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by masswerk 4y ago
What has become of early Covid reportings, like the (alleged) Italian finding of Covid-19 in blood samples from Sept. 2019 taken in Lombardy (and similar findings in sewage sampoles from Barcelona)? Has there been any clear proof establishe
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by masswerk 4y ago
Of course. I was writing mostly from a European perspective.
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by masswerk 4y ago
I'm not sure if awareness of the dangers of UV damage serves an explanation. The area covered isn't huge and tights aren't typical regions for skin cancer. Having said that, the heightened awareness may introduce a cultural b
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by masswerk 4y ago
Impressive! (Didn't know this – thanks for the link!)
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by masswerk 4y ago
There may be cultural differences (esp. regarding the US, which were generally known as somewhat prudish in these concerns), but in Europe sporty swimwear (rather by Adidas and similar domestic brands than real Speedos) was the default. Any
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by masswerk 4y ago
Hum. While (or because?) I love the sentiment of "still no running water", too much of available resources has gone and is going into putting existing things in software and a rather small number of classes of products around this
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by masswerk 4y ago
I agree with the (counter)cultural aspect and that after more than a generation isn't a hot new thing anymore. But it's not only nudity, it's also swimwear. Especially to be observed with young males, where we went from Speed
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by masswerk 4y ago
Regarding the Atari VCS (2600) it should be mentioned that the functionality of these ports is actually defined by the TIA (Television Interface Adaptor) chip. This provides the following capabilities (to be configured by a port register):
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by masswerk 4y ago
Get ready for all artwork being of one of a few standard styles.
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by masswerk 4y ago
Ceci n'est pas une pipe … er … soupe
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by masswerk 4y ago
P.S.: In non-behavoristic terms: The term "understanding" is linked not only to the internal semantic field and its structure, as maintained by an individual, but also to its state of mind . We crucially expect the state of mind
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by masswerk 4y ago
Well, this, the Chinese Room, is still pretty much a behavioristic work-around (as it is still attempting to argue without any reference to internal states.) Even, if we don't (clearly) understand what "understanding" means,
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by masswerk 4y ago
This should be really "react to" or "answer to", instead of "understand". These are not the same. Edit: Anthropomorphizing algorithms and pattern stores doesn't really help understanding. Instead, it'
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by masswerk 4y ago
Historically, the question is to be asked the other way round. (So why Blink?)
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by masswerk 4y ago
Not so sure about those medieval towns: you can't navigate them by bus, anything rail-related is out of question for the terrain, but transport is still essential. It won't be internal combustion engines, but still cars.
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by masswerk 4y ago
I don't believe the mantra. Not every road is in the US and there are more driving scenarios than highways. There's a long way to go until self driving cars will be able to master the tiny streets and complex (behavioral) patterns
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by masswerk 4y ago
Haven't they moved gear shifting to the touchscreen (with neutral in a submenu) on some models lately?
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by masswerk 4y ago
Minor nitpick: labels for checkboxes and radio buttons should be really in normal Geneva, not in Chicago. (Chicago appears in menu bars, menus and titles only.)
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by masswerk 4y ago
This was partly because letters also served as instruction codes with some mnemonic aspects to them. (This is also found on early Univacs. Coincidentally, Stan Frankel, the designer of the LGP-30, came from Eckert’s and Mauchly’s team.) As
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by masswerk 4y ago
This is about US legislation and jurisdiction extending to foreign territory and thus conflicting with local legislation and corporations subsequently failing to comply with legislation regulating that market.
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by masswerk 4y ago
As the author of one of the pages you mentioned (thanks for that!), I want to point out that the one at kloth.net is much like the original one on the Web. (There may have been earlier ones, but of those that are still around…)
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by masswerk 4y ago
Regarding the table irony, see also the common use of table, table-row, and table-cell display styles for anything but actual tables. ("If I'm using divs, it's fine!") :-) (Tables should even be more accessible, since th
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by masswerk 4y ago
My reasoning has always been that an article is a separable entity, which can do without the given context. (E.g., you can share it, or you can present multiple of them in varying order.) So a document may have sections, which may include a
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by masswerk 4y ago
I think, what you are addressing is social convention and social norms, which are enforced by social sanctions only. However, while these are soft norms, laws are hard norms and enforced by the legal system, which is an important difference
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by masswerk 4y ago
However, RISC OS (Acorn), 1987, with an icon bar. :-) Project lead Paul Fellows is quoted in this article [1] as follows ("Arthur" being the code name for one of two competing projects, which became RISC OS), > "I found th
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by masswerk 4y ago
I'm in favor with option 1 (@nest, &). Reasoning: I do not see much sense in the use of additional brackets (option 3), since "&" already serves as a separator. I also do not see much sense in the use of the more verb
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by masswerk 4y ago
"Commercial At" is a thing in German, too (translating the "at", Kaufmannsund .) However, it refers to only one of the common uses. The most prominent use has been in lists, like, "3 socks @ 2 denarii" (meanin
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by masswerk 4y ago
This is great: there is actually a way to refer to "@" – at per se! (In German, it is often referred to as "Klammeraffe". My attempts at conversely referring to the ampersand as "Brezelzeichen" didn't sh
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by masswerk 4y ago
I think, the decisive point is really in the warranty regulations, like "equal or better". You chose one (which may have been the most convenient to you at that time) and went with it. Anyways, this is how you chose to fulfil the
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by masswerk 4y ago
Let's say, it struck peripherals (e.g., printers) much harder…

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