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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Easily 99.99% of all "apps" have no utility or value. It's one of the reasons why I'm serious considering a dumb phone - save money and less distraction/uselessness. I don't really see too much being lost by
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Great replies. Related: the Great Resignation has created the equivalent of the economics post-Black-Death where those that remain are far more empowered by their smaller numbers and can demand higher pay. Restaurants aren't willing
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Yeah, right. Not going to happen because you'd need to start EVERYTHING from scratch and tear down EVERYTHING to do this.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
This is how Russia separates from the EU/USA/West. It won't end with this. The title presupposed that the West is "indispensible" - it's NOT. As is already being seen as the Petrodollar teeters and other cu
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
This is a line of thought about consciousness. It's constancy of predicting the future that defines it. It even becomes the basis of believing in afterlife because we simply don't know how to extend ourselves into the future at
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Good Coding is still in major deficit these days so absolutely true. Going back to "coding intensity" that used to be common in 8-bit processors to overcome bloatware is still open territory. One may themselves code with librarie
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
No. Because these are now the "large companies" equivalent to IBM or any other mega-corporation. They haven't been "agile startups" in 1-2 decades so their employees aren't suited for anything but "large
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Actually you can absolutely have a purpose but its completely up to you what it is - there is no greater power or committee who can or will tell you. Well, actually people will be happy to exploit you into doing things the help THEIR purpos
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Good for you. This is a wonderful milestone of self-reflection. Some people NEVER make it. Best of luck!
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Why use SaaS at all? Must make an old-school program. Make it open source.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
It's ALWAYS about what you can walk away from - any relationship with a person or organization is a negotiation, and the more powerful of the two parties is the one that can walk away first. Just like there are other fish in the sea, t
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Sounds like an organizational flaw is behind all of this.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Free speech is fine - it's slander that is problematic.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Most sulfur-based battery chemistries are NOT RECHARGEABLE.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Some of it is classified but you can often find info on certain open sites at NASA or SNL.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
There are classes ABOVE mil-spec. These are several "Space grade" classes above mil-spec which have far wider temperature and radiation ranges.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
This is true. For radiation hardening for space, this is exactly what is required for anything more harsh than LEO. And as a consequence, the generation of processors and memory typically used are 10-20 years behind the current state of
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Generally you have to look for non-traditionalism (by today's standards) in terms of elementary/high school education, elementary/high school hobbies/activities, etc. This used to be the norm but not so much now. Most A
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Hire NO ONE who has CNN in their job experience!! Anyone working there has proven themselves entirely without morals or ethics. And anyone who stayed around longer than a month when the Shxtstorm of lies was going on around them is equally
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Most problems are best solved without high technologies.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Fingers crossed, praying and wishing that it's dying!! I grew up during the Cold War and instantly recognized FB as a Stasi-wet-dream surveillance tool. Never signed up and never will. I'm encouraged that younger folks are reject
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Indeed. My experience has been that 75%-90% of US doctors are borderline incompetent and that I can and do routine out-diagnose my own maladies better. Of course this also means I can lead them by the nose to get them to diagnose anything
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
There is a "dual" of electric dipoles: the magnetic loop (or magnetic dipole). The rule of wavelengths doesn't apply as it does for electric dipoles. The latter is true only because the tips of the dipole must be at zero (0
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Exactly. Then divide the saved time on things you can learn from, that you enjoy or to prep for things that can for your advantage (e.g. G-jobs).
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
And you ask the "stakeholders" you are producing for. If you still want some perfection, ration it out on an easier schedule and use incremental perfection as "treat" for the stakeholders over time while you get somethin
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
This is quite correct. Never assume YOU KNOW what people expect of you WITHOUT EXPLICITLY ASKING for details. For me, when I was a young buck, I assumed they wanted the perfection that I EXPECTED. Turns out 99% of the time, I was grossly
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Actually no. The same amount of energy is required to boil water to start with but then you need more to "super heat" due to increased pressure.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
After basic cardiovascular death and cancer death, the next most common is "medical errors" such as this.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
If you can't handle the risk and punishment for being wrong DO NOT BECOME A NURSE (or Doctor)!! It's really that simple. Or better, make sure you have processes and procedures to minimize fatality-causing errors - if others won&#
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Verilog is an unplanned emergent hack... If you want regularity, use VHDL.

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