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Resistance Exercise Reverses Aging in Human Skeletal Muscle(journals.plos.org)
2 points by tacon 9y ago|0 comments
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Forget the 10,000-Hour Rule – Follow the 10,000-Experiment Rule(medium.com)
2 points by tacon 9y ago|0 comments
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by tacon 9y ago
I ran through the online font identifier tools just a few days ago, doing a React exercise for a credit card component (dress it up with CSS!). I used Snipping Tool to take an image of the PDF image, and went looking for the font: https:&
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by tacon 9y ago
Interesting feature of Windows firewall, thanks. As the AirVPN client connects, it checks several hundred servers for the lightest load, so for that default behavior, I don't know which IPs to configure locally.
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Will Skyscrapers of the Future Be Built from Wood?(smithsonianmag.com)
1 points by tacon 9y ago|0 comments
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by tacon 9y ago
My VPN activities run on a old Windows box, and I did not want to trust the VPN clients to not fail and blast my data in the open for a day or two before I noticed. I ended up writing a SafeVPN Windows service that kills processes within 3
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How Twitter Killed the First Amendment(nytimes.com)
3 points by tacon 9y ago|0 comments
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by tacon 9y ago
https://www.girlsaskguys.com/sexual-behavior/a25414-the-alph...
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by tacon 9y ago
"HBO approached Klover about using its parabolic microphone on boxing telecasts. A unique problem in boxing is that fans along the front rows of matches often use profanity and the mic must not pick up those words — only the action of
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When It Comes to Parabolic Mics, Larger Is Not Always Better(thebroadcastbridge.com)
1 points by tacon 9y ago|1 comments
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How I improved a query for our plugin by several orders of magnitude(javorszky.co.uk)
1 points by tacon 9y ago|0 comments
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Share your presence and availability with your global friends and family(goodnightlamp.com)
2 points by tacon 9y ago|0 comments
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by tacon 9y ago
A while ago, maybe the 80s, I remember reading something like a magazine article about a reporter visiting the Soviet Union for some human interest story or similar. Soviet cities were notorious for not having useful maps available. Someh
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by tacon 9y ago
I don't speak German, so it was somewhat surprising to me when I learned that Führer means "leader" (or "guide", according to Wikipedia). And that that word is essentially dead in modern German speech. So how do y
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by tacon 9y ago
Do you have any way to tell if any free users actually entered their AWS keys into your app? There is a much higher level of trust needed for your app over the average mobile app. To actually use it with production data when I'd neve
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YouTube Wants Content Creators to Appeal Demonetization, but It's Not Easy(forbes.com)
1 points by tacon 9y ago|0 comments
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by tacon 9y ago
>Legal matters at big companies generally take months to resolve and come to consensus over. Sure, at your typical big public company. But Facebook voting control is firmly in the hands of Mark Zuckerberg, and he doesn't have to wa
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In China’s Hinterlands, Workers Mine Bitcoin for a Digital Fortune(nytimes.com)
14 points by tacon 9y ago|2 comments
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Quantifying the information content of personal data(johndcook.com)
3 points by tacon 9y ago|0 comments
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by tacon 9y ago
An old, old Oracle joke: Q: On what hardware does Oracle run best? A: A 35mm slide projector.
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‘Instantly rechargeable’ battery could change the future of electric automobiles(purdue.edu)
117 points by tacon 9y ago|166 comments
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by tacon 9y ago
And a simple test of how well two founders work together is to take a two-person canoe down a course that demands teamwork. Be sure to switch off who is front and back. I've seen couples descend into cat fights in a canoe.
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by tacon 9y ago
Clint Eastwood was on some talk show long ago, and he was asked about relationships, girlfriends, etc. He said he tests potential girlfriends by going on a three-hour driving trip. If they still have anything to talk about at the end of t
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How to set up a React project without flipping tables(8thlight.com)
3 points by tacon 9y ago|2 comments
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by tacon 9y ago
I'm displaying my single use of Uber to date, but if the driver steals your phone, can you ever give him a one star review? I thought a couple of one stars and he never drives for Uber again. But if he inoculates himself from reviews
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by tacon 9y ago
The entire apparatus sits in a cryostat (a fancy Thermos bottle) which is filled with liquid helium. In general, one supports things in liquid baths from above.
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by tacon 9y ago
It's surprising that no one has mentioned Body by Science[1], SuperSlow from Ken Hutchins, Arthur Jones and Nautilus, and other research based programs from the last forty years. Free weights can be very dangerous as you approach musc
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Paying Zero for Public Services(blogs.worldbank.org)
1 points by tacon 9y ago|0 comments
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The ransomeware meltdown experts warned about is here(wired.com)
6 points by tacon 9y ago|0 comments
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How Houston has become the most diverse place in America(latimes.com)
1 points by tacon 9y ago|0 comments

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