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by korethr 9y ago
Last line in this article mentions a Part 2, which will cover getting into Protected Mode. Which implies that x86 boxen are still to this day are POSTing in 16-bit real mode What I'm wondering, is whether this is because of the desig
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I wounder if this would work for other corvids as well, like say, ravens or magpies. As I understand, magpies are also rather intelligent. I can imagine crows and magpies getting into fights over who gets to take the cigarette butt to the f
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by korethr 9y ago
IMO, a better measure would be from activation of the switch, as opposed to the beginning of key travel. I don't start waiting for the character to appear on my screen from the moment I begin to press down. My anticipation begins when
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by korethr 9y ago
I wonder if perhaps they're not using exactly that on the backend to implement this.
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by korethr 9y ago
Honestly, if suppressors were widely available to the general public, I'd love it for people to be using them on the range. Even if he's on the far opposite lane of the range, the guy shooting a .300 Winchester Magnum is still dam
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by korethr 9y ago
Think about it. The threshold for potential instant noise-induced hearing loss is 120 dB SPL at the ear. A rifle can exceed 170 dB SPL at a distance of one meter[1]. When you're shooting a rifle, it's going to be cradled firmly ag
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by korethr 9y ago
> many other OECD countries (which have more strict regulation) allow or even encourage the use of suppressors. Now this piques my curiosity. Could you perchance name some examples?
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by korethr 9y ago
One's date of birth, in isolation, may or may not be particularly sensitive. However, in combination with other information, it can help positively ID a person, and can then be used for shenanigans. Example: * Jacob Smith -- Not partic
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by korethr 9y ago
Quite probably, and it'd probably be cheaper too; ball bearings are kinda precision things and the processes that make things like gravel or nails probably cost less. That said, if someone was really set on creating the opening scene o
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by korethr 9y ago
The thought of some kind of micro-payment has crossed my mind more than once as a potential alternative to increasingly invasive and annoying advertisements when it comes to funding content creators. There was a time when I didn't mind
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by korethr 9y ago
So, does this count as insider trading? My intuition says 'yes'. But my intuition about a thing and what the law says don't always match.
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by korethr 9y ago
I'm glad people are contacting the FDA to try to get them to extend drug expiration dates, but this article gives me the impression that after the FDA fails to reply, or replies non-committally one way or another, people give up. Have
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by korethr 9y ago
This is why I've not been so enthusiastic about the systemd project. When I first heard of systemd, it seemed like a good idea: A new clean-slate design of an init system and service management that aimed to address shortcomings of the
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by korethr 9y ago
Okay, I'll bite. Why? Why do you think this merits such an investigation?
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Yep, I remember that level. My sister and I called it the Pepsi Maze, because of its maze-like layout and the fact there were Pepsis everywhere. I believe this is the secret level: https://www.commander-keen.com/level-maps
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by korethr 9y ago
It may be helpful to ask why. Why might aviation engines still be using leaded gasoline? If one knew why avgas was still leaded, that might point to possible practical, implementable solutions. Yes, laziness, ignorance, stupidity, incompete
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Slow but Steady: Achieving Real Security Within Two Decades(youtube.com)
1 points by korethr 9y ago|0 comments
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by korethr 9y ago
This article talks about type 2 diabetes, but I'm wondering why a non-invasive continuous blood glucose monitor would not be just as useful and desirable for type 1s as well. A friend of mine has type 1, and more than once, she's
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by korethr 9y ago
It is disconcerting. I do take some heart in the fact that there's thousands of safe operational hours on the flight computers in question. That said, I'd hope that behind the scenes, there's some engineers pouring over data
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by korethr 9y ago
Also found these, the official investigation reports from the incident. https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2...
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by korethr 9y ago
Note to mods: I modified the title slightly, as the original was too long. I dropped the word 'pycho' from 'psycho automation' as I felt it had the least impact of any word to substitute or drop from the title.
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Flight QF72: What happens when automation leaves pilots powerless?(theherald.com.au)
130 points by korethr 9y ago|111 comments
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by korethr 9y ago
You might be interested in ReactOS http://www.reactos.org/
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If I've got the exchange rates and number crunching right, a little over $58k USD. For some reason I'd expected this to be higher, though I haven't figured out why yet. What I'm curious of is whether this much money is w
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KLEE LLVM Execution Engine(klee.github.io)
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The piece of capital equipment as far as a hospital or doctor's office is concerned is the medical application software or the MRI machine, not so much the OS, IMO. If Cessna says the only powerplant that your Cessna 172H is certified
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by korethr 9y ago
One thing that comes to mind is that while dropping XP might be the manufacturer's recommendation for the OS, it's not the only manufacturer's recommendation in play here. Only geeks like us and the ones in IT departments car
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by korethr 9y ago
I think the reason that the billing software's API hasn't been updated is right there in it's name: "billing". Billing is one of those things in an organization that can't suffer much downtime. Nobody wants to
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by korethr 9y ago
That's half the NSA's mission. Tt has another half and that is eavesdropping and getting into things. Those two missions are at odds with each other, and so the NSA has to make decisions about trade-offs. As these incidents show,
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by korethr 9y ago
Though not at the level depicted in the movie, I am nonetheless reminded of Minority Report.

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