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A minor generational / cultural difference... Mark Twain (1897): "Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated." Dolly Parton... -
A cord is a volume of firewood or pulpwood. You can stack your logs on site for transport, where 4' length may make more sense: Also...
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berkeman reacted to Baluncore's post in the thread Turbocharging carbureted petrol 2 stroke engines with
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berkeman replied to the thread ChatGPT Examples, Good and Bad.Yeah, although interestingly the picture at Wikipedia shows 3 ranks, so the wood pieces would be about 18" long. Hmmm...
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Yeah. My few minutes of research were polluted by my ignorance that a cord often has ranks. Had to redo my post. A cord, measuring...
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berkeman replied to the thread ChatGPT Examples, Good and Bad.It looks like I'll need to talk to our wood delivery guy (this is our first time getting wood for the stove in our new place). From the...
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berkeman replied to the thread ChatGPT Examples, Good and Bad.And yet another example of AI getting a key concept wrong because it doesn't understand something fundamental... I used a Google search...
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berkeman reacted to PeroK's post in the thread If you think having a backup is too expensive, try not having one with Like.
In the latter part of my career, it became increasingly obvious that many data centre operations were dependent on the reliability of...
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In these troubled times it wouldn't hurt to spend more time playing with your dog. It works for me anyway.
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berkeman reacted to boneh3ad's post in the thread Classical Books with a more theoretical approach to turbulence and DNS with
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I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "experimentally minded books." Any good experiment still needs a good theoretical background to... -
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https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/858tb-of-government-data-may-be-lost-for-good-after-south-korea-data-center-fire/ 858TB of...
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berkeman replied to the thread Bad Math Jokes.
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berkeman replied to the thread RIP Darleane C. Hoffman (1926-2025).Wow, what a good, long life.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darleane_C._Hoffman https://chemistry.berkeley.edu/people/darleane-hoffman...
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berkeman reacted to Baluncore's post in the thread I How feasible is home radio astronomy? with Informative.
In the paper written by Jon Wallace (SARA), it appears, from the 24-hour records, that radio astronomy is being done. That system...
