quercusa

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   by quercusa 6y ago

   The military treats ADHD the same way and won't take anyone who's used meds for it in the past year. That's the official line, anyway. In reality, recruiters tell candidates to lie about the meds ("everybody does it&quot
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   by quercusa 6y ago

   Odd, isn't it, that nobody feels the need to ask what your opinion of Oracle is - it's just (with good reason) assumed.
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   by quercusa 6y ago

   Agreed - that's a useful book.
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   by quercusa 6y ago

   The contract probably gives him a non-exclusive right to perform his own material.
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   by quercusa 6y ago

   Age and expectations for higher tax rates may have convinced him and his advisors that the time was right.
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   by quercusa 6y ago

   I suspect the team responsible for the capsule heat shield will get their first good night's sleep in a while.
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   by quercusa 6y ago

   I'm already dreading the emails my relatives will be forwarding me about this. (Anyone ever get "Mars will look larger than the full moon"?)
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   by quercusa 6y ago

   Should have! Kept refreshing the video feeds.
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   by quercusa 6y ago

   I have a Lick Observatory 100th Anniversary (1988) t-shirt my wife would very much like to get rid of. Not happening.
10. 640.▲
    by quercusa 6y ago

    Saving horseshoe crabs, one by one: http://returnthefavornj.org/ Big ones can be surprisingly heavy.
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    by quercusa 6y ago

    > The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently issued a report showing that many fire departments lack the training and equipment needed to properly handle burning lithium-ion batteries. That survey was published in 2018
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    by quercusa 6y ago

    Is there any hope that Boomshine might work on this and that you'd consider uploading it? Please....
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    by quercusa 6y ago

    'in PostgreSQL you can use “allballs” in a time literal as an alias for midnight' Learned something new today!
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    by quercusa 6y ago

    Another neat old-school calculator is the mechanical Curta: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curta
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    by quercusa 6y ago

    Once upon a time it was common to see tube testers in drug stores, as they sold replacements for common TV and radio tubes.
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    by quercusa 6y ago

    451 is a great status code, right up there with 418.
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    by quercusa 6y ago

    And then there's the interactions with the Air Traffic Control system: flight plans, Standard Approaches, charts, etc. It's very impressive.
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    “The Importance of Being Candid” and the CCP's 'Magic Weapon'(whitehouse.gov)

    2 points by quercusa 6y ago|0 comments
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    by quercusa 6y ago

    The details seem to weaken the headline: > In a new report, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says solar is now the cheapest form of electricity for utility companies to build. That’s thanks to risk-reducing financial policies around
20. 650.▲
    by quercusa 6y ago

    The article has been updated to say "Is Shutting Down".
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    The Toll of Oregon Forest [Fire] Losses(wattsupwiththat.com)

    1 points by quercusa 6y ago|0 comments
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    by quercusa 6y ago

    Agreed.
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    by quercusa 6y ago

    > 4. Cheer lead/Sponsor for the team outside. Genuinely back your team. You don't have to (and shouldn't) tell them you are doing this - word will get back to them.
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    by quercusa 6y ago

    I've found the same thing. It's also a great excuse to get the rainbow pack of highlighters!
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    by quercusa 6y ago

    SDR (Software-Defined Radio)is cool. RTL-SDR use a $25 USB TV tuner dongle to do all kinds of cool things like catching weather satellite downloads, listening to local emergency services, and software-controlled RF scanners. https:/&#
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    by quercusa 6y ago

    Texan capitalism to the rescue: https://www.helibacon.com/
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    by quercusa 6y ago

    I thought so as well (the title seems very generic) but that seemed frowned upon.
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    We Need to Talk(medium.com)

    19 points by quercusa 6y ago|3 comments
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    by quercusa 6y ago

    I don't know anything about those folks but my son (inattentive type) got a lot of value from neurofeedback about 10 years ago under a psychologist using the full EEG skull cap. He went once a week for 18 months then less often for ano
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    by quercusa 6y ago

    Would the AVA rules allow grapes from a basement in Napa to count as 'Napa' grapes?