fractallyte

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by fractallyte 2mo ago
Also: the classic essay by H P Lovecraft: https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/essays/shil.aspx (The last line is especially memorable!)
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by fractallyte 2mo ago
This dithering could also be an interesting variation: https://dead.garden/blog/how-my-images-are-dithered.html (Featured few days ago on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49006096 )
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by fractallyte 2mo ago
An alternative vector: "cloud seeding" ( https://www.theguardian.com/science/2004/sep/09/science.rese... ) Charles Fort collected numerous data for his famous "The Book of the Damned"
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by fractallyte 2mo ago
On the contrary, the video gives an excellent analysis of Putin's options, and it's definitely worth watching. You're right that Putin believes he's infallible, and the Nielsen makes the point that Putin often picks the
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by fractallyte 2mo ago
russia's invasion of Ukraine is absolutely solvable. It's just a disgrace that Ukraine is left to do it alone, with huge casualties (civilian as well as military), and inconceivable destruction.
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by fractallyte 2mo ago
Color Out of Space (2019) ( https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5073642/ ) Evolution (2001) ( https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0251075/ ) Both fun movies, in completely different ways!
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by fractallyte 2mo ago
"Our cameras in Northford, Connecticut, and Douglassville, Pennsylvania, as well as a doorbell camera in Wayne, New Jersey, captured the meteor, and from that we measured its trajectory... The path traced back to low in the asteroid b
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by fractallyte 2mo ago
And here's the original, in the mid-Dec 1989 issue of Analog Science Fact & Fiction magazine (at the bottom of the page) on the unparalleled Luminist Archives website: https://readitfree.org/SF/AN_2.htm (Lumin
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by fractallyte 3mo ago
Aranet detectors are superb, and – best of all! – made in Latvia. Support European! https://aranet.com/en/home
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by fractallyte 3mo ago
Precedent: A 1944 science fiction story accurately described an atomic bomb – so much so that it prompted a visit from the FBI to the NY office of Astounding Science Fiction. Definitely a point of pride for editor John W Campbell. https:&#
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by fractallyte 3mo ago
This is a studied and documented propaganda tactic: flood the information space with conflicting accounts, in order to muddy the issue. This statement summarizes it nicely: "The purpose of propaganda is not to make you believe somethi
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by fractallyte 3mo ago
If Ukraine stops defending, it will cease to exist. russia can stop its invasion any time it wants to. Big difference.
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by fractallyte 3mo ago
In the early stages of the invasion, the russians had plans for an amphibious assault on Odesa[1]. These were scrapped when they realized they'd be obliterated before even touching shore. Nevertheless, the orcs still talk frequently of
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by fractallyte 3mo ago
Since when has Ukraine's defense against the russian invasion been a "proxy war"? Your very first sentence destroyed any credibility the rest of your comment had (not that there was much worth reading anyway).
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by fractallyte 3mo ago
Correction: russia was stopped. Odesa is still on the cards: one of the most important ports on the Black Sea, and a long-time cultural and historic prize. And Putin wants control of the entire Black Sea coast, and Moldova. Furthermore th
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by fractallyte 3mo ago
You don't have to advertise that you're a billionaire. You can live quite normally while quietly changing the world as a "side job".
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by fractallyte 3mo ago
Only up to a certain threshold – after which you can afford "creative" accounting which reduces the tax burden and restores the compounding effect ;-)
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by fractallyte 3mo ago
I'm surprised this hasn't received more attention. Pattern memory, morphogenesis, collective intelligence of cells? This is HUGE! This could be biology's "quantum physics" moment... Direct physical evidence that s
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by fractallyte 3mo ago
I always use a screenshot – reliable, no internet connection needed. Never had a problem so far...
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by fractallyte 3mo ago
llmzengarden?
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by fractallyte 3mo ago
Projectors and electronic whiteboards elevated lessons for me. Ever see a science teacher try to draw a galaxy or nebula on a blackboard, and try to describe the awesomeness of it using just words? Math concepts, especially visualizations
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by fractallyte 3mo ago
And precisely how is that relevant to soil science? You're ridiculing subjects you clearly don't understand.
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by fractallyte 3mo ago
You're basically reluctant to accept the fact that such a calculation is possible. That says more about you than the competence of mathematicians and ecologists...
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by fractallyte 3mo ago
This is covered in the linked article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrying_capacity#Mathematics Other variables to factor in would include cultural/esthetic ones: how much would a population tolerate a reductio
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by fractallyte 3mo ago
I counter you with soil degradation, which is gradual (over decades, even centuries), and extremely difficult to reverse (millennia). We may yet discover that Malthus was right. Then what?? https://eu.boell.org/en/S
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by fractallyte 3mo ago
Why would you assume the population cap is arbitrary? There's a calculable limit to the population an area of land can sustain. (Yes, some agricultural practices can mitigate that, but that should also be weighed against culture and hi
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by fractallyte 3mo ago
It's being proposed in order to maintain quality of life. No one wants to be overcrowded. This is a sane solution: collectively agree on the maximum tolerable population. Then it's down to individual responsibility to obey the nor
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by fractallyte 3mo ago
You're not bad at writing. You have your own style. Keep it up! This was an interesting article.
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by fractallyte 3mo ago
I strongly disagree. I found the whole article interesting and enlightening – I certainly wasn't aware of the topic before, and I'm glad it was posted on HN. Furthermore, it didn't feel LLM-generated to me. Quirky, yes; nothi
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by fractallyte 3mo ago
I am a native English speaker, and I find accusations of LLM-writing exceedingly annoying – to the point where I sometimes intentionally write in that style, just so I can hit back with a profanity.

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