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by nix 16y ago
The company said it looked at other locations in the area, but none would work, either because the owners didn't want cell antennas on their buildings... So either multiple owners are refusing to host antennas at any price, or AT&T ju
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by nix 16y ago
Homogeneous coordinates are not linear algebra. Translation is simple, but few people actually understand how the perspective transformation works - it's a convenient hack but if you try to figure it out from scratch you may be surprised b
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by nix 16y ago
This works even better if you don't build a campfire.
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by nix 16y ago
They modeled gravity but not the atmosphere. So the most drastic effect isn't even mentioned - the much longer day length would roast the planet on one side and freeze it on the other. Also, no mention of what the weather would be like wit
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by nix 16y ago
I don't think the terrain tiles get much attention. For a while it was really excited about irrigation ditches, then a few months ago lots of river rapids showed up. Hopefully they'll make the relief shading layer available in styled maps
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by nix 16y ago
We need a new term for anaesthetic acupuncture which distinguishes it from the much broader benefits claimed by acupuncture advocates. Anaesthetic acupuncture is physiologically plausible and supported by experiment. But any headline about
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by nix 16y ago
see also Cassidy Curtis's Best Homework Ever (pdf): http://www.math.brown.edu/~banchoff/BHE.pdf
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by nix 16y ago
At one startup we had a similar setup but using perl and a serial-controlled power switch. It began with a stoplight but in december we brought in an xmas tree and put on strings of green, yellow, and flashing red lights. For a while "the