smitty1e

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811.
by smitty1e 2y ago
HOAs are the tyranny of the majority.
812.
by smitty1e 2y ago
Governments have been running plays on governments (and governmental organizations) since there were governments. Not a justification, just a statement of reality. If one thinks one's stuff secure, it may be.
813.
by smitty1e 2y ago
Having spent time in Afghanistan a decade+ ago, that was a daily temp in Mazar-e-Sharif, too. There was a tremendous wind, and I always wondered if that was a continuation of the monsoon.
814.
The Origins of Unix and C(irreal.org)
1 points by smitty1e 2y ago|0 comments
815.
by smitty1e 2y ago
Must. Not. Allude. To. Herring.
816.
by smitty1e 2y ago
True enough, except that's not the name of the page https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_price
817.
by smitty1e 2y ago
No, it's not. And we haven't mentioned cameras in the lobbies.
818.
by smitty1e 2y ago
Carbon has a bird and phosphorus a skeleton? Maybe switch those, given the recent efforts to turn carbon into some symbol of environmental death.
819.
by smitty1e 2y ago
"In ancient times" was intended as sarcasm, but labeling this as "Progress" made that point too subtly, I realize.
820.
by smitty1e 2y ago
I was just staying at the Westin and they had this. It seems much cheaper to build and maintain, due to a reduction in parts. What's Orwellian about it is that a finger must touch a screen. They are not yet picking up biometric informa
821.
by smitty1e 2y ago
In ancient times, one was innocent until proven guilty. But, hey: Progress.
822.
by smitty1e 2y ago
The market has not agreed, and one favors that over the various vocal minorities whose claims have simply not borne out.
823.
by smitty1e 2y ago
If asked to craft a definition, I would offer that motors are electrical and use magnetism to induce rotation on an armature. Engines are chemically driven and use some flavor of combination to rotate a shaft.
824.
by smitty1e 2y ago
Fairly certain that's a "yes".
825.
The Most Interesting Uninteresting Thing(ascii.textfiles.com)
2 points by smitty1e 2y ago|2 comments
826.
by smitty1e 2y ago
"A Guide for the Perplexed" by E. F. Schumacher It is increasingly important that we not mistake mounds of data for thought. You may not buy off on a theistic basis for thinking about life, but Schumacher's concise argument i
827.
by smitty1e 2y ago
Correcting well-understood genetic issues isn't an ethical stretch. Taking performance past natural, OTOH...
828.
by smitty1e 2y ago
> For example, it may one day be possible to give people precise information about their abilities, and of the likelihood of achieving success in particular domains given those abilities. As a technical matter, sure. However, part of me
829.
Why prediction markets aren't popular(worksinprogress.co)
3 points by smitty1e 2y ago|0 comments
830.
by smitty1e 2y ago
> Even in the late 1990s, there was the palpable sense that Riven represented the end of an era, that even Cyan would not be able to catch lightning in a bottle a third time with yet another cerebral, contemplative, zeitgeist-stamping si
831.
by smitty1e 2y ago
My Barbour jacket was awesome but zipped on the left.
832.
Why Did We Stop Building Beautiful? Econ and Ideology Behind an Aesthetic Rev(marginalrevolution.com)
2 points by smitty1e 2y ago|0 comments
833.
by smitty1e 2y ago
A look at the S3 documentation shows that there is a fairly ludicrous amount of functionality atop the basic Hadoopiness of it all. The .pdf User Guide weighs in at a svelte 3,374 pages. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3&
834.
by smitty1e 2y ago
> So there is a line there of cost/benefit analysis even though he is claiming otherwise. The discussion is both the analysis itself and who gets to manage that analytic process. The "sparing no effort/saving just one life
835.
by smitty1e 2y ago
>The day before the accident, the Dali had experienced two in-port blackouts, prompting the crew to switch the main electrical bus configuration, which was in use when the ship departed. ... >The NTSB is now investigating the electric
836.
by smitty1e 2y ago
...and there is precisely shag-all discussion of fiscal sanity since the Tea Party uprising some 15 years ago. Congress is as useful as a tattered prophylactic when it comes to pretty much anything, but especially its job of budgeting. Woul
837.
by smitty1e 2y ago
Serious question, not a troll. If we sought maximal safety, would we not mandate a traffic control OS and require external control of vehicles? The tech exists; yet there is a gnawing concern that such a traffic OS might result in unintente
838.
by smitty1e 2y ago
I'm almost halfway through the series.
839.
by smitty1e 2y ago
Open in new tab worked.
840.
Ancient Egyptian Stone-Drilling (1983)(penn.museum)
133 points by smitty1e 2y ago|66 comments

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