rhesa

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by rhesa 3mo ago
Have a look at David Kipping's video on Cool Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCKrUZeiTJo . It goes into a bit of detail on compensating for systemic issues in JWST.
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by rhesa 9mo ago
Simracing is the only reason my gaming rig runs windows. I never even thought my hardware would work on linux (especially my motion hardware). And stuff like crewchief and race telemetry. How do you deal with all that on linux?
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by rhesa 1y ago
I used to use terminator for a long time, but i've switched to tilix ( https://gnunn1.github.io/tilix-web/ ) with little pain.
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by rhesa 2y ago
Under $100: A carbon steel wok, along with a Youtube subscription to Chinese Cooking Demystified and to Souped-up Recipes. I always liked cooking, but this has increased my enjoyment 100x. My kids love stir fry, and they eat a lot more vegg
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by rhesa 4y ago
Static web servers return 404 for resources that don't exist on the file system. For example, https://news.ycombinator.com/s.gif -> 200 But https://news.ycombinator.com/t.gif -> 404 I don't
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by rhesa 4y ago
Yesterday's "off-road" battle on Carwow featured a Jimny and a (petrol) Hummer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srb8LYt82z0 . Spoiler: the Jimny won.
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by rhesa 4y ago
Including the correct capitalization of nouns? Impressive! I did a side-by-side test with a coworker, looking at the results in various European languages. We did get the same answers, and some languages did get the correct translation (Ukr
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by rhesa 4y ago
My litmus test for translation services is to see if the ambiguity between "turkey" (the bird) and "Turkey" (the country) manifests itself. Many European languages have two separate words for the two concepts that can&#x
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by rhesa 4y ago
The three easiest ways: 1. provide ample habitat for predators of said insects 2. grow a surplus so there's enough for you and the bugs 3. use the partly-eaten produce in sauces, jams, stews and other meals where presentation doesn&#x2
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by rhesa 5y ago
Here's how I solved this: I keep a crate in the trunk of my car. After paying my groceries, I put them back in the shopping cart. I drive that to my car, put the groceries in the crate, and return the shopping cart. No bags needed, and
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by rhesa 5y ago
I don't think current physics works below the Planck length. There aren't all that many infinities in physics in general, and where the do pop up, they're problematic. Whereas in mathematics, infinities are a rich field of re
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by rhesa 5y ago
Another excellent example is Mark Shepard on his New Forest Farm. He successfully replicated the oak savannah that covered a lot of the US before the Europeans tore it up, but using species that are useful for humans. Like you're sayin
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by rhesa 5y ago
The author made a video about it on the Cool Worlds youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA5YuwvJkpQ
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by rhesa 6y ago
Their comment didn't sound anti-science to me at all. They're critical of academia and how that functions. SMBC had a comic on this recently that illustrates the difference, the issues, and possible improvements: https:/&#x2
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by rhesa 6y ago
Unless you're in the tropics, where soil has a hard time hanging on to nutrients, you can probably skip the biochar step. Just bury the wood in hugelkultur.
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by rhesa 15y ago
beanstalkd hits the sweet spot for me.