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A nostalgia point for Tribes... There was a lan gaming place back when people had dial up... and that place had a T1 to the store that had double low double digit ping times when triple digit was comm…
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That becomes a question of discoverability and the "what about bumping ancient threads". Consider trn and rn of old. I recall the first news reader that I used wasn't threaded and it w…
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I was a contractor at Sun in '97, Palo Alto campus. Initially they put me in a shared office, and that was ok. Later, I got moved to a hallway. My machine had a hard reboot that first night... …
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It's a matter of spending 200 to 300 hours of practice on it. Learning cursive (and other skills) in school is about trying to make sure opportunities for professions are not excluded. While cu…
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You can get a manual typewriter (hammer rather than ball) on Amazon for about $200. Brand name ones run in the $300 - $400 range. A college instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work and…
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It helps with fine motor skills at a time that people are capable of learning them. ... And there are jobs that use those skills. Correlation between handwriting, drawing skills and dental skills of j…
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That is the interesting reason. While the retraction brings into question the anecdotal evidence for the windscreen phenomenon ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windshield_phenome…
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> However, he has been adamant that vaccines are incredibly important for the military ... https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/smallpox-inoculation-revolu... > During the…
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Possibly. I was trying to find one with capture in the summer or early fall when it was a lot warmer out. https://web.archive.org/web/20210708150410/https://www.nr…
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Of old... https://web.archive.org/web/20210115152829/https://www.nrel.... It's got a "heat energy to/from campus" exchange in there. That'…
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He was a proponent of a style of programming that was reasonable... you could reason about it and prove / demonstrate that it is doing what it should within that block of code as being correct.…
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https://youtu.be/mqicZN7wHtU is the final bit from the Big Short where Mark Baum is to speak before the "legendary, former chairman of the Fed Alan Greenspan" at a financial…
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https://www.sudokuwiki.org/sudokux.aspx is a useful site. I'm personally a fan of the killer variety. Its solver is interesting in showing the individual steps. For the same puz…
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The new IT manager walks into his office. He sits down and goes through his desk and finds three envelopes with the numbers 1, 2, and 3 on them with the attached letter: Congratulations on your…
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I got a new job! from seank
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Ringworld. https://sciencemeetsfiction.com/2021/06/20/ringworld-theory-... “When we call, they are out. When we call back, the phone computer gives us a bad conn…
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The cost of land and labor to build a house is relatively the same no matter what house you build. This also applies to apartment buildings. Fancy it up a bit (mostly nicer appliances) beyond that an…
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There's a board game from a few years ago that I'd recommend for such a situation: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/252997/mapmaker-the-gerr... - it was a kicks…
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Available for borrowing at https://archive.org/details/garfieldhis9live00davi 7th life is dark . 5th life is a close second.…
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(Non short video format - https://youtu.be/AbSehcT19u0 ... When in the office I had a QR code of that so people could scan it and understand what I was working on)…
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If you are referring to underemployment... https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/college-labor-market#--:... What is your definition of underemployment?
The definition o…
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https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/college-labor-market#--:... (note: Latest Release: February 4, 2026, based on data from 2024) Yes, this has unemployment computer engineering …
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Recipes themselves can't be copyrighted. https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-protect.html How do I protect my recipe?
A mere listing of ingredients is not …
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I'm looking at my kindle version here... 2nd paragraph, 2nd sentence, the "I" in "It" is slightly different. 5th paragraph, 2nd sentence, the "s" in "space&quo…
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NPM Is Joining GitHub - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22594549 (March 16, 2020; 571 comments; 1829 points) - https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news…
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"I know the rules of the game and what it will take to continue to be employed in this position." --- One employer I had gave a test that included such questions as "It is ok to get int…
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> Maybe we have to go to oral tests only. "Perfect homework, blank stares: Why colleges are turning to oral exams to combat AI" https://apnews.com/article/college-ora…
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https://radiolab.org/podcast/man-against-horse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_versus_Horse_Marathon > ... There are other Man versus Horse races — in …
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1990: For a few joyous years there was the Man v Horse v Bike competition in Mid-Wales - https://youtu.be/vFlglZUIKO8 …
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The weather conditions also impact it significantly. https://www.outsideonline.com/health/training-performance/hu... > Lobb’s victory came on a hot day, as did Florian Ho…