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by nayuki 2y ago
3Blue1Brown makes some of his videos with a lightweight dialog format too.
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by nayuki 2y ago
It's not like network cables (physical objects) and radio waves (physical phenomena) are digital either.
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by nayuki 2y ago
No joke, I've implemented closed-loop font-size control in updateTextSize(), https://www.nayuki.io/res/full-screen-clock-javascript/full-...
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by nayuki 2y ago
Compact Discs are digital.
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by nayuki 2y ago
Related: https://archive.goughlui.com/legacy/soundofmodems/index.htm https://goughlui.com/2016/05/03/project-the-definitive-colle...
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by nayuki 2y ago
Oh The Urbanity! - Vacation Rentals vs. Affordable Living: The AirBnB Dilemma: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1VeEGCzqn4
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by nayuki 2y ago
I see all the <canvas> elements are blank because of JavaScript code errors.
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by nayuki 2y ago
Here are my interpretations: * If you drive safely, then you can save someone's life by avoiding a crash. * If you save a driving trip (and instead walk/bike/transit/stay-home), you will have a life of safety.
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by nayuki 2y ago
I found this point interesting: > With the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, US policy began severely limiting the production and use of lead in infrastructure and consumer products, including water pipes, paint, and gasoline that have bee
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by nayuki 2y ago
A full mathematical explanation and working code: https://www.nayuki.io/page/reed-solomon-error-correcting-cod... , https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13565939
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by nayuki 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crony_capitalism , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking
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by nayuki 2y ago
Innocuous elements can be arranged into dangerous compounds. To give the simplest example, carbon monoxide.
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by nayuki 2y ago
Relatedly, I use this website to visualize what angle the sun is coming from: https://www.suncalc.org/
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by nayuki 2y ago
> it was estimated that roughly 1/3 of Vancouver’s condo supply was vacant Did you misread something? Maybe from this post: > https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-empty-homes-tax-st... > Empty Homes
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by nayuki 2y ago
Nice try. Oh The Urbanity! - "What Happened When This City Banned Housing Investors": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRqZBuu_Ers
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by nayuki 2y ago
> Some sort of authority attempting to police it’s correct usage has always just seemed like gate keeping to me. This is the norm for many languages. For example, French is prescribed by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x2F
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by nayuki 2y ago
The order statistic tree was covered in the CLRS book. In the 4th edition, it is chapter 17 "Augmenting Data Structures", subchapter 1 "Dynamic order statistics". (I know for a fact it was present in the 3rd and 2nd edit
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by nayuki 2y ago
> Personally I think we need to put cars underground Nope, unless drivers foot the bill entirely. Tunnels are horrendously expensive to build and maintain. Projects like Boston's Big Dig cost billions of dollars, went over budget, a
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by nayuki 2y ago
> 99% of noise is cars and motorbikes See Not Just Bikes' "Cities Aren't Loud: Cars Are Loud": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTV-wwszGw8
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by nayuki 2y ago
Suburbs are bad in terms of noise. The biggest sources of noise I heard were (gas-powered) lawnmowers, the weekly garbage trucks, snow plows, car traffic, and air conditioners.
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by nayuki 2y ago
Good call, because the original page says: > Bandwidth Restricted > The page you have tried to access is not available because the owner of the file you are trying to access has exceeded our short term bandwidth limits. Please try aga
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by nayuki 3y ago
Beanfield runs fiber through streets and sewers, and provides networking to office buildings and condominium apartments. I don't think they serve detached houses, as the low density is not worth it.
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by nayuki 3y ago
"An hero" means something unexpected: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/an_hero , https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/an-hero
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by nayuki 3y ago
This reminds me a bit of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyRoads_(video_game)
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by nayuki 3y ago
Scrollbar blindness ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24293421 , https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/ihq8c3/scrollb... ) is infuriating to me as a non-Mac user.
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by nayuki 3y ago
Awesome app you mentioned. So far, I was only using the lesser app of "GPS Status" for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.g... .
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by nayuki 3y ago
I watched this fight play out in Canada last year and the result has been a disaster. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_News_Act First, Google and Facebook both put out articles explaining why the act is harmful and
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by nayuki 3y ago
https://www.nayuki.io/page/des-cipher-internals-in-excel
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by nayuki 3y ago
> Any water you drink is already very much hypotonic relative to your bodily fluids. True. The saline solution used for blood injections has 9000 ppm of dissolved solids. Whereas tap water above even ~200 ppm tastes disgusting to me. &gt
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by nayuki 3y ago
> residue ... smells absolutely vile. I use a timer to stop the distiller before the water boils dry. I recommend you do the same. > I went with [distillation] instead of a filter after finding out most filters use plastic mesh screen

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