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selcuka
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selcuka
3y ago
Nothing goes down in price. Ticket prices will remain the same, but salaries will increase because of inflation, so yes, they will become more affordable. At least that's the theory.
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selcuka
3y ago
True, but the CPU the C64 used (MOS 6502) was introduced in 1975. Also the flight simulator was wireframe while Sentinel was solid 3D.
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selcuka
3y ago
> "Fixed-Function Matrix Accelerator" just doesn't have the same buzzy ring to it. FixMax™ or Maxxelerator™ would be good brands.
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selcuka
3y ago
I agree that they should be full, but since they divide into 4 new (full) bubbles there is no way to display a deflated image. I guess it would be too uniform.
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selcuka
3y ago
> Gave myself RSI deleting <600 LOC with vi. Why? Didn't you know the shortcut `d600d`? /s
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selcuka
3y ago
The first entry on Google is Wikipedia [1] for me: > N/A (or sometimes n/a or N.A.) is a common abbreviation in tables and lists for the phrase not applicable, not available, not assessed, or no answer. [1] https://e
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selcuka
3y ago
It is basically a way to recover waste. The article mentions that: > The most common feed inputs were wild-caught rodents and waste protein from agri-food supply chains (e.g., pork, chicken, fish). Many of the larger python farms make sa
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selcuka
3y ago
Not the same as a human, but transplants to other primates were moderately successful [1]: > Researchers transplanted kidneys from genetically engineered Yucatan pigs into cynomolgus monkeys such as the one above. The monkeys survived fo
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selcuka
3y ago
You meant until the pig tries. A brain transplant is a misnomer, it's actually a body transplant.
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selcuka
3y ago
There are safer spring systems, such as TorqueMaster that goes into a hollow torque tube.
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selcuka
3y ago
Are the springs still in place? If yes, then they are still doing most of the work.
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selcuka
3y ago
Another fun fact is that mammoths weren't extinct yet when the pyramids were built.
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selcuka
3y ago
He stopped cheating at poker, so they set him free.
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selcuka
3y ago
> consecutive uppercase alpha characters are entered Why consecutive? Only one uppercase character without the shift key being used should be sufficient. That being said, it's probably not the best method as the users can also copy&
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selcuka
3y ago
Fortunately real world employers usually don't have to hire on the spot.
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selcuka
3y ago
> It's surprising that there are no PC fan controllers that would use some variant of PID control with a temperature target. They actually exist (such as ARCTIC F12 TC) but not very common. Separate controllers such as Adafruit EMC2
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selcuka
3y ago
You would think that it would have been standardised by 2024, but building stuff is still a surprisingly hard problem.
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selcuka
3y ago
> no leap year stuff Curious, how would you fix the leap year stuff?
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selcuka
3y ago
> But what actually I wanted was to listen to experimental jazz with a retro funk twist on it. How could they anticipate that? Supposedly ML should be able to figure that out, by monitoring millions of other people's listening habit
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selcuka
3y ago
> I watched the same thing happen at the grocery store earlier where a couple picked up a package of steaks, lamented that it was going to cost them X hours of work, and then threw them in the basket anyway. What are they supposed to do?
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selcuka
3y ago
> The questionable brands like... Anker, DJI, TCL? I mean, at least let's give them credit where credit is due I'm not saying they are all bad, but the quality and brand recognition is all over the place. They haven't prod
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selcuka
3y ago
> Why do you think there will be a lower value depreciation for a Chinese EV than a Toyota? Because it's cheaper to buy and cheaper to drive. Let's start with your example (12 years, 130K miles, 50% depreciation). Let's as
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selcuka
3y ago
I don't know. Japanese electronics also started as cheap knockoffs of Western devices, and they've improved. Chinese electronic brands are still questionable after a few decades. The Japanese strategy (or culture) seems to be abou
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selcuka
3y ago
Yes, but there is no incentive for Person A to choose a brand new Corolla when it's $22K and the alternative is $15K. The value depreciation when they sell to person B will be lower than the Corolla, especially when factoring the fuel
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selcuka
3y ago
Sure, but that's something that only works when you say it to yourself and believe that it will work. It worsens the situation when it comes from someone else.
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selcuka
3y ago
> So much of what you take for granted comes from your sense of smell. I briefly lost my sense of smell after having COVID, and I almost gave my kid spoiled milk, so yeah, it is actually a crucial sense.
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selcuka
3y ago
> you have presumably competent people working with these things, people that understand risks and do this all their life. I don't know if you are Turkish, but unfortunately this statement is not a given in Turkey, mostly because of
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selcuka
3y ago
> you aren't moderating a small community, you are moderating the whole world Sure, but you are still moderating for a small community. One person's spam is another's ham, so it's much more difficult for Gmail to be
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selcuka
3y ago
Not the GP, but this prompt works reasonably well for ChatGPT 3.5: The following is a raw transcript from a YouTube video. Add paragraphs and punctuation. Do not modify or correct the text: <paste raw text here>
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selcuka
3y ago
I wouldn't call it the low end of the spectrum [1]: > Pharmaceutical companies had significantly higher annual profit margins than S&P 500 companies for the 3 primary outcome measures of gross profit, EBITDA, and net income (P &
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