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Given that his sister Joan was an accomplished scientist in her own right, and they got along well, I don't think your comment is accurate. > “During the conference I was staying w…

Carrying The Fire by Michael Collins is an excellent account of Apollo 11 from the perspective of the command module pilot. I've read it three times, it's a wonderful book, he's a …

The way I understand it, there is one EM field and photons of various frequencies travel in that field: radio, microwave, infra-red, visible, ultra-violet, x-ray, gamma. We are awa…

Same. My work is very flexible, we can take time throughout the day for an appointment or errand, and in return, we have a strong work ethic that ensures that things get done, whic…

I'm not torn at all. Ads are cancer. They're either un-curated and malware, or curated on my private data and disturbingly targeted. I reject both types.

Yeah, I'm not sure what the better word is. As a programmer, I use APIs. "interact with", "code to/against". I think "user" is OK. We're all users at different levels of abstractio…

API doesn't imply integration. Consider any module or package to have an API exposed to the user of the package. Unit tests should assert that the package behaves as expected.

I'm in my 40s and still vibing on a mix of novel and nostalgia. I don't know what my secret is but I've never been in a position where discovering new music was difficult. I don't …

This is debunked to some extent. Veritasium made a good video about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhgwIhB58PA Personally I find a multi-pronged approach is necessary to reall…

Seems an unpopular opinion but I thought EEAAO was pretty daft and I'm surprised at the reception it received and all the Oscars it won. Now don't get me wrong, it's a fun flick an…

Moral of the story: make friends with PC nerds. I never had much time for consoles and I don’t feel like I missed out on much. Popular games come and go. The joy of doing whatever …

The way I understand it, light from far away, very far away, is red-shifted because the universe is expanding at every point and the wavelength of the traveling light is stretched.…

The right word would be "apathy".

Sure, Satan.

That’s a good opportunity to run a profiler and it will tell you pretty quick which things are taking the most time/cpu/memory.

He just dropped a new album, Eidolon, last week. It's wonderful! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljzFWdax0iE&list=PL44Q4mKIiC...

Underworld is usually closer to techno/tech-house than trance although I feel trying to fit Underworld into any genre is a disservice. They are masters of their own sound and a cla…

Donato Dozzy is an amazing selector. One of the greats.

I play psy-trance at a range of tempos, from dub stuff at 70-80bpm, through prog stuff around 110-130bpm, to more high energy stuff up at 140-150bpm. The main reason for sticking t…

If you like Shpongle, I recently bought a new album, Transient States - Ballade en Forêt, that sounds very derivative (in a good way!). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLLzz4vxKb0 …

Plugging my own mix 'cause I think it fits what you're describing pretty well. 3hrs of deep progressive and psychedelic trance. I've been collecting and playing records for a long …

Medium is super annoying. Every time I end up there I immediately leave. Popups, subscription requirement "sometimes", it's the most obnoxious place.

Spotify has a catalogue that appeals to people that like pop music. Bandcamp provides an outlet for artists that aren't part of the pop music spectrum. I'm deep into electronic mus…

English is a marvellous language and there is often a specific word that conveys exactly the desired meaning, but instead we resort to saying “very good” when we mean brilliant, or…

I don't trust anyone to review a film, but I still read/watch reviews. Over the years I've learned to read between the lines a bit and I usually have a gut feeling for how a review…