The only color photo of a ball in that link that I saw was #32 which is from 1978, which would support the idea that Wimbledon did not switch in 1972.

Oh yeah, you’re right, I just gave it a quick scan for balls and thought they were all from 1970.

This is also an easy way to detect RNGs that are not truncated (i.e. return the entire state (or any 1-to-1 permutation of their entire state):

https://www.pcg-random.org/posts/birthday-test.html

Example:

Any RNG with a period 2**32 that can output every 32-bit value at least once must have zero collisions for the first 2**32 outputs, but we would expect to see about 100 collisions after just 200k outputs.

Such an RNG would be great for playing your 2^32 song collection, since you'd never hear the same song twice within a given time through.

There are a lot more straightforward implementations of "shuffle this list of things" than "craft an RNG that doesn't repeat so that your can get the index of each song one at a time".

I've never understood why so many people like to cite that as an example of "not wanting true randomness", when it seems like people do want true randomness, just as an ordered set rather than "pick a random song from scratch each time".

Assuming the heating element has a positive temperature coefficient (which seems likely), there will be inrush current greater than the operating current.

As an extreme example, a tungsten filament in a lightbulb would rise to 1500C (2700F) which with even a small temperature coefficient can mean inrush current 10x higher than the operating current.

A 4U case is basically just a midsized tower with rack ears (or rails).

A 1U case runs the gamut in noise from vacuum to jet-engine.

Your comment makes me hope that the hostname of the machine is walter-peck.

After trying Duolingo a bit myself and seeing my family members try it, I've become convinced that Duolingo is worse than doing nothing, because it does a much better job of convincing you that you're learning than it does actually teaching you.

The courses vary a bit. The Welsh course, for example, is not that great. I have heard that off both serious learners and native speakers.

I've found it fairly useful for picking up other alphabets, as opposed to languages.

Be aware that Xteink is locking down devices sold for the Chinese market (which includes those being sold on e.g. Taobao). If you want to run crosspoint, you should probably order your reader direct from Xteink.

https://liliputing.com/xteink-blocks-installation-of-custom-...

There's already an OTA unlocker https://crosspointreader.com/#unlock-tool

Whoa that's a surprise. They even call out support for CrossPoint by name, too.

Moreover, it's a bit of a crazy looking hack too, by doing a MITM attack.

I'm curious to see what exactly is the seam between the Xteink brand and its upstream supplier(s).

It's like the brand company was against the firmware lockdown in the first place. It would be neat to better understand the Chinese consumer devices ecosystem.

Isn't that because it's the CrossPoint website?

Interesting - I ordered mine from AliExpress in February and it was really easy to flash. Shane if they start blocking it.

I guess they don't like people buying their product.

I bought one yesterday from AliExpress. I hope I'm able to install new firmwares on it.

Good thing that GP didn't say that most homeless are severely mentally ill.

Using an asset as debt-collateral triggering gains being realized would be good too. As would unifying the income and capital gains tax.

I disagree with TFA's idea that a wealth tax is the best solution. IMO wealth is easier to hide than income, it's just that nobody bothers right now with there being no wealth tax.

And even when they work with non-chrome browsers if you run into an issue, you won't be able to get it escalated without trying with chrome (or lying and saying you did, I suppose).