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mikeytown2

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mikeytown2··on GPT in 500 Lines of SQL
There a GitHub page for this?
mikeytown2··on [dead]
I'm on xfinity $35 a month for 75mb down. Video meetings are the most demanding part and it's not an issue at all when working from home. The lowest tier Internet these days is more than fast enough. Having lower priced tiers would be nice. Greater Seattle area if anyone is wondering.
mikeytown2··on Show HN: Run Stable Diffusion Directly on iPhone
Requires iPhone 15 pro
mikeytown2··on Online Job Posts Contain Little Wage Information [pdf]
One of the reasons why most job spam from recruiters is absolutely garbage, there's no pay ranges listed. I'm already not interested and good luck getting me to dig deep to see what the actual pay range is
mikeytown2··on Show HN: Open source alternative to ChatGPT and ChatPDF-like AI tools
What LLM is best for giving it your entire code base and database structure and then using it to help with your project?
mikeytown2··on Report Phone Spam – Shut down robocallers and text spammers
Where can I report Google Voice and Text Mail subscribers? Those are usually the sms spam accounts
mikeytown2··on Tesla Cybertruck payload capacity 29% less than promised
Usually with the tailgate down you can fit 4x8 sheets of material
mikeytown2··on Underwater Chain Saws
I've seen pneumatic chainsaws used in shallow water. Quite loud
mikeytown2··on The data and puzzling history behind California's new red food dye ban
TEDx talk on the effects of food dye on kids [1]. One of my kids is affected by food dye as described in the video

[1] https://youtu.be/nQzOHAwCfXs

mikeytown2··on Celestial Reference Frame Department
More information about the software they use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Observatory_Vector_Astro...

Manual: https://aa.usno.navy.mil/downloads/novas/NOVAS_F3.1_Guide.pd...

mikeytown2··on MP3 vs. AAC vs. FLAC vs. CD (2008)
Didn't use lame for mp3 so the conclusions are pointless in my opinion
mikeytown2··on LAUSD to purchase 180 electric school buses
Hopefully they'll use Lifepo4 instead of NMC for longer cycles and less environmental impact.
mikeytown2··on Doom for 16-bit DOS computers
QEMM was created for the 286 (see QRAM) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QEMM
mikeytown2··on The hidden cost of air quality monitoring
Thanks for sharing that! I think it'll work
mikeytown2··on The hidden cost of air quality monitoring
Is there a way to get air quality via an api in the US that doesn't require api keys? weather.gov is one example of what I'm sorta looking for. I have a shell script [1] that gets weather and solar radiation from free and open APIs. Adding in some sort of air quality index would be great.

[1] https://github.com/mikecarper/bondhome/blob/main/weather.sh

mikeytown2··on Everyone Was Wrong About Reverse Osmosis–Until Now
Wonder if one could make the membrane out of something like stainless steel to support higher pressures now that we know how this process works
mikeytown2··on Perennial rice: Plant once, harvest again and again
Emissions reduction isn't the goal, it's a nice side effect of this. Not needing to replant every year is the reason for using this rice.
mikeytown2··on When SVG almost got network support for raw sockets
An alternative to adobe flash was the idea behind sockets I'd imagine
mikeytown2··on I bought a CO2 monitor and it broke me
See a video of a co2 monitor in action with a gas stove being used: https://youtu.be/eUywI8YGy0Y
mikeytown2··on FCC threatens to disconnect Twilio for illegal robocalls
I call the spam texts (hi Bob, it's Alice, we met last night type) and it's usually a Google voice number that want you to sign up for their whats app channel. I now text back them that we met last night and they can join my crypto investing WhatsApp group and I've gotten a lot less sms spam as a result. Must be on their black list now
mikeytown2··on Winter & Cold Weather EV Range Loss in 7,000 Cars
LiFeYPO4 - lithium yttrium has an incredible temperature range of -45°C to 85°C. Slightly less energy dense than LiFePO4 and has more cycles (5000+). Winston Is one manufacturer that I know of.
mikeytown2··on Na-S Battery: Low-cost with four times the capacity of lithium
LiFeYPO4 Have a wide temperature range of -45° to 85° C. Uses Yttriumbut cost more
mikeytown2··on Na-S Battery: Low-cost with four times the capacity of lithium
Let me know when I can buy 30kwh worth of energy storage so I can compare it to Lifepo4 costs [1]

[1] $10,500 https://signaturesolar.com/eg4-ll-lithium-batteries-kit-48v-...

mikeytown2··on Home Heating Cost Comparison
Quick Video about the rocket mass heater. I'm guessing the cost to heat with wood, would be even lower if your house was built around this. https://youtu.be/fwCz8Ris79g
mikeytown2··on Colour evolution of Betelgeuse over two millennia, derived from records
Our main result is that Betelgeuse was recorded with a color significantly different (non-red) than today. Hyginus (Rome) and Sima Qian (China) independently report it two millennia ago as appearing like Saturn in color and `yellow', respectively different from today.

From the article

mikeytown2··on The hacking of Starlink terminals has begun
New hardware revisions are required to fix usually. You can probably detect a compromised terminal on the network though.
mikeytown2··on The hacking of Starlink terminals has begun
Price is a factor for how accessible the hack is. If it requires an expensive FGPA or a lot of AWS time to crack then that makes it less appealing.
mikeytown2··on I still love PHP and JavaScript
Drupal misused the database. For Drupal 7 I made the apdqc module for async prefetch MySQL. no deadlocks makes it easy to scale, load balance more Apache servers in front. DB size was 100gb; well into millions of rows of nodes; all logged in users. Site I made this for has been up for years; Fix the database layer and Drupal 7 will scale like crazy.
mikeytown2··on After bus fire, CT pulls electric fleet from service
Lithium-titanate battery Seems like a better fit for in city transportation where a quick charge is possible and safety is highly desired. Not to mention the lifetime of those cells. Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide (NMC) Batteries have higher energy but very short lifespans and are extremely flammable in comparison. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium-titanate_battery
mikeytown2··on Bible Semantic Search
Go with the ESV or NASB as these are word for word translations similar to the KJV. There's also the NKJV that uses modern english. Can use modern translations on the backend and still display the KJV verse.
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