adoyle
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Comment · 2 years ago
The text says “a current with a potential of up to 1 volt.” The key word is potential, i.e. electrical potential whose SI unit is the volt. That must be the amount of potential that this particular chemical reaction can create. Since the current probably depends on the amounts of the chemicals involved, the article doesn’t state that.
Comment · 2 years ago
March 20, 1996. Before that I worked on so many different computers that I didn't manage to keep a continuous archive. Early on, my files would have been on punched cards, then 9-track tape, then 8" floppies, etc. I do have some usenet postings from 1981 that are still viewable. The oldest is here: https://groups.google.com/g/fa.unix-wizards/c/o2fAr_mGPa8/m/... At least I no longer feel I'm "naive in terms of UNIX" as I stated in my posting :)
Comment · 3 years ago
I'm a huge fan of https://nextdns.io which works on iOS.
Comment · 8 years ago
This sounds similar to Radiant Earth https://www.radiant.earth/ They are also spearheading the Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF project http://www.cogeo.org/ and the SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog spec https://github.com/radiantearth/stac-spec.
Comment · 12 years ago
I found v3 on the App Store by going to the Sketch 2 page and noticed "More by Bohemian Coding" on the right side had a link to the Sketch 3 app store page.
Comment · 13 years ago
National Security Agency, not Administration ;)
Comment · 14 years ago
It went to the 'allmit' list (http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/allmit) which goes to "all current students (including incoming freshman and graduate students, special and cross-registered students) and all employees listed in the MIT directory or with SAP status=active" which is upwards of 22,000 people.
Comment · 14 years ago
App Inventor is here now: http://www.appinventor.mit.edu/
Comment · 14 years ago
I just got this on Fidelity:
Attention: FB order execution slowness Certain marketplaces are experiencing slowness resulting in delays in execution for Facebook orders. Industry technology teams outside of Fidelity are working to correct the problem. This slowness is being experienced by other online brokers as well, not just Fidelity. This has been reported as a market-wide issue. We do not yet know when the problem will be resolved. We appreciate your patience.
Comment · 14 years ago
The fine for jaywalking in Massachusetts is one dollar. It's unheard of here to be stopped for crossing the street anywhere. When I first arrived in Boston, years ago, I was waiting for the light with a bunch of other pedestrians when a cop came along and said, "what are you waiting for? this is Boston" and crossed the street with the rest of us behind him.
Comment · 14 years ago
Rats. I don't think there was archery back in my day. I did pistol, sailing, and 2 sessions of fencing. At least I didn't have to sign up at 8 am.