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  • Music on Tesla coils.

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    KlausK
    @Copper said in Music on Tesla coils.: Like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing_Tesla_coil Because solid-state coil drivers are limited to "on-off" modulation, the sound produced consists of square-like waveforms rather than sinusoidal (though simple chords are possible). So if I understand correctly, the sound is produced by turning the spark on and off in the desired frequency. Somewhat similar to floppy drive music (where stepper motors are turned with the desired frequency, again producing square waves). Link to video It would be nice, though, to investigate ways to make sounds that are not boring square waves.
  • 'Black Lives Matter Plaza' - BLM-DC's reaction

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    KincaidK
    The woke left couldn't infantilize black men much more than if they actually called them "boy".
  • Rescinding scholarships for social media posts

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    89th8
    @Mik agreed. Not sure about you, but I said plenty of dumb things before I turned 18 (and after), luckily social media wasn’t around to make them immediately public and permanent records.
  • My computer's audio is now completely silent!

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    89th8
    Sweet silence! Congrats!
  • Here’s a controversial idea

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    CopperC
    You couldn't do it with white women Asian women maybe Asian women that don't speak English They let the Taser and pepper spray do their talking
  • An excellent piece on Covid-19

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    CopperC
    Edinborough University That is a lot of os
  • MSNBC hires Lisa Page

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    HoraceH
    There is a future in TDS. People like Kathy Griffin calculate it and bank on it, while people like Lisa Page fall into it more accidentally.
  • June Wedding

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    markM
    Happy anniversary!
  • Beware these VPNs

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    KlausK
    Ax, the way I understand it is that first of all there are all kinds of loopholes due to required interoperability with 2G network, and secondly, you could still do a "man-in-the-middle" attack and just use the authentication replies from the base station. You can easily find "a DIY IMSI catcher for $300" tutorials on the internet. Or, for that matter, you could just listen passively to the cellular traffic. Yes, it's encrypted, but so is https.
  • For Brenda & Mik

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    brendaB
    Cats, how awful and frustrating for you. Yes, I think George and Mik have a good hunch about this. You've been dealing with this for so long, and you deserve better. You deserve relief, and you deserve your lifestyle back. I'm still thinking you should come to Minnesooooooota and be seen at Mayo. Diagnostics is their best feature. You could use that yet to really make your life better. Sending you .
  • Got an upset stomach worrying about COVID-19?

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    LuFins DadL
    @George-K I posted that in another thread somewhere. Such a small sample, though, and no control. It’s worth a larger look, though.
  • No evidence of Russian collusion known by August 2017

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    George KG
    On June 3, Rosenstein testified: “I did not suggest or hint at secretly recording President Trump,” denied suggesting 25th Amendment be invoked. https://twitter.com/CBS_Herridge/status/1269425730624139264 James Baker testified that Page and McCabe told him that Rosenstein wanted to wiretap the President. He goes on to say that they took that seriously. [image: EZ3n-HbXgAIhVHj?format=jpg&name=large] And Rosenstein was part of the 25th Amendment discussion: [image: EZ3n-HcXYAI95rk?format=jpg&name=large] Maybe Sidney Powell will be available for him in a little while.
  • Taiwan’s exemplary management of COVID-19

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    taiwan_girlT
    @Jolly I agree. Those are big benefits. And, as the article mentions (and seems somewhat opposite to the US), if you DONT wear a mask outside, there is a lot of pressure to do so. It is "cooler and hip" to wear a mask rather than the other way around. Re: Singapore - they have developed their own "homemade" contact trace app they are trying to get people to use. It seems that they did a lot of the right things. Possible part of it is that the population density is much higher. The whole country is basically a city.
  • Now Canada too

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    AxtremusA
    @Jolly said in Now Canada too: I'm sure Trudeau has a lot of experience kneeling. Well, yeah, Justin Trudeau was raised a Roman Catholic and kneeling is common in various Catholic rites.
  • Estimate of epidemiological cost of protests

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    AxtremusA
    @89th Thank for explaining. If nothing else, it prompted me to look up lemming to see where the meme might come from.
  • If you’re looking for safe online courses...

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    89th8
    Their conclusion that all of these deaths were because of racism, speaks volumes.
  • Resigned

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    JollyJ
    @Aqua-Letifer said in Resigned: And they had plenty of other officers behind them to take up the slack while one or two took care of him. It's my understanding that when there's an accident and the police are present, their first duty is to act as a first responder until someone more medically qualified arrives. Is this not the case? No. The mission is paramount. EMS personnel were in the immediate vicinity and they were called. Riot and crowd control work is not normal police work.
  • June 6

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    jon-nycJ
    Sounds like it was the Covid angle not the dwindling numbers of survivors. Hopefully we have a few more years of veterans there. Remember Harry Patch was still going to commemorative events at ~110
  • Amazon has been taken over

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    KincaidK
    The wokeness! It burns!
  • Former Colorado Governor guilty of ethics violations.

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    jon-nycJ
    Even in Italy?