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   by tocs3 2y ago

   It has been a while since I listened to Planet Money. I enjoyed the shows when they bought and sold things and talked about the process. There have been a lot of other episodes I enjoyed. I will listen to this and see what it is like. Maybe
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   by tocs3 2y ago

   From wikipedia: some tasks performed include registering messages on little cards, which Webb believes totaled 10,000 a day in the whole park, and organizing the cards into shoeboxes according to a strict order so they could be retrieved e
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   by tocs3 2y ago

   Here is a link to NASA's story: https://science.nasa.gov/blog/shocking-spherules/
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   by tocs3 2y ago

   Thank you.
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   by tocs3 2y ago

   I am a care taker for an elderly parent. This worries me some. What sort of things should I get together if we need to reapply or other documents would we need to show that she has been receiving SSA payments (for 40 years of work)?
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   by tocs3 2y ago

   I do hobby programing. It is sometimes to create something (supposedly) useful. Lately though it is more discovery and a little math like. I enjoy Project Euler ( https://projecteuler.net/ . Recently I have been playing with
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   by tocs3 2y ago

   What would happen to a pilot (or passenger) in a situation like this if they had landed? Stuck in the border control area? Jail? Deported? Is there no procedures to deal with this?
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   by tocs3 2y ago

   Worth a read if you grew up in that era (or are a fan).
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   by tocs3 2y ago

   A link to the paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2418616122 This looks like it is a study supporting the Zearn Math platform ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zearn ). Does anyone have
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    As my flight instructor told me "It is better to be on the ground wishing you were flying than flying and wishing you were on the ground."
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    Venus passes between the Earth and sun this weekend(apnews.com)

    9 points by tocs3 2y ago|7 comments
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    Full title: Venus passes between the Earth and sun this weekend — but don’t try to look for it Any one going to try to look for it?
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    #394 – Jeri Ellsworth and the demise of CastAR https://theamphour.com/394-jeri-ellsworth-and-the-demise-of-... About her work on the Tilt Five Kickstarter.
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    Maybe there is "tech" and "tech business" news and sometimes the two do not really overlap that well (some times they overlap a lot). The overlap sort of depends on your point of view. How the tech works and how it is de
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    I would also recommend the "NAND to Tetris" book. Covers much the same ground (as I remember things anyway) but is a hands on approach. I enjoyed Code also though and is worth a look for those interested.
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    I do like the safety found in newer cars. I also like fuel efficiency (gas or electric) in newer cars. Cars are important to me for transportation, but I do not really care for them otherwise. The newer cars just feel less and less mine. If
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    I am concerned about this. There is a local push to put treated wastewater in local lakes and streams. I understand if the water is clean and safe this would be a fine thing to do but worry the companies that would be doing the disposing of
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    There is nothing to push anything to in my 2006 Toyota.
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    And a close look at used cars, from before 2010.
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    I have had an interest in building a mechanical computer for a long time. It has not ever gotten farther that some research into what route to take. There are lots and lots of simple logic mechanisms (many, many in use in real world applica
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    So, is anyone here sending off a request for the info DOGE has on them?
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    2023 is a while but I thought it was a fair description of what LLMs are doing, how they work, and what that means for programing. The blog post is a discussion of work being done in the field (at the time at least). He did not say it is a
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    Just read the Brian Hayes essay "AI and the end of programming" from 2023. It is a nice story about his experience with getting chatgpt to do some programing tasks and related discussion. As a spoiler he does not see the current s
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    I enjoyed Greg Egan's Permutation City but enjoyed Diaspora even more. A Canticle for Liebowitz or Annihilation was a bit depressing. In the description of What Mad Universe, by Fredric Brown I was amused by the line "cheeky sati
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    This make me think of the essay "I,Pencil" [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Pencil
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    I wonder when they will start selling them off. There might be some I might bid on.
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    As far as I understand, he did not personally go bankrupt 6 times, but it is his pet projects that go bankrupt [1]. The accountants and money managers deal with any actual profitable businesses. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    Not trying to argue against a voucher system but, The parent (who may be very happy with the school) is not the one paying. The tax payer is paying and the state has some responsibility to make sure the money is being spent well. As the art
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    A big part of the complaint is that the money used is public funds.
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    It looks like things are going very well. https://fireflyspace.com/news/blue-ghost-mission-1-live-upda...