A long, long time ago I shuffled between computers, keyboards, and screens when I needed to access a different system. Then I was working at a University where they using Virtual Network Computing (VNC) and the world changed. Now I could access a computer as if I was local to it from several buildings away. …
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I don’t trust cellular carries to deliver all of my calls. I used to, but I don’t any more. It started when my wife began reporting that I wasn’t answering my calls. Strange. I always answered her calls asap and my phone wasn’t showing any missed calls. I figured it was a temporary glitch and …
Lets say we want to perform a survey. It is on a politically sensitive topic. 75% of the people (made that up out of thin air) are willing to share some personally identifiable information (PII) if they know it is anonymized (e.g. no easy way for their feedback to be tracked back to them). But …
I asked my first question on Quora way back in 2011. Since then I’ve asked another 560 questions and written 209 answers. I use Quora regularly and don’t see that changing in the near future. Unfortunately, I’ve found Quora’s usability has decreased as the volume of content I’ve created (particularly questions) has increased. I know …
One of my cats (George) has severe anxiety. This anxiety manifests most strongly when he needs to travel (vet appointments, moving homes). Soon we will be moving yet again and this time it is a LONG trip (13 hrs). I don’t want him to be terrified ever but especially not for such a long period …
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I’ve been watching the developing story regarding WallStreetBets and the “little man” taking on the “big guys” by purchasing loads of GameStop (and to a lesser extent AMC) stocks forcing large investors to take significant losses to close out their shorts. I’m curious what would be the consequences – positive and negative – if WSB’s …
Some friends of mine have a piece of framed artwork they’ve owned for ~20 years. At some point point (without apparent provocation) the glass became streaked / cloudy. The overall appearance is cloudy, a closer examination shows an almost spider thread intricacy. One would think the glass had been cleaned inappropriately and the cleaner had …
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Lets say one has a large number of digitized documents (receipts, invoices, letters, etc.) that have been labeled generically by the capture software (e.g. a camera app on a smartphone). An example file name might look something likes this: “2020-10-10-MGHZTVMXTT.jpg”. Now lets say one wishes to avoid the rather unpleasant task of renaming all of …
I’m looking for an (English) dictionary, but not just any dictionary…This dictionary should: Exclude definitions of basic words (e.g. dog, cat, and, the) Not be exhaustive in its coverage of words (e.g., excessively domain specific words – 21-hydroxyprogesterone, 3,5,3′-triiodothyronine) Provide more descriptive definitions in contrast to limited but more numerous definitions of a single word. …
[1/8/21 – See bottom of this post for update on question] My son and I have been enjoying Elenco’s Snap Circuits (my review) for quite some time – we’ve completed over 50 projects! Recently we did a project that uses a push button switch to turn on/off a motor which has a paper spinner on …
Help! My Child Is Designing Circuits Too Complex For Me! Read More »