wrycoder

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   by wrycoder 3y ago

   Here in rural New England, it’s snow, ice and slush for months of the year. Bicycles and even motorcycles are unworkable for most, especially the elderly. The investment necessary to install and operate public transportation that operates o
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   Quantum physics falls apart without imaginary numbers(scientificamerican.com)

   101 points by wrycoder 3y ago|157 comments
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   by wrycoder 3y ago

   Check out the Dyson family.
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   by wrycoder 3y ago

   Overhunting causes a population explosion? Overfishing causes abundance? Interesting theory.
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   by wrycoder 3y ago

   TBF, half of the four popups were for cookie selection (targeting was on). Yes, annoying. But, it’s also true that many of the articles seem to be written by interns, and so the site is of lower quality than might be expected from MIT.
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   by wrycoder 3y ago

   https://libreboot.org/freedom-status.html
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   by wrycoder 3y ago

   I couldn’t select a language on iPhone from the scrolling icons.
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   Melatonin: Much More Than You Wanted to Know (SSC)(2018)(slatestarcodex.com)

   23 points by wrycoder 3y ago|3 comments
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   by wrycoder 3y ago

   Yes, that is the article’s title. It should not have been changed. 1,1 is a solution.
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    by wrycoder 3y ago

    Even YouTube had a problem for me.
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    by wrycoder 3y ago

    Earlier article: Houses in Japan are going for as little as $500 [0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28266233
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    by wrycoder 3y ago

    It's a big deal for me. There's very little on Netflix streaming that interests me, but I've got a DVD queue of over 400 great films.
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    by wrycoder 3y ago

    Indeed, I didn’t expect to learn some physics in Fortune. Hm, he has a blog [0], but it’s on Medium. [0] https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang
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    by wrycoder 3y ago

    Consider a superconducting belt laid under the oceans, carrying a large fraction of civilization’s power needs. Consider what would happen if the technology failed, and it suddenly transitioned to normal conduction. Sounds like a great SF s
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    by wrycoder 3y ago

    Because it is?
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    by wrycoder 3y ago

    Well-educated people use more precise language than the average person. Otoh, the article uses words like roly-poly and willy-nilly, which I found jarring in the context of a moderately technical article from Stanford Medical.
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    by wrycoder 3y ago

    Well, 1E-18 / 1E17 is 1E-35, interestingly enough.
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    by wrycoder 3y ago

    How about a Rivendell? rivbike.com
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    by wrycoder 3y ago

    https://youtu.be/Rog9oHtVmjM Start at 7:30 to see example of backtracking.
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    by wrycoder 3y ago

    Yes, fundamental human drives like greed and power seeking. The whole history of philosophy has been a discussion of morality - which drives to promote and which to suppress in order to live a life that benefits both the individual and the
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    by wrycoder 3y ago

    Which one?
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    by wrycoder 3y ago

    I’ve got a 2013 Air. I’ve replaced the battery twice and doubled the size of the SSD. Compared to replacing the battery on an iPhone, it’s a piece of cake. Just buy the battery from iFixit and follow their online instructions.
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    by wrycoder 3y ago

    I’m currently building a rather powerful W10 box solely to run MS Flight Simulator 2020.
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    by wrycoder 3y ago

    Well, Microsoft successfully established "Windows" as a trademark, even though the term "window" was commonly used in graphical interface documentation for many years prior to their arrogating it. Not "Microsoft Win
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    by wrycoder 4y ago

    I’ve used Alpine, Void, and Debian for years. I certainly would never use Alpine for gaming, any more than I’d use OpenBSD. I don’t use it for multimedia, either. My normal setup is i3 on Alpine. I like to think I have a good understanding
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    by wrycoder 4y ago

    I'm in the process of setting up a W10 box for the sole reason of running MS Flight Simulator 2020 and flyuk.aero with VATSIM.net. Otherwise, it's an Air/M2 for surfing and social, and GNU+Linux for serious stuff. Maybe some
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    by wrycoder 4y ago

    If you like simplicity, Alpine.
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    by wrycoder 4y ago

    Yeah, the LLMs at the three letter agencies communicating directly with their LLM counterparts at FB and Google. And Twitter, once Musk moves on, and that site gets brought back into the fold. The social issues need to be addressed now.
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    by wrycoder 4y ago

    Yeah, I almost didn’t click on this post! Great site and useful HN discussion. I get most of my used books from Amazon. I like it that they handle the transaction, so I don’t have to worry about giving out my credit card or later updating t
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    by wrycoder 4y ago

    If that translation is verbatim ChatGPT, it’s amazingly good.