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by knob 7y ago
Addressing specifically your two points: -fingerprints: because if the system fails, you have no gun. Internal malfunction? Greasy finger(s)? Gloves? Dirt? Dust? People whose fingerprints are really hard to print? - determjne how ofte
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by knob 7y ago
Always remember: There are two types of countries in the world. Those that use the metric system ... And those that have gone to the Moon.
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by knob 7y ago
I hope this post helps someone looking to start with ML. When I started my journey, I thought I should do what this article mentions. >>First, you should learn the fundamentals: >> Learn mathematics My problem is that "l
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by knob 7y ago
This is a cool real-life example of Taleb's antifragility. In Puerto Rico, gas stations have had backup power generators for years (way before Hurricane María 2017). The power grid is so crappy that the generator turned out to be esse
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by knob 7y ago
That was a fascinating read. Up there with the SR-71 stories.
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by knob 7y ago
Did you know about these? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Ameri...
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by knob 7y ago
Can you further fund Purism and their phone?
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by knob 8y ago
This hits close to home. Anybody has thought of sending faxes with QR codes? Receiving systems that have the ability can get the fax's information quickly via QR code, instead of having to OCR the fax. If the system doesn't su
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by knob 8y ago
The fern Azolla already did this once! linky --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azolla_event
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by knob 8y ago
That's not true. My Nexus5 had "HP Cloud Print". Undeletable. Which was the reason I installed Cyanogenmod.
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by knob 8y ago
> Do you just hate the idea of any built-in browser integration with proprietary services? Yes. I hate the idea of any built-in browser integration with proprietary services.
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by knob 9y ago
Trying writing from right to left. That way, you leave the ink behind and don't smotch it with your hand.
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by knob 9y ago
As was mentioned by tony-allan, this article is from last September. I'm living in Puerto Rico and situation is now stabilized regarding communications. I want to take this time to thank everybody that has sent help this way, and those
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by knob 9y ago
Throwing my idea out there: What if the to propellers are synched. Depending on desired direction, they are "un-synched" ever so slightly. This causes additional thrust on one side of the "duct".
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by knob 9y ago
As a full-life Puerto Rican, living here and having been here for Maria and Whitefish... Whitefish was doing its job. There were lots of trucks, lots of crew, going around actually repairing the grid. Was it a contract vs no-contract? W
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by knob 9y ago
GO! Super happy to see the progress in this project. I was one of the early backers (as soon as I saw the news link). Keep at it everyone. Doesn't matter what Google announces or Apple... keep at it. This is going great places.
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by knob 9y ago
>I already treat women as equal (actually more) I don't think that word means what you think.
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by knob 9y ago
TIL! Thanks!
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by knob 9y ago
This is an interesting link: http://gajitz.com/about-face-defeat-face-recognition-softwar...
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by knob 9y ago
Good questions on AdaFruit's side. I am interested in knowing what is the result of this inquiry.
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by knob 9y ago
> it only takes one or two malcontents You are going to enjoy this link from Nicholas Taleb. I also recommend his books!
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by knob 9y ago
I just want to say: I owned a 1975 Cadillac the 500 ci engine. I wish I had never sold it, yet I am glad I did. The biggest engine ever in a production vehicle, until the second-gen Viper came around.
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by knob 9y ago
You would probably enjoy the book "Iron John", as written by Robert Bly. Your entry for today in the Improbable Ideas forum, was how things happened in the past. Children would go to work with their parents, in the pre-Indus
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by knob 9y ago
I will admit that you are right on that. It's a tough spot to be in. I bought, and yet to fully read, "Debt - The first 5000 years". One of the things the book states at the start is what you are saying: Not every debt h
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by knob 9y ago
I have lived all my life in Puerto Rico, and as you can imagine, this issue is quite controversial. We owe money to the creditors... and what you do with a debt is to you pay it off. Yet the amount is so staggering, that I wonder if it&#x27
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by knob 9y ago
What was the Google Play store alternative you tried? Please do share. I always search the Play store via browser, because it sucks on the phone.
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by knob 9y ago
> I had a Pavlovian response to the sound of email arriving on my phone, I hope somebody finds this useful: I setup a 1 second "silent" mp3 as the notification sound for emails, messages, etc. If the phone actually rings, I pic
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by knob 9y ago
Honorable mention goes to Adnauseam ( https://adnauseam.io/ ). It is an extension for Firefox and Chrome, which clicks on almost every ad. Hopefully, costing advertisers money. The interesting part is: Google removed Ad
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by knob 10y ago
> It's an interesting idea that maybe we could employ a form of point-and-call checklist system in software development or operations. Maybe copy/pasting. Highlight part of the code, copy. Go to gedit (or whatev) and paste
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by knob 10y ago
Check this out: https://www.amazon.com/802-3af-Splitter-MicroUSB-Devices-WT-... Hope it helps you! =)

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