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i thought of four questions today for which i do not yet have answers: | i thought of four questions today for which i do not yet have answers: | ||
* why aren't line-based UIs combining proportional (as opposed to fixed-width) fonts with horizontally tabular interfaces, like, a thing? | * why aren't line-based UIs combining proportional (as opposed to fixed-width) fonts with horizontally tabular interfaces and cursor location reports, like, a thing? | ||
* how hard would it be to make an EMP grenade? characterize designs in terms of cost, your kV/m² field, and likelihood of detection by <i>federales</i> | * how hard would it be to make an EMP grenade? characterize designs in terms of cost, your kV/m² field, and likelihood of detection by <i>federales</i> | ||
* can you write a program that you put in the background that reliably and continuously draws to some fixed location on the arbitrary terminal in which it was launched? | * can you write a program that you put in the background that reliably and continuously draws to some fixed location on the arbitrary terminal in which it was launched? | ||
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it's been! one week since you looked at me. | it's been! one week since you looked at me. | ||
''' | i also at one point was wondering "if you have two sexy ladies holding onto two ends of a rod, and one lowers herself through the event horizon of a supermassive black hole (where the tidal force difference is totally survivable), couldn't she communicate back to the first with rod-tuggery?" i mean, i know she can't, but why? i cannot find a satisfying answer in all of <b>GRAVITATION</b>. | ||
'''previously: "[[Advice_to_an_Undergraduate|advice to an undergraduate]]" 2021-10-10''' | |||
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