GloriousKoji

5 days agodiscuss

It's a relic of SAT verbal analogies section which was removed in 2005. The syntax "A:B::C:D" represents the statement "A is to B as C is to D".

So on the test you'd get questions such as

  python:snake ::  ___ : ___

  a) lua:satellite
  b) swift:bird
  c) java:coffee
  d) pearl:gem

and you might select A because python is an interpreted scripting language and a type of snake in the same way lua is a scripting language and a type of natural satellite but you'd be wrong because the correct answer is B because the topic was actually about comparing animals.

GloriousKoji

10 days agodiscuss

Wish granted.

https://www.pckeyboard.com/page/product/MINI_M

GloriousKoji

13 days agodiscuss

I built a Hadley 114 over the course of 3 weekends and I highly enjoyed it. Amazon has a convenient 2 piece mirror kit you can buy. The rest of the parts (springs, screws, rods) can be acquired anywhere and the stand can be as complex or as simple as you want.

GloriousKoji

30 days agodiscuss

But they didn't do any actual testing? It's just some score based on ingredients and advertised SPF?

GloriousKoji

last monthdiscuss

The mental gymnastics I've seen kids enable is Olympic level. Need to upgrade to a bigger house, need to upgrade the car to a SUV, need keep traveling 2-3 times a year, need to sign up for some crazy sports league and coach which means domestic flights and hotels every other week.

GloriousKoji

2 months agodiscuss

So what's preventing companies from giving games for free and requiring a subscription or one time membership fee for online play? They'd only be required to refund the full price of the game: $0.

GloriousKoji

5 months agodiscuss

It's 2026, roughly 4.5 years after the release of the remastered version Diablo II: Resurrected.

GloriousKoji

6 months agodiscuss

You'd think with all that electronics it would be smart enough to use real brakes every now and then. The plug in hybrid Prius runs the gas engine every 100 miles or so.

GloriousKoji

7 months agodiscuss

Happy Holidays!

GloriousKoji

8 months agodiscuss

As someone with a self proclaimed fetish I have to ask if you have ever tried working with the material? I find even the most basic manipulation to be wild compared to other common metals.

I was sanding and polishing a long handled titanium spoon to make it more smooth (slowly) by hand and the friction from that quickly made it too hot to hold. It's thermal conductivity is 1/10th of aluminum and roughly 1/2 of stainless steel.

Another fun thing is to anodize it to different colors. Compared to aluminum it can be achieved without the use of caustic chemicals.

GloriousKoji

8 months agodiscuss

One downside is it would motivate companies to get intellectual property registered under a trademark with indefinite protection rather than copyright. Even with our current lifetime + 70 year protection we have companies like Disney getting characters registered as a trademark.

GloriousKoji

8 months agodiscuss

I didn't want to believe you so I went to the source: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1...

wtf.

GloriousKoji

8 months agodiscuss

Calculators are large enough that it should be possible to fit AAA or AA sized batteries, even possibly a 18650. They're lower power enough that a CR3202 lasts a long enough time but it always ends up dying at the most inconvenient time and they're really the only device I have that needs CR3202.

GloriousKoji

8 months agodiscuss

Am I the only one who dislikes the CR2032 that all the RPN calculators need?

GloriousKoji

8 months agodiscuss

Places in California has this problem too. Installing solar panels today could result in a larger electricity bill than not having them.

Getting solar panels forces you onto a plan in which they charge more per kwh pulled from the grid. The surplus electricity is only credited at the generation cost which is only 1/4 the total cost per kwh. (Delivery costs is 3x the price of electricity).

So if you want to go solar to save money you need both batteries and solar panels which is not an insignificant amount of money.

GloriousKoji

9 months agodiscuss

Not to be confused with Apple HomePod.

GloriousKoji

9 months agodiscuss

I prefer to cook pasta like rice and starting it in cold water brought to a boil and then a simmer: https://altonbrown.com/recipes/cold-water-pasta-method/

GloriousKoji

10 months agodiscuss

As someone also served by PG&E I don't think cheaper electricity will help. At peak hours electricity is $0.13/kwh but the delivery charge is $0.50/kwh.

GloriousKoji

10 months agodiscuss

Depending where you are in the world some banking apps only work with phones that have physical sim cards.

GloriousKoji

last yeardiscuss

I'll bite. In the limitations of my mortal life with it's predestined total allocated time for recorded media there's an infinite amount of high quality content. Savoring an expensive meal is just a way to get maximum value out of it but with endless cheap amounts why not devour it to my hearts content? Quality over quantity but what choice does one make when it's both?

Many of these stories have a small narrative arc with very direct emotions it means to invoke. A feeling of nostalgia, of happiness, of sadness, or of anxiety to name a few. Even at a faster speed it will make me think and make me laugh. It's not a work of profound art that I need to stop and contemplate. It's not a comedian's joke with precise timing.

In the end it is just audio entertainment. Episodic entertainment not freed from the shackles of churn, or the temptation to fabricate results for a good story. There's not much grand detail for my ears to wander and focus on the way my eyes would wander over paint on a canvas or a room filed with light and sound.

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