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by stoneman24 3y ago
Well done, I was late to sleep and late to work. Entirely my fault for trying to improve my score. Very enjoyable game and thanks for making source available for study.
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by stoneman24 3y ago
Kids Fed: achievement unlocked. Moving to next level Support Kids at college/University
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by stoneman24 3y ago
Can’t remember where I heard it but “people who desire public office should be utterly barred from it”. Very few are able to escape their own prejudices, viewpoints and succeed in the office. Extremely difficult to make a positive differenc
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by stoneman24 3y ago
They call it an air taxi, others might called a multi rotor helicopter but from the picture it looks like a Babylon 5 Starfury to me.
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by stoneman24 3y ago
I was assuming EV was expected value. “For a pocketful of mumbles such are promises” Paul Simon. Seen too many promises forgotten/diluted to really trust anything other than cash.
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by stoneman24 3y ago
I suspect if test flight 3 makes orbit then flight 5 will be delivering starlink satellites and then testing on the way back down. If I remember correctly, a starship can deliver 440+ starlink satellites compared to around 60 for falcon 9.
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by stoneman24 3y ago
Recent price shocks for gas/electricity for people and companies, ongoing squeeze on local councils / public services. Impacts of brexit and other government austerity policies. Lots of people live close to paycheck to paycheck, n
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by stoneman24 3y ago
With the renaming of the overground lines, we’ll need to rename some of the more obscure openings and rewrite sections of the rules [0] [0]. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68296483
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by stoneman24 3y ago
It was rumoured that an early form of the game was played and researched by AM Turing in the 1930’s. Work had been nearly completed to show that good play was undecidable, but it was abandoned to focus on the much easier ENGIMA problem. Th
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by stoneman24 3y ago
“Glass Klein Bottles for sale - inquire within” Still puts a smile on my face, every time.
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by stoneman24 3y ago
still getting by with the little plastic tesco barcode card on my key ring. But it's just a matter of time, before I'll need all the apps on my phone.
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by stoneman24 3y ago
Yes, I was writing a similar comment about luck being a huge factor in success when I was beaten to the market by brazzy’s post :)
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by stoneman24 3y ago
No, it’s fine by me. I believe that it was thought that the combination of frequency hopping and spread spectrum would make it difficult to monitor and jam ( other than very wide band jamming). My application was rapidly moving so triangula
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by stoneman24 3y ago
Yes, it’s a thing. A long time ago, my work involved a frequency hopping, spread spectrum radio link. Can’t say much about it but I’m sure that the technology has improved since then.
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by stoneman24 3y ago
Yes, the simplest checks always lead to a stack of bug reports that I (with my testing hat on) can generate on the developers. In addition, tab order when entering the data by keyboard. The developers just assume that the user knows as much
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by stoneman24 3y ago
After you have attended the year long cultural workshop on defining “marriage quality” with your peer group and wider community. An extremely subjective topic with very controversial areas of discussion.
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by stoneman24 3y ago
If I remember correctly (can't find the book), the novel describes the aliens writing as a intricate multi-level rectilinear ideogram where in order to start drawing the design, you needed to know the exact ending of the entire message
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by stoneman24 3y ago
Yes, I might be able encompass how a set of galaxies evolve into a ring structure but what process would end up with the galaxies in a coil configuration (viewed end on). To my mind, the coil structure is the bigger headline, a bit buried i
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by stoneman24 3y ago
Maybe the issue is the alpha-beta algorithms just string good moves together, there is no overall plan or intent. Perhaps the lack of narrative when we read through the move, feeds that sense of mechanistic play. I remember reading about a
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by stoneman24 3y ago
While we have models from geologists and geo-physicists, I think it’s very difficult to work out the best course of action in each case without a lot of prior examples (typically trial and error as you point out). In modelling oil wells, oi
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by stoneman24 3y ago
I liked the book but I would like a lot more detail on why the bad circuits are bad. Some are obvious but I thought a few were quite difficult to understand the issue. I can appreciate the point of view that self discovery of the answer is
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by stoneman24 3y ago
The obligatory xlcd reference https://xkcd.com/538/ . Always the easiest path, defeat the implementation.
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by stoneman24 3y ago
By the way, Googling SALET says that it’s piece of historical armour. (a light round helmet extending over the back of the neck)
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by stoneman24 3y ago
My usual is SALET (high frequency vowels in 2nd and 4th place), followed by CURIO to provide more hints if needed. Then review the information acquired. Usually it’s solved on the 4th attempt, occasionally on the 3rd. Sometimes there are to
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by stoneman24 3y ago
If I remember correctly there has been a couple of falcon failures, it should be noted that the starship project is is still well in the development phase. The success criteria for integrated launch test 1 was to clear the launch pad (which
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by stoneman24 3y ago
4968 furlongs. Some of us use the FFF (furlongs, firkin, fortnight) system.
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by stoneman24 3y ago
There is some good progress, but there is so much still to do, especially when you consider the other impacts to the eco-systems around the world (pollution, species extinction etc). We know that there will more energy in the weather system
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by stoneman24 3y ago
I would agree, it’s a good evocative term for the current trend in a lot of sites. They are reducing their value to the customer and trying to force the choices of the operator onto the client. As examples, Google, Amazon and meta are corru
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by stoneman24 3y ago
A couple of points By reading HN, we tend to get exposed to world class achievements and improvements leading to a high bar to measure our performance. This can lead to stress, anxiety and feelings of burnout. The other point is while capit
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by stoneman24 3y ago
If we understand the mechanisms of aging, perhaps we can reduce the health effects of aging. This might be an easier target than increasing overall life expectancy. Thus reducing the impact on society of caring for seniors. As I understand

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