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Darren Stone, Vancouver, BC, Canada
"Once men turned their thinking over to
machines in the hope that this would
set them free. But that only permitted
other men with machines to enslave
them." - Frank P. Herbert, Jr., 1965
"The programmer, like the poet, works
only slightly removed from pure
thought-stuff. He builds his castles
in the air, from air, creating by
exertion of the imagination."
- Fred P. Brooks, Jr., 1975recent activity (1,004 total)
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> I have no desire to read literature with 100+ named characters Personal share ... I had the same hesitance about getting into Tolstoy. I read The Death Of Ivan Ilyich -- it's short and has f…
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"Long time user and fan" is an understatement. Thank you, again, Mark. I was re-reading your Loving Common Lisp book just an hour ago! I read elsewhere that you're also a Racket user. I…
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There's just this: "342 adults aged 18 to 65 years with prehypertension, defined as systolic blood pressure (SBP) of 120 to 139 mm Hg and/or diastolic BP (DBP) of 80 to 89 mm Hg" B…
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> Texas is absurdly large I love your state and hope to be there for the 2024 Total Eclipse in April. (RV parking for a night, anyone, lol?) But yeah, driving the great state of Texas takes some …
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Good move. TFA doesn't go into details about how to actually recognize PFAS by name in an ingredients list. The FDA lists 35 PFAS apparently used in cosmetics here: (near end of doc) https:/…
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I'll jump in here and suggest a Technivorm Moccamaster. As simple as possible but no simpler. It has an "ON" switch. Excellent drip brewer. Widely available. Handmade in EU. Five year w…
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Your reasoning is somewhat sound. History has not been so generous. Source: son of a trucker. Also consider that minimal academic education and minimal specialized training is often sufficient to do t…
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Every, and I mean every , kid’s reaction when first seeing a unicycle: awe and big smiles. Naturally, right? It’s a bit ridiculous and amazing, isn’t it? So IMO if any adult doesn’t respond with a sm…
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“Open the payload hatch, ChatGPT.” “I’m sorry, Taylor. I’m afraid I can’t do that.” AI will keep everyone safe. /s
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Car and light truck tires are apparently only about 19% rubber.[1] More than half of a tire's composition is synthetic polymers, fillers, and textiles (e.g. polyester, rayon, nylon). [1] https:&…
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Idea ... If you want to stick to a (late) 1980s platform AND you want to code in C without penalty, consider the Sega Genesis. 68000 CPU. There's a mature and helpful homebrew scene. Documentatio…
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> “Reynolds hasn’t changed their own name legally because they say it’s a cumbersome process that they’re not ready to tackle.” “Cumbersome” seems like a low bar, considering how beneficial it woul…
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> “This is nation-state stuff, absolutely crazy in its sophistication. Kaspersky discovered it, so there’s no speculation as to the attacker.” Okay, I’m obviously ignorant so help me out here... Wh…
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On the topic of solo game devs... if this sounds like your jam (and modern mobile games isn't your jam) then consider the console homebrew scene as an outlet. All the "retro" platforms …
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If not already, I expect examples like this will be accumulated and trotted out as part of legal defenses. Valid or not, gross examples like this will probably nudge some judges and juries over their …
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https://web.archive.org/web/20231128002043/https://www.theat... …
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Information/overview was a bit thin at the posted link. This video goes into some more details. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgqALCrVuiY …
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Nimbys in the neighbourhood have their usual negative predictions ... traffic will be worse, parking will be impossible, precious views will be lost, transit will become strained, etc. This is all pos…
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Our provincial and city governments are shuffling around papers, probably to some benefit, but the Senakw development is most interesting recent change to watch IMO.[1] The Squamish Nation's bet …
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Just a Canadian here with a snarky idea... Start an activism movement to draw big ugly expensive attention to this whole Social Security Number misuse situation. My understanding is Americans can get …
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"10x'ing your rice" with expensive Zojirushi products is mostly happening in Asia. Here is the company's 2022 revenue, by region, from selling their expensive cooking appliances (t…
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> I can't find the section right now but it says something like "no obstructing the purpose of your transmission". So theoretically you could add a header to every packet that says &…
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Travelling the universe at this scale seems as important and amazing to me as travelling to a distant star. The igniting matchstick image has so much going on! One cringe though ... the images all see…
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Coming this April from the IETF … RFC “IP Over Porcine Carriers”.
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> I desperately want active breath monitoring. Like measuring breaths per minute. Not sure about the state of Apple Watchen but my Garmin watch (a several year old Fenix) monitors breaths per minut…
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Canadian here. Government sticking its nose into AI bias in human rights issues like law enforcement powers and employment standards … OK. But regulating search algorithms … feels worlds apart in impo…
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Uprooting and moving with work and family is hard and expensive. So, as the Stephen Stills lyric goes... If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with.
My best fri…
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When police police police, we sometimes get oversight oversight.