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- Comment on Lead writer Margaret Hamilton standing next to the finished Moon landing script 2 days ago:
That’s the first draft script of 2001, as written by an old-fashioned AI ‘expert system.’
Kubrik decided it was more cost-effective to just have HAL sing ‘Daisy, Daisy.’
- Comment on Is a web browser using another scripting language feasible? 1 week ago:
PyScript is an open source platform for Python in the browser.
- Comment on How would I go about turning this into a power-generating wind turbine. 1 week ago:
- Comment on Are you too young to remember these? 2 weeks ago:
Reminds me, I should go through my old box of DVDs and do some cleaning.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Process of elimination. Other than what’s been mentioned…
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Does this happen when you’re staying over somewhere else or in a hotel for a few days? If not, may want to check for mold, bed bugs, or airborne particulates. Mold is usually odorless, but can grow behind walls and above ceilings.
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Can you switch out into a fresh, new set of clothing and/or beddings, and use allergen-free detergents? It’s possible to develop allergies to certain fabrics and cleaning supplies.
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Ask for a sleep study. Often it involves wearing a special watch continuously for a day or two, then turning it in. Sleep apnea can disrupt flow of oxygen to the brain. There are now ultra-quiet CPAP machines, with very discreet facemasks, so nobody has to be kept awake.
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- Comment on Are datacenters in space more lucrative than on earth? 2 weeks ago:
What they don’t show in a lot of SciFi is the mundane day-to-day stuff (AFAIK, the only shows that came close were Red Dwarf and Firefly.)
Problem is, things break. Connectors come loose. Temperature makes things brittle. Small debris cross pads and create shorts. Most automated manufacturing lines can catch assembly problems, but none have 0% failure rate. This is what post-deployment maintenance is for. Somebody shows up in a van with a bunch of test gear and replacement parts. They diagnose the problem, swap out a cable or board, and the business keeps humming.
Add IoT and fancy telemetry. Monitor sensors and run ML to do predictive analytics. It still requires someone in a cargo van with a bunch of spare parts.
If you put an installation in a remote location, under water, or in space, there are benefits. But you just multiplied the cost of basic maintenance. You can build in redundancies, but a small glitch at a single-point-of-failure could cascade to a catastrophe.
Microsoft and Google tried putting data-centers under water, and after years of trials they nixed it because of these issues. Multiply that for something far out in space.
Only alternative is to build failure into the business model. Something breaks, you just leave it to rot (or burn in the atmosphere) and send another container out. Maybe the finance math works out, but it sure is wasteful.
tl:dr: SciFi is fantasy. A clogged toilet is reality.
- Comment on That's a shit beer! 5 weeks ago:
Thank you, that would be great to know. Had no idea they charged differently. There’s obviously history behind it.
Was also told by a friend that in some countries there are glass pour-lines below the lip of the glass. They are required to fill beer to the line, but different glasses have different levels for amount of foam.
Around us, there are no such rules. In some breweries you get 1cm, in other 3-4cm of foam, all for the same price.
- Comment on That's a shit beer! 5 weeks ago:
The more foam, the longer a keg stretches (pure profit for the house). But sure, let’s gaslight the consumer into thinking foam is BETTER than beer: www.brewer-world.com/3-pours-of-pilsner-urquell/
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
Gives new meaning to ‘Tools Lending Library.’
- Comment on Apple sues OpenAI, two former employees for trade secrets theft 5 weeks ago:
techspot.com/…/109745-openai-jony-face-major-chal…
Doesn’t OpenAI’s hardware group include Jony Ive’s group? Is Apple suing Jony?
- Comment on High court rejects most of ‘dieselgate’ claims brought by 1.6m UK car owners 5 weeks ago:
Yes, the code says:
if (testMode) { // tweak settings }
But we didn’t intend for it to defeat tests.
- Comment on Belgium national team's officialsocial media post after beating theUSA national team in the World Cup:"Overturn this" 1 month ago:
- Comment on If internet means wires, then how come my mobile phone gets connected to the internet ? I'm roaming everywhere with it inside my pocket. 2 months ago:
Technically, it’s ‘pipes’ not ‘wires,’ but they function the same.
When you hold the phone in your hand while standing on the ground, you’re closing a very long circuit that connects everyone via underground ‘electro-acoustic pipes.’ A few years ago, they laid conduits under waters so people from island nations could make overseas calls.
That is also why they would ask people to turn off their phones when they get on airplanes. They finally got it working while moving using flight attendants on break, small flashlights, and quantum encryption.
Scientists are still working on calls dropping when people are on trampolines.
- Comment on This place is a prison 2 months ago:
Tweas?
- Comment on Caption this. 2 months ago:
- Comment on WTF is this??? 3 months ago:
When using the turn signal handle, “Down is left, Up is right.”
This picture is obviously indicating the car is down.
- Comment on New Hungarian Minister of Health starts dancing 3 months ago:
The new US ambassador, explaining his positions through interpretive dance.
- Comment on dog 3 months ago:
Nature is healing.
- Comment on What is it like traveling with two passports at the same time? 3 months ago:
We have several family friends who do this regularly. What helps is there are no direct flights to their destinations. They leave with their US passport, and if they have to exit the terminal, go through customs with their US passport.
When it’s time to board, they use their other passport. At the destination, they go through customs with their local passport and don’t have to stand in long lines.
The only situation I’ve heard of is if they stay in the other country and make money while there, those may incur US taxes as foreign earnings.
- Comment on Behold: A vibe-designed pcb 4 months ago:
Nothing a little bodge-wiring and a Pi compute-module can’t fix.
- Comment on why does almost nobody live here? 4 months ago:
These are ceremonial, organ-harvesting sites.
Best to stick to the main roads.
- Comment on Let's say hypothetically I wanted to leave the US permanently; 4 months ago:
Canadian ‘Express Entry’ program for those with Skilled Trades: www.canada.ca/en/…/federal-skilled-trades.html
- Comment on A shrubbery! 4 months ago:
Outstanding meme abuse.
- Comment on Traditional Easter baked bean boba 4 months ago:
Is this Vegan?
- Comment on uncomfortable but better than walking 4 months ago:
- Comment on Wrong answers only - what is this? 4 months ago:
Says so right on the box.
A U.S.-made Robot, designed to play sports.
- Comment on Mission to the Cloud Server 4 months ago:
Guess NASA didn’t want them writing SMTP rules while circling the moon.
- Comment on Turbines are our friends 4 months ago:
Everybody with a college course in Thermodynamics.
- Comment on Just like me fr 4 months ago:
Wondered where that branch of the family went.
- Comment on Replication crisis, my arse 4 months ago:
There was a cheapo Japanese restaurant downtown. Plastic everything. Went there for lunch a while back. Worst Bento box ever.
Six months later. Hmm, Bento box sounds good. Go to this Japanese restaurant. Halfway through the awful meal, remember I’d been there! Swore never to go back. Again.
This cycle repeated SIX times.
What broke it was the whole building burning to the ground because of a grease fire.
Point is… hmm… Bento for lunch sounds good.
