emanuensis

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by emanuensis 4y ago
Supposedly all at Library of Congress (LoC) anyone have experience using it there?
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Unrelated Nback task mediates effect of Nback working memory on matrix reasoning(nature.com)
1 points by emanuensis 4y ago|0 comments
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by emanuensis 4y ago
i think this is a real nerd sniper so i am some what surprised that i was unable to find this yet on HN Bilayer graphene inspires two-universe cosmological model https://jqi.umd.edu/news/bilayer-graphene-inspires-two-un
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Bilayer graphene inspires two-universe cosmological model(jqi.umd.edu)
2 points by emanuensis 4y ago|1 comments
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by emanuensis 5y ago
If the corpus was from circa WWII US, one would get the same results ... substituting "buddhist" for "muslim"
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An interesting way of probing corpi/cultures for bias(spectrum.ieee.org)
1 points by emanuensis 5y ago|2 comments
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by emanuensis 6y ago
Growing staples is the main failing of all these vertical farms, and they are just boutique-ish without that capability. But if energy were free could we not grow staples vertically? We ARE on the cusp of that. And there is a lot of emphasi
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by emanuensis 6y ago
:) Whew! So glad! The planet might actually survive 38.9678 days more!
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by emanuensis 6y ago
People LIKE to live on the edge. It is an unfortunate fact ... especially given their are 9B of us. Super bad for the ecology, the encountering of new diseases etc. Suburbs Exurbs, retreats... never ends. If we had a Home (like most animals
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by emanuensis 6y ago
i was able to turn the graphic emoji's permanently off in the settings: they were replaced with their labels... For me it was mostly an eye saver, i hated the constantly moving bits on my screen
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by emanuensis 6y ago
This is great news. i have long advocated for the use of ammonia as a liquid fuel: it is almost as energy dense as crude and ... clean!
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Hydrogen economy with mass production of high-purity hydrogen from ammonia(phys.org)
2 points by emanuensis 6y ago|1 comments
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by emanuensis 6y ago
i just do laps around the house
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by emanuensis 6y ago
A bit surprising no one has mentioned the old traveling salesman trick: Eat at the local hospital.
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by emanuensis 6y ago
in Chrome i use this extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/speed-dial-for-goo... There are other more powerful ones i am playing with
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by emanuensis 6y ago
NB forwarding does NOT include "spam" email... i have all my Gmail accounts funnel into one and i check the spam buckets of all, every 4 weeks (otherwise Google turfs em). i usually find a few (rather important) false positives in
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by emanuensis 6y ago
Ah yes, "Bypass Paywalls" i do have this extension installed and have been using it for months. WSJ seems to have wizened to his workarounds, and others like the FB redirect. Eg it does not work for https://www.wsj.com
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by emanuensis 6y ago
>So let's start testing aggressively for antibodies. Until we get that number, I'm all for extreme caution. There is no Antibody/serological/immunity test yet. Biologically it is harder even that a vaccine... Test WIL
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by emanuensis 6y ago
The workarounds for WSJ do not work anymore for me, eg the redirect from FarceBorg will still get the "subscribe" page. Also FT. They appear to have removed workarounds. Are they STILL valid HN submissions ... even when there is N
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by emanuensis 6y ago
Very very revealing! Thanks! i would assume that VoIP calling would suffer from the same "packet switching" issue that mobile telephones do:-(( With the current emergency caused by the corona virus there is a huge up tick in remot
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by emanuensis 7y ago
i think this especially goes for the English system vs metric measurements (though confusingly the English do not use the Imperial system, officially at least) Our brains are much better wired for binary systems like bushels and pecks rath
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by emanuensis 7y ago
Anyone know if one could easily make a "do no call home" network with participating devices...
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by emanuensis 7y ago
As a k email list reader i noted in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21660005 that shakti(k7) MAY become FOSS...
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by emanuensis 7y ago
If they used H2 (vs He) for buoyancy they could make (liquefied) H2 fuel very cost efficient: When you want to come down you are high up and it is cold! Perfect time to liquefy! Making H2 gas is also subsidized on the production end, as Air
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by emanuensis 7y ago
Various K's in FOSS now. Shakti soon? You must be signed in to Google Group to read post(s).
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Shakti in FOSS?(groups.google.com)
5 points by emanuensis 7y ago|1 comments
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by emanuensis 7y ago
+1 gloves
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by emanuensis 7y ago
Chris also thinks idea very interesting... https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/neurons-hide-their-m... Like maybe neurons really use Pbits.
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by emanuensis 7y ago
Same for me. Though i am very "advanced" having been a yogi for over 50 years. What really helped me was meditating hourly, on chimes. i have found the practice mentioned a few times, eg Thich Nat Han recommends. Content wise, len
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by emanuensis 7y ago
Seems to be an interesting chip with a lot of ML applications and copious press accounts ... Why no HN interest?

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