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  I wonder how a Stirling engine might work for driving a Leslie speaker? Is there another way to regulate the speed of the Stirling engine besides that magnet? Don’t about using one for a Leslie, how big would it have...
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  Since Steampunkery has come up, and I have no interest in the gun/artillery aspects, I give you the Candela VibroPhase: the world’s first candle powered guitar effect. It’s a bit of a cheat since it has photovoltaic cells and photocells,...
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  And to you. Our congregation is doing Zoom/FB services. I’m trying to figure out how to open the a virtual Ark on Yom Kippur....
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  Well Eff You 2020, your timing sucks. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87 The Dems better do everything they can to block a Trump appointee....
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  Of possible interest to anyone in the Glasgow area, just learned of Di Rozeve Pave. If I could I’d go for the yiddish, and maybe stay for a vegan bagel mit a shmir. “די ראָזעווע פּאַווע (pink peacock) is a...
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  Speaking of bloodthirsty unicorns: Delicacy. I may have shared this before, but always worth a repeat....
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  Anyone else wondering how clean Soviet clean rooms were for the early Venera probes? If they bothered with them, that is. I would assume it’s pretty unlikely, but maybe extremophiles hitched a ride and happily spent the next half-century on...
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  Also off-topic, sorry. That picture of Priti Patel from the Guardian article Charlie tweeted has some strong Martin Shkreli / Kim Yo-jong energy....
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  Rather off-topic, but saw this headline and thought of “Accelerando” for some reason: Taxpayer Watchdog Group Sues VA for Records of Cat De-Braining Experiments...
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  Sorry, last thing, just looked up Szilard—he was also Hungarian, didn’t think he was German....
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  I guess my point being that if 1920/30s Europe hadn’t been full of anti-Semitism, no one would have built The Bomb....
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  ...and just looked up Fermi and found his wife was Jewish....
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  Szilard (Jewish German exile), Teller (Hungarian, exile), Von Neuman (Hungarian, exile), Oppenheimer (ooh! An actual American!) all pitching in. FWIW, all four were Jewish. There’s member of my synagogue, a woman in her late 90s, who was a secretary with...
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  Thoroughly off-topic, but after 1000 comments...[shrugs] In response to stuff going on in the Tweeterverse* I’m kinda surprised that no one has suggested that a certain author be referred to the initials D.K. rather than their usual. Just because one...
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  Forgot to mention that Christian versions of the Hebrew bible usually rearrange the books in an attempt to form a chronological story leading up to Jebus. The standard order of the Hebrew books is by the order they were written,...
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  I don't see how you could study it for Bar/Bat Mitzvah if you can't touch it Just want to add that the are books called Tikkuns that have the entire text of the Torah for practicing reading. They all have...
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  @various replies re: Cheyenne Mt. fwiw, I’ve lived in Colorado Springs since ‘86, and am reasonably acquainted with the history. I should clarify that when I say mothballed, I mean that most of it’s operations have been moved to other...
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  whoosh! You missed that one: Moz’s joking reference to the current conspiracy batshittery that new 5G towers are spreading Coronavirus....
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  And currently: COVID-19 Drives Command Teams Charged With Homeland Defense Into Cheyenne Mountain Bunker. Another US military command and control element is also now isolated in a third, undisclosed location. Cheyenne Mountain has been essentially mothballed for at least a...
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  Now I just buy when I see it on a shelf. And pay twice what I used to pay. Haven’t gotten desperate yet, have at least a couple weeks worth still. I plan on going where I usually get it,...
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  Today I learned there’s a difference between British and American Yiddish pronunciation. Probably shouldn’t be surprised by that. Could also also be the difference between Lithuanian and Polish dialects*, with different vowel pronunciation—calling Grandma Bubbie (P) rather than Bobeh (L)....
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  Another question. Is the 'A' in "Davening" pronounced like the 'a' in "Dave", or the 'a' in "davenport" ... or the 'a' in "sofa"? As in sofa, like Daw-ven....
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  @various WRT toilet paper hoarding. Maybe people aren’t actually hoarding, but for those of us who only buy large packs of it every 2-3 months, it’s come at a really inconvenient time....
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  FWIW Davening is the Yiddish term for praying, which has also come to refer to the bowing motions often done during standing prayers, particularly the Amidah. The other word I used, Shuckling is the Yiddish word for shaking, also refers...
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  Just thought of a question, is chapter title U R DED inspired by the German title of “Halting State”, or by computer games in general?...
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  Right, I understand. Apologies for being a little touchy; it’s still early here, and I haven’t gotten enough coffee in me. Ran out of the good stuff and am making do with some old, flavored (ick) stuff from the back...
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  Considering how many times I’ve mentioned here being a Jew, yes I am. My point (which I thought was obvious) was whether or not your average reader would be....
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  Good thing you define Davvening, otherwise I’m wondering if it would have gotten changed in edits. Though it’s certainly sounds better than Shuckling....
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  and we do not generally deal with them using shotguns and baseball bats even if they're so contagious that contact might kill us. Unless you’re named Duterte, not that he needs an excuse....
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  BuboniCon That’s hilarious. For some reason I’m picturing it held in a field with a large Prairie Dog colony....