mordechai9000

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by mordechai9000 9mo ago
I picked three North American trees arbitrarily, and they were all cut down, one by vandals, one by a protester who sounds a bit crazy, and one by a researcher.
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by mordechai9000 9mo ago
I think we've been trained to accept bad software at this point, and a lot of people don't know anything different. I suspect that a lot of it is caused by shoving Android onto underpowered devices because it is cheap and seems li
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by mordechai9000 10mo ago
It's become a defacto forum for a lot of local niche stuff like clubs, schools, non profits, and other special interest groups. In my area there are groups related to a lot of different outdoor activities , and they share information,
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by mordechai9000 10mo ago
People have died during fires on the tarmac while trying to evacuate. Every second saved could mean another person lives.
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by mordechai9000 10mo ago
My favorite fiction book I read this year is Berlin, a graphic novel by Jason Lutes.
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Altair 8800 – Video #29 – Music on an Altair 8800(youtube.com)
1 points by mordechai9000 10mo ago|0 comments
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by mordechai9000 10mo ago
"Is it time to rewrite sudo in Zig?" This is rage bait! :-)
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by mordechai9000 11mo ago
This triggers a vague memory of trying to figure out why my assembler (masm?) was outputting a LEA instead of a MOV. I can't remember why. Maybe LEA was more efficient, or MOV didn't really support the addressing mode and the asse
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by mordechai9000 11mo ago
Nice work! I do want to say, I don't like having to rely on scraping ss output. But that's not a comment on this project - I have done the exact same thing. It just proved to be the most expedient way given the constraints I was
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by mordechai9000 11mo ago
This was my experience, too. A Skeleton Key To Finnegan's Wake by Joseph Campbell helped me understand the overall themes of the book, and hearing Joyce read it helped me appreciate the language and the rhythm of the words. I found it
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Why does this Moiré pattern look like this?(dsp.stackexchange.com)
5 points by mordechai9000 1y ago|0 comments
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by mordechai9000 1y ago
I think dolphins fall into the category of charismatic megafauna.
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by mordechai9000 1y ago
Why is combining it with a microwave inherently bad? As long as there is an air channel to the exterior, the critical thing should be air volume over time, no? (CFM or m^3/minute or whatever)
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by mordechai9000 1y ago
I think people (myself included) have a mental model of the other driver that seems to default to the worst possible interpretation of their motives. If I was in a grocery store and someone "cut me off" and forced me to slow down
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by mordechai9000 1y ago
Not OP and not a jazz expert, just throwing out a personal favorite. I think it is very approachable without sacrificing anything, and it has a recognizable melody (which might help or hinder the jazz appreciation cause): My Favorite Things
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by mordechai9000 1y ago
I'm surprised they gave you nicotine patches - was this an American hospital? I always thought they want you to suffer withdrawal as a punishment for the moral failure of being a smoker. Also, there are probably some risks with throwin
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by mordechai9000 1y ago
Humans can get addicted to anything that triggers a reward. Even things that seem gross or weird, like picking your scabs. The line between addiction and compulsion is kind of blurry.
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by mordechai9000 1y ago
I don't think it is a question of discipline when it comes to addiction - if you are taking it on a regular basis at a high enough dose to become addicted, you will become addicted, and you will have withdrawal symptoms when you stop t
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by mordechai9000 1y ago
A couple years ago I was turned down for a position after an initial screening interview because they said my writing sample didn't meet certain criteria. I felt it arguably did, but I just said "thank you for your time and consid
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by mordechai9000 1y ago
Has anyone heard how bad it was in Petropovlosk? USGS estimates "severe" shaking with the possibility of moderate to heavy damage and a chance of fatalities. They have had quite a swarm of quakes there over the last couple of week
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by mordechai9000 1y ago
Small personal aircraft are great, but subject to weather and visibility. Although some of that could probably be mitigated through automation technology. I doubt we'll see Jetsons style cars replacing the American auto anytime soon, b
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by mordechai9000 1y ago
I would give it to my dogs a couple times a year in anticipation of fireworks. It worked wonders in their case.
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by mordechai9000 1y ago
Those oil field jobs in Alaska are usually on a set schedule like 2 weeks on / 2 weeks off. During your shift you work 8 (or preferably more) hours per day, 7 days a week. During your time off you fly back to where you live - some peop
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by mordechai9000 1y ago
Running chrome on android and the bubbles aren't popping for me. Count is staying at zero. Are you open to PRs? :-)
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Kubrick on a Clockwork Orange(genius.cat-v.org)
7 points by mordechai9000 1y ago|0 comments
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Kubrick on a Clockwork Orange – An Interview with Michel Ciment(genius.cat-v.org)
4 points by mordechai9000 1y ago|0 comments
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by mordechai9000 1y ago
I assumed Google errs on the side of formality because being informal in an inappropriate context is worse than being too formal for someone who is obviously not a native speaker. Not for Thai in particular, just in general.
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by mordechai9000 1y ago
I think you could use visible light and photogrammetry for the same purpose. You might need to take your socks off, though. Or put on a pair of the disposable thin "try on" socks the stores have for people who don't wear sock
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by mordechai9000 1y ago
Me too. I was out hiking and ran into an old guy I know. He is 90 years old and he's a bird biologist and a naturalist by vocation. I changed my plans for the day and hiked with him for a few hours. He talked quite a bit about birds an
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by mordechai9000 1y ago
To me, "hard science fiction" evokes the old school writers like Arthur C. Clarke who would explore ideas with a slide rule or a calculator when planning a story. Even if he had to use a little hand waving and some unobtainium to

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