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There's a laser treatment for floaters now (laser vitreolysis). It's not always applicable and it has its own risks and side effects.

> You know, if it hit you in the arm, it's not going to do anything serious. Yeah, the arm is definitely the part of the human body that is most sensitive to a laser that can make …

Vaguely related question: what is the go-to open DMARC check implementation these days? I mean the part that checks _received_ mail against DMARC rules. It used to be opendmarc, bu…

I am thinking how this would split the web. You would have the "new web" consisting of the top n major websites paying this fee. And then you would have the "old web", accessible o…

Maybe someone that has seen this first hand can chime in but I strongly suspect the real-life effect viewed with naked eye is much more disappointing compared to what is shown in t…

Each time I see beauty in old machinery I think about the recent IEEE article that started with something like "AI designs aren't limited by outdated concepts like simplicity and a…

In related news, Imgur seems to be a/b testing a website that just pushes you to the mobile app and doesn't allow you do anything in browser beyond viewing the one picture you clic…

> Freed from intelligibility and aesthetics, AI designs faster I like this headline. In other words, AI will suck out every last bit that makes engineering fun. I know, I know. The…

The Compaq laptop I was using had a 486SX and 4 MB of RAM. It had a 640x480 (if I remember correctly) screen and I'm pretty sure the framebuffer was in a separate video RAM that wa…

I just spent the better part of the week looking at code. I guess I'm the last one.

I hope it stays like that for a while, but I suspect it won't. Advertised prices for my setup are now roughly 2x what I'm currently paying.

It's the tragedy of the commons. It's a complete non-issue for the offender because it's very unlikely they will face any consequences and less of a non-issue for their neighbor wh…

> Here in Germany you have to be careful when setting up a homemade radio signal - it might be illegal depending on frequency and transmit power. In Germany and everywhere else. Th…

I think solid state technology came too soon for the miniaturization of vacuum tube technology to be fully explored. Ken mentions in one of his older posts that even in these old t…

Yes, this was weird. I saw that announcement yesterday, went through the list of fixed issues and decided to wait with the upgrade since none of them were relevant for me. If I hav…

This one provides the source and asks you to build it yourself so at least it has some credibility for the "education use only" claim. I've seen similar things posted on here befor…

Because this is getting downvoted, and to check if my memory serves me well: Here's an excerpt from a 2013 article in Scientific American that appears on the first page of results …

Not to detract from the amazing success that is Voyager - I also still remember attending a lecture given by a JPL engineer that worked on one of the instruments - but I feel like …

Thanks. It might still turn out to be this. My thinking so far against was 1) after a few months I'm pretty sure I would hear about the real attack 2) Repeating too frequently. Peo…

I just block the group address on the MTA, but it doesn't matter. In all instances so far when it came to my attention the group was already deleted. Next time they will use a diff…

Somewhat related to spam coming from Google servers, maybe someone can shed some light on what could be the motivation behind this activity: In recent months I'm seeing instances w…

> Recipient: Google LLC This complaint was sent to Google, probably because the cloudinary.com URL appeared in their search results. It's doubtful anyone at Fiverr was made aware o…

Wiring mistakes can kill or burn down a house months or years after they have been done. You will not notice unconnected protective earth or badly dimensioned circuit breakers unti…

> To keep a sending IP “warm” and maintain deliverability, you’re expected to send constantly. Like… all the time. The article provides zero evidence for this claim except "our low…

> use actual google tools to see actual reputation Google has a v2 of the postmaster tools that are actually useful now? Awesome news! I totally missed that. All v1 ever showed me …