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Zagorath @aussie.zone 6mo ago
Why use the ISP router at all? If your ISP uses IPoE or can provide you the PPPoE connection details, can't you use any router you like?

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What's the pros & cons of a managed vs unmanaged switch? Or of just running multiple cables out of the router? (Assuming your router has sufficient ports.)

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 6mo ago

I want to hear more about relationships in plow-based agriculture.

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The MAC, at least as it was conceptualised (as they said, MAC randomisation etc. mess with this), is a unique identifier for that specific device. It doesn't change, and only one device has that specific MAC.

Or more specifically, that specific network adaptor, the hardware responsible for connecting to networks. So one computer might have multiple MACs if, for example, it has an Ethernet port and a wifi card.

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 6mo ago

I've been a clarinet player since I was about 9. But when I was like 16, I had a physics class on the science of acoustics. We used slinkies to create standing waves either fixed at both ends or moving at one end to understand the concept of a standing wave, and then diagrams to demonstrate different harmonics. The connections were so amazing to learn. Seeing the diagrams of a closed vs open pipe, and of a string, and the standing waves that can form in it, was so enlightening. I finally knew why my instrument overblew at an octave and a fifth but other instruments overblow at an octave.

It was years later thanks I'm pretty sure to a Reddit comment, that I additionally learnt that a cone also experiences every harmonic, just like an open pipe. Though I unfortunately never learnt the intuition behind how to explain that detail.

Of course, this all goes somewhat out the window when you realise that it's possible on many instruments to bend the pitch smoothly and play out of tune—or correct your tuning. No idea how the physics behind that works with the model of standing waves with fixed nodes and antinodes.

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Lindsay Ellis — Is There Still a Very Special Place in Hell for Matt Stone and Trey Parker?

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 6mo ago

Oh huh. I didn't realise.

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Lindsay Ellis — Is There Still a Very Special Place in Hell for Matt Stone and Trey Parker?

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 6mo ago

Yeah it's a shame. She basically got run out of public life by a harassment campaign. So now she only shares her stuff on Patreon and Nebula.

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Day Pass — The Birthplace of Public Transit

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 6mo ago

Hey, Brisbane gets a surprisingly lengthy aside dedicated to it on the first episode of Jason Slaughter's Nebula Original! That's exciting lol.

Not the best of shout-outs. To be fair...yeah Jason, we know. It's a fucking dumb name. The joke is that the "Metro" buses are designed to look like trams. One reporter suggested it should have been called BERT, for Brisbane Electric Rapid Transport. BERTie buses would be cute!

Anyway, even as BRT, it's a little lacklustre. Ticketing happens on-board instead of on the platform, so slow waiting for people to tap on at every stop. And they gave up on their original promise of level boarding, too. But hey, at least Brisbane has ferries that are also part of the regular network.

But anyway, this was kinda fun. Not something I enjoy for the same reason I enjoy (most) NJB, but from the trailer & advertising I wasn’t expecting that. It’s just a kinda vibey good time.

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I'm Not Into Politics

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 6mo ago

That is…a really weak presentation.

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I'm Not Into Politics

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 6mo ago

I sort of get that that's what it's trying to be, but I feel like the comic does a poor job of conveying that. The last panel should be something that demonstrates how their life is affected by politics. But it doesn't. It just zooms out further without showing anything new.

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 6mo ago

Huh?

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 6mo ago

Personally I think if LW wants to ban a certain kind of content, more power to them. But they should be transparent about it.

If they've said they'll unban pirate content, then pirate content should be allowed. If they want it banned, fine, but make a statement clarifying that that is the case.

OP is doing good work by pointing this out.

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I downloaded every word from Jet Lag The Game | Data Time

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 6mo ago

Alright, alright, alright.

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City Beautiful — Are Streets Too Complicated Now?

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 6mo ago

Hawk intersections are certainly one counterexample. Both confusing and less safe. I think there's a good reason they're not used outside of America.

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The Layover — Tom Scott Explains Why Britain Is Like That

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 6mo ago

Thanks, that's interesting.

Do you have any idea what the gap in my interpretation of Tom's comments is, then? Why it seemed like he was suggesting that hot water tanks are a very old fashioned and not used in newer homes, and that they'd be surprising to Americans?

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The Layover — Tom Scott Explains Why Britain Is Like That

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 6mo ago

Are hot water tanks not normal in the UK or US? Here in Australia, I've never had one in the attic, but my previous apartment (built, I think, around the '70s) had one located under the stairs to the next storey, and my new house (built last year) has one in the garage. But Tom Scott talks about it as though "combi boiler" are completely ubiquitous on newer housing in the UK today, and the Jet Lag boys seem to believe the US has had that approach for much longer.

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City Beautiful — Are Streets Too Complicated Now?

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 6mo ago

The answer is basically "yes, but that's a good thing". It slows drivers down and makes them pay attention, which makes things safer.

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You’re probably misunderstanding Zone 2

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 6mo ago

I'm curious who exactly the article is debunking? Because I've never heard zone 2 described as anything other than what they're saying. It allows you to do long runs, and to recover from harder runs, but the fact that it doesn't replace speed work seems self-evident.

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This Coach Says You Shouldn’t Do Fast Finishes on Long Runs. Here’s Why She Wants You to Slow Down—and What to Do Instead

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 6mo ago

She recommends if you're a beginner runner, long runs should just be easy. Not speed.

For more experienced runners, the fast effort should be in the middle of the run. Before you get fatigued and your form starts slipping. After you've run enough to have fully warmed up.

four to six miles at goal marathon pace in the middle of, say, a 16-miler, ideally staying within three to five seconds of goal pace.

Helping you learn to lock in your goal pace.

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I received this package this week

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 6mo ago

You can see it shown off in full in the Jet Lag: The Game show. (YouTube link since I don't know if you're a Nebula subscriber. But it's also available without ads on Nebula. Also on Nebula is the after-show podcast where they go through some game design details and other behind-the-scenes.) That's the Japan season of Hide+Seek, which is where they first showed off the home game. There's also a Switzerland season from before the home game with quite different rules. And more recently a UK season with some minor rule tweaks + the expansion pack. And a New York–based one-off mini episode. Search their channel for those if you want. If you enjoy the show as entertainment, there are 12 other seasons with very different (not hide-and-seek) rules. I recommend starting with season 3, because Tag Eur-it is one of their best seasons, and it's after they figured out the format a lot better than seasons 1 & 2.

But the TL;DW is: the hider gets a certain amount of time to use public transport to hide. After the time, their nearest station becomes their hiding zone. The seekers then have to try and find them. They can ask certain questions such as "send me a photo of the tallest building visible from your transit station", "are you on the same transit line as me", and "are you within 5 km of me". The questions let the hider draw cards from the deck. Some cards give a time bonus. Others are "curses", which restrict the seekers in various ways. The hider has a GPS tracker on the seekers at all times, to assist with some of these.

Once the seekers enter the hider's hiding zone, the hider is no longer allowed to move throughout their zone (and questions which would require them to move are no longer allowed). Once the seekers find the hider, their time + any time bonuses are calculated, and the next hider starts their run.

There are rules for three scales. The nation scale that they play in Japan and the UK. The large city/region scale that they play in NY, and the small city/portion of a city option. The hiding time and value of time bonuses change, as do some of the questions available to seekers.