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Depends a lot on humidity. Condensing a fridge full of humid air releases a fair bit of heat. Also a fuller fridge will have much more thermal mass and care less. But yes, exchangi…

https://web.archive.org/web/20260116161616/https://www.digit... for anyone here while we're swamping Walter's site

> LTO (link time optimisation) is the hot topic for Apple’s new generation of linkers, enabling them to optimise across functions, etc. I was using LTO in 2013 on apple machines...…

Some more things to consider: Sugary things like marinades and rubs will stick more as they caramelize compared to just salt & spices. This is great if you're making a pan sauce, a…

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This is beside the point. The code specifies what the product _is_, not what it "should" be. If you ask for a word processor and I deliver a perfectly bug-free and feature-complete…

I remember thinking the blue led on the PS2 was so cool when it first came out.

Right? How long was it until they figured out that one triceratops was a juvenile rather than a separate species? Though if they still have dna from that specimen it should be pret…

Considering the list was generated from data, not just the author's opinion, I wonder what criteria you're using for "should". My guess is a lot more of the general population feel…

Rancid isn't the same as rotten. Oil going rancid is about oxidation and other chemical degradation. This has nothing to do with "health" of the oil...

And then risk drawing you down the rabbit hole/money sink of getting a pilot's license

Appeals to tradition and authority are not arguments. Look in the mirror for arrogance.

The beam is surely wider than the planet so there's a large range of "straight toward"

The bluest ones in the JWST images are the higest frequency (shortest wavelength) it can see. These are the longest frequencies hubble can see, so they look reddish. Anything in JW…

Have an annual salary in mind for a similar role, chop off the last three zeros, and that's my hourly rate. It works out to approximately double which is just enough to account for…

you have just the right name :)

no, you just need to multiply 440 by (12th root of 2)^k, where k is the number of half-tones above (pos) or below (neg) A440

The same is true for the standard that sets A to 440 Hz. Though they spoil the plot in the abstract. https://www.iso.org/standard/3601.html

Thanks :) I love that I'm not the first/only one to do one of these in Brainfuck (especially in direct response to Ben's series). I have a feeling the approach I take will follow f…

I've been doing the same thing for the past couple weeks. http://blog.cogwheel.info/2017/05/ttl-brainfuck-computer-par...

MB is 1024 * 1024 * bytes not 1000 * 1000 * bytes. Unless you're a HDD/SSD manufacturer.

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