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by mchahn 11y ago
I was developing a test rig for a cmos rom back in the 70's (yes, HP made cmos roms). I was testing my test rig and as usual I tested removing the power pin. The test kept passing so I thought my rig was screwed up. It turns out that
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by mchahn 11y ago
There was a great sketch from a show in the UK where a bunch of workers, including a female, were complaining that they were having trouble getting any work done from home because they were wanking all day. I'm sorry if this doesn&#x27
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by mchahn 11y ago
> No, Chrome on Linux does not include all features of Chrome OS. Hmm. I'm not aware of any unique features in a chromebook. I use a chromebook pixel as my all-day dev machine and I use chromixium (linux with fake chrome desktop)
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by mchahn 11y ago
I'll walk into an even bigger fire. I encode all my css, html, and code in JS. I put the entire thing for each module in one page, but my modules are small and granular. I truly believe that separation of concerns does not apply. CS
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by mchahn 11y ago
There is no argument made as to how this would help anyone.
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by mchahn 11y ago
I started using algorithmic passwords a year or two ago and it has been great. I have a different password for every domain, there is nothing to remember, and it is hard to crack. I just tested my password on this demo and got a four out
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by mchahn 11y ago
> refers to those robotic checkouts that are actually slower and more infuriating than being assisted at the counter I felt this way until recently. Home depot, which I virtually live at, pushes them really hard. I've gotten to wh
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by mchahn 11y ago
I've always had a theory that everyone would hate the taste of wine and other alcohol if it didn't give us a buzz. In other words, our brains make us like it to get more. I base this on my early hatred of the taste and the later
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by mchahn 11y ago
I experienced picky eating with my kids but only after a certain age. They would eat anything, broccoli, spicy food, whole-grain breads. Then all of a sudden, I think maybe at 1.5 years old, they wouldn't eat anything (without a batt
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by mchahn 11y ago
I wish they had explained how they utilize five dimensions in our three (or four) dimensional world. I could understand if five "tracks" of data were stored in a single physical stream, but that has nothing to do with dimensions.
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by mchahn 11y ago
> I've got an original Leap and it worked fine for me. Interesting. What did you use it for? I got one and couldn't find a single useful application.
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by mchahn 11y ago
I wonder how they can afford to have the play store. I thought including that would cost as much as the phone costs.
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by mchahn 11y ago
> while having access to the file system. Android has easy access to the file system. You can download one of many file managers.
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by mchahn 11y ago
Why are all the gene-based cancer breakthroughs I've seen in the news for blood diseases? Is it easier to manipulate genes in blood?
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Why can't they just pull the flash memory and work on it directly?
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by mchahn 11y ago
> Additional members of the Google team are expected to arrive in Sri Lanka later this week to test flight controls on the balloon, A probably stupid question: how do they use "flight controls" to control the location of the ba
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by mchahn 11y ago
> shipping trucks are more ripe for EV adoption than consumer vehicles with centralized fleet infrastructure for charging, Yes, but the bottom line is always the cost. When EV is cheaper it will happen.
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by mchahn 11y ago
I wonder how this incubator compares to YC, in terms of seeding, operation, etc. I know the google incubator is more focused, or at least it claims to be.
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by mchahn 11y ago
I personally have a serious problem dealing with the state of china's telecommunications. It's about as close to evil as you can get. I'm not saying other state actors are much better but, I'm just saying ...
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by mchahn 11y ago
> A robot with a self-cleaning feature would make me more likely to use it. Or better yet, a house-cleaning feature (male or female).
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by mchahn 11y ago
Hmm. If every library author took the second approach there would be tons of wasted code. This may not be a bad thing but it bothers my OCD. It would be nice if you could write callback-only or promise-only code and have a post-processor
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by mchahn 11y ago
Could this be explained by technical people using more ad-blockers? Or is it adjusted for ad-blockers?
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by mchahn 11y ago
I am a loyal daily Quartz reader. I felt disappointed when my Android phone was left out the release. I shouldn't take it personally but I do think it is a marketing mistake.
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by mchahn 11y ago
I will never forge his episode about warfare technology. He described a thousand warriors coming down a hill with another thousand enemy coming down another hill. He was standing in that valley for the scene. The new technology was broadswo
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by mchahn 11y ago
> You like Monty Python but not Spaceballs? I find that pretty weird. DIfferent tastes for different people. I loved Monty Python from the first time I heard it on an audio record to the 10 times I watched each episode on PBS. However,
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by mchahn 11y ago
> and see if the "ticking" of the clocks changes with respect to each other Maybe a stupid question. These clocks are so accurate wouldn't the time they measure vary by changes in the earth's mass and/or rotatio
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by mchahn 11y ago
> recognized by the Brain Preservation Foundation, which awarded 21CM the $26,735 Wow. $26K could finance a lot of research. Maybe a few weeks in a real lab.
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by mchahn 11y ago
Bette Midler did a routine telling Sophie jokes. She nailed them. My favorite joke that Bette (Sophie) told was: "I was in bed with my boyfriend Ernie. He said "Soph, you got no tits and a tight box. I told Ernie 'get off
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by mchahn 11y ago
When computers were first created it was assumed all programmers would be women because only women would have the patience to program all the one's and zero's. Then a woman created the first assembler ...
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by mchahn 11y ago
> most couples in America are straight and white. True, if by "most" you mean a bit more than 50%.

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