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stordoff
7y ago
> What are you talking about that requires encryption? The UK are using it for Cabinet meetings - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52126534
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stordoff
7y ago
That's the _only_ justification (and it's a extremely weak one) I can see for making it opt-out - it doesn't single you out as struggling, its the default.
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stordoff
7y ago
Legal _in the US_ is an interesting point. We often see the US trying to overreach and apply US standards when US-owned material is hosted on sites outside of the US (Richard O'Dwyer), or arguing that accessing a server in the US makes
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stordoff
7y ago
I ended up digging through the JS. I didn't feel like restarting if I was wrong, and it felt oddly fitting.
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stordoff
7y ago
I _really_ thought quant.bat was going to be malicious due to the "dont download and use the random files out there!" warning and it being described as _claims to_ double your processing capabilities.
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stordoff
7y ago
For hydroxychloroquine, Wikipedia has the following summary, with citation (and figures confirmed in the abstract): > The therapeutic, toxic and lethal ranges are usually considered to be 0.03 to 15 mg/l, 3.0 to 26 mg/l and 20
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stordoff
7y ago
Old enough that we know: > Chloroquine is very toxic in overdosage; overdosage is extremely hazardous and difficult to treat. Urgent advice from the National Poisons Information Service is essential. Life-threatening features include arr
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stordoff
7y ago
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/self-isol... > To help yourself stay well while you're at home [...] take paracetamol to help ease your symptoms Strictly speaking it's on the self-i
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7y ago
> by having a non-essential stroll-about in the park Which is still allowed: > That is why people will only be allowed to leave their home for the following very limited purposes: [...] one form of exercise a day - for example a run,
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stordoff
7y ago
It seems the URL changed to https://covid19.ca.gov/img/Executive-Order-N-33-20.pdf (via https://covid19.ca.gov/stay-home-except-for-essential-needs/ ). Specifically, it still includes: > This Or
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stordoff
7y ago
The Tweet is now deleted, so probably just a rumour, but Sky News tweeted earlier: > Sky News understands the [UK] Government has asked mobile network O2 to hand over anonymous mobile phone location data in order to ensure people are fol
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stordoff
7y ago
> The more we flatten the smaller the denominator. Nitpick: bigger (20 -> 200).
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stordoff
7y ago
Does it matter that much when you can connect a 5TB+ external drive (or upgrade the internal drive trivially on PS4)?
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stordoff
7y ago
> In retrospect, a G5+RSX with unified memory probably would have been much better. Which is not _that_ far from what the 360 ended up with. The 360 CPU is basically a triple-core variant of the the Cell without the SPEs, and it has 512M
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stordoff
7y ago
Definitely applies to the the Vita though. Proprietary cards, with 16GB being $60/£45 and 32GB being $100. They never really came down either - I paid £76 for a 64GB card in 2014.
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stordoff
7y ago
Minor detail, but why 12 people plus 108 collaborators - is there some significance to these numbers I'm unaware of?
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stordoff
7y ago
> the prime minister ordered the government to accelerate plans [...and] is expected to impose the new rules this week It's not the current advice.
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stordoff
7y ago
> have no contact with folks over 65, have no co-morbid conditions and so I have no reason to keep away from folks. I'm at zero risk. Until you spread it to someone _with_ contact with the over-65/those at risk.
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7y ago
Which isn't foolproof. I just tried to change my Apple ID password[1], and the password manager will only auto-fill the password field, not the verify password field, even if you invoke it with the cursor in the verify field. The only
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7y ago
If you can move in time, it seems plausible you could also move in space. According to John Titor: > [T]his problem is actually the most difficult part of time travel. [...] Inside the displacement unit are a series of very sensitive clo
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stordoff
7y ago
> A Hollywood live-action adaption of the game Steins;Gate is in the works. > Anime News Network reports the big reveal came during the live concert celebrating the 10th anniversary of the series. During the Science ADV Live S;G 1010t
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stordoff
7y ago
As someone who has frequently used this site, thank you. It's a great resource.
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stordoff
7y ago
It makes the art _far_ more generic and a fair number of the internal monologue lines that make the main character more interesting have been cut. There are some explanatory lines (for things that originally aren't visually portrayed)
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stordoff
7y ago
You can search for them using the serial number. I did this recently when I bought some second-hand Hue gear that was still connected to an old bridge. You can also reset them using the dimmer. Failing that, https://huetips.com&#
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7y ago
Remainder of sentence: ", requiring more specific information such as what types of research were needed, and what questions they ought to address." Article: > Further studies investigating how the different alleles of SARS-CoV
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stordoff
7y ago
It seems like this is missing the point of the post: > What's not happening is the advent of any drug, vaccine, antibody or anything else in time to keep this epidemic from becoming a very big problem. That's because it is alre
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stordoff
7y ago
I wonder if the simplicity/analog nature works in its favour here (even if cost is marginally more). "How did the ball _possibly_ get there if you didn't mishandle it?" vs. "I dunno, I guess your sensor must be brok
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stordoff
7y ago
> At home we would put our phones into a docking station for more processing power and to connect to a giant physical screen and sound system. I feel like we got so close to that with Continuum on Windows Phone, but it was far enough awa
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7y ago
> because CO2 levels can otherwise get unacceptably high overnight I got a CO2 sensor recently, and I'm surprised how much of a difference small changes can make. One of my rooms was hitting 1600-1800ppm overnight (which as I unders
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7y ago
Require airlines to reverse a proportion that can only be sold closer to the flight time (unless to a disabled person) or once the upper section is full. It seems like a solvable problem. As you note, the problem already exists - I don'
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