stretchcat

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by stretchcat 6y ago
They're referring to artillery sound ranging. (Using sound to triangulate the position of enemy artillery batteries.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artillery_sound_ranging#World_...
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by stretchcat 6y ago
Does git actually attempt to write all objects atomically?
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by stretchcat 6y ago
> Perhaps GNU/Linux should decide GNU/Linux is an abstract idea, not a person, organization, or even community. GNU/Linux cannot 'decide' anything. If you want something else, you should use something else.
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by stretchcat 6y ago
We should probably count ourselves fortunate that the title wasn't more directly contradicted by the first sentence of the article explaining it. I've noticed this a few times recently.
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by stretchcat 6y ago
Do these spectral ranges represent the limits of the emission, or the limits of the instruments measuring it? Perhaps the emission is broad spectrum, and different instruments are picking up different parts of it?
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by stretchcat 6y ago
The kids will be fine. It's their teachers who will need to do more work to find new resources and update their lesson plans.
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by stretchcat 6y ago
An ominous warning that you no longer own your computer, or the inevitable consequence of you never owning this proprietary software in the first place?
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by stretchcat 6y ago
> 3) If the canceler professes a change of heart, cease the cancellation, accept the apology (forgiveness/mercy and relatively simple reintegration for offenders is one asymmetric advantage the free speech side has going for it);