Sapient

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by Sapient 11y ago
Storing excess power generated during the day at night?
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by Sapient 11y ago
It would be a really nice visualisation of the factors if it worked properly. It was impossible to read and navigate for me.
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by Sapient 11y ago
It was the first time I have used the Reader View on Firefox and I was really impressed with it.
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by Sapient 11y ago
Yep, I would agree that it would be very unlikely that a civilization capable of launching them, WOULD launch them. We are nowhere close to being able to build these probes ourselves, but already understand the dangers of doing so. Even ass
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by Sapient 11y ago
Oh yes, I agree, and I wasn't trying to imply that this would always be the case. I just meant that just because a civilization is simulated doesn't mean they have necessarily cut all ties with the physical universe. A civilizatio
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by Sapient 11y ago
I'm partial to the Great Filter being behind us as the evolution of sentience combined with tool use. There has been ample time and opportunity for 'us' to evolve on this planet, yet it took until now. The Dinosaurs were arou
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by Sapient 11y ago
Yep, last time I made a comment about Accelerando, someone also pointed me to Diaspora. I finished it about 2 weeks ago, it was mind-blowing and I could not put it down. The reason I don't mention it though, is because its easier to re
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by Sapient 11y ago
There is no reason for there to definitely be that ONE 'colonize everything' type civilization. I would assume that it would be incredibly common for a species capable to interstellar travel to have 'cured' aging before
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by Sapient 11y ago
This has been my favourite explanation since I read Stross' book, Accelerando. The common argument I get against it is along the lines of "humans being too curious to abandon the real universe". Of course simulation in this c
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by Sapient 11y ago
Yep, seems like fiction is having a harder and harder time keeping ahead of fact.
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by Sapient 12y ago
Wow, Im pretty shocked at how many more features Postgres has over MySQL. I always just though of Postgres as 'a bit better, but not really worth the effort', I will definitely have to try it again.
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by Sapient 12y ago
No, thats not accurate, not having free will means we dont consciously choose what we do next - not that there is only one choice we will make in any given circumstance. For example, I chose to ride a boat today, but it was raining, so I re
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by Sapient 12y ago
I think the interesting and more important questions that stem from this are around the consequences of not having free will. Are we punishing people for doing things they were unable to NOT do? As Sam Harris said in his talk on free will,
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by Sapient 14y ago
Ive just realised how good AND bad finding life on Mars could be. On the one hand, we find LIFE on another planet. On the other hand, it makes it incredibly difficult for humans to ever move there and begin terraforming the planet into a se
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by Sapient 14y ago
It really hard to imagine the entire trillion dollars went into the development of the F-35. Maybe it did, or maybe there was another secret plane developed at the same time...
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by Sapient 14y ago
Or bounce a graviton particle beam off the main deflector dish!
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by Sapient 14y ago
I agree, what we really need is to equip a Mars rover with a digital IMAX3D camera.
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by Sapient 14y ago
There could be cultural differences at play here I suppose. The British seem to have a knack for queuing which may be missing in other cultures. I live in South Africa, and I have definitely seen improvements in traffic when certain lights
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by Sapient 14y ago
Ah yes, I see what you mean, sorry!
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by Sapient 14y ago
Really? The blues and oranges tell me its sub-pixel rendering.
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by Sapient 14y ago
I looked for an image with a white background http://i.imgur.com/9aTz2.jpg
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by Sapient 14y ago
Those fonts definitely have sub-pixel hinting - easy to spot if you zoom in on any of the pics - the font is just not a very good UI font.
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by Sapient 14y ago
South Africa, ~210ms
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by Sapient 14y ago
Does anyone have any ideas about what new uses might be found for these precious metals should they ever become as cheap as any other metals? Gold wiring would be superior to copper, what else?
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by Sapient 14y ago
I have only cut them out completely until I have reached a healthy weight. Once I am there, I will not introduce any refined carbs (sugar, flour etc) into my diet, but will increase certain carbs (Sweet potato, other fruits etc) until I fin
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by Sapient 14y ago
I should have been more specific - I have completely cut out all refined carbs like bread and sugar, and massively cut down on the rest (I do still eat some fruits, vegetables and even a little starch in the form of sweet-potatoes etc, but
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by Sapient 14y ago
They may lose money on the first asteroid, but once they have the first one, everything should become exponentially cheaper as very little will need to be launched into LEO, and once they have a water rich rock, they can manufacture all the
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by Sapient 14y ago
After a certain amount of equipment has been launched, they will no longer have any need to get more stuff into space, as everything they need will already be there. All they have to do is make sure they can reach that tipping point where t
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by Sapient 14y ago
> chicken wings and burgers and fries and nachos and big macs Thats loads of carbs. And they are probably also eating a lot of crisps, along with all the sodas and sweetened drinks they are drinking. What I am trying to say, is that its
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by Sapient 14y ago
You cant change an FTP password from a client...

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