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I think the whole point of the study is exploratory. Looking for commonality in a search of a cause or suite of factors instead of making assumptions. Maybe it is a physical phenom…

I'm not sure how much of it you can minimize. You can only control what you can control...and war/combat is chaos. Honestly it seems most things in relation to this over the years …

Qualifier: Former US special operations operator that served in multiple wars. My anecdotal take is there are many ways that shock and trauma can accumulate through training and wa…

I am running the Pi from a solid state hdd as I don't trust the sd cards. ATAK/FreeTak does run well on it. Funny you mention LoRa as I am using exactly that. I have a bunch of the…

I was originally trying to set it up as the Kiwix wifi hotspot. But after playing with that I decided I wanted the pc to have more than one function so I switched to regular Linux …

I have been tinkering with a cyberdeck for a while now for off-grid usage, so this is a nice find for the hardware side. My main battle lately has been building out the software si…

Andrew McAfee did an interview last week w/ Sam Harris [1] that was a fun listen if you are interested in a conversational understanding before reading his book. [1] https://samhar…

My wife had the same thing happen to her but luckily our bank clearly says that this is a password reset pin code (don't share with anyone) type of message along with the pin code …

I have been patiently waiting on the Soffos[1] product from Fountech to be released to give it a try. I am assuming that there is a repetition algo in there as well. [1] https://ww…

Purposeful mixing or mild randomization of search results also seems like a decent way to help obscure the ranking algorithms to help thwart reverse engineering.

YT now has channel "memberships" built in that mimic Patreon. Since it is integrated into YT you get a streamlined perks platform along with a special icon noting you are a "member…

> academia is a reflection of how wealthy and educated the population is This is correct, but that doesn't mean causation. Look at any civilization and look at what came first weal…

I agree. I wasn't using it as de-facto; rather as an idea that may calm the panic of "OMG They have more X than we do!" "They have more X than we do" only works to determine an out…

A wordsmith I am not. Thanks for the correction.

Not to sound like an anti-intellectual, but it could be a mistake to assume that innovation comes from academia. Nassim Nicholas Taleb has a convincing chapter (I think it is Chapt…

As a fellow KC resident I was looking for exactly this. Thanks.

Think about what you just said there. Imagine you are talking about governmental regulatory agencies and banks and re-read the same sentence.

That seems to be the easiest scheme to implement. Most other systems will spin up a unique hyperlink and a require a passcode. By building in something that simple, Google could re…

> Need to meet with a customer who doesn’t use Chromebox for meetings? That’s easy too—all they need is a Gmail account. This would be amazing, except no partner or customer our co…

He meant that you could have sold the iPhone on ebay for $500. You could have then bought a Nexus 5 for $400. You would then have an Nexus 5 and $100. By just smashing the iPhone (…

As a resident of Kansas City and having visited John's store many times, I can tell you that this guys is amazing. He does hands on classes for kids (minimum age 7) on chemistry, a…

You are assuming that "the market" is one homogeneous mass, which it is not. >Does the market need a cheaper printer, or a better one? Yes. Some are in the market for a cheaper pri…