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Comment · 9 months ago
If you’re the same Sean Luke I’m thinking of:

I was an undergraduate at the University of Maryland when you were a graduate student there in the mid nineties. A lot of what you had to say shaped the way I think about computer science. Thank you.

Comment · 1 year ago
What kind of hobby do you have where you’re spending $10k/month?
Comment · 1 year ago
How impure was the gold dust from the chemical supply company?
Comment · 1 year ago
Spheres optimize for minimum sogginess. Kellogg could change the marketing angle without changing anything else to be correct.

Maybe. I haven’t done the math.

Comment · 1 year ago
I want a sequel to Lego City Undercover with the building and driving mechanics of Lego 2k Drive.
Comment · 1 year ago
This was made before 1899 (or whatever the cutoff date is), and it’s black powder. The ATF does not consider this a firearm.
Comment · 1 year ago
Is a cannon really a firearm? Was this for an individual, or is it a crew served weapon?
Comment · 1 year ago
I think the application for this is to return some dignity and independence to people who have physical trouble washing themselves. Of course the form factor of the 1970 prototype wouldn’t do that, but that can be fixed.
Comment · 1 year ago
Their hardware is cool and bizarre. It has to be seen in person to be believed. It reminds me of the old days when supercomputers were weird.
Comment · 1 year ago
No one should be watching fifth graders go to the bathroom. “Legal stuff” is not adequate.
Comment · 1 year ago
Who gets to decide when the camera gets turned off in the restroom?
Comment · 1 year ago
In my experience, when schools are graded on bullying incidents, administrators avoid reporting at all costs. This program isn’t enough if there are disincentives to reporting at higher levels.
Comment · 2 years ago
I wonder if similar results could be had by cooking the potato in clay or a salt crust.
Comment · 2 years ago
“He is an English Englishteacher” gives me a chuckle.
Comment · 2 years ago
Or just passively key capture everything.

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