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To learn unix: FreeBSD on CDs from FreeBSD.org in circa 1994/1995.

To learn more C: The Walnut Creek C Users Group CD, circa 1994/1995 - still available at - https://archive.org/details/cug995

To improve my wallpaper: Pre-Raphaelite Art on CD - still available at https://www.mindworkshop.com/indcdrom.html

Define "continuously". Does the data need to be mirrored immediately upon write?

Under my desk right now is a too-underutilized-to-upgrade-NAS that has been spinning 1TB Western Digitals since 2010. Between RAID-Z2 and cloud backups, there's almost no reason to get rid of them except for performance, which doesn't matter here.

Does this mean there is already a commercial version? If so, what is the advantage of the NASA funded project?

Per the repo, it runs certain models on a Macbook Pro with an Apple M2 Max.

Yes, I have close family that relies upon this method to clear weeds from between brick pavers. "Divided" describes my position well: the vinegar kills some of it, but the walk never gets fully clear. Contrast that with round-up, which would cause the weeds to whither and fall out and leave it clear for a few months.

It definitely smells better than round-up, and you don't have to think twice about it affecting pets...

The article indicates there will be some exceptions:

> While it is primarily intended to allow for only fully electric cars, bigger vans with plug-in hybrid engines will also be allowed, and exceptions will be made for ambulances and police cars, as well as cars in which the driver or passenger has a documented disability

As an American with family that engages political debate at too many gatherings, can you explain what "no free speech" means in the UK?

I assumed that members of the UK public could always say "_____ the prime minister". There was even a Black Mirror episode involving a pig...

This sounds like an nginx-based k8s ingress-controller. See:

https://kubernetes.github.io/ingress-nginx/deploy/

Microsoft Project does support PERT estimates, though it's difficult to find and use: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/expected-duration...

It's highly regional. Per kWh, Connecticut pays twice as much as New Jersey, on average. Boston pays three times what Arizona pays. The government updates price tables monthly:

https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.ph...

Automotive screens sizes are small because they must exceed vibration and temperature tolerances of other devices, which drives up cost. Unlike an iPad, in-car screens need to work from ~0F to ~130F every day, because the back-up camera MUST work.

When Tesla introduced giant screens, then ran into problems with panels not being "automotive grade."

See: https://www.thedrive.com/tech/27989/teslas-screen-saga-shows...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19905299

Exactly. Transparency protects integrity.

Same as my current circa-2017 GM car, which shows a home screen with buttons or blank screen with the time. There is no Apple OR GM logo.

Residential electricity in New England is currently twice the national average. See: https://www.bls.gov/regions/midwest/data/averageenergyprices...

It's recently become so high, I wonder if it's more economical to run hybrid cars on gas instead of charging them.

If the goal is for it to be a spoken assistant, it won't work with customer service/virtual assistant voice models. It needs to be loud, threatening, and coarse!

Correct. Architects call the perception of size from shape the massing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massing

And if you hate McMansions, you'll love: https://mcmansionhell.com/

Four to six transparent Rubbermaid "Clever Store" tote bins (1), each with a bright orange label indicating the rough categories of stuff (Audio/Video, USB, Power/AC, Networking) plus a few larger ones which are big enough to hold old motherboards / boxed NICs / etc.

Within each, similar items are grouped into clear, labelled zip-loc bags. (e.g. USB mini cables, USB micro cables, Lightning Cables, 2.5mm audio adapters, headphones, etc.)

Random 1-off items (e.g. a weird Fuhu NABI tablet adapter) goes into the related category box (USB), which is usually good enough to find it later.

Most importantly, I repeat to the fam to CHECK THE BIN before buying yet another cable/adapter.

(1) https://www.rubbermaid.com/containers-totes.html

When I used a cleaning service 10 years ago, it was $275 for 2 maids to clean 1100sqft house. 1 bath, 1 bedroom, vac+mop everywhere, kitchen dishes. They were done in ~3 hours. NYC area.

Can you use music.apple.com under chrome on mint?

Typically, those collars are used as a wind screen.

https://www.rei.com/product/139472/toaks-titanium-windscreen

I can confirm this. Our 2017 Volt's battery-only range drops from ~60 miles in the summer to only ~45 miles in winters.

Location: New England.

Can you clarify when/how a KPI ever not a target?

Bonuses and promotions always go to those who exceed them, and "improvement plans" or "restructuring" is reserved to those who miss.

From the PDF, these won't just park in the gravity well at L1.

"An active stabilization mechanism is needed and will have to be designed, preferably through geometry modification [aerospace engineering, planetary sciences, robotics]"

See https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gk415yke8shtb84/AABLA5kYXUrrZfidU...

The Tesla emergency guide mentions using lots of water, or as a backup, dry chemicals, but not foam or submersion. (Why not?)

Thinking way outside the box:

- Can these fires be extinguished with sand? Large air-powered sand pumps exist for metal casting. A "battery-fire truck" could haul tons of sand, an air powered sand pump, and a metal "hose" to deliver sand onto the vehicle from a distance. (https://www.macawber.com/products/pneumatic-conveying/sandpu...)

- What about letting it burn out in a safe way, like a covered grease fire? Winch the vehicle into a fire-proof box (a shipping container lined with refractory brick.) Let it be until it burns out, or if insulated well enough, transfer it to a safer location.

There are others, as well as translators from higher level languages. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_description_language#...

This. Our goal was to build a toy OS, from scratch, in x86 assembly, that could multitask execution of DOS COM files. God help you if you didn't already know ASM.

Fortunately we were graded at milestones, and our sins (bugs) were forgiven by replacing our individual buggy implementations with known working implementations that covered the concepts up to that point.

Calculus is important, because in high school you only superficially know the breadth of the field you're interested in, where you may fit, and what you need to get there.

I unwittingly had a "low math" high school education, with pre-calculus only introduced spring of my last year. Freshman Engineering was a shock, with Calc, Physics, and Electrical Engineering using concepts I'd never heard of.

There's nothing worse than thinking you're accepted, prepared, and ready, and finding you're totally wrong.

> Rancher even stated that they had removed almost 3 billion lines of code.

They claim millions, not billions. See https://www.suse.com/c/rancher_blog/why-k3s-is-the-future-of...

It may not be anymore, but it used to be. I bought a 65" Samsung back in 2012, and had to sign to receive it. From the truck through signature, the delivery agent held it like a giant iPad in portrait mode, pinching the long edges of the box. It had a clear "this end up" arrows... pointing sideways.

When I turned it on, there was a big dim spot on the top edge of the panel. It had to be exchanged.