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 Discussion on answer by beichst: Is r…

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Joel Coehoorn
Jan 25, 2024 11:25
An additional caveat here is "not enslaving animals" doesn't, exactly, exclude hunting, though they would seem to go hand in hand.
 

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Joel Coehoorn
Jan 27, 2023 20:38
It seems weird the deceleration laser would fire the from origin system. I'd think the procedure would involve first sending a fully-automated laser-equipped ship to the destination, perhaps using more traditional rocketry for deceleration, which is then used to slow the approaching colony ship. It also seems weird to use two different sails; the one sail should be able to do both jobs. Also, given the extra distance, if the deceleration laser does originate from Sol you'd want the larger sail size just to make an easier target, even for slower deceleration.
 

 Discussion on answer by Anders: Is pu…

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Joel Coehoorn
Nov 19, 2021 17:07
A VPN doesn't really fix these things. It just pushes the exposure from the local ISP/access point up to the VPN provider, and many of the VPN providers out there today aren't really very trustworthy about this stuff when it comes down to it.
 

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Joel Coehoorn
Feb 27, 2021 02:30
@0scar Yes, it is :) My grandfather could speak of "the old country".
 

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Joel Coehoorn
Sep 1, 2020 03:27
Is the power automatic (are you automatically absorbing all the skills from anyone in range), or do you have to be deliberate about choosing to copy from someone?
 

 Discussion on question by Ryan: Consi…

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Joel Coehoorn
May 17, 2020 07:02
My understanding is the launch process itself is very stressful. If you've constructed your devices to survive launch, you shouldn't have much to worry about from other, more terrestrial, transport options.
 

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Joel Coehoorn
Mar 4, 2020 06:35
@user2153235 > "it doesn't seem that the throttling would have set in." This misunderstands what happens. There are two frequences described, where it is assumed 3.4Ghz is the base or default and 1.6Ghz is throttled. That is backwards! 1.6Ghz is the base/default, and the chip can work itself up to 3.4Ghz in special situations for short bursts. It's done this way, because for most situations the CPU is not the limiter any more. Rather, the CPU tends to spend much of it's time idle anyway, waiting for I/O results from disk, network, or user, and thus the battery savings are more valuable.
 

 Discussion on answer by MechMK1: Is t…

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Joel Coehoorn
Aug 31, 2019 09:10
Older people don't start out that way. Lots them continue to function with technology such as a smartphone for some time after the onset an age-related mental disorder. They do own smartphones, and also do have trouble remembering even simple passwords. But I get what you're saying, and don't want this argument to detract from an otherwise-good answer.
 

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Joel Coehoorn
Feb 9, 2019 11:39
fwiw, prepared statements do not "properly quote the value" to achieve safety. Rather, they work by quarantining the value away from the rest of the command.
 

 Discussion on question by SYH: What s…

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Joel Coehoorn
Nov 2, 2018 13:01
One important thing to remember is that many students now opt for the digital textbook and load it on their phone... THE PHONE IS THEIR TEXTBOOK. Any place where access to a textbook is allowed, access to a phone should be allowed, too.
 

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Joel Coehoorn
Mar 21, 2018 06:26
I'd be confused, too, if I could get into a different country in less than an hour for <$10 in rail fare, as is the case in most of Europe. Travel would be useless as a fraud signal, because crossing borders would be so common. However, for most of the U.S. (really, most of North America) and for most citizens there, travel to a different country requires several hours minimum of travel (usually by air) costing hundreds of dollars. Suddenly this becomes rare enough that travel abroad is genuinely useful as a fraud signal. The exceptions are places on the US/Mexican and US/Canadian borders.
 

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Joel Coehoorn
Dec 18, 2017 03:17
Seems like this could wreck the environment in a pretty big way, though, such that it might fail the "habitable" requirement.
 

 Discussion on answer by kingledion: C…

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Joel Coehoorn
Dec 8, 2017 04:53
You have a little more than a plane to work with. The interstellar time scale is slow enough that the "plane" would have some depth to it -- perhaps significant depth -- where things are in a sufficiently similar relationship time/distance-wise from Earth to match human observations. But, yes, in relationship to the whole universe, you're still hopelessly Lost in Space. Danger, Will Robinson!
 

 Discussion on question by I Like to C…

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Joel Coehoorn
Mar 28, 2017 01:37
As someone responsible for the wifi at a small college, I'll add that there are special challenges to supporting this many devices in close proximity. A network for that might work just fine for "regular" traffic in space, even heavy use of up to 20-ish people, might fall over completely once you get above around 40. Too many people sharing the same airspace... wifi just won't do it without special attention for the area in question. There may be spaces on your campus where your IT has done this work, but it's not likely done in every lecture room, so you need to make this part of your request
 

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Joel Coehoorn
Mar 8, 2017 13:21
Ignore them. Many more keyboards over the last 15 years have shipped without the lights than with, and people have adjusted. This will blow over.
 

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Joel Coehoorn
Oct 9, 2016 10:55
Now I'm wishing I'd used the meme image for my superuser answer :( superuser.com/questions/100360/…