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by g3e0 25d ago
"Necessity is the mother of invention" - limited hardware has always forced people to find cleverer ways of doing more with less. Current models are clearly nowhere near the efficiency limit (the brain does vastly more with far le
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by g3e0 1mo ago
Doesn't solve the present shortage, but perhaps this is a good opportunity for software developers to start caring about memory usage again, since consumers may be forced to keep their existing hardware for a few more years.
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by g3e0 2y ago
I’m not an expert in the field, but I am someone who has recovered from depression. The “lack of serotonin” theory always made me laugh. It’s like if your computer was running abnormally and you said it “doesn’t have enough electricity”. Ne
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by g3e0 4y ago
No surgeon should be removing healthy body parts, in my opinion. You wouldn’t fit a gastric band to an anorexic person, no matter how badly the patient wanted it, and that’s not even permanent. I sympathise with all people who have issues a
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by g3e0 4y ago
Smell the floss ;)
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by g3e0 5y ago
> The guy's voice is almost a whisper, the ambient sounds from the garden or the forest or the road are oddly pleasant, and he's speaking pretty slowly, with none of these glitchy quick cuts you see in a lot of YT content. It&#
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by g3e0 5y ago
Reminds me of the theory that dreaming (and music) evolved to "practice" hypothetical situations and emotions before they happen - https://whatismusic.info/blog/AUnifiedTheoryOfMusicAndDreami... It's eas
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by g3e0 5y ago
Median age of COVID deaths here in the UK is 83[1]. Life expectancy is 81. 1: https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/transparencyandgovernance/fre...
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by g3e0 5y ago
This link is indeed a very good explanation of mRNA vaccines, probably the best that I've seen. After I read it, I noticed that it was the first time anyone had ever tried to explain _exactly_ how these new vaccines worked, like down t
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by g3e0 5y ago
I know this is an inflammatory topic that evokes visceral feelings but.. you should be aware that when you are trying to change someone's mind, aggressive arguing like this is much more likely to make the other person believe what they
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by g3e0 5y ago
I believe the source of that quote comes from this Q&A session with Kary Mullis, the inventor of PCR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT3IqZjT_9A The relevant quotes from Kary are: "With PCR, if you do it well, you
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by g3e0 6y ago
For the benefit of anyone not in the UK, there is a marvelous Christmas advert inspired by this event, which aired in 2014 (100 years later): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWF2JBb1bvM
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by g3e0 6y ago
I used to suffer badly with anxiety (and depression) for years. I was fortunately able to get the help I need and eventually recover. Around the same time I had about a month off work. The day of my return, as I drove in, I noticed I felt p
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by g3e0 6y ago
I feel like I must be missing something, because I don't understand this author's point at all. "Lots of websites think “Vertical Screen == Mobile User”!" No, they don't - They think a 720px wide screen is a tablet
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by g3e0 6y ago
Given that there is only a finite amount of money/resources available to help people, giving extra to someone based on their race is equivalent to depriving another of help based on their race.
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by g3e0 6y ago
I've also suffered from depression, and am now on meds. I can honestly say they have changed my life for the better, with no side effects (other than an initial 3 days of tiredness, which wore off). However, there are a few caveats: I
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by g3e0 6y ago
~25Hz is the _lower bound_ for video* to appear smooth, _as long as there is motion blur_. But user interfaces do not add motion blur to moving objects. A computer monitor at 25Hz would be horrendous to use. Lower framerates are less notice
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by g3e0 6y ago
Insurance companies can only afford to pay out because not everyone files a claim at once.
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by g3e0 6y ago
I find it very disheartening to see antidepressants described as "happy pills" that "numb your senses". Comments like this only serve to reinforce the stigma around these medications. This stigma is the part of the reaso
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by g3e0 6y ago
Ah I see, my apologies! For what it's worth, your English is so good that it didn't even cross my mind that you weren't a native speaker. Yes the space shuttle was designed to be partially re-usable. The "plane" bit
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by g3e0 6y ago
This really makes it easy to see that the SLS (far right) is derived from the space shuttle, with the orbiter removed and the payload placed on top instead.
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by g3e0 6y ago
Relevant xkcd https://xkcd.com/1053/ But I also have to admit I cannot fathom how someone could have not heard of the space shuttle? It was only retired in 2011?
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by g3e0 6y ago
I rely on 4g for my internet and mine was totally down yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon until about midnight. SMS and calls weren't going through either. Other people in my neighbourhood also experienced issues with both Virgin Media and
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by g3e0 6y ago
I am not a doctor, but if true, that sounds completely consistent with this hypothesis (deoxygenated blood is darker, and being able to breathe won't help if your hemoglobin can't carry oxygen) I would be fascinated to hear their
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Covid-19 had us all fooled, but now we might have finally found its secret(web.archive.org)
18 points by g3e0 6y ago|37 comments
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by g3e0 6y ago
There was a post about this doing the rounds yesterday. Annoyingly it was posted on Medium and has since been removed, but a copy of it, along with some interesting discussion, can be found here: http://www.smalldeadanimals.com&