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by wgj 4y ago
I was curious too. Taken from [0], not my knowledge or opinions. (I'm new to all of this.) - James Nestor - Breath: "I love this book and it‘s more a kind of overview about different breathing systems and techniques. He writes abo
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by wgj 5y ago
It's in your top bar. https://news.ycombinator.com/newest
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by wgj 5y ago
From [1], and lots more commentary there. > 1. During the pandemic, consumer durables went from ~10-11% of consumption to ~13%. 3 percentage points of consumption is about half a trillion dollars annually. Many of these durables come wit
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by wgj 5y ago
Tales From the Tour Bus is a delight, and I keep hoping for a season 3.
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by wgj 5y ago
https://archive.is/B0GEe
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Interview with Thierry Koblentz (Atomic CSS)(css-tricks.com)
1 points by wgj 5y ago|0 comments
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by wgj 5y ago
Can someone describe what it means to have a "duplicate" adsense account? I would have thought if you had a second account, there would just be two accounts and no problem.
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by wgj 5y ago
You can count me in that circle. I have recently, finally, gotten around to listening to her late 70s albums Hejira and Mingus, and plan to continue through her later albums. Genius isn't dictated by marketing and pop radio.
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by wgj 5y ago
Though some news sites detect private mode and block the article. NYT for example.
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by wgj 5y ago
Even this is flawed, because it presumes that what they are doing succeeds at selecting superior talent.
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by wgj 5y ago
https://archive.md/roB5n
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by wgj 5y ago
They needed something with a default favicon that already looks like a block.
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by wgj 5y ago
Windows has Enterprise SKUs [0] that turn off virtually all of the nonsense and cede control to the IT administrator. This is the Windows experience for corporate execs and anyone else with access to it. Microsoft themselves describe Enterp
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by wgj 5y ago
That's rare. The majority of agile/scrum/standup is led by some kind or another of project manager. Specific titles vary.
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by wgj 5y ago
Python has numpy and native bindings to Fortran. People often think of Fortran as archaic, but its math libraries are quite fast. With Python bindings, you don't need to write any Fortran in order to have access to those libraries. Min
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by wgj 5y ago
I didn't know about this, or have any idea how it might work, so I looked it up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canvas_fingerprinting
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by wgj 5y ago
https://archive.is/6Bt1P EPS manipulation. In this case, companies are fraudulently rounding up to 5 when reporting EPS. Hence, 4 has a lower probability than it should.
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by wgj 5y ago
It links to a bitcoin public key. I know literally nothing about bitcoin. Can a key like that be verified before using it? Or you just trust you have the right key?
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by wgj 5y ago
It's a little bit like intent laundering, isn't it.
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by wgj 5y ago
https://archive.is/tO0ty
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by wgj 5y ago
Good news. Bucket brigade (BBD) chips are still produced and available from various sources. [0][1] They are used today in a lot of guitar/synth gear. [0] https://www.electrosmash.com/mn3007-bucket-brigade-devices [1]
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by wgj 5y ago
At that time, the most common way to do stereo enhancement was to decrease the L + R component of the stereo signal. [0] L+R/L-R was (and still is) a common way to encode stereo signals, including for FM radio. [1] The impact on the st
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by wgj 6y ago
People also asked for a monthly/recurring Show HN in this other (also very interesting) thread. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22648431 Maybe it's an idea that will get traction.
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by wgj 6y ago
None of the examples there involve directly copying PCBs.
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by wgj 7y ago
NYT draws the wrong conclusions. In each of these cases, the jury sided with the more popular and well known party. These were all jury cases where perceived career accomplishment is the common thread, as the law itself twists in any way ne
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by wgj 7y ago
In die casting, you have to do a little better than the vertical line test and stay within the specified draft angle. A vertical wall would be a 0 degree draft angle, and not suitable for casting most materials.
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by wgj 7y ago
If you decide on your own arbitrary definitions of words, they lose all their meaning. "Researchers and popular media use the early 1980s as starting birth years" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials
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by wgj 7y ago
With two young children, try to get enough sleep. All learning is more effective when you get enough sleep. With that in mind, spaced repetition is a great technique that fits with having limited time in small blocks. Squeezing in some time
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VCV Rack reaches version 1.0.0: OSS modular synth gets a full release(musicradar.com)
2 points by wgj 7y ago|0 comments
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by wgj 7y ago
One reason is because it invites an entirely different relationship with ASCAP that many cafe and bar owners aren't ready to deal with. You'll be required to pay licensing for playing pre-recorded music as well, but the rules and

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