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trevithick
·l’altro ieri·discuss
Long ago I used KDE's "fuzzy clock." the fuzziness was adjustable to as high as "middle of the week," which is funny but not very practical. At a higher resolution it was fun for a while.
trevithick
·9 giorni fa·discuss
Regarding the dams, I recommend the book "Cadillac Desert" to anyone even remotely curious about the background and scale of water projects in the US. It's not boring despite the what the subject matter might suggest.
trevithick
·10 giorni fa·discuss
Sibling explanations are correct re: direction of rotation. As to your second question, the flywheel keeps things spinning so it doesn't lock up and has the momentum to compress the air/fuel mixture. BTW 0 degrees is called top dead center or TDC and is a useful point for calibrating timing and ignition.
trevithick
·13 giorni fa·discuss
A different time. I remember the first question from the host at a restaurant being "smoking or non?"
trevithick
·13 giorni fa·discuss
Even secondhand smoking makes you cooler.

https://theonion.com/secondhand-smoke-linked-to-secondhand-c...
trevithick
·13 giorni fa·discuss
Some sources suggest cigarette smoking is cool again. E.g., https://www.wsj.com/health/cigarettes-popularity-celebrity-s...
trevithick
·17 giorni fa·discuss
The article doesn't address treatment efficacy in humans. How is it treated? How effective is the treatment? Can this develop resistance to the treatment? The spread mechanisms and persistence are concerning, but without info on treatment I'm not sure how much I should freak out about this.
trevithick
·19 giorni fa·discuss
Yes but your approach requires parenting, which is unacceptable to many people with children.
trevithick
·20 giorni fa·discuss
See also https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/youtube-chromebooks-sc...
trevithick
·25 giorni fa·discuss
I'm glad you addressed that your house-building strategy isn't feasible almost anywhere. There was an interesting article posted to HN on this topic a while back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31470400
trevithick
·mese scorso·discuss
I would rather read an email the sender actually wrote even if it looked like your example, as opposed to AI-written. In that sense it is "better" to me.
trevithick
·mese scorso·discuss
Companies need to brand as "Not owned by PE" the same way health food has prominent labels on the packaging.
trevithick
·2 mesi fa·discuss
You would install a 240v circuit (in the US) like for an electric clothes dryer.

Edit: I now see the author was in an apartment and couldn't do this, so I concede this is not responsive here.
trevithick
·2 mesi fa·discuss
> it needs to become a real operating system semi-advanced users can use daily

No it doesn't.
trevithick
·3 mesi fa·discuss
I remember hearing David Simon, creator of The Wire, predicting this (fall of local news enabling unchecked corruption). Here's an article on it from nearly 20 years ago:

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/mar/27/david-simon-wi...

> "Oh, to be a state or local official in America over the next 10 to 15 years, before somebody figures out the business model," says Simon, a former crime reporter for the Baltimore Sun. "To gambol freely across the wastelands of an American city, as a local politician! It's got to be one of the great dreams in the history of American corruption."
trevithick
·3 mesi fa·discuss
Still bad for the scientists. They get little money and zero recognition.
trevithick
·3 mesi fa·discuss
Thank you. I heard about The Guns of August when I was looking for related books after reading A World Undone. Then I forgot about it. I never heard of March of Folly but I'll read them both.
trevithick
·3 mesi fa·discuss
How does that book fit in the timeline? It was published in 1984.
trevithick
·4 mesi fa·discuss
Thanks. I like the spirit of this.

I will not assume any liability for damage caused from running this code. Especially if you are running it as root. In fact, we both know that this will cause damage to the system, and that's why you want to try it. You have been warned.
trevithick
·4 mesi fa·discuss
I need to know more about this.