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by rapjr9 4y ago
In eating meat you are probably eating some cancer that was present in the animals. Not sure if acid digested animal cancer can cause human cancer, anyone know of a study?
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by rapjr9 4y ago
There used to be lots of interest by fintech companies in using private blockchains to secure trading of derivatives and such. I got the impression it was seen as a way to keep exchanges private (which means less transparency and less abil
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by rapjr9 4y ago
So Senator Grassley believes porn spam will free the USA's libido and he's doing his part to encourage a sexual revolution? </sarcasm> The outright alignment with criminal elements by the GOP is becoming severe. State
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by rapjr9 4y ago
Note that the FT232RL is NOT optically isolated on the data lines and power from USB is also not transformer isolated. So if one of your light fixtures happens to short out and send 120VAC down the data or ground lines your computer and ma
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by rapjr9 4y ago
If overtesting kills people then I'd argue the testing is flawed or the followup procedures are flawed.
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by rapjr9 4y ago
So if globalization ends then the interdependence that prevented wars also ends. While interdependence didn't stop Russia, and I imagine it is difficult to quantify, it seems likely that some conflict has been reduced because of inter
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by rapjr9 4y ago
UVC causes cancer and cataracts and is blocked by the Earth's atmosphere so almost none reaches the surface. Do NOT shine UVC light on your eyes or skin!
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by rapjr9 4y ago
Right, sunlight contains UVA and UVB and the UVB is what creates vitamin D. An indoor light that outputs UVB could be dangerous, the equivalent of laying outside in the sun all day, every day. It would also quickly degrade many materials
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by rapjr9 4y ago
While there was a lot of good work on Covid, I'm waiting for the Covid law suits to start. There were a lot of bad decisions made and a lot of people got hurt.
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by rapjr9 4y ago
She uses green screen a lot to add all the graphics behind and to the sides, which often makes the edge of the person a little random (pixels blink on and off), and the shadows in the graphics may not fall in the same direction as the shado
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by rapjr9 4y ago
Something like this has been done before: https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/11/an-aerial-laser-displ... Not sure why there don't seem to be any practical uses of it (at least I have not seen any such displa
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by rapjr9 4y ago
I do not know if this is true, but I read somewhere long ago that Bluetooth was intentionally designed to be complex to create a high barrier to entry for companies implementing wireless data, particularly in the phone industry but perhaps
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by rapjr9 4y ago
It may have to do with rehearsal of memories. Some people go over and over their past, recount it often in stories told to others, discuss it with people who were there at the time. Others don't dwell on the past, don't often r
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by rapjr9 4y ago
Zendure calls it "pass-through charging": https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HB1B4DB It only has one USB-C port, but it can also be charged via a micro-USB port, so you can charge it (if you have a h
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by rapjr9 4y ago
If you can't store backups offsite, then maybe you can create a disaster proof area onsite. Put the backups in a high quality fire proof safe inside a large enclosure built of firebrick, which is inside a steel shell, etc. It would c
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by rapjr9 4y ago
I can only speak of my personal experience and I agree with others here that powering through a burnout is a bad idea. If you have to keep working though one thing that can help is becoming more efficient. Spend more time just thinking an
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by rapjr9 4y ago
I had one boss who would ask me to write up ideas for the future direction of our department, then reformat them using a text editor meant for customer documentation, and present them at annual meetings as her own plan after she added a few
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by rapjr9 4y ago
In the US it might help if the FCC got off its rear and opened a new license application window for Low Power FM (LPFM) radio stations. They gave out a few thousand licenses in 2013 and have not allowed any more licenses since then, despit
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by rapjr9 4y ago
I proposed a research project a decade or more ago at a university to use a simple light sensor to build an ultracheap location device. It would use light intensity to figure out when sunrise and sunset were along with an internal clock.
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by rapjr9 4y ago
It is not a waste of time if you are also doing a code exercise, they can be doing one at the same time.
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by rapjr9 4y ago
See this if you want to try something similar with a 6800 MCU: http://zoom.interoscitor.com/PetersonEnterprises/Consulting/... Requires writing code directly in hand assembled MCU instructions. The bootstrap code
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by rapjr9 4y ago
"product is the first pre-drinking hangover pill ever to reach the market" Anyone remember the product Chaser? It worked, but it took a lot of the fun out of drinking which led people to drink more. I never was able to learn why
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by rapjr9 4y ago
There is not going to be an AI revolution in medicine until medical care becomes computerized. Electronic medical record systems were required some years ago but there were no standards so everyone is using different systems with few stand
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by rapjr9 4y ago
ebikes used to be much cheaper when they used lead acid batteries. The batteries made them heavy, but they worked. I bought one for under $500. Current prices seem to be around $1500-$2000 at the low end which seems ridiculous, a LiIon b
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by rapjr9 4y ago
Also mitochondria are inherited only from a childs mother. That seems likely to influence evolution.
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by rapjr9 4y ago
Agreed, the ICD-UX560 is also nice, I have several. Zoom makes several slightly larger recorders that capture better audio though, the H1 and H2n are great. They can record in 24bit (higher dynamic range, easier to capture both soft and l
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by rapjr9 4y ago
If you want just a high quality audio recorder to use with a separate microphone the Zoom F6, or F8n would be a good choice. No need to set levels because they capture the entire dynamic range, and dual SD cards. Kind of big though. Soun
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by rapjr9 4y ago
Also, is there a growth path for the position you are applying for? When I first tried software QA a few decades ago it was a dead end job, there were no opportunities for advancement. The software development and QA departments were kept
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by rapjr9 4y ago
Maybe this solves the housing problem? Soon there will be cheap housing on the coasts. It might create a resurgence of the arts.
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by rapjr9 4y ago
What about the beneficial bacteria? Does it kill that also?

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