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  • "Microwave Math" is a specific instance of a type of numbering system where place value doesn't necessarily correspond to the number of symbols

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  • That is the perfect analogy for what this turned into, I was just sitting here musing on it as I wrote for a while. Thanks!

  • "Microwave Math" is a specific instance of a type of numbering system where place value doesn't necessarily correspond to the number of symbols

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  • Time intervals, yeah. It's called "microwave math" in the sidebar and I just followed that convention.

    EDIT: I was specifically talking about intervals in the post, but I guess regular time is also a kind of microwave math. each instant of time can be expressed in multiple ways too, like using the ISO-8601 format (yyyy:mm:dd:hh:mm:ss.sss, which is basically an interval from 0000:01:01:00:00:00.000) or using the Unix epoch (The interval in seconds from 1970:01:01:00:00:00.000). Now that I think about it I'm not sure how one would express time without it being an interval from some agreed-upon origin point. It's also weird that hours, minutes, and seconds are zero-indexed but days and months are 1-indexed.

  • "Microwave Math" is a specific instance of a type of numbering system where place value doesn't necessarily correspond to the number of symbols

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  • Yeah fair. The idea seemed pretty self contained when I started writing (oh if you decouple the number system from the place value system you get multiple representations of the same value, neat), as I got going I had to keep editing it as I thought more about it. I was just trying to explain the showerthought and it spiraled from there.

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    "Microwave Math" is a specific instance of a type of numbering system where place value doesn't necessarily correspond to the number of symbols

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    Gmail marked this Google antitrust notice as spam. Only caught it because I was looking for another message.

  • when I forget to end the torrent because I'm babysitting Rufus

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  • thanks!

  • when I forget to end the torrent because I'm babysitting Rufus

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  • I find they're faster too. Another benefit of them being distributed is the distributor doesn't have to pay for all the bandwidth for every download, which I understand can be a considerable savings for smaller distros.

  • when I forget to end the torrent because I'm babysitting Rufus

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  • what client is that?

  • when I forget to end the torrent because I'm babysitting Rufus

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  • Haven't looked at my ratios in a while

  • You don’t need a fancy title to be a climate leader at work | Employees at every level are helping companies go green.

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  • That's nice. You probably don't even need to read the article in that case, I think it's more geared toward people who want to do a little bit to help protect the climate in the situation they find themselves in regardless of personal financial incentives.

  • Kinda Seems on Point Now

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  • Do people know what the Streisand effect was about?

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  • I see what you mean. In my experience of the internet it's called "The Streisand Effect" only when the person complaining about something (and therefore giving an issue attention that it otherwise wouldn't have received) is generally considered to be "in the wrong" on the issue. I can't think of a case where someone received blowback for speaking up about an issue (professional repercussions, exclusion from social circles, "cancelling" by various parties, w/e) but was considered to be in the right by the the people calling it "The Streisand Effect". It feels like there's a necessary component of "you complained about something you shouldn't have and were justly punished for it" schadenfreude attached to the term that differentiates it: if you don't have that you're just bravely and correctly shining a light on an injustice and it's not called "The Streisand Effect", it's just raising awareness or something.

    I think you're being downvoted because the victim of the alleged injustice complaining about that injustice and then deserving the backlash is baked into the term, and calling it "victim blaming" feels off, but it technically is, it's just that calling something "The Streisand Effect" implies that the "victim" in the situation deserved what they got because they complained about something trivial, or an effect of privilege, or some other thing that, in the eyes of the public, makes them unworthy of sympathy. But I think carrying that implication of guilt means that it is, technically, victim blaming, and the person using the term "The Streisand Effect" implicitly agrees that the victim deserves blame for their actions. And knowing the internet, I doubt this assessment is correct 100% of the time.

    I'm curious to see if other people agree with this assessment. I haven't done any research on whether my experience of the term is shared by other people, so this may not be a strong theory. Just a thought that spawned off your comment. But it is an interesting perspective.

  • E-waste not want not: how to recycle old phones and computers

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  • If I had a nickel for every time I did that...

    I'd have eight nickels!

  • Meanwhile, on Facebook

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  • Messed up teeth can wreak havoc on your health, they just make you constantly sick all the time. It sucks. If I ever get my teeth fixed and it involves removing a bunch of them I probably won't go this route, but I kinda get it. The dental equivalent of mounting your nemesis' head on a pike.

  • EA insists it will "maintain creative control" and "creative freedom" if sale to consortium goes ahead

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  • The buyers are way beyond that point

    Electronic Arts confirmed it was entering an agreement to be acquired by a group of investors comprised Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners at the end of September. The PIF is run by Saudi Arabia's Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, and the investment firm Affinity Partners was formed by Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

  • EA insists it will "maintain creative control" and "creative freedom" if sale to consortium goes ahead

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  • Considering the new owners are famed journalist murderer and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman and Presidential nepo-in-law Jared Kushner, I'm doubtful that respect for the creative process is high on the list of priorities. And yeah, EA already sucks but I imagine they'll find lots of innovative ways to drive EA to new heights of terribleness.

  • What is the most attractive quality in a person that instantly makes them desirable?

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  • Just push through the alien Nazi episodes.

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  • I don't remember season 3 being better or worse, though I did roll my eyes pretty hard when they decided to go to the Land of Space Nonsense where Mysteries Abound, which I think was season 3.

    Hard to say which series had the rougher start, IMO. I can get onboard with the TOS-ish cornball nature of ENT, and I like it for what it is, but TNG found its footing and matured, and I don't feel like ENT ever pulled that off so it just kinda... stayed the same.

  • Underappreciated top

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  • Ah makes sense. Thanks!

  • Underappreciated top

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  • Very cool, thanks. I migrated from top to htop a while ago and never looked back, but I occasionally have to use machines that don't have htop so it might be time to get familiar with the default tooling.

    Why do they say that SIGKILL bad practice? I use it as the second tap if a SIGTERM doesn't knock something out. The link in the article is 404ing.

  • Ancient IBM wisdom (from 1979) that the bosses just straight up promptly forgot

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  • I think that's broadly true, but just because you work somewhere as oppressive as IBM doesn't mean you don't long to breathe the free air. I like to imagine some of the contributors to the IBM songbook felt trapped in their day job and grabbed at that as the only available creative outlet, and they had their own magnum opus that they were going to publish just as soon as they felt safe enough to take the leap. I can't find any credits for the songs so maybe they did.

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