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We have observed that science fiction can impact the evolution of scientific discovery and progress (Jules Verne for example.) Now we see that comic books mighty be affected by science.

Absolutely everyone should read "The Time Machine." If you prefer, then an unabridged audiobook is great, I recommend putting in the effort to find a reading by Simon Vance. (It isn't a long book.) The first paragraph of The Time Machine, is one of the best introductory paragraphs ever written (in my opinion, obviously.) One relishes the imagery it reveals, as you read it, like a great main course of a fine meal - with delight, flavour and a promise of more.

Great fairly modern metal about war : Sabaton. Try 1914 the song

That is an interesting project. I would like to take that to the next level, where translation is the easy part. It's converting old handwritten letters, journals, and texts with now archaic cursive, into text. We have fascinating material from before WWII, in various languages - but trying to decipher it accurately, is a challenge. As the older generations died off, it is hard to find anyone to read that text.

Almost the same cost. It seems the frames and connections are decisive. Let alone mounting system. ( Ref: Just recently priced 20kw options.)

Looking forward to further write ups on faraday cages, design and uses. That was great what you did with the air pods.

Also in cases where the physics can truly be modeled. Usually there are so many assumptions, simplifications, and added constants, made so that the math can work, that the model is only applicable in very specific or simplistic cases. Then when proven effective for those cases, it gets applied in the wild, and assumed correct. We have seen many simplistic models from the dos days, upgraded to windows - yet the math hasn't changed. Simplifications made for 1990 computers, linearity for example, are used model non linear events.

App recommendation, there is a web site and an excellent app, (Apple and Google), I learned about on hn, called: next spaceflight. It lists all the upcoming space flights, launches, etc around the world, with times locations and links to watch. The app is very noninvasive, and for once has a useful notification system you can set to remind you, that a launch is imminent. Of course has other tabs, such as historical flights, etc.

That part about trying to find a phone number, rings so true. (!) Have a Normal question? Go to a supplier website, scroll around, find tabs, find a go to contacts form, fill in form, etc. But all I want is a quick question. Sometimes, even as simple as, what town is this company in?

You can heat it with anything. Remember. It is just steel! Almost indestructible, can use anything to clean it, and if you mess up, you can heat it, wash it, and re oil again.

This is great. I suppose the improvements will arrive soon. I used to use Thunderbird on Android long ago. (K-9 has done it's part in filling the gap sincce then.) It has always been a neat system to use - Thunderbird on desktops, and on cell phones(used to be on iphones also, I think.) though not linked, the same freedom of self mail control. A very good way to archive all your mail, as you want, without externalities. IMAP and PoP.

I would think that a user competent to use and want sync thing, is perfectly capable of depending on f droid as a source for the apk. Can that not be enough of a distribution channel.

There is a great app, called: next spaceflight. it seems to work great. Android and Apple. Simple settings, non invasive. (Thanks to cryptoz.) Of course there is a website, but for once I see a reason to have a notification setting, one hour or ten minutes before any launch.

Same author, another mind blowing book, especially then: " Day of the Triffids". one of the first apocalypse books. Makes you always think twice when looking up at the Aurora Borealis, like a few days ago.

When that topic was first posted; I seriously thought that it was a joke post, refering to Star Trek IV when the probe was nearing earth, making what turned out to be whale sound but sounded like that.

Another chance to recommend a book that I learnt about from HN: I highly recommend the book, Sunburst and Luminary; http://www.sunburstandluminary.com/SLhome.html

A technical pleasure and also very good glimpse into the Apollo team - working together, to land on the moon. It is a fun easy read, written by the fellow in charge of programming the guidance computer on the lunar lander. It is also a great snapshot of that time in history, the excitement of Apollo, and with the frustration of the Vietnam war going on, some protests, etc. Just a hint - the main programmer, was an English major, and his use of the right words, were a key factor in the success of of creating an efficient and effective computer language

Here is the link to Crucial, which is the customer selling division for Micron Memory. https://www.crucial.com/products/memory

It works well. They are competitive in pricing, and have a good lookup system to make sure you get the correct type of RAM( and SDD). Free shipping USA and Canada. (Been using that for over a decide.)

This seems brilliant. No batteries to fail, etc. No tracking, no databases, simple. True hacker solution. I assume we can print our own bar code on paper, and using clear tape, attach it to most things.

Those test swabs work quite well. They are designed to test ceramics, clay etc. You can find them in pottery supply stores. If trying on food,I would soak or boil that food to reduce water and thereby increase concentration if there is any. You could add lemon to the water, as acids (vinegar for example) help extract metals. The problem is you don't get an actual number, just over a certain limit. I think it might be 50 ppm. But it's been twenty years, so please check that number. Alternative is to send to a lab, ask for a 32 element icp. Should cost between 50-150$, especially if you state you don't need chain of custody proof. You will get 32 elements. Which is fun. (Can even look for gold, but that's extra $ testing.)

Lead naturally occurs in the environment, depending where, in the world you are, from 2 to 20 even UpTo 50 ppm. Industrial/commercial sites are common to have up to 150ppm. Contaminated toxic sites way over that, over a thousand. We could go on. But the swabs work as a starting point.

What a great short glimpse into modern history. Hilarious and prescient. Fun to see from today's point of view; what will it look like in another fifty years?

Another chance to recommend a book that I learnt about from HN: I highly recommend the book, Sunburst and Luminary; http://www.sunburstandluminary.com/SLhome.html

A technical pleasure and also very good glimpse into the Apollo team - working together, to land on the moon. It is a fun easy read, written by the fellow in charge of programming the guidance computer on the lunar lander. It is also a great snapshot of that time in history, the excitement of Apollo, and with the frustration of the Vietnam war going on, some protests, etc. Just a hint - the main programmer, was an English major, and his use of the right words, were a key factor in the success of of creating an efficient and effective computer language

It's there something like this for Apple?

This reminds me of a Lara Croft desktop(?) Screensaver? She climbed onto the window's edges -that were open on your windows screen, rolled, jumped, etc. Sometimes made a comment about you not having cleaned up your desktop. It was a small executable, than ran with or without sound. It wasn't very random, but it made for an interactive mind distraction on a rough day. She also walked across the bottom of the screen, out to the right (eg), then you would hear her walking, and eventually she would show up on your left of the screen. Fun little thing with no particular purpose.

Thanks for that link. That is uber nerdy And very exciting! The results of his 3d wifi survey, leave one begging for more fun research with those tools.

Dartmouth college (USA), had a requirement that you must pass a swimming test to receive your degree. ( Obviously - if you didn't know how, there were free lessons.) They have recently dropped that requirement! ( After more than 200 years.) Why? At least with the old rules, you always knew that if a person was a Dartmouth grad, you could push them in the water. Or, at least, not worry about boating with them.

So you pick up the mouse, and talk into it? .... Seriously though, I don't understand why the state of voice interaction is so poor. In the 90's we had voice commands (early dragon ?) available to tell our computer what to do. It was limited, but it worked extremely well, even in busy environments. I remember my Thinkpad 486dx2(?), at a party - opening software and choosing music to play from a list, and controlling volume, all by voice. Thinking to ourselves, imagine what this will be like when we have a stronger, faster computer, in five years.

How are those old espresso machines heated?

That's great you posted this information. As someone who helps various other people with their computers, and a lot of them Macs, it's hard to stay on top of all nuances of trying to keep secure and private. Apple keeps doing things that are more Microsoft like, all the time. It is becoming extremely difficult to keep your own data, on your own machine.

This can be fascinating to observe. Take a freshly poured glass of pale beer or ginger ale. Twist a lemon with seeds into it. You may then observe the seed float to the surface, then fall to the bottom, then rise and fall again and again.