SonicScrub

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by SonicScrub 1y ago
I don't really see how the Highway 17 situation is unique in the context of winter storms though. As per the comment above this, most transit of East and West goods occurs via other means, meaning the Highway 17 bottleneck is hardly so
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by SonicScrub 1y ago
The parent comment is likely referring to Highway 17, which is the only road connection between Manitoba and Ontario. A boulder once fell on this highway leading to its closure for a period of time. https://www.ctvnews.ca/wi
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by SonicScrub 2y ago
> before giving up and flying away. Careful! That's not always a given!
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by SonicScrub 2y ago
As much as I would love this to happen, a high-speed rail network has been discussed along this corridor for decades at both federal and provincial governments, with no tangible actions to making it actually happen. Given the current Prime
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by SonicScrub 2y ago
If your concern is editorial preference, then wouldn't a social media application explicitly controlled by a State apparatus be a concern? I fail to see how anything going on at Twitter is relevant to what I mentioned. Does Twitter shi
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by SonicScrub 2y ago
> The ideal world order isn't the one where Chinese can't find out what happened on Tiananmen square and Americans can't find out what happened in Gaza. I don't see how this law banning a social media site brings us a
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by SonicScrub 2y ago
Escape into the woods for at least 1 week out of the year with no internet connection. It rekindles my love for reading, and helps keep that fire burning throughout the year.
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by SonicScrub 2y ago
There used to be a TV channel back in the cable days for this, so this sort of thing is hardly new. It's excellent ambiance for your Christmas party.
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by SonicScrub 2y ago
It's been a while since I've read the book / seen the movie, but I believe the ship intercepted a resupply payload launched from earth as it was performing it's slingshot.
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by SonicScrub 2y ago
The 2D model alone maybe be sufficient for OPs needs, but I'd advocate for going at least a little further with some form of 3D model. The wing tip effects are significant enough to warrant some form of "next step" after the
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by SonicScrub 2y ago
Using a computational fluids model like OpenFOAM is overkill for reasonable estimates of aerodynamic performance and stability, provided you stick to normal-ish designs. The term you want to Google is "vortex lattice" and/or
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by SonicScrub 2y ago
Cool stuff for sure! But cheeky comments like this (and others I personally have made in this thread) are to do with the "AI" branding aspect of a thing that is just bog standard mechanical engineering work. Hooking up optimizers
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by SonicScrub 2y ago
The definition of AI changes depending on what I am trying to sell you today.
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by SonicScrub 2y ago
Probably some sort of optimization algorithm that's been defined for centuries, and comes standard with any mathematical computing tool. The kind of thing used every day by engineers as routine, but I guess that's "AI" n
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by SonicScrub 2y ago
This is phenomenal! As an avid bike packer, I've always wanted this. Eagerly awaiting the expansion to North America. Please don't forget about Canada when building ;)
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by SonicScrub 2y ago
> Planes are obsolete technologies, should have invested in drones/loitering munitions. In 10 years, its all going to be drones. This is speculation on what the future will be, not our current reality. In the War in Ukraine, relianc
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by SonicScrub 2y ago
Just my two cents, but I think the appropriate compromise with highly addictive activities that we know can be harmful is to pass regulation surrounding advertisement/marketing. Particularly on advertisement/marketing to children.
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by SonicScrub 2y ago
You can do this with your own salary through a 401k in the US or an RRSP in Canada.
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by SonicScrub 2y ago
Lightweight enough to be recovered via parachute system, unlike the big heavy boosters which need thrust!
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by SonicScrub 2y ago
The codebase does pretty much exactly that, yes. Still causes the occasional hiccup though when new data is inevitably not labelled appropriately. Not exactly the kind of thing that causes catastrophic failure. More so the kind of thing tha
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by SonicScrub 2y ago
Time aligning GPS data with other sensors/systems that record in UTC. I'm combining data from multiple different sources together that I do not control. The duration of the data is long enough that an occasional leap second slips
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by SonicScrub 2y ago
The "A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry" blog (frequently posted on HackerNews) has an interesting series on how non-state societies organize to achieve collective action, like raising an army. The series focuses on the Celtic p
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by SonicScrub 2y ago
Leap seconds are a problem because I have to deal with existing systems that use leap seconds and those that do not. Getting those systems in sync can be pain sometimes because of conversion from one format to another. Is it insurmountable?
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by SonicScrub 2y ago
At the top level of any sport, the expense comes from the coaching, exercise science, travel and other support over the course of years. That's true whether the game is cycling, or football. A $20,000 bike is peanuts in comparison to t
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by SonicScrub 2y ago
Just being batted around by turbulence looks different if you know what you're looking for (although what to look for might be only obvious when looking at accelerometer data). Again, Dutch Roll is a very specific phenomenon as a resul
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by SonicScrub 2y ago
Dutch Roll is a coupling of yawing and rolling dynamic modes, and is a product of the aircraft's aerodynamics. If the aircraft is disturbed off a steady-state path either by control input, changing winds, or turbulence, then it should
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by SonicScrub 2y ago
Tha name is believed to be borrowed from an ice skating term: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_roll https://www.iceskatesmuseum.com/e-disc-schoon.htm
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by SonicScrub 2y ago
It is sad, and there are certainly areas where injuries and deaths will continue for decades to come. However I feel the need to point out that the First World War is on a whole other level of scale than the Ukraine War. As per the article
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by SonicScrub 2y ago
> but a dog will never produce a non-dog, and a fish will never produce a non-fish. This requirement of microbe-to-man evolution contradicts the fundamental law of heredity. Agreed! And doing so would of course invalidate our current und
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by SonicScrub 2y ago
The evidence that you claim is missing for genetic mutations increasing complexity over long-time frames is simply not supported by the wealth of evidence from multi different disciplines. I'm sure Dr. John Sanford is quite persuasive,

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