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jeff_vader
·3 ay önce·discuss
Wait until China invades Taiwan.. (ok, it's not too likely, but what if?)
jeff_vader
·geçen yıl·discuss
Isn't the main showstopper issue to solve for brain implants is scarring response or something similar? That is when body responds to the implant and surrounds electrodes with some sort of tissue reducing its effectiveness. Has Neuralink made any advancements in that area?
jeff_vader
·geçen yıl·discuss
When most of services nowadays seem like a hostile subscription, this brings joy.

edit: use of Yandex on the other hand.. yeah that's a no go for paid subscription.
jeff_vader
·2 yıl önce·discuss
Tried going all out at ~45deg angle until fuel is finished hoping to go into orbit, but no luck.
jeff_vader
·2 yıl önce·discuss
I've done something similar but it was only a 7 segment display showing how much I ran. It sat on a shelf and it was pretty fun to watch number go up every time I came back to my apartment after a run.

To make everything really simple I scraped my public profile directly from esp8266 controller (so there's no need for extra steps of setting up Strava app to gain access to the API). Worked relatively well.
jeff_vader
·2 yıl önce·discuss
Yup. And the other (green/teal?) typewriter has a spacebar on the edge, same colour as the typewriter body. Ends of it sometimes visible between fingers, it's also used.
jeff_vader
·2 yıl önce·discuss
My father got it after an injured looking/unusually behaving cat scratched him up. Cat ran away - so it was impossible to test for rabies. 4 shoulder injections - no drama, no noticeable side effects other than maybe sore shoulder.
jeff_vader
·2 yıl önce·discuss
Not from Russia, but nearby.. It was very common - kinda wild east and nobody cared. As soon our telecom started providing DSL - we (neighbourhood kids) got a commercial DSL into my apartment and shared it between 2 five story apartment buildings. Our set up was tiny and not very reliable. Some local networks like this grew and became almost proper internet providers. But they continued this gray practice of pulling cables in the air, between buildings. They'd also do other sketchy stuff like installing hubs/switches into electrical boxes and tapping supply from the building. We learned about it when a technician from a provider like this dropped a screwdriver on live wires and knocked out power for half of the building.
jeff_vader
·2 yıl önce·discuss
English Wikipedia and some Linux distribution which can be downloaded as a full set of packages + sources.
jeff_vader
·2 yıl önce·discuss
Basic flight instruments almost always have a backup. In case of F-35 there's a small square screen in centre console which shows attitude indicator and flight parameters. Needless to say, if main screens are out you are turning around and looking for the nearest airport.
jeff_vader
·2 yıl önce·discuss
Somewhat related: https://x.com/id_aa_carmack/status/569658695832829952

> Teaching my kids programming on an Apple //c is like kung fu training in the primitive wilderness.
jeff_vader
·2 yıl önce·discuss
Reminds this current slightly comedic (IMO) situation in my office: a few months ago developers were given access to GitHub's "Copilot Enterprise". Then, a month or so later, organisation also adopted another "AI" product checking pull requests for risks associated with "use of generative AI". And needless to say it does occasionally fail code written without any "generative AI"..
jeff_vader
·2 yıl önce·discuss
On top of problems with helium leaks there's now another issue[1]:

> Starliner has been given a go to hold at 260 meters from the space station. During the approach two reaction control system jets have failed off. A manual flight test has been put on hold while flight controllers look to restore those jets with a hot fire.

[1]: https://x.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1798738262368104639
jeff_vader
·2 yıl önce·discuss
On top of that there's now another issue[1]:

> Starliner has been given a go to hold at 260 meters from the space station. During the approach two reaction control system jets have failed off. A manual flight test has been put on hold while flight controllers look to restore those jets with a hot fire.

[1]: https://x.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1798738262368104639
jeff_vader
·2 yıl önce·discuss
Title should be "Creating Windows 95 theme for a disposable vape" or something similar.
jeff_vader
·2 yıl önce·discuss
And we're all happy CVS users.
jeff_vader
·2 yıl önce·discuss
Related - there's also ESP8266 based TheOldNet wifi modem[1] in case you want TCP/IP over wifi networking in your MS-DOS machine (or possibly others which have support for SLIP - Serial Line Internet Protocol).

[1]: https://github.com/TheOldNet/theoldnet-wifi-firmware-binarie...