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by stvltvs 3y ago
This begs the question because for me "a couple of X" is equivalent to "two of X". It's not an imprecise term for me. (The one exception that comes to mind is "a couple of things" which I understand to be
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by stvltvs 3y ago
I'm an American who uses "couple" to mean exactly two. I suspect this is more of a regional or familial thing than something we can say about American English as a whole.
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by stvltvs 3y ago
How can I input ° for example with Shift? It's "AltGr o o" but I haven't seen how to do it with Shift.
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by stvltvs 3y ago
> Not sure about Linux but I'm sure it's possible. Lots of ways to do it, and I've probably used most of them over the years. Right now on Linux Mint, it's an option in the keyboard layout.
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by stvltvs 3y ago
It's been a long while since I've designed PCB, but doesn't auto-routing provide a good starting point that the designer can refine? I remember it reducing a lot of grunt work.
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by stvltvs 3y ago
I get the impression that no single method (genetics, morphology, ecology, geography, etc.) trumps the others in taxonomy. For example, Homo sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis interbred successfully and yet are separate species.
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by stvltvs 3y ago
The math of knots is more rudimentary than what you're asking for but still fascinating! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8DBhTXM_Br4
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by stvltvs 3y ago
I don't disagree, but it's easier to rigorously validate than lighter-weight markup languages, if that's important to the use case.
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by stvltvs 3y ago
A better XML encoding would be the following, optimally with a schema that would define allowed values. <setting name="foo" value="true"/>
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by stvltvs 3y ago
Lance had testicular cancer which is highly treatable, but I take your point in the general case.
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by stvltvs 3y ago
I've seen a trend of using spaces (40 000) for this reason.
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by stvltvs 3y ago
For what it's worth, I agree that trade offs need to be made, like lithium mining and nuclear power. Desert solar plants looks like a painless win on the surface, but they don't hold up to scrutiny.
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by stvltvs 3y ago
There are people making bad faith arguments for sure, but they're piggybacking on the real concerns of local environmental groups. https://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2019/jun/18/massive-gemini-...
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by stvltvs 3y ago
This objection is shared by many local environmental groups, not just bad faith astroturfers. https://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2019/jun/18/massive-gemini-...
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by stvltvs 3y ago
Granted the are costs that are often overlooked but that can also be mitigated by choosing installers with a good track record and offer a good warranty on their work, not whoever shows up on your doorstep, and by investing in better roofin
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by stvltvs 3y ago
Yep, apologies for the noise
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by stvltvs 3y ago
Solar energy plants in the desert, including the transmission lines needed to get it to where it's usable, come at a cost to the ecosystems they disrupt. We tend to think of the desert as a lifeless wasteland, but that's far from
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by stvltvs 3y ago
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by stvltvs 3y ago
Interesting read so far. Some examples rely on overly idealized or simplified assumptions but they still illustrate how isolated individuals and groups are powerless to resist the race to the bottom. https://www.slatestarcodexabr
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by stvltvs 3y ago
The answer is usually an infinite number, except for very, very simple cases. Anything involving * for example means infinity is your answer.
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by stvltvs 3y ago
Until you have a significant health issue that can drastically increase expenses, depending on insurance of course. Even with good coverage, you might be on the hook for bills that your provider denied coverage for.
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by stvltvs 3y ago
It blocks trackers in other apps, not just in its own browser. It does this by acting as a VPN last I checked, so it wasn't useful in my case because it couldn't run at the same time as my other VPN.
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by stvltvs 3y ago
"Datum" is rarely used in the US, unless you want to sound pretentious. (This coming from someone who cringes every time "who/whom" is used incorrectly.) We use "data" as an uncountable noun.
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by stvltvs 3y ago
It does, but for a different reason, to mark when two vowels are pronounced separately. Like naïve. Not often used, but the New Yorker does.
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by stvltvs 3y ago
Joseph Smith and Brigham Young were the charismatic cult leaders of Mormonism. Since their time, the mainstream Mormon Church headquartered in Salt Lake City has become less and less cultish and more bureaucratic, yet they still qualify as
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by stvltvs 3y ago
Presumably implemented in a browser using CSS :visited the state of which is inaccessible to web programs to protect user privacy. Toggle visibility of the asteroids in CSS and let the user unwittingly disclose which websites they've v
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by stvltvs 3y ago
Different diseases. Not every colon cancer, for example, behaves the same. And if colon cancer spreads to the lungs, it's still colon cancer, not lung cancer.
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by stvltvs 3y ago
Looks like we'll need to upgrade to 512-bit addresses to be on the safe side. https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=log2%2810%5E80%29 https://www.thoughtco.com/number-of-atoms-in-the-universe-60...
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by stvltvs 3y ago
Is there a reason to prefer Webtrees over an open source desktop app like Gramps? https://gramps-project.org/
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by stvltvs 3y ago
There's early McCarthy and then there's late McCarthy. The difference is stark. You should try one of his later books. I read "Suttree", and it was a mixed bag for me. I loved "All the Pretty Horses" and "

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