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by metaphor 4y ago
I can see how your prototype defends against corrosion, not so much this b-parasite toy. What I don't see anyone talking about is the impact of dielectric moisture absorption[1], which is typically around 0.3-0.5% over 24 hours exposur
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by metaphor 4y ago
> The MSDS for that jar of peanut butter says it's not an asphyxiant... as someone with peanut allergy, I beg to differ ;) Just in case the sarcasm wasn't abundantly obvious, the precise term used was simple asphyxiant with
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by metaphor 4y ago
The suspected error wasn't in the An example section...I knew there was an error somewhere, but weighted this more probable to be correct given the effort put into clearly explaining the method in step-by-step manner. In my previous
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by metaphor 4y ago
Site/plot plans are not maps...since your remark comes off as arrogantly dismissive of the fundamental difference between explicit dimensioned features and implicit qualitative scale in bad faith.
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by metaphor 4y ago
> The current rate of 9.62% is the lowest it's ever been, and its never changed drastically. Recommend doing the math yourself as a sanity check using the composite rate formula in conjunction with historical fixed and semiannual
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by metaphor 4y ago
> I wish instead of QE the government would let people buy much higher amounts of I bonds instead. Seems like a great way to hand out money to people directly instead of via banks. I think you mean as a supplement to the current QT cam
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by metaphor 4y ago
> P8 went pretty well. Did it really? According to this fairly recent GAO report[1], the Poseidon's mission capable rates have missed their minimum 80% target since 2015, trending downwards (Table 1); only the first 2 out of 7 y
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by metaphor 4y ago
For the unindoctrinated, context with less elitist snark[1] and discussion from 13 years ago[2]. [1] https://blog.codinghorror.com/parsing-html-the-cthulhu-way/ [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=
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Investor Alert: Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) Class Action(prnewswire.com)
8 points by metaphor 4y ago|0 comments
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by metaphor 4y ago
To the contrary, quoting the relevant remarks: > You will end up saving half of not more of the tuition and boarding expenses compared to spending all four years at a major university... > And you STILL end up with a diploma from a
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by metaphor 4y ago
> I've heard of companies bringing revenue forward but I've never heard of postponing revenue to a later quarter. Schilit et al on Financial Shenanigans is instructive here. Management might try playing this game to reach f
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by metaphor 4y ago
Pat Gelsinger (CEO) and Zane Rowe (CFO; incumbent) according to the 8-K filing[1] that kicked off four consecutive earnings call misses at the time. [1] https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124610/000
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by metaphor 4y ago
I'm thinking real world markets tend to reward first movers who deliver adequate solutions with the cheese, but surely there's leaderboard room for complementary wine of some objectively substantial performance vintage that may ta
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Y Combinator is doubling down on crypto founders despite market volatility(techcrunch.com)
4 points by metaphor 4y ago|2 comments
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by metaphor 4y ago
https://archive.ph/3an1z
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by metaphor 4y ago
> I am not sure how much this will change the situation in the richer parts of the world, as tablets still seem inferior to me compared to pump deliver (my current method of choice). I'm not a diabetic, but is there really anythin
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by metaphor 4y ago
https://nickbostrom.com/papers/vulnerable.pdf > black ball: a technology that invariably or by default destroys the civilization that invents it.
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by metaphor 4y ago
I can't recall roughly when public sentiment of Amazon ratings really went south, but this was 5 years ago, and even if Ring product ratings were being gamed at the time, extending the benefit of the doubt to Amazon M&A staff in ha
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Martin Shkreli: Exposing Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Pharmacy(youtube.com)
2 points by metaphor 4y ago|0 comments
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by metaphor 4y ago
> One of my undergrad professors said "They still haven't figured out what a standard textbook should contain." At least for the analog domain, Gray et al[1] has been the standard entry-level gateway drug for longer than
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by metaphor 4y ago
Graduate program has an online option; undergraduate program does not.
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by metaphor 4y ago
> Why don't universities offer online undergraduate programs? There's a normative and substantial laboratory aspect to ABET-accredited[1] undergraduate engineering programs. From Criterion 7: >> Modern tools, equipme
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by metaphor 4y ago
> I know what that is, having done quite a bit of complex maths, but the kind that uses i, not the kind that uses j Some things in life leave a lasting impression[1]. :eye_roll: It sounds like what you're looking for is an explana
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by metaphor 4y ago
> Interesting username for such an opinion. Perhaps just a coincidental namespace collision: Process ID, not Proportional-Integral-Derivative.
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by metaphor 4y ago
> Stuff like Nyquist criterion just sort of appears out of nowhere as functions. Black's canonical 1934 paper[1] Stabilized Feedback Amplifiers , which had an outsized influence on EE classical control theory, may have something
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by metaphor 4y ago
Are you alluding to e.g. IEEE 1149.6[1] and IEEE 1687[2], or something different? [1] https://standards.ieee.org/ieee/1149.6/4706/ [2] https://standards.ieee.org/ieee/1687/3931/
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by metaphor 4y ago
It appears you're conflating the parametric/functional spec of a product with the statistical spec of a process in manufacturing said product at volume.
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by metaphor 4y ago
> Also would you want to work on something that'll never work? When the proposed alternative is a remote workflow with Jira and Confluence shoved down your throat as a matter of corporate dogfooding policy, I do wonder how much of
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by metaphor 4y ago
> Most Japanese people have a green tube of grated wasabi in their house. ( https://www.sbfoods.co.jp/products/detail/16343.html ) >> 原材料名: 本わさび、西洋わさび、... ...except the everyday stuff shown in your link i
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by metaphor 4y ago
Thanks for the clarification.

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