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by quercusa 2y ago
Somebody on X caught it: https://twitter.com/SeanMoodyNews/status/1776676474407297224
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by quercusa 2y ago
"The food is so bad and the portions are so small!" - Woody Allen
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by quercusa 2y ago
My dad owned a frame shop for 30+ years. This really captures the feel of working there. And like the place in the article, there was the same cardinal rule. There were lots of towels and the ER was ten minutes away. Bleed on yourself, ble
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by quercusa 2y ago
My son just back to the US after a trip to the UK. He was amazed by the automated scanning going into the UK. Then he got home and was treated like a criminal by the US border people.
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Long Reviled as 'Ugly,' Sea Lampreys Get Some Respect (2023)(e360.yale.edu)
35 points by quercusa 2y ago|23 comments
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by quercusa 2y ago
I just love ordering off the web beer list and then being told, "Sorry, we're out".
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by quercusa 3y ago
I suspect that part of the pain is the requirement to teach English grammar (cases, etc.) before teaching German grammar.
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GOES View of Eclipse Shadow(star.nesdis.noaa.gov)
3 points by quercusa 3y ago|0 comments
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by quercusa 3y ago
Sorry to say this, but there's no hope of getting two of the world's largest companies to license you some ancient ROM code. The legal status and licensing of it is probably murky at best, and there's nothing in it for them t
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by quercusa 3y ago
Albert Michelson's mechanical Fourier analyzer/synthesizer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAsM30MAHLg (Yes, that Michelson)
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by quercusa 3y ago
Prop 65 has entered the chat...
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by quercusa 3y ago
There's a very cool book of photos of micrometeorites: In Search of Stardust: Amazing Micrometeorites and Their Terrestrial Imposters By Jon Larsen, ISBN: 9780760352649
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by quercusa 3y ago
But flicking would seem to attract attention that being still wouldn't.
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by quercusa 3y ago
I had one come within a couple of feet of me at an open area at a zoo. Apparently I was interesting and he came over to check me out, cocking his head back and forth to get a good look. My family was quite jealous.
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Astronaut Thomas Stafford, commander of Apollo 10, has died at age 93(apnews.com)
2 points by quercusa 3y ago|0 comments
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by quercusa 3y ago
There appears to be an actual dog as well: https://www.usebruno.com/about
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by quercusa 3y ago
As per the article: SWAR is "SIMD Within A Register"
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by quercusa 3y ago
http://www.larry.denenberg.com/Knuth-3-16/visual-basic.html still makes me laugh out loud, (23) 24! years later
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by quercusa 3y ago
Contractors typically/frequently install AC condensers and furnaces that are too big for the house. These cost more and the contractors don't have to worry about call-backs for insufficient cooling or heat. Unfortunately they are
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by quercusa 3y ago
I dump the hair, crumbs and fingernail bits out of my Model M every couple of years - that's about it.
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by quercusa 3y ago
How could you tell? Don't they usually act as if they're starving?
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by quercusa 3y ago
The effect when switching from sine to square wave, as the harmonics are added, is very nice.
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by quercusa 3y ago
Look for the arrows on either side of C4 on the top bar.
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by quercusa 3y ago
Setting the with to 1200 in <canvas id="pongCanvas" width="1200" height="800"> give flatter bounces off the long walls. This makes for some interesting 'drill' patterns
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by quercusa 3y ago
One early 90s Comdex, some company gave out 4' fiberglass rods with Beatings will continue until morale improves on them. I have no clue what the company did (something with printing, maybe), but everybody in Vegas was carrying one.
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by quercusa 3y ago
Very much not interested in hearing about the Alex Jones candle options.
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Java Virtual Threads: Worth the Wait?(chariotsolutions.com)
1 points by quercusa 3y ago|0 comments
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by quercusa 3y ago
The documentation for this project, especially the design choices, is excellent.
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by quercusa 3y ago
If you are in these comments, you need to plan a trip to the USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio. It's amazing.
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by quercusa 3y ago
Among the obituaries of a former Conservative Minister a few years ago, there was one delightful snippet. A line in The Daily Telegraph described how, when she received the letter from Mrs Thatcher appointing her to the Lords, Lady Blatch

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