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by EncomLab 2y ago
First Shuttle orbited astronauts and successfully recovered all intended components. Every Saturn 5 was successful, the 3rd flight sent a crew to lunar orbit, and the 6th put a crew on the moon. To date a Starship has yet to be recovered a
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by EncomLab 2y ago
The brutality of the marketplace is unlike any other - Steam has over 100k games in it's store, with 18k added just last year. Yes, as in anything there will be the breakout few which go on to generate fame and riches, but in general
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by EncomLab 2y ago
If the concept has existed for 60 years and no one has capitalized it yet - you can bet it's more Dr. Who than reality.
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by EncomLab 2y ago
This is insanity - "compute" is a tiny fraction of energy usage compared to memory, data storage, and data retrieval.
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by EncomLab 2y ago
Perfect analogy. Keep in mind that most US lawmakers still think the internet is a series of tubes - and we don't want OUR tubes dirties by some pinko commie tubes! THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!
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by EncomLab 2y ago
You are exactly correct - the combination of deep belief in the ability to obtain quick riches by investing in the "next big thing" aligned with a large gap of knowledge between reality and hype, all mixed into a milieu of in-grou
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by EncomLab 2y ago
The miniscule amount of energy retained from the "reverse computation" will be absolutely demolished by the first DRAM refresh.
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by EncomLab 2y ago
This is glorious.
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by EncomLab 2y ago
Calling the addition of an energy storage device into a transistor "reverse computing" is like calling a hybrid car using regenerative braking "reverse driving". It's a very interesting concept - best discussed over
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by EncomLab 2y ago
It's really only constricting to state machines which are dependent upon a fixed instruction set to function.
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by EncomLab 2y ago
The key to me is the flexibility - I have the option of WFH 2 days per week, but most weeks I'm in the office 5 days (sometimes a half day on Saturday) because I am fortunate to have a "real office" with a door, a nice view,
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by EncomLab 2y ago
A starting point would be a system that does not require the use of a limited set of pre-defined operations to transform from one state to another state via the interpretation of a set of pre-existing instructions. This rules out any digit
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by EncomLab 2y ago
Yes that is the definition - but that is not what is occurring her. We DO know exactly what is going on inside the system and can determine precisely from step to step the state of the entire system and the next state of the system. The a
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by EncomLab 2y ago
We should stop using the term "black box" to mean "we don't know" when really it's "we could find out but it would be really hard". We can precisely determine the exact state of any digital system and
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Dec- Personal Challenge (1982)(youtube.com)
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by EncomLab 2y ago
"This corporate documentary produced by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) chronicles DECs two year odyssey to bring three personal computers, the Professional 325 (PRO-325), the Professional 350 (PRO-350), and the Rainbow 100 to mark
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by EncomLab 2y ago
My sister would do this to me on car trips with our Mad Libs games - yeah, elephant is funny, but bunny would be funnier!! When all you have is syntax, something like "better" is 100% in the eye of the beholder.
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by EncomLab 2y ago
"The Friendly Orange Glow" is a wonderful book about the development, implementation, and ultimate downfall of the Plato system. Well worth the read!
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by EncomLab 2y ago
My pi400 has been my replacement Ti994/A for the last few years - I could not love it more.
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by EncomLab 2y ago
As if this legislation in the US would not entirely upend the current rules and regulations. That's exactly the issue - you can't say "well currently things are X, and introducing Y won't change anything" when Y do
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by EncomLab 2y ago
The government does not have to - like I said this is just a marketing campaign. What is to stop the introduction of "lower cost" insurance tiers if you opt in to a "limited care" plan that would allow you to be termina
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by EncomLab 2y ago
In the US there will be share-holder lawsuits against insurance companies that do not enforce this strictly enough. It's just a return to a time when only the wealthy could receive medical care - this time it's just being markete
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by EncomLab 2y ago
It requires extreme naivete to believe that this will not rapidly shift from doctor assisted suicide to mandatory removal of medical benefits except "end of life care". The medical-insurance complex in the US cannot wait for this
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by EncomLab 2y ago
That competition would seem to make it even more important that we are better educating students today - especially when they are not just competing against kids from Kentucky.
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by EncomLab 2y ago
It's not a direct analogy - it's a commentary on the expectations of students. Learning Latin was a fundamental part of a science or medical education, Greek was a fundamental part of what we would call a humanities education - t
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by EncomLab 2y ago
I saw a quote the other day - "We used to teach Latin and Greek in High School, now we teach remedial English in College." - seems pretty much on point. Massachusetts, a state renowned for it's commitment to education, is vo
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by EncomLab 2y ago
"tinybox red is 6x 7900XTX, tinybox green is 6x 4090" So the red is ~$5k in gpu's - where is the other $10k going?
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by EncomLab 2y ago
I do not see how this is remotely controversial - if you had trashy parents who spent their time partying and fighting the neighbors while living paycheck to paycheck, you probably have a harder path to success than if your parents had stab
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by EncomLab 2y ago
Hardly a conspiracy to point out that the loss of a crew is going to have massive blowback on the administrative in office when it happens.
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by EncomLab 2y ago
They have to blame Boeing so no one can blame NASA and by association the National Space Council (whose Chairperson is now running for President).

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