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Squirrel!!
This Billy Joel remix needs some work. Though, it still makes more sense than the original.
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Squirrel!!
This Billy Joel remix needs some work. Though, it still makes more sense than the original.
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In Quantum Electrodynamics, are there really "infinitely many" Feynman Diagrams for electron interactions, or is it more like a ridiculously high number like TREE(3)?
There are infinitely many. But the cool math that Feynman worked out is that infinite diagrams (paths) kinda look random, unless they’re not random (aligned).
When you get enough infinite “randombess” you tend to cancel almost everything out (not actually random but phases that destructively interfere), so what you’re left with (when you “sum all paths”) are solutions that favour a particular direction or phase.
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I secretly moved a bank of high school lockers about 1ft per day, every school day, for a whole year.
They were pretty light - those steel “backpack only” sized lockers in a about a 3x4 arrangement. Some days I’d just lean on the end of them to nudge them over, but skipping doorways and around corners meant extra planning and often meant I had to come in to school early.
The janitor caught me one morning. He agreed it was a funny prank and offered to help when we got to the staircase.
By the end of the year the lockers had migrated up one floor and over to a separate building.
I kept the secret for decades and only recently started telling the story.
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The King's Toaster - redux (a tale as old as time)
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Lol.. Well I'm glad someone saw it :D
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1999 Toyota Corolla
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No. I see where they’re coming from. You’re not embracing the spirit of The Fucking Corolla.
You think you’re replacing just a radio but who knows what kind of imbalance you’ll introduce.
It’s a Corolla, without Bluetooth. That’s the rules. Dont fuck with it.
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Who kills whom in French road accidents
I’d love to see that normalised to how many of each vehicle type are in use aver the same time.
Initially, I see that and think trucks are less deadly than cars, but according to my brief Google search (https://www.statistiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/donnees-sur-le-parc-automobile-francais-au-1er-janvier-2024), there are 5x more cars than trucks, which puts them [trucks] over the top of cars in every category.
I guess that doesn’t really matter to the pedestrian. It still sucks to be killed by either.
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A door at a Swedish library was accidentally left open
I worked at a take away shop in Australia (a Ma & Pa shop that sold fish, chips and pizza). The store was always closed on a Monday but the owner and a couple others would usually come on to do orders and prep.
The main lights were always off and the chairs are stacked near the door so you’d have to push past them to get in. But every time, without fail we’d still get a half dozen people pop their heads in and asking “are you open?”.
One day, the owner sliced his hand badly and had to rush to hospital. They took off so fast they forgot to lock the door and left the place unattended.
When they got back (very late at night), there was precisely one drink missing from the fridge, and $3 left on the counter.
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Is this one of those “how do you do fellow kids” accounts made by a very young looking , middle aged pastor attempting to infiltrate social media?
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LinkedIn from Microsoft locked me out — they demand I give my passport and access to my webcam to Persona
FWIW. I have defeated live cam with subtle random movement with an AI generated face video looking straight ahead with slight movement, blinking, slightly wider shot (wider shot mean angles aren’t as obvious and a little random movement was sufficient).
I served this back through OBS (Open Broadcast Studio).
But it’s fucked that we need to resort to tricks.
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Raising your price for prime day
One of our jokes for pretty much every sale we see is: “20% off of 50% more”.
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Season 1 & 2 of Andromeda were alright.
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Lexx is wild. I watched it originally on a pay tv channel that had cut the episodes up into ~25 minute blocks.
I first dropped into late season 2 and occasionally I’d miss an episode.
So, combined with the weird cutting, the no context and the standard Lexx craziness, I had NO idea what was happening. The whole thing was a fever dream. Highly recommend!
I actually think it’s was the best way to watch it first go round! Then, when I came back and do the whole series in order and it was almost as much of a surprise.
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my gcc tests running for 2 hours now
./configure and chill?
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How do bad actors' sites/servers stay afloat when someone has to handle the hosting?
Yeah, it depends on what you mean.
In many cases malware and phishing is hosted off other compromised sites. So, they build a list of Wordpress sites with vulnerabilities, and use the vulnerabilities to host their files on them. For example, imagine “legitimate-medical-site.net.com” is a real site. The attacker will use the exploit to upload malicious files in there somewhere like “legitimate-medical-site. net. com/qwertasdf/invoice.pdf”.
If the site gets blocked or shutdown it’s no loss to them.
Another technique, especially phishing wise, they will have a semi-plausible domain name (e.g. youbank-security-server .con). But they will register heaps of these. There are tonnes of top level domains that do next to no checking. These things cost a few bucks, so having it taken down is not a problem.
The combination of burner sites and domains mean they have a window of opportunity to run their attacks and scams before other protections kick in.
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Yeah. “Nation state”, “Sophisticated”, “command injection”… where have I heard this before?
Ahh, that’s right - with every breach where they had basic vulnerabilities exposed, or admin credentials compromised.
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How do I delete all my Reddit activities
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This worked well for me and it gave me a spreadsheet (.csv) of my posts and comments.
You just go to the linked page, drag the “button” up to your bookmarks bar. Then navigate to your reddit profile and click the bookmark let, select your options and “go” - then wait.
Mine took about 15 minute to scrub 10 years and about 2000 comments. It missed a few so I manually edited and then deleted those.
Take note… I’ve heard (anecdotally), if you want your history backup, do not interrupt the process or close the window.
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In about 2014 we flew through an airport where some of these “customs” types shows was being recorded. They had signs up everywhere (I think in multiple languages) saying “episodes of _____ are being recorded here. If you do not wish to be recorded please talk to the crew” (or something like that).
But who knows what they’ve filmed for their cut-away shots, from the far said of the arrivals hall.
I guess you should expect shots of you walking to be ok. But probably have the right to opt out of having your “case” filled.
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Visio alternative
Does it need to be “hosted”?
I like both these:
yEd (https://www.yworks.com/products/yed)
Dia Diagrams (http://dia-installer.de)
I think yEd had a free version but closed source.
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People who dont particularly care for or celebrate Christmas, Whats your favorite Christmas song?
Tim Minchin has a couple that’d entertain me.
Woody Allen Jesus (from memory this got cut from the original broadcast?) - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_SFdUJLebzU
A serious take on the season..
White Wine in the Sun - https://youtu.be/_CeY0VdhXK8
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What AI do you pay for, if any?
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Thank you for actually answering OPs original question and the follow up.
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Oh. And now posting this from the wefwef web app… It looks very slick.