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by ramses0 6y ago
You might consider switching back to imperial... (165.5mm)
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by ramses0 6y ago
AGE 65 OR OLDER OR DISABLED EXEMPTIONS FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/property-tax/exemptions/...
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by ramses0 6y ago
Pi (π) can't be stored on a computer b/c it's infinitely long, it would run out of memory! data != the representation of that data Can you suspend pedantry long enough to calculate the area of a circle? What about the approx
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by ramses0 6y ago
https://urbit.org/docs/tutorials/vere/c/
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by ramses0 6y ago
https://the-spoiler.com/RPG/Dynamix/betrayal.at.krondor.1.ht... Buckets, barrels, baskets, cans; What must you fill with empty hands? ...not I18N-able, requires some thought, but really satisfying w
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by ramses0 6y ago
Ahhh, ye olde yslow... http://yslow.org
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by ramses0 6y ago
The "Evil Maid" class of attacks have a new vector: "Evil Digital Maid/Butler" (assume pervasive, fully compromised electronic assistants). iPhone "Evil Maid" => GPS, Mic, Camera, Digital User Impersona
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by ramses0 6y ago
https://about.google/intl/en_us/locations/ ... not as isolated as I thought, waiting patiently for the geo-data people to work out an approximate census of people who live within a 50-mile radius of a google
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by ramses0 6y ago
“Take your laptop to a google campus and download on their wifi.” LoL
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by ramses0 6y ago
...and don’t forget making it web-accessible!
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by ramses0 6y ago
There was a very interesting article about how you can't focus 100's of magnifying glasses using light from the moon to start a fire, probably similar in principles? XKCD explainer here: https://what-if.xkcd.com/14
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by ramses0 6y ago
Siri on HomePod is 1000x worse than Google Assistant responses. "I'm afraid I can't do that on HomePod..." "...you'll need to do that on your iPhone..." Familiar phrases if you go any deeper than "wha
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by ramses0 6y ago
If it matters or not... as an unaffected person, but an open source + license nerd, I like the outcome of what you've done. (and yes... "open source in spirit" seems like your hearts are in the right place). When you're
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by ramses0 6y ago
(people forget how radical `Copyleft` was at the time of its inception!)
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by ramses0 6y ago
https://people.debian.org/~bap/dfsg-faq.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Software_Definition#T... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian_Free_Software_Guideline... T
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by ramses0 6y ago
I strongly suggest reading about "Love Languages". Simplistic summary: Just because you are "throwing" love doesn't mean someone is "catching" the love that you are throwing. It explains a lot where someon
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by ramses0 6y ago
Special shout-out to JA:DG's asymmetric multi-player missions. eg: Team1 Goal: Take a picture of item on some desk (only one of your team has a camera), in a building guarded by NPC's. Team2 Goal: Assassinate High Value Captive i
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by ramses0 6y ago
IE11 is also frequently represented as `mshtml.dll` in windows programs that embed a browser (eg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident_(software)#Use_cases )
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by ramses0 6y ago
It's so unfortunate about Bash + Apple. Bash probably deserves to die out, but Apple has really pulled a bait-and-switch on OSX's *nix/bsd underpinnings over the years.
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by ramses0 6y ago
"Cashless" is full of fees, especially for credit (not debit) transactions. https://www.google.com/search?q=rent+on+credit+card+points """thepointsguy.com › guide › paying-rent-credit-card Mar 9, 2
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by ramses0 6y ago
Also sometimes useful is vim: `g?` ... it's useful to have "scrambled" lines in notes for protection against casual disclosure. Vim used to have a (terrible) encryption capability, but lately I've been fairly happy with
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by ramses0 6y ago
Own NVidia GPU's. Own ARM chips. Connect ARM chips to NVidia GPU's in big racks of racks connected to power. ARM is effectively embarrassingly parallel, low-power compute, and GPU's are parallel high-power compute. If NVidi
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by ramses0 6y ago
iOS has trusted UI via "double-tap-side-hardware-power-button". So it's a trusted trigger, and a presumably native UI. I've been very impressed by eBay/PayPal providing "very good" almost native-feeling p
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by ramses0 6y ago
Minimally the 1000 five-star reviews gives the merchant account credibility as "able to ship a product". If you can't change the product listing (Seeds2.0, now they're Diamond Earrings!), your "company" at leas
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by ramses0 6y ago
I want $1M free dollars. I send 1000 packets of seeds with tracking numbers to 1000 random addresses, and then write 1000 fake 5-star "verified purchase" reviews. Total outlay? 1000 x $0.55 postage = $550.00. I then take my 100
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by ramses0 6y ago
There's a moderately useful one I've used quite a few times: https://snapdrop.net/ It _imitates_ the AirDrop UI, but is not compatible. Use case is you open up snapdrop.net on both devices (nearby? same wifi?) and
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by ramses0 6y ago
Have you seen how people in the U.S. try and board airplanes?
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by ramses0 6y ago
Your statement is utterly incorrect. 1) Electric v. ICE? No contest. Electric wins. Not at dispute. 2) "Manual Transmission" v. "Eco-Junk Software". Please see the following: https://www.motorbiscuit.com&#
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by ramses0 6y ago
The best way to do it would be start in the corners and cross in the middle. Seattle/SF/LA => { colorado? vegas? texas? chicago? } => NY/DC/Miami If you can link up some sort of route(s) to deal with range-anxiety
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by ramses0 6y ago
Or swap the component, although that introduces its own design challenges and provenance risks. Aircraft refueling generally runs in-ground (at the largest airports), then 5-10k gallon trucks (~20-40k liters), then ~500-2000 gallon smaller

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