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by noughtme 4y ago
“The regulation at the time stated that a wheel bearing was bad when it had ‘visible seepage’. But that was very vague, and the bosses used that vagueness to their advantage. For me, it was whenever oil was visible on the bearing. For my b
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by noughtme 4y ago
This is not a study about "intermittent fasting", it is about people who skip meals. I don't know why they skip meals, they don't know why they skip meals, but I would not assume these are all super health conscious peop
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by noughtme 4y ago
Same.
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by noughtme 4y ago
just because a homeowner does their own work, doesn't mean it won't be to code, or inspected. the irony is that in locales that require licenses, more unlicensed non-code compliant work is often done because there is no diy path.
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by noughtme 4y ago
yeah, i thought github was moving away from html over the wire; rails to react. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33576722
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by noughtme 4y ago
> Indeed, code is probably a better medium for unambiguously communicating calculations. Ambiguity and obfuscation are usually intentional. Legislators and individual citizens do not necessarily have the same interests. This is why omnib
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by noughtme 4y ago
The best analogy i've heard for digital currency is not that digital currency is the automobile to cash's horse drawn carriage, but that cash is a bicycle. both can (and should) co exist. the low tech cash is a better solution for
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by noughtme 4y ago
i always associate slippy with draggable or pinch and zoomable, unlike the super annoying maps with arrow navigation and zoom levels. but i guess as long as it's tiled it's slippy
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by noughtme 4y ago
> Amaflix and Marv-Ney What's Marv-Ney?
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by noughtme 4y ago
Still looks interesting, but I was hoping The Phoenix Project was a post-mortem of the Phoenix Pay System (scandal) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_pay_system
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by noughtme 4y ago
my experience has been that non of these solutions provide enough control granularity, and i keep coming back to d3.js (or other libraries like deck.gl) and building my own UI.
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by noughtme 4y ago
> Some flaws, like Bret I cannot wait for the current trend of brettanomyces contaminated "natural" wines to die.
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by noughtme 4y ago
Cui bono? Actually, does anyone know a more appropriate latin phrase?
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by noughtme 4y ago
I would put forth the new PC is a 3D printer and a CNC mill. The new PC is something that will change the way your child sees the world and make them think they have the capability to reshape it. VR is just an extension of the PC.
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by noughtme 4y ago
for those with short attention spans this is a great video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6jB0nM9SKU
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by noughtme 4y ago
Docker? After attemping to install dependencies and build GIS tools originating in the 90´s, I am so thankful for people who have published docker images of obscure software.
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by noughtme 4y ago
Because Substack. Same thing with Medium articles. Never used either of these platforms, but surely they allow custom HTML?
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by noughtme 4y ago
An actual air conditioner would be heavy, you can get a fan jacket: https://www.makitatools.com/products/details/DFJ201ZS Liquid and air cooled suits are common in auto racing.
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by noughtme 4y ago
US authorities often don't have enough evidence to prosecute for the underlying crime, or it may have low penalties, but they often have the evidence to prosecute for mail fraud or wire fraud(basically any means of electronic communica
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by noughtme 4y ago
I prefer a standalone PLB (personal locator beacon) when backcountry skiing. Smaller, lighter, more reliable, no subscription fee.
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by noughtme 4y ago
Roots obviously don't pick up solid gold. Gold salts are toxic to biological systems.
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by noughtme 5y ago
Jamming and spoofing GPS poses less risk than imposing a no fly zone.
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by noughtme 5y ago
Ignoring hot takes from the media, I'm curious about people's take on the rise of crypto start ups. Even in Montreal, I remember getting pitched crypto businesses 10 years ago. Is there just currently too much venture capital with
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by noughtme 5y ago
Weird title. I thought the whole point was to bring launch cost down and let Nasa go back to research and outsourcing it's directives.
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by noughtme 5y ago
to check if mechanical brakes have released and aren't seized after having been parked.
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by noughtme 5y ago
see above https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30268294 (HD Radio, not RDS)
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by noughtme 5y ago
They can't XD. Someone in public radio zero dayed the Mazda infotainment by sending an image in the RDS feed.
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by noughtme 5y ago
> Those people have decades of institutional memory about what has worked in the past and what has not worked. Software people do not. > The people who wrote the code for the original MCAS system were obviously terribly far out of the
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by noughtme 5y ago
IANAL, so can someone please explain this section: “(7) CYBERSECURITY PROTECTIONS DO NOT GIVE RISE TO LIABILITY.—Notwithstanding paragraph (6), a provider of an interactive computer service shall not be deemed to be in violation of section
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by noughtme 5y ago
I'm all for tumblr not breaking the back button.

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