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 Discussion on question by Robert Colu…

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Edheldil
Sep 6, 2023 12:12
@JyrkiLahtonen the problem is, general populace usually does not come in contact with advanced-mathematics terms, but are forced to acknowledge, agree to and sign legal documents all the time.
 

 Discussion on question by A O: Is the…

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Edheldil
Jul 3, 2023 23:40
@AO I would rather push for * childy (sim. to windy) to be introduced to the Englisg language :-D.
 

 Discussion on answer by JBH: What is …

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Edheldil
May 31, 2023 04:55
They could conceivably train a small monkey attached to a thread to climb over a ballista arrow-attached rope to the other side, loop the thread over a tree / boulder and then return over the rope back.
 

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Edheldil
Apr 18, 2023 17:07
Without the Internet and working cell network, smartphones will at best take a long time to get satellite fix, because they rely on AGPS (internet-assisted gps) a lot. Also I suspect the phone will not be able to connect to the cell network due to change in ciphers, protocols and frequencies. I think that in 1993 the existing cell networks were all analog still (NMT instead of GSM), but I will not bother to check.
Edheldil
Apr 18, 2023 17:07
@XanderHenderson in May 2000, Clinton's government switched off selective availability, hence improving GPS accuracy to ~5m. That begat geocaching.
 

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Edheldil
Aug 11, 2022 10:41
@mgh42That counts as an acute lead poisoning ;-)
 

 Discussion on question by Cookie04: M…

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Edheldil
Apr 15, 2021 15:46
Even the librarian could utter the source code for the image viewer, just saying Ook!.
 

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Edheldil
Jul 25, 2020 19:26
@TheoreticalMinimum - you do realize that the defcon talk was a fun show, not a serious research, right?
 

 Discussion on answer by Renan: How to…

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Edheldil
Jan 9, 2020 01:07
@Tektotherriggen - do you mean this? :-D phys.org/news/2020-01-glitch-pulsar-psr-j09084913.html
Edheldil
Jan 9, 2020 01:07
In a weird twist, people monitoring GPS time signals detected a strange forward and backward jump of time on December 31st, 20:39:47 UTC. See here: lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2020-January/… . Coincidence? I guess not! ;-)
 

 Discussion on answer by MadHatter: Ho…

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Edheldil
Jun 12, 2018 10:45
@Nij - otoh (bared a solar flare), the dose acquired from a flight is independent of human/technology mishaps, unlike (potentially!) from the scanners.
 

 Discussion on question by spunkpike: …

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Edheldil
Apr 25, 2018 21:58
Beware of redacting tools using some of the techniques implemented here: underhanded-c.org/_page_id_17.html :)
 

 Discussion on answer by Sjoerd: Is it…

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Edheldil
Jan 20, 2018 00:24
@MatthieuM.: management module in some servers will gladly let you enter as long password as you wish when creating an access account and also when later you try to log in, but will silently truncate the former (or latter?) to 20 characters.
 

 Discussion on answer by SQB: Can we i…

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Edheldil
Oct 7, 2017 20:15
On a second look, it's not the glass container from Aliens, but a cat transport box, clearly for the facehugger. Heh :)
Edheldil
Oct 7, 2017 09:50
the skeleton on the right ... was not there st. like that in Simpson's Halloween Special?
Edheldil
Oct 7, 2017 09:48
are the colored portals identified? (0f, 9e)
Edheldil
Oct 7, 2017 09:45
0 - behind Akira - it looks a bit like Alien mother's legs or something like that
Edheldil
Oct 7, 2017 09:43
2c - next to the circle, it's the glass container where the facehugger has been stored (Aliens)
Edheldil
Oct 6, 2017 16:41
@b_jonasl - I certainly did not destroy anything on purpose - Can I see it somewhere?
Edheldil
Oct 6, 2017 16:38
I wonder where is that MOTEL sign from - it's not from Psycho, I believe
 

 Discussion on question by Vorac: Why …

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Edheldil
Oct 5, 2017 15:28
@Jared: I respectfully disagree with intuitiveness of imperial units outside "human scale", i.e. lengths shorter than 1 inch or cm or longer than 2 m/10 ft etc. What's intuitive about 8 3/4 miles (naval? statutory?) plus 600 yards? Or is 5.25 Nm more than 5Nm and 500 yards? Do you know how many pounds of water will be in your 2ft*2ft*2t fish tank? :)
 

 Discussion on question by DonQuiKong:…

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Edheldil
Sep 8, 2017 19:55
The memories get accessible during puberty? But that means that you will get to know how girls (and women) think just when you need it most! That's power, man! :-D
 

 Discussion on answer by Spiff: If my …

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Edheldil
Jul 17, 2017 12:51
I heartily recommend this article explaining the difference between PHY and practical wifi speed why Wi-Fi kind of sucks
 

 Discussion on answer by David: Why sh…

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Edheldil
Jun 1, 2017 18:22
@Mason Wheeler: slight timing differences are for example important as a side channel in embedded device applications, like smart cards. Those cards are actually underpowered java machines, so a different time taken to process a correct and an incorrect letter would be very well measurable.
 

 Discussion on question by Callum Brad…

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Edheldil
May 14, 2017 03:46
Even a major landmass features (read - Chicxulub crater) vanished in that length of time, so I seriously doubt it.
 

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Edheldil
May 12, 2017 13:46
Putting in how to start editing with vi/vim and not how to QUIT editing is very, very mean, sir! :-D
 

 Discussion on answer by LSerni: Would…

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Edheldil
Mar 24, 2017 02:36
It's a thrilling read, thanks! Just some notes: 1) if it's a plutonium A-bomb, it's probably a boosted design. In this case, I think, the outer core would have a removable plug with the actual inner core or st. like that 2) The alchemist might decide that the explosives are there to break the egg/core and unleash whatever is hatching inside. Given the scale-like explosive lens, he might come to conclusion that there is a demon or a dragon inside.
 

 Discussion on question by Meitar : Wh…

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Edheldil
Feb 15, 2017 02:08
In Czech, the term for nurse is "zdravotní sestra" (medicine sister), often abbreviated to just "sestra".
 

 Discussion on question by vonlost: DD…

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Edheldil
Oct 28, 2016 12:30
@TheGreatDuck: it's called Slashdot effect, after the news site :)
 

 Discussion on answer by Kaz: How much…

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Edheldil
Oct 3, 2016 03:07
The bitcoin advice is the best one, I think - it does not require a lot of cash and you only have to remember to try to cash out as much as possible when the price is ~ 1000USD/1BTC.
 

 Discussion on answer by Josh61: Secul…

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Edheldil
Aug 3, 2016 14:00
In Czech, it's "nevěřící Tomáš" (disbelieving Thomas) as well. And we are quite a disbelieving country :).
 

 Discussion on answer by amccormack: T…

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Edheldil
Jun 22, 2015 10:55
@amccormack reread what R. wrote: compromises the security and privacy of all legitimate, authorized users, including yourself.