sc0ttyd

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by sc0ttyd 5mo ago
I think it is only a matter of time before HQQ / 1FP takes over. It's the logical conclusion. I hope to be using my 96-blade razor by then too
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by sc0ttyd 5mo ago
9 years ago, I shared this as an April Fools joke here on HN. It seems that life is imitating art. https://github.com/sdd/ieee754-rrp
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by sc0ttyd 2y ago
No it wasn't. It was powered by a jet engine. Specifically, a GE CF700. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Landing_Research_Vehicle
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by sc0ttyd 3y ago
Then the next year we had the Herald of Free Enterprise, and the year after Piper Alpha. It was a pretty scary time to be a young kid!
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by sc0ttyd 4y ago
But nobody is "constantly tracking and publishing his whereabouts". The information published is not constant: it is published only when a plane takes off or lands. The information is not a person's whereabouts - it is that o
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by sc0ttyd 4y ago
The GDPR only applies to businesses, not individuals. So, clearly in this case it does not apply at all since the person behind @ElonJet is acting in an individual capacity. https://dataprivacymanager.net/who-does-the-eu-gdp
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by sc0ttyd 4y ago
No, because that would violate the laws of thermodynamics.
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by sc0ttyd 4y ago
A counterexample to the Fosbury Flop was Tuariki Delamere's Front Flip in the long jump, which was immediately banned https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe0zi_fkyts
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by sc0ttyd 4y ago
Source? I've not seen anything _anywhere_ about anyone other than ASML producing EUV lithography tools. DUV yes, but not EUV
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by sc0ttyd 5y ago
The claim is that they have reached "a field strength of 20 tesla, the most powerful magnetic field of its kind ever created on Earth" Haven't Tokamak Energy in the UK done better than this already back in 2019 with their 24T
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by sc0ttyd 9y ago
Not even gonna read it even though I might be interested, due to the patently false clickbaity headline