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James Nov 14, 2023

Remember that many times the people telling you how to live your life are actually miserable.

James Oct 24, 2023

It's almost impossible for a baddie to wonder that... that's the joke

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James Oct 23, 2023

My feeling is that many people are either religious adherents to Peronism or rely on the government for their livelihood.

Note that the exchange rates are for the "blue" dollar, the only dollar that regular people care about.

James Oct 23, 2023

When Sergio Massa took his position as economy minister last year, 1 dollar was 298 pesos.

Today, 1 dollar is 900 pesos.

Almost 37% of the electorate voted for him yesterday.

Nice rabbit hole.

I was installing Linux and I wanted to have mono audio. So I installed PulseEffects. For curiosity, I clicked on a wave icon and it turned out to be a functionality to test signals. I set the frequency to 440hz and turns out it's the frequency you hear when you pick up an "old" line phone.

https://zippyfacts.com/why-is-the-dial-tone-frequency-an-a-or-440-hertz-on-telephones-in-the-united-states/

Why Is the Dial Tone Frequency an A or 440 Hertz On Telephones In the United States? - Zippy Facts

The dial tone on a telephone isn't really a pure A, but a composite of two frequencies: 350 hertz, or cycles per second, and 440 hertz.

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James Oct 19, 2023

We need to stop thinking that all information is helpful.

James Oct 16, 2023

Marcin Wichary Oct 14, 2023

A book idea: “Life before software.” All of the amazing mechanical and electromechanical solutions to what today would be software: Old pinball machines, Backspace on a Selectric, tons of a/v stuff, Linotype, Comptometer, phone relays, probably a million other things. Beautiful drawings and great stories.