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by mLuby 4y ago
Related trick for changing an image's size, aspect ratio, or combining multiple images: 1. Open Preview.app. 2. Select the whole image and copy it [⌘-a ⌘-c]. 3. Menu bar > Tools > Adjust Size then click the lock icon. Set to desi
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by mLuby 4y ago
I love that tell-tales are still part of vessels thousands of years later.
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by mLuby 4y ago
> The most apt comparison in this scenario would be how we see chimps Chimps pose no threat to us; any that do get killed. R.I.P. Harambe. The more apt comparison would be disconnected cultural contact like Aztec/Spanish or maybe Ne
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by mLuby 4y ago
Europa beckons, and maybe Titan too.
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by mLuby 4y ago
Good point about the temp swings. I just meant physically moving and installing the equipment plus running cables from the flat landing site up the slope.
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by mLuby 4y ago
Installing mission-critical equipment on a peak of eternal light could be risky.
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by mLuby 4y ago
How can they talk about lunar power without mentioning nuclear? It's dark for 14 days!
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by mLuby 4y ago
I don't think game developers have golden handcuffs. Quite the opposite is what I hear, that they're often laid off after a game is released.
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by mLuby 4y ago
> I know people who would still go after companies purely on principle, but that is a tiresome way to live. One click to sue would be great. Class-action lawsuits are on the right track but they scale on behalf of courts and companies, n
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by mLuby 4y ago
Any reason a belt with holes couldn't replace the disk with holes for a more compact and rectangular viewing surface? Should be easy enough to test with a belt sander. The closest thing from the time was mirror drums but those don&#x27
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by mLuby 4y ago
Any reason a belt with holes couldn't replace the disk with holes for a more compact and rectangular viewing surface? Should be easy enough to test with a belt sander. The closest thing from the time was mirror drums but those don&#x27
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by mLuby 4y ago
Good point about the niche problem. It reminds me of freemium pricing where for low volume the service is free but above a threshold (when customers can typically afford to pay) it gets expensive. It'd be nice to some global service to
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by mLuby 4y ago
s/dead letter/stable and working as intended/ Yep, the context is interesting. Hopefully we'll never see quartering again but as the saying goes: history rhymes.
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by mLuby 4y ago
Just because the third amendment doesn't invoked doesn't mean we should lose that protection. It's #3 for a reason. Wait till some general presents innovative cost-cutting measures called something like "homes for hero
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by mLuby 4y ago
Or just photons. That's what the genie gives you when you ask for a torch drive—should've been more specific.
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by mLuby 4y ago
Are after-market retrofits replacing touch screens with low-tech controls possible?
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by mLuby 4y ago
Purity: https://xkcd.com/435/ Farmville Devs <- Facebook Devs <- Chrome Devs <- OS Devs <- Chip Devs <- Factory Devs
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by mLuby 4y ago
LRU cache but for laws. Strike down "ignorance of the law is no excuse" and see what happens.
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by mLuby 4y ago
There is already a safety mechanism for that: jury nullification. Airtight enforcement of all laws is only a threat to liberty when the laws themselves are a threat to liberty.
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by mLuby 4y ago
> civilization hasn't proceeded to the stage where such cruelty don't exist. It has in Europe.
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by mLuby 4y ago
Are there actually fizzbuzz-failing candidates with multi-year programming roles on their resumes? I have a hard time believing they exist, excepting blatant fraud.
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by mLuby 4y ago
Exactly. Transportation is another way to "compress" physical space in the sense that you can reach more of it for the same distance. In the extreme case where we have ubiquitous teleportation, the only remaining reason to live ph
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by mLuby 4y ago
> In times of turmoil however, they are often the first to suffer In times of turmoil the rich buy first-class tickets out of there and head to one of their secondary mansions. Too late for a ticket? Bribes will still get the job done. A
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by mLuby 4y ago
I thought the problem with printing houses is that they look bad and that the constructing the frame (walls) isn't that expensive or lengthy compared to all the rest of it: excavating and laying the foundation; installing roofing, wind
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by mLuby 4y ago
If you interpret the 4th amendment's "papers" to mean only tree-based sheets, not documents which might be electronic, are you really a defender of the 4th amendment? > The right of the people to be secure in their persons
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by mLuby 4y ago
I hope air-breathing ionic propulsion takes off because even if it turns out to not be great for satellites it'd be wonderful for (small) aircraft. Aircraft are very loud thanks to their engine and propellers/jets. Recent experi
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by mLuby 4y ago
Why don't you have to demonstrate that your device works to be granted patents, that the it actually does what you claim it does? (I know that's not how the patent system works; I'm asking if anyone knows what the reasons a
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by mLuby 4y ago
Preview can photoshop images too, with a bit of effort. Wish it had a smudge/blur tool though. • https://imgur.com/D1G9h63 Removed people on either side of the arch. • https://imgur.com/iZazOgA Removed
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by mLuby 4y ago
Generational wealth transfer and government subsidies are the only way out. At least that's what "The Sims 1 §0 starving artist challenge" shows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A9HvZ4vz74 (10min)
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by mLuby 4y ago
That's true. I don't think it would matter much, other than it being easier to make superhuman micro-capable bots in RTS or aim-bots in FPS games. For the former, a limit on actions per minute might work. On the other hand, once s

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