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2010; i expect some changes have happened even at these layers.

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paper printers only needed such accuracy in one axis of motion, and had gearing to provide it. hard drives use voice coils, a completely different technology. The circuitry that do…

Unfortunately, his "Junkyard Wars" episode appears to be unavailable on the net. https://www.facebook.com/RepThomasMassie/posts/1009013893914...

Micro-stepping controller chips. Before that, the precision available without gearing and feedback wasn't sufficient. There were systems but they were order of magnitude more compl…

The Harris campaign raised over a Billion and the word this morning is they're now $20 million in debt. Amazing how much more effective the "crypto industry" dollar was than the De…

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If you think Apple will obey Trump orders to spy on its users, but that they wouldn't obey Biden/Harris orders to do the same; I think you have an unrealistic view. the corporate s…

id say 10g/day minimum and you might plan for 20g if anyone wants to wash hands. If you ever need it, you will be very glad for whatever you have. Even a couple one gallon jugs can…

pointers to many sources: https://libguides.princeton.edu/elections

Stored water is hardly ever a bad idea; but you can't feasibly store enough for any long term. Articulate what you're planning for: days of no power or weeks of no services at all?…

Even if the Federal "Cognitive Hygiene" efforts continue (mis/disinformation departments), the people running them won't be allowed the free hand they have previously enjoyed in sq…

The FBI has a long, documented history of manufacturing its headline terrorism cases from whole cloth. Not just the recent cases like the Bundy bullshit; all the way back before th…

https://abcnews.go.com/US/election-fact-check-noncitizens-vo... https://www.npr.org/2024/10/12/nx-s1-5147789/voting-election... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yj98grr5lo Isn't…

Very few people are actually involved in politics on a personal basis. Those few have reason to be more passionate. Everybody else, whose only involvement is to be a victim of poli…

I don't recall anyone talking about him as a person, in association wit "SCO lawsuits". it was always the "SCO group" company that was reviled in the press. https://en.wikipedia.or…

Trumps "promised" tariffs are always worse than Biden's extant ones. > During his first presidency Trump instituted a limited number of extra tariffs, chiefly against China. Upon t…

I think Linus is correct, and demonstrating his new abilities with diplomacy with his phrasing. Take a look at what the Metaverse bubble has left us vs what it cost, in direct doll…

the opium trade was cleaner

Will WIRED be advocating the same penalty for everyone who has violated this law? Odd that they've never turned this up before now, in all their previous reporting on Musk and his …