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by quercusa 6y ago
If you've never seen it, it's worth your time to watch "Don't Talk to The Police", a lecture by a law professor, in case the FBI, etc. come knocking on your door. https://www.youtube.com/watch?
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by quercusa 6y ago
I just tried this with a gift Waterman that I never used for the same reason. It's wonderful!
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by quercusa 6y ago
And they are hunted by huge Cicada-Killer Wasps which sting them and fly off with them to bury them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphecius_speciosus
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by quercusa 6y ago
I saw that one time high (as in feet above sea level) on Mt. Lassen (N. California). The sky was full of little sparkly web-strands; it was very cool.
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by quercusa 6y ago
I started DuoLingo recently (for Latin) and the over-the-top cheerleading there is driving me nuts.
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by quercusa 6y ago
I'm dubious about any such claim to objectivity.
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by quercusa 6y ago
Agreed - I've found Alter's work to be very helpful and his notes are excellent.
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NSA warns against using DNS over HTTPS inside enterprise networks(zdnet.com)
11 points by quercusa 6y ago|6 comments
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by quercusa 6y ago
Or are they looking for that one acquisition that (this time!) will fix everything?
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by quercusa 6y ago
I've had sedation for previous ones but plan to ask for the gas next time. I always felt dopey for a long time after and worry about long-term effects.
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The Digital Imprimatur: How big brother and big media (2003)(fourmilab.ch)
1 points by quercusa 6y ago|0 comments
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by quercusa 6y ago
Pretty interesting anyway; thanks!
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by quercusa 6y ago
What makes a good spin instructor?
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by quercusa 6y ago
This feels like some sort of scam but it's not clear what the purpose would be: G.J. Blokdijk is the 'author' of thousands of medical titles: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&amp
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by quercusa 6y ago
The new stuff is also noticeably greener (e.g., look down the side of a measuring cup so you are looking through as much glass as possible).
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by quercusa 6y ago
That would be the 'Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act
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by quercusa 6y ago
GE used to be a marker for reasonable quality but over the past couple of decades they've licensed their name for all kinds of crappy consumer products.
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by quercusa 6y ago
This sounds like the 'Cocktail Party Effect', which usually gets worse with age. I've started to experience it in restaurants with lots of hard surfaces. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail_party_effec
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by quercusa 6y ago
From the comments, the 500-mile email: http://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html
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by quercusa 6y ago
> You'll feel things you never felt before. For sure. And the pre-kids days will fade from memory, to be replaced by new sets of values, priorities, and joys.
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by quercusa 6y ago
It's a craft. People who deal with abstractions all day (especially) enjoy handling the real.
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by quercusa 6y ago
It's surprising not to see that anywhere — it's the natural question.
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by quercusa 6y ago
When you can get quotes for satellite launches[0] without calling anybody, it feels like unnecessary friction at best. [0] https://www.spacex.com/rideshare/
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by quercusa 6y ago
Has there been any evidence presented to support the attribution to Russia?
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by quercusa 6y ago
I had a roommate who raised an orphaned flying squirrel. The squirrel had a lot of personality. At dusk we'd take him out and set him on a tree, walk 50 feet away, and he'd glide down and land on your chest or shoulder, again and
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by quercusa 6y ago
Apparently Pedro Domingos (UW CS prof) https://twitter.com/pmddomingos
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by quercusa 6y ago
Would it be fair to say that the message here is "Sell the benefits, not the features"?
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by quercusa 6y ago
He's faithfully captured the 1980s BBS vibe.
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by quercusa 6y ago
My son was very turned off by being told "It's OK to lie about this to get in; everybody knows it's how the game is played."
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by quercusa 6y ago
That seems to be the story, but the second half of the game, as per the recruiter, is that once in, you can go to the military doctor and 'realize' that you seem to have a bit of ADHD to get a prescription for the very same meds:

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