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> Javascript A quick note: your spreadsheet had better support arbitrary-precision currency math, if it doesn't already. That's table stakes for a spreadsheet. To answer your real …

In this case, web search with site:XX.name worked better than the LLM. Breakpoint synthesis https://nathan.ho.name/posts/nonstandard-oscillators/ Box tone isn't a term I'm familiar…

Should you be interested in doing so, my suggestion would be to offer an "offline" version. It could be feature-limited as follows: 1. Do not include the planned online collaborati…

Eirik, in case you're still watching this thread: I would pay you $400 for this tool without hesitation. I would also pay for upgrades. However, the $400/yr subscription model is a…

> Important for these COVID-19-related findings was the lack of informal communication that the project team suffered in the absence of face-to-face interactions. In the past, JPL'…

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Was this inspired by the classic 1970s Lisp demonstration SHRDLU? https://hci.stanford.edu/winograd/shrdlu/

This is a wonderful tool and goes a long way to scratch the "library itch" I've felt since the start of the pandemic. Projects like this make me very happy that I donated to IA thi…

I use Orgzly and find it quite nice. The main difference seems to be that Orgzly is a native Android app, while Organice is a (self-hosted) web service that happens to render nicel…

Came here to say this! This program would be even cooler if it supported the dict protocol in addition to scraping OED. The dict protocol and CLI tool [1] were invented to solve th…

IMO the article overstates the danger of cubesats. If deployed to a low orbit (~ISS height) they deorbit in months due to atmospheric drag. You don't really run into the problems d…

The simplest way to deploy your homebrew ROMs to a real NES is to use something called a "flash cartridge"[1]. This is equivalent to a real NES cartridge except it is backed by rew…

The C64 has at least one web browser as part of Contiki OS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contiki#Features I couldn't find any screenshots of the C64 version of Contiki, but here i…

The booster couldn't make a soft landing due to a failure in the hydraulics system. > “Of course one of our goals is reusability, and unfortunately we didn’t get to recover the pro…

Many credit-card POS terminals still use dial-up. Ever wonder why they take so long to authenticate? Moreover, about 3% of Americans still use dial-up as their primary Internet con…

Sure, if you use a space elevator. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator This won't get you out of Earth orbit, though. If you want to go to other planets, you have no choice…

Ever read the study of atmospheric flight on Venus? It focuses more on sustained flight than gliding to a landing, but it's still the first thing I thought of. http://media.clevela…

No problems with FF29 on Win7.

Because televisions aren't square.

You can always switch to Basic HTML view. It's dated, but it stays out of the way.

I have copied mspaint.exe from a WinXP machine. It doesn't seem to have any prerequisites, and still works fine!

I don't know how much Devi has revealed about the superhuman feats mentioned in the article, but she did write a book on how to do basic math very quickly. It's a good read. http:/…

I had the same reaction to Philips' blog post. I agree with his main argument, but not how he supports it. Basically, Philips dismisses a broad range of 8-bit media without knowing…

Eterm does this. It does help, but it is kind of ugly.