve gotten used to it. I don’t think I’d like to be dealing with Kelvin (the actual SI temperature unit) on an everyday ba
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by kd5bjo 2y ago
I trust that my bank is well-enough managed to provide me with physical currency up to the amount of my account balance, so I’m happy to accept any form of payment that results in an appropriate increase in that number— Just because I draw
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by kd5bjo 2y ago
That document completely agrees with ‘nootropicat, except for a difference in terminology— What ‘nootropicat calls “money” the BoE calls “base money.” (And, for the record, this is also what I’ve been meaning by “currency”)
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by kd5bjo 2y ago
I think you’re glossing over some important details regarding the inter-bank loans. As far as I understand, they are not automatic and must be negotiated in the same way as any other bank loan. Modulo some amount of transaction batching, w
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by kd5bjo 2y ago
A bank can just magic up an account with $1M in your name, sure, but when you show up to withdraw the money they have to source that currency from somewhere — Their loans won’t be held in very high regard if you can’t then use the loaned m
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by kd5bjo 2y ago
Mea culpa; I should know better than to comment when half asleep. Thanks for the correction.
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by kd5bjo 2y ago
It also might be worth noting that both pull quotes are things that Ah-Sen said in the questions, instead of things that Powell said in response. Some interviewers aim to help to tell their subjects’ stories, but others are looking for a re
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by kd5bjo 2y ago
I can understand how they got here: Most computer-provided evidence will be something like a printout of an email thread or a saved Excel sheet. Proving that the hard drive, printer, CPU, drivers, application software, etc. are all untam
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by kd5bjo 2y ago
No; those were retired in the wake of 9/11 when boarding passes became required to get through security. After that, the logistics of at-gate checkin didn’t work anymore and Southwest started issuing disposable paper boarding passes o
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by kd5bjo 3y ago
In context, though, the passive version can sometimes make for smoother reading. My general rule of thumb is that each sentence should establish context at the beginning by referring to the preceding material and then introduce its new ide
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by kd5bjo 3y ago
> Management had no information of what was going on the factory floor This statement represents a fundamental failure of management to do its job— To know the whole picture, recognize systemic hazards (both internal and external), and c
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by kd5bjo 3y ago
I’ve started to keep a collection of readable papers (mostly engineering/experimental science, but a little bit of more theoretical work as well) that cover what I consider to be pretty foundational concepts, because additional citatio
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A Path Toward Secure and Measurable Software [pdf](whitehouse.gov)
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by kd5bjo 3y ago
> If you don't want to be tracked, you probably shouldn't be traveling in a flying machine emblazoned with registration marks. Maybe try the train. Note that this exact same argument applies to traveling by private car- The num
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by kd5bjo 3y ago
The article had only minor updates in 2023. It looks like the last major update was in either 2016 or 2013, depending on how you want to count it; one of these would probably be more appropriate for the date tag. The concept dates back to
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by kd5bjo 3y ago
> It was designed for 60s-style boarding via air-stairs on the ground (rather than modern jetways from the terminal) Note that boarding a plane in the middle of the tarmac via bus+stairs is still quite common at many major European airpo
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by kd5bjo 3y ago
I believe that these sorts of demos/disclosures are intended to be soft job adverts-- They're cultivating a reputation of being not only an innovative R&D lab, but one that allows researchers to (sometimes) share results witho
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by kd5bjo 3y ago
> I'm unsure how useful implementing spaced repetition would be vs "just play yer guitar" There's no reason you can't do both: Make flashcards that have a few bars of music on the front (tab or notation, whicheve
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by kd5bjo 3y ago
Spotify charges a flat monthly fee to their customers, so the income per stream varies widely: Someone who listens to only one album a month is providing more income per stream to Spotify than someone who leaves it running as background 24&
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by kd5bjo 3y ago
So it is, and I didn't mean to imply otherwise. But Hanlon's razor says that we should explore the explanation that people (or their subconscious) are incompetent at satisfying this need before moving on to the theory that they
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by kd5bjo 3y ago
I take some issue with the "revenge" terminology, as it implies an unhealthy adversarial framing of the problem. Whenever I have had to deal with this myself, I've always chosen to view it as my subconscious prioritizing som
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by kd5bjo 3y ago
Note that the Icelandic edition [1] understandably gets more frequent and timely updates than the others. If you're ready to put up with the quirks of machine translation, there's a lot more information there to see. [1] https:&
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by kd5bjo 3y ago
> Anyone have any idea what those contingency plans would be other than emergency shutdown and hope something is left to save afterwards? In addition to the remote-control setup that others have been talking about, they're also in t
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by kd5bjo 3y ago
Or perhaps that nobody had the common sense to call a tow truck , so that they can get down the mountain without relying on a field repair to a safety-critical system.
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by kd5bjo 3y ago
One of the local cable channels growing up was a fish channel-- Somebody shot a few hours of footage at a local aquarium[1] and they ran it constantly on loop with a soundtrack of classical music. [1] Maybe a pet fish store, actually
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by kd5bjo 3y ago
In the EU, basically everything comes with a minimum warranty of 2 years[1]. If your printer will no longer print within that time, the retailer is required to fix, replace, or refund it. [1] https://europa.eu/youreurope&
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by kd5bjo 3y ago
> Star Trek utilises transporters ... because spending days or millennia going from ship to surface or between stars in a galaxy is utterly nonviable for ... television Transporters specifically were "invented" due to budget c

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