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I like that both 0:00 and 24:00 exist. If you say "midnight, August 12", do you mean at the start or the end of the day? There might be a convention, but I don't know it so others …

"there is an in-group for which the law protects but does not bind, and an out-group to which the law binds but does not protect"

Microsoft Word automatically converts dashes to em dashes as soon as you hit space at the end of the next word after the dash.

If I remember correctly the military / aerospace shy away from this spec because the connector with the pins is on the backplane, with the sockets on the cards. So if you incorrect…

You have four sides to each pixel cube, have you considered black, white and two grey levels?

I suspect it because with a single piece axle the torsion forces trying to twist the wheels into negative camber are taken by the axle and the forces on the two wheels negate each …

This is the 90 minute documentary about the development of this particular locomotive. https://youtu.be/c-CbY2d3O1c

It's worse only if AI turns out to be of high value. In that case only large companies that can afford to license training data will be dominant.

Conjoiner Drives come to mind...

They use Midazolam in Australia, which is great as it's very sedating and causes anterograde amnesia, so you don't remember a thing.

Honestly the picolax part of the prep is okay for me, I hate the low fibre diet of the prior 3 days. White bread, boiled skinless potatoes and chicken breast. Nothing with any colo…

My dad was also colourblind, and it was only when my mum saw the blood in the toilet that he got tested (at 57). Stage 4 metastatic bowel cancer. He got 8 more years of life but I …

Orthodox Christians in the Southern Hemisphere already celebrate Christmas in summer, as do other Christians. #borealocentrism

I can't help being amused by this comment, which seems to to be arguing: "This isn't a One-True-Scotsman fallacy, a true One-True-Scotsman fallacy would be , your claim about this …

I clicked on those links to see Spectrum Analyser noise floor plots and was sorely disappointed.

I believe this question has been addressed and clarified as limiting the moderation of content to the news organisations' own Facebook pages only, not a general ability to moderate…

I'm regularly reminded of the "Alan's editorializing" commentary in the "units.txt" file, which contains gems such as: [in candela := cd]: "I think the candela is a scam, and I am …