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by nordsieck 2y ago
> The only issue I see is that cellphone battery life is terrible compared to inReach like devices. Not sure I'd want to depend on it for longer than a few hours. I think it depends on the application you're using it for. If yo
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by nordsieck 2y ago
> It will happen over time I'm optimistic. I think that, once SpaceX starts launch Starlink satellites with Starship, they'll be able to increase their globally available bandwidth by a factor of 5-10x (although it might take 5
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by nordsieck 2y ago
> FFM isn’t entirely muscle, but what other weight would be shed when losing FFM other than muscle? I'm not an expert, but I have to imagine that most of it is muscle. After dramatic weight loss, a person will probably lose some bon
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by nordsieck 2y ago
> It's because of the way the weapons are designed, which requires a CNWDI clearance to know, so your curiosity is not likely to be sated. While that's true, the information that is online is surprisingly detailed. For example,
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by nordsieck 2y ago
>> Go is not object-oriented language > That is most definitely not true. I think at best, you could say that Go is a multi-paradigm language. It's possible to write Go in an object oriented style. It's also possible to w
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by nordsieck 2y ago
I have an m1 as well. And while I'm broadly satisfied with its performance, I do think that the SSD is probably carrying some of that load. And for a machine that often gets used far longer than a PC, I can't see that being great
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by nordsieck 2y ago
> “Mens rea” is a key component of most crimes. Some crimes can only be committed if the perpetrator knows they are doing something wrong. For example, fraud or libel. We're talking about orthogonal issues. Mens rea applies to wheth
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by nordsieck 2y ago
> the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule supports denial of Maher’s suppression motion because, at the time authorities opened his uploaded file, they had a good faith basis to believe that no warrant was required This "g
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by nordsieck 2y ago
> What does the Ubuntu ad say to the user? How does it capture someone’s attention? Exactly. Contrary to the article, it doesn't tell a story at all. It's just some slick-ish graphics with a few words overlayed on top. They&#x2
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by nordsieck 2y ago
From the article: > Ferrets are a common model for studying how influenza viruses that primarily affect birds are able to adapt to mammals, a topic that Kawaoka and his colleagues at UW–Madison’s Influenza Research Institute investigate
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by nordsieck 2y ago
> You'll be able to sell your M4 mac mini in 5 years for $150 for an instant-cash offer from backmarket or any other reseller If you want to put in a bit of elbow grease, you can get a much better deal. M1 Mac Minis in my area are r
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by nordsieck 2y ago
I have lots of USB-A devices, so I get what you're saying. But converters are pretty cheap and seem reliable. And Apple has a long history of making this change ahead of the rest of the market. It's been years since they've m
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by nordsieck 2y ago
There are a number of companies that specialize in making hubs/NVMe enclosures that match the aesthetics of the Mac Mini and sit directly underneath it. For example: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08S47KBMC/
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by nordsieck 2y ago
Honestly, I wish they'd go with an external USB-C power brick. The only reason they might not is that they want to keep everything across the entire line, and the highest end Mac Studio probably needs more power than USB can offer.
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by nordsieck 2y ago
> No mention of the SSD size The base model is 256 gb. You can see it here: https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-mini
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by nordsieck 2y ago
The new model is looking really good. * Kept HDMI * New, much smaller form factor * Front facing USB-C * Base model has 16 gb of ram
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by nordsieck 2y ago
Exactly. Most of the times I've driven across the US, I was either moving, or transporting a vehicle.
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by nordsieck 2y ago
> Amtrak is more comfortable in every way. I can easily believe that trains are more spacious and the seating is more insulated from odors. But my experience riding trains is that they sway/shake obnoxiously while going around curve
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by nordsieck 2y ago
> But if you had to put one of them inside your body, it's quite possible the gamma ray emitter would be the safer option, simply because more of its energy would escape harmlessly. That's definitely the case with Polonium-210.
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by nordsieck 2y ago
> With the constant stream of positive news around GLP-1s, and ever-growing list of things they treat, we may all wind up on some dose with only the dose varying depending on what illness they're targeting. So far, I haven't se
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by nordsieck 2y ago
> I'm confused by that move - why make it free when they could easily charge their captive audience for it? My understanding is that it's actually a condition of using Starlink for commercial aviation. Every other airline that&
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by nordsieck 2y ago
> It's weird to say that about English when good communication is essential for success in any engineering field Some of what's taught in English classes is about clear communication, and some of it isn't. I think learning
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by nordsieck 2y ago
IMO, you're thinking about this backwards. It's good that public school exposes children to many subjects - hopefully most of them. So that they can discover if they click with one of them. The real danger is that someone never
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by nordsieck 2y ago
This is more or less easy to see depending on the video you watch. Here's a good one that demonstrates it very clearly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExV6PHRM8eI
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by nordsieck 2y ago
> Who is going to pay the day SpaceX has a "whoops" ? Ironically, SpaceX is probably one of the least bad companies in that regard. 1. They launch satellites to a very low LEO orbit. The satellites use their onboard thrusters
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by nordsieck 2y ago
Looks like WGS-10 is the closest. From Wikipedia, it looks like it's a USSF satellite launched in 2019 with a service life of 14 years. It provides wideband communications to DoD customers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
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by nordsieck 2y ago
> Not to mention debris can be in GEO for a long, long time. On human timescales, it's basically forever. Hopefully we'll develop the tech to clean up debris in space, but it's extra challenging to do it in geostationary o
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by nordsieck 2y ago
It is particularly bad for a satellite in geostationary orbit to break up or fail. Satellites are packed as tightly as possible into that orbit due to its economic importance (it's very useful for a satellite, particularly communicatio
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by nordsieck 2y ago
> My brother in god, you can travel from any point of the Earth to any other point on the Earth in less than a week. At what point are modern people going to “deal with it”? Clearly people do "deal with it" since lots of people
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by nordsieck 2y ago
> Do planes have access to Starlink now? There's a number of airlines that have signed contracts, like United. I think it'll take a while for everything to be completely rolled out.

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