Notch: Biomes with rivers?

Kireas · 9 months

It travels 7 distance for every block dropped. Lava is 4:1.

Yarik32 · 9 months

if you have a chip on you and you come within about 50' of a standard off-the-shelf antenna, i can read you.

This is false.

RFID can be pretty finicky. If you put tags out in the open, they are trivial to read. Put them on people and it becomes significantly more difficult as people will block the signal from the reader or simply ground the tag out by proximity to the body.

You can overcome some mild grounding-out problems by increasing transmit power, but as distance increases, it becomes more difficult.

(My experience with RFID is with race timing. If tags read reliably under 50', my job would become trivial. However, there are a myriad of problems that can prevent good and consistent reads.)

Yarik32 · 9 months

Can normal people simply build their own receivers from every day parts you think????

The equipment is expensive, but yes -- absolutely.

solya · 9 months

Best bet is to return them.

Yeah. They are nice enough headphones that they shouldn't arrive defective. Waiting sucks, but returning is safest.

The cord has a short in it

I know this is a bit pedantic, but it's more likely that the connection has an open, not a short.

Short means that there is a very low-resistance connection. E.g. Putting a paper clip across a wall socket would create a short-circuit.

Open means that there is a very high-resistance in the circuit (usually air). A wall plug with nothing plugged in an "open circuit". And in the OP's situation, wires with intermittent connectivity cause open circuits.

TheSkeward · 9 months

Nah. You first have to hit the escape velocity for the earth. Otherwise, you'll orbit earth/moon forever (or until your orbit decays or you collide with something).

Then, to reach other stars, you'll have to reach escape velocity of the sun, or you effectively orbit the sun for eons.

mecawilson · 9 months

Ew... over-done tonemapping.

Also, the aspect-ratio is a little strange.

lolhat · 10 months

I know, right? I mean, people actually used darkrooms? Why not let the labs handle it all?? I'm certain they know what I want! /s

Potato_Mug · 10 months

Try living in an area where the only wired ISP available is dialup.

Alternatives include:

Couple choices of ~1mbit point-to-point WISP (Most are over-stressed systems with under-staffed workers, meaning mediocre reliability and horrendous line quality)
3g AT&T, Verizon, or Sprint

Yay, semi-rural America!

Smashkan · 10 months

but I meant "stone" as a reference to the walls of the silo itself.

I know. :p

I admit, the English language was not my first,

Fair enough.

Smashkan · 10 months

Stone, of course.

What else are you going to put in a "stone silo"?

maxwellhill · 10 months

Centennial also provided service throughout the midwest, where I am located.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Communications#Centennial_Wireless

maxwellhill · 10 months

This is what happened when AT&T bought Centennial Wireless. You could effectively keep the Centennial package you had till the contract ran out, or you could sign a new contract with AT&T. As a "new" AT&T customer, you can then cancel your contract for any reason during the trial period.

Perhaps they will find a way to close the loophole this time, but it did work in the past.

eternal512 · 10 months

Bingo.

At least, that's been my experience with an older automatic and a newer manual.

eternal512 · 10 months

No. For an automatic, the cruise control doesn't decide when to shift -- that's the transmission's job.

Thus, cruise for a manual and automatic are the same -- they only control throttle.

eternal512 · 10 months

Cruise control still acts the same. As you slow down going uphill, the cruise will apply more throttle to maintain the same speed and the transmission will decide when to shift.

This is how it worked on my old (early 90's) Camry anyway.

eternal512 · 10 months

My cruise control kicks out whenever I:

Touch the brake
Touch the clutch
Flick the cruise control lever to "Cancel"
Turn off cruise control

I have a Corolla.

Edit: formatting fail.

SiriusAlphaCMa · 10 months

What's your color depth set to?

eissirk · 10 months

You told everyone all that was needed to be heard. you have a Mac.

Wow... wtf?

thegravytrain · 10 months

Most employers aren't going to fire you if they catch you jaw walking...

ani625 · 10 months

It's quite difficult to get into the slot, seems flimsier,

MicroUSB is designed to be more durable than MiniUSB:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#Durability

kelbane · 10 months

Am I doing this right?

Unfortunately, with each set of rockets I add, I severally increase instability and decrease launch height. That one only scored me around 3km (when it survives that far). It is strangely self-stabilizing -- shortly after launch it starts it starts flexing like crazy, oscillating back and forth, keeping a mostly-up direction.

One of my simpler designs got me around 30km.

EarBucket · 10 months

luke 4:24-29 “Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown. I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land. Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon. And there were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.” All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him off the cliff. But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way. luke was a probably gentile writing for hellenistic gentiles, he wanted to emphasize that jesus was for non-jews too and played up his tensions with the jewish leadership who he clearly put most of the blame on for jesus' death.

Also, keep in mind that this is a very likely scenario. The fate of the people of Israel (and their culture, religion, everything) had been under fire, creating a culture very prone to racism. Assyrians took over the Northern Kingdom ~700 BC. Babylonian exile happened ~550 BC, Then the Persians took over shortly after. ~300BC, the Greeks conquered the Persians, which the area fell into Seleucid control after Alexander the Great died. And 64BC the Romans conquered the area.

So over the course of 1000 years, starting with Moses, Israel went from the conquerors to the conquered. And after all this took place and with the promise of a messiah, both the leaders (Pharisees, Sadducees) and common people were looking for one who would restore Israel to its former glory -- a military leader or a king perhaps. One who could conquer the Romans or anyone else who might stake claim on their territory.

So once people start suspecting Jesus is the messiah, it doesn't take long for them to get curious and hopeful. And all it takes to set these people off is for him to mention instances in scripture where the Jews got the short end of the stick while Gentiles were blessed. The religious leaders thought they already had the messiah figured out (he would be a warrior leader), and when Jesus not only disappointed them, but threatened their power, it wasn't hard to use their influence to take advantage of the unstable situation to have him killed.

randomdave · 10 months

We sell our Amish like a product.

Haha, yeah. That's the vibe I got when I have been there. I don't know many Mennonites from the Shipshe area. Pretty much all the Mennonites I know are (or were) affiliated with Mennonite Church USA.

In a lot of ways, I feel blessed to have some of the best of both worlds -- Anabaptists (Mennonites/Amish) have a rich history and tradition, somewhat distinct (but similar to) other Christian groups. But we also have gotten rid of a lot of the silly* rules -- for example, I'd make a horrible Amish man: I'm a software developer, I play several "earthly" instruments (guitar, bass), I love photography, I frequent reddit, etc.

*While I think many of their rules are silly, it's not that I think we're any more "right" than more conservative groups. But I've found something special, both personally in faith and through the relationships I share with family/friends there. And I encourage y'all to find that sense of belonging, wherever you might find it.

randomdave · 10 months

Nor are all Mennonites the same. (I'm Mennonite btw).

Most Amish in my area (central Indiana) are Old Order Amish, and they dress more traditionally than the girl in the photo (no patterns on fabric, no zippers), and most most Mennonites in my area are very modern (no clothing restrictions, no technology restrictions). But Amish and Mennonites do overlap a bit and have a wide spectrum.

randomdave · 10 months

I've worked with an Amish man (and occasionally interact with them) They seem pretty cool and definitely hard working. They do have their own culture and rules they follow, but they tend to get along with 'normal' people well.

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