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by shard 5y ago
If you wish to implement the Torch API from scratch, you must first invent the universe. (Apologies to Sagan)
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by shard 5y ago
In the case of the musicians being more productive, I would have guessed that it's because their creativity fed off of each other, with sharing of ideas and helping each other out of slumps, rather than any urge to outcompete their nem
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by shard 5y ago
Now that meters are moving from purely mechanical to electronic devices, the extra cost of the display and connectivity can be reduced by having a central pay station for a row of parking spaces. I believe I've seen some form of centra
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by shard 5y ago
My proposal would be to display the QR code on a screen, and generate a new QR code for every use.
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by shard 5y ago
Yes, social intelligence absent analytical intelligence does not lead well to lasting success, just as vice versa, analytical intelligence absent social intelligence does not lead well to lasting success. In the situation where someone has
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by shard 5y ago
Do you mean riffle shuffle? A pile shuffle should be able to keep all cards in the same orientation (technically a riffle shuffle could as well, if you're careful with the orientation)
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by shard 5y ago
The older I get, the more I think that social intelligence - the ability to know what other people are thinking, the ability to convince other people to your way of thinking - is as important, if not more important, than the analytical inte
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by shard 5y ago
> a simpler machine could have been built That's the definition of over-engineering: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overengineering
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by shard 5y ago
Blast from the past! I assume that in addition to referring to the latest Matrix movie, you are also referring to the file sharing software: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morpheus_(software)
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by shard 5y ago
Number 2 on the list would seem to contradict that.
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by shard 5y ago
Length is one measure of size, but it may be volume that the title is referring to. So assuming a .02" sphere, 500k times would be about a 1.6" sphere, if my math is correct.
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by shard 5y ago
> Asian Americans have slightly lower health insurance access than whites, but live longer than Asians in rich Asian countries with universal healthcare This is contrary to what I recall reading previously, so I looked up some sources. O
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by shard 5y ago
In Korea there are birthcare centers where mothers can go for two weeks to a month to rest and recuperate after delivering a baby, and nurses will care for the baby and teach the mothers how to care for the baby. Of course food, laundry etc
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Impeccably preserved dinosaur embryo looks as if it 'died yesterday'(livescience.com)
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Darwin’s Dark Knight: Scientist Risked Execution for Fox Study (2013)(livescience.com)
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by shard 5y ago
Found the article, it's from 2018 about garbage collection in NYC: https://www.propublica.org/article/trashed-inside-the-deadly...
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by shard 5y ago
> You read the docs (books), figure it out, and seek SME's for guidance. Just like everything else. Going a little beyond the case of the article, for something like interpersonal relationships, there are as many methods as there ar
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by shard 5y ago
Not sure if the OP is the author, or if the author will read this, but I ate the shed, and at first found it delightful, but then got an annoying bit stuck in my teeth. The Guide first says "The results of the spell are supposed to be
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by shard 5y ago
Sounds like there are hierarchies in the garbagemen business. I recall reading an article a few years back about garbagemen, the ones who ride on the back of the trucks, they do back-breaking work, and it's definitely a young man'
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by shard 5y ago
This might be true in this case since the father was a Silicon Valley engineer. Stepping back, however, and I hate to be that guy, but your statement is "dripping with privilege", as the kids say nowadays. I can tell you that my p
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by shard 5y ago
I think there is a bit of a lack of empathy in your response. First, not everyone has learned how to express affection, especially some of the previous generations. The author even wrote that the father wanted to be involved in his child&#x
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by shard 5y ago
Yes, you are right. Looks like you squeezed in your comment before I was able to put the "as a generalization" disclaimer on it! :) I was thinking more of the situation where some people might be confused with the Zapruder recordi
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by shard 5y ago
As a generalization: Video, going back to before the digital era, refers to images recorded on magnetic videotapes, such as VHS or Betamax. This is in contrast with film, which is images recorded using light sensitive silver halide crystals
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by shard 5y ago
I looked it up on YouTube since I wasn't sure how that would work. Here is a video I found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZTa8Nh0VlE
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by shard 5y ago
> do human ear canals vary that much to need a mic? Not an expert in human ear canals, but over the years I've learned that if I am looking into a field that I am not familiar with, it's always more complicated than I expected&
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by shard 5y ago
For the stakeholders I talk to, I schedule meetings since their schedules are usually packed, but I can see situations where just pinging them informally would do.
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by shard 5y ago
Feel to me like asking mapmakers to leave out the locations where laws are being broking, or for the post office to not deliver mail to those locations.
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by shard 5y ago
I'm not sure if I buy that counterfactual. Taken to its logical conclusion, you can say that about any piece of art, or anyone you meet, or any event in your life. I don't believe that these are such interchangeable items. Taking
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by shard 5y ago
I saw this a while ago, Argus II implant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ee61Bu-Ok It exists, albeit only B&W and at a very low resolution. However as we all know, technology can advance very quickly, and high resolu
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by shard 5y ago
For anyone not aware, this method of discussing individually with stakeholders ahead of time before any decision or approval meetings is a common way to make the meetings go smoothly. Stakeholders won't be surprised by any items you br

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