John Napier

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Why The Left is More Distressed, Anxious and Filled With Hate Than the Right https://t.co/X6cL8GtOgx

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@jenferrat It is genuinely heart-warming that you took the time to write a balanced and compassionate critique in the middle of a polarized conversation. Morpowatooya ;)

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@____nb19 Peace, live long, and prosper. :)

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@lazarusatgate @christopherrufo There is built-in docx export (and import) in Pages, so no need for CloudConvert. Baskerville is pleasantly retro! I will try it. Sadly I am often forced to share using Google Docs.

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@digitalix I think that on my 15 Pro Max, the increased energy usage of iOS 26 is due to much wider adoption of 120Hz refresh. Under Settings -> Accessibility -> Motion, try toggling "Limit Frame Rate" on, and see if that helps with both the stutter and the battery usage. I've never been bothered by 60fps. It is the stuttering that is bothersome to me.

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You are right to think about mounting before clicking "Buy." You probably want it high and near the ridge of your roof, but not so high that it is an eyesore for anyone else that has a view over your house. In practice, if the Starlink has even 75% of the sky it will work almost perfectly uninterrupted. You want to be very careful about how you penetrate your roof with the required lag screws. Choose a sealant and apply it liberally around all penetrations. You want the mount to be mechanically secure, even if it is hit by lots of snow or high wind, so you want the lag screws to go into a roof truss rather than just the plywood that typically spans between roof trusses. Finally, you need a way to lead the connecting cable into the crawlspace or directly into your living space, and you may need a 50', 75', or even a 100' run of proprietary Starlink connecting cable to do this. Not one of these things is in the slightest bit insurmountable if your roof has good sky. Just get going and be careful with each step, most importantly how you personally get on and off your roof safely, but also in locating your roof trusses, which might involve drilling 1/8" test holes and filling them in if they don't hit a truss. Once you are done, you'll have the professional and premium service you are looking for, and never for a minute regret abandoning cable or fiber or whatever else you had previously used, even if Starlink is at a somewhat premium price relative to consumer-grade solutions. I cannot give you more specifics, since any more specifics would be depend on your installation.

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@MazdaUSA Zoom, zoom, zoom!

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@joelgrus 'Bout as sorry as the Zuck actually is whenever he estimates that the wind has changed direction and does an about face.

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@liorsela That makes great sense. It is a surprisingly human error and reaction, including even the yes-no-yes-no wagging of the wheel as it “made up its mind.” Thank you again for posting this.

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Actually, Grok has an image analyzer bolted onto it, as does ChatGPT. Try uploading a photo of a plant or a piece of equipment or anything else and asking Grok to describe it and you'll see it can do pretty well without any comments to help it. It may ask contextual questions like where and when the photo was taken. However, I agree with your conclusion: Grok is probably poorer than the average person's eyes & brain at identifying damage from an aerial photo. In any case, nobody can tell what happened 100m down from a photo of the surface.

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@joelgrus @X Elon posted that it is recommended to turn on "only accept messages from verified accounts, this is the way." (Quotation
is not actually verbatim.) Maybe that would fix this "added you to a private conversation" spam.

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@callme_Chari I can’t vouch for whether it is any good, but there is a website and Mac desktop app that will get you started for free: https://t.co/90e5lBZqc7

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@joelgrus That is a glowing review!

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@joelgrus How about a 3rd ed. of DSfS!? It is probably depressing to even contemplate, but as of Chapter 21 in the 2nd ed., you have set people up so well to learn transformers, that another 2 or 3 chapters would likely be welcome. The 2017 revolution cannot now be ignored.

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@konstructivizm @xjoepec Not sure why you would post an artistic rendition. The original is better: https://t.co/zoBcpbB8CA

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@bowtiedpixel @Fxhedgers I strongly suspect your explanation is the correct one. A 6% unemployment rate corresonds to being unemployed for a few months every five years. That is a reasonable rate for anybody working in a dynamic economy.

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Amusingly, the etymology of 86 is lost in the dustbin of history. It is an early or mid 20th-century navy logistics acronym for an allowance type used when loading and unloading ships. "AT6" is the allowance type code for things that should be removed from the ship. AT1 to AT5 each have specific meanings as well. And yes, Comey is stupid or gaslighting or both, but he always has, and the MSM has always covered for him and Schiff and Warren, but thankfully the MSM is becoming irrelevant. Hope you liked the etymology I find amusing, even though it doesn't relate very closely to your point.