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NATO Joint Military Symbology, App-6(C) [pdf](cimic-coe.org)
2 points by spiffistan 5y ago|0 comments
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Mithraism(en.wikipedia.org)
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by spiffistan 5y ago
It's not really worth bothering trying to convince any one country to reduce their oil production. The Saudis, Russians or Venezuelans could easily fill the supply gap, and the point is moot. Arguing for a worldwide reduction in supply
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by spiffistan 5y ago
Wow.
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by spiffistan 5y ago
There are rumors of a backroom deal with the new government where the Nordstream 2 pipeline is going to be cancelled or unused in an event of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. Perhaps not sufficient to dissuade Putin from invading, but not not
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by spiffistan 5y ago
I've been experimenting with using the UDC as a classification system for my personal electronic library, with some success. Interesting read.
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by spiffistan 5y ago
JIT makes sense given his other current project: https://github.com/tenderlove/tenderjit
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by spiffistan 5y ago
Major Tom: https://archive.org/details/winampskin_Major_Tom_v5
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Knepp Wildland(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by spiffistan 5y ago|0 comments
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by spiffistan 5y ago
An order of magnitude above 400000 is 4 million.
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Mithridate(en.wikipedia.org)
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by spiffistan 7y ago
It is explicitly permitted[1] in Norwegian law as well -- the law states that you may cross on a red light if it's not hindering any vehicle or dangerous. [1] https://lovdata.no/dokument/SF/forskrift/2005
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by spiffistan 7y ago
You should find a problem to solve and build an app to solve that problem. Could be a toy problem, but a real one is usually more motivating. https://www.railstutorial.org/book can help you with the details.
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Ask HN: Why are ISO standards so expensive?
115 points by spiffistan 7y ago|86 comments
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by spiffistan 8y ago
I just came across this guy who seems to have drawn a lot through the years: http://www.mccallstudios.com/the-space-frontier/
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by spiffistan 8y ago
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy
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by spiffistan 10y ago
Now, if they only could bump the MBP to skylake as well...
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by spiffistan 14y ago
Indeed.
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by spiffistan 14y ago
http://xkcd.com/327/
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by spiffistan 14y ago
On a related note, here's a TED talk on automatic house building: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdbJP8Gxqog
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by spiffistan 14y ago
At least he's Dutch, so there's a decent probability it will be used, even within his lifetime.
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by spiffistan 14y ago
That video was intensely great. Personally, when I'm unable (or rather, too lazy) to eat a lot of veggies, I just pop a couple of spirulina and chlorella (algae) tablets, which have all the vitamins except D and B12, if I remember correcly.
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by spiffistan 14y ago
Probably not the same level, as the tea has a lot less. I think for white tea it's probably on the order of 5-30mg per cup, although this is quite random and varies greatly from season to season and with when the leaves are picked. (I suppo
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by spiffistan 14y ago
I drink tea instead of coffee. This is probably the smartest thing I've done as a programmer. I find that drinking tea makes me able to retain my energy over a longer period than with coffee (or colas, which absolutely nukes my energy after
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by spiffistan 14y ago
Holy crap, I started watching the video at $188,000. Before I finished it had incremented to $190,000...$192,300..$195,490. This has some serious momentum right now.
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by spiffistan 14y ago
Indeed. That has to be a first from a US government agency.
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by spiffistan 14y ago
Get your facts straight - There were 29 homicides in Norway in 2009 Source: https://www.politi.no/vedlegg/lokale_vedlegg/kripos/Vedlegg_... Still very low, but 580% more than five. That said, I agree that the idea of comparing a country w
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by spiffistan 14y ago
That sure tickled my switch-to-android fancy
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by spiffistan 15y ago
Just what I needed! Thanks!
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by spiffistan 15y ago
That took me aback as well. In. Deed.

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