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by mmagin 9y ago
Well, they don't do much that's original, but the respond to market demand and make things of reasonable quality. They're one of the only third-party brands of random lithium-ion battery-containing accessories that I trust n
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by mmagin 9y ago
This sounds even worse than the inevitable disagreements over light level or temperature.
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by mmagin 9y ago
So, uh, do catalysts like this reduce the waste heat you get when electrolyzing water with a cruder setup? Because there's nothing but a specific minimum energy input that's going to break the bonds between hydrogen and oxygen.
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by mmagin 9y ago
"ran for political office to promote the benefits of that operation" As if there weren't enough reasons to be afraid of politicians!
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by mmagin 9y ago
Not really. Both Japan and western European countries are much better at doing big infrastructure affordably.
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by mmagin 9y ago
This is the wrong time in the cycle to buy a house in the Bay Area, unless you're filthy rich.
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by mmagin 9y ago
Everyone knows a DDOS can't melt steel beams :P
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by mmagin 9y ago
Uh, this looks like shitty science reporting: "That resistance, however, comes at a price. The coating that makes textiles oil resistant is fluorine-based and breaks down into chlorofluorocarbon gas, a greenhouse gas harmful to the env
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by mmagin 9y ago
HN post title makes it sound more impressive than it is.
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by mmagin 9y ago
Modulate reflections of the light-sail propulsion beam?
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by mmagin 9y ago
I'm pretty sure there are differing accounting/tax consequences in each sort of spending.
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by mmagin 9y ago
"HOW I USED R TO WIN AN ARGUMENT WITH MY WIFE"
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by mmagin 9y ago
Not that jobs necessarily should be the end goal.
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by mmagin 9y ago
Not as bad as many other metro areas in the US. It's just that in the upper parts of a bubble (e.g. now), the infrastructure can't cope with the traffic.
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by mmagin 9y ago
All the foods you list are primarily carbohydrate sources. Humans are incapable of synthesizing proteins and (some) fatty acids. I would suggest it costs a lot more if you consider protein and fat sources and opportunity costs of preparin
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by mmagin 9y ago
See also http://www.davidrumsey.com/ for general searching of old maps.
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by mmagin 10y ago
This would probably be more efficient: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraph_key#Iambic_.28dual-l...
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by mmagin 10y ago
While that's great for some purposes, I think the GP is suggesting that there is a need for more accessible spectrum for businesses which do not have the financial capabilities or political capabilities as the large telecoms and broadc
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by mmagin 10y ago
What would be great is if this put a serious dent in people's excitement about creepy always-listening internet-connected devices. Instead, I predict it will result in some new FCC rules about broadcast advertising.
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by mmagin 10y ago
No mention of Adobe Air? :)
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by mmagin 10y ago
Nevermind that the binary blobs come from pretty much the same place: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Media/EME#Platform_Support (Ok, I guess on Linux it's a blob from a Google-owned company.)
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by mmagin 10y ago
It's out of band. The noisy toddlers are not saying something that might be relevant to your job.
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by mmagin 10y ago
> The obsession for open plan offices continues to amaze me. Well, the decisions about these things are made by upper management (who probably get an office, and sit in meetings all day anyway) and/or facilities (who walk around a l
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by mmagin 10y ago
Similarly I came up with some aliases long ago in my git config: day = log --all --abbrev-commit --date-order --date=relative --since='one day ago' --stat day-more = log --all --abbrev-commit --date-order --date=relative
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by mmagin 10y ago
Whoa. So when I individually choose to get a product from a particular FBA seller on Amazon, it is not necessarily the one that originated from that seller?
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by mmagin 10y ago
Uh, Oakland is way down the list from Long Beach and Los Angeles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ports_in_the_United_St...
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by mmagin 10y ago
What is this horrible new fad of making web pages not show any real content until you scroll away from the title?
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by mmagin 10y ago
CRT production is a much more complex bit of modern manufacturing than making vinyl LPs. This youtube video documents what a rather dedicated individual does to resurrect small-scale Nixie tube manufacturing: https://www.youtube.
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by mmagin 10y ago
Almost certainly a violation of their agreement with their card processor. If you want to be a jerk, you can pressure them into taking your card.
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by mmagin 10y ago
I used mh for a long time, but then I switched my mail folders over to Maildir for compatability with Dovecot. Also, I like how Maildir dodges a lot of file locking problems. So now I use a combination of mutt and iPhone Mail. I wish I co

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