alikim

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by alikim 5mo ago
Too many comments about AI and not enough fun facts about isopods! Can anyone tell me more about them? How do their eyes work? They look like blackberries in a lot of the species.
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by alikim 5mo ago
Personally I love a lot about software engineering (iterative problem solving, sorting through complexities, the predictability you mention or at least how things are logical and often deterministic, etc) but I also love being outside and m
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by alikim 8mo ago
I really really love both Outer Wilds and the DLC and think the reddit community, when asked, does a great job of providing advice or tips for specific situations without revealing too much.
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A prudent planetary limit for geologic carbon storage(nature.com)
2 points by alikim 1y ago|0 comments
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The secret life of baby octopuses(phys.org)
1 points by alikim 5y ago|0 comments
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by alikim 6y ago
> It is unfortunate though, that this strategy is only seemingly applied to white people. It is much more than unfortunate.
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by alikim 6y ago
And the relevant article in PNAS: https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/09/14/2004532117
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Did Early Humans Invent Hot Pot in Geothermal Pools?(atlasobscura.com)
30 points by alikim 6y ago|28 comments
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by alikim 6y ago
Such a great book! I thought the whole section on why we age was compelling. The idea that nature can select for mutations which may be beneficial earlier on but have harmful effects after a given time period was new to me.
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by alikim 6y ago
https://xkcd.com/2357/
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by alikim 6y ago
Yeah, the effects seem to be decently delayed for me as well.
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by alikim 6y ago
I strongly recommend both of these books. The Soul of an Octopus is more anecdotal and Other Minds is more academic; in sum they offer not just a fascinating picture of octopuses, but a larger discussion on consciousness and foreign intelli
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Six Reasons the Blanket Octopus Is My Favorite Cephalopod(jellybiologist.com)
15 points by alikim 7y ago|3 comments
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by alikim 7y ago
Here is the link to the interactive project spoken about in this interview: https://lifeundertheice.org
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by alikim 7y ago
The article mentions that illustration is a lot better than photography but doesn't mention any specifics. Does anyone have insight as to why this is?
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by alikim 7y ago
Here is the referenced article if anyone is interested: https://www.dropbox.com/s/kj3ny5wk93bxj44/Sepulveda%20et%20a...
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by alikim 7y ago
I feel like a significant portion of human traffic jams are caused by bottlenecks but as far as I can tell this was not addressed in the study. Would be interested to see how much more efficient ants are in the case where the width of the p
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by alikim 7y ago
Depending on where the epicenter is, it may take 1-2 minutes for the S waves (which are the slower, damaging ones) to travel to the major population center. Up to 30s of warning for an earthquake early warning system is enough for people to
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by alikim 7y ago
https://www.indigoag.com
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by alikim 7y ago
I wrote a script that monitors twitter for earthquake related tweets and notifies me when a certain threshold is hit. It pretty reliably notifies me 20-30s post-quake. Main problem is that very few tweets actually have location data associa
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by alikim 7y ago
I've actually done this and get notifications usually 30 seconds post quake just like xkcd suggested.
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How Guilty Should You Feel About Flying?(nytimes.com)
3 points by alikim 7y ago|1 comments
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Can you make AI fairer than a judge?(technologyreview.com)
1 points by alikim 7y ago|0 comments
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El Capitan in 40B Pixels(rei.com)
1 points by alikim 7y ago|0 comments
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by alikim 7y ago
I think it's that, as the lava sinks to the ocean floor, it warms the colder, nutrient rich water at depth and causes it to rise.
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by alikim 7y ago
Currently reading The Overstory which seems like a great compliment to this.
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by alikim 7y ago
Agreed, but climate change is a monumental issue and even if we assume the government can act in a timely manner to shift the economic model to one that is more environmentally friendly, that won't be enough to fix the problem. I don&#