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Re:Sequencing your DNA with a USB dongle and open source code on Sunday December 26, 2021 @07:57PM (#29697904)
I imagine one's DNA can't be too different from the cousin that agrees to share that kind of data?
Re:Lissajous Curves on Thursday December 16, 2021 @04:30PM (#29584194)
You got it backwards, arguably
Re:Ask HN: What things has tech made worse in your life? on Friday December 10, 2021 @01:21PM (#29513488)
I came to say Advertising as well

I doubt it has the effectiveness that people say it has when they are everywhere.

Re:How I spend less time on YouTube on Thursday December 09, 2021 @08:37AM (#29497157)
You can also play faster than the 2x speed limit cap using

document.getElementsByTagName("video")[0].playbackRate=4

is there a way to also make this the default max play speed without entering it in console?

Re:3D printed mirror array on Thursday November 18, 2021 @12:39PM (#29268146)
> to achieve things could be presented in other ways with minimal effort

You could imagine the art piece with minimal effort: no effort spent in making it. So in a way that's the purest form of art by your criticism. If only there was some way to achieve this, we'd be done.

Re:The genius of John von Neumann on Thursday November 18, 2021 @12:31PM (#29268065)
so, tribalism?
Re:3D printed mirror array on Thursday November 11, 2021 @04:43PM (#29193584)
'two minute papers' has a link to a free course on how to do this. I haven't checked them out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r-eIKkyAco Note: the title says 3d printing but it's actually milling acryllic sheets, not SLA
Re:3D printed mirror array on Thursday November 11, 2021 @04:29PM (#29193439)
You are correct! This is essentially how office projectors work https://youtu.be/KpatWNi0__o?t=102
Re:3D printed mirror array on Thursday November 11, 2021 @04:22PM (#29193365)
There is an artist (at least) that uses arrays of motorized parts to create a similar effect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV8v2GKC8WA mesmerizing
Re:Annotated Timeline Since the Big Bang on Monday November 08, 2021 @07:11PM (#29156075)
you must be the change
Re:Timeline of the Human Condition on Thursday November 04, 2021 @04:48PM (#29112371)
I wonder how human history changes if you change the order of discovery of inventions

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