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by jbsimpson 8mo ago
It's a fundamental limitations of LLMS - don't use them if you're worried about hallucinations.
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by jbsimpson 8mo ago
Anyone using AI tools should assume that at least 20% of what it produces will be wrong: Missing details, inventing things, basic mistakes. Use AI if being 80% right quickly is fine. Otherwise if you have to do the analysis anyway because a
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by jbsimpson 2y ago
If we had the renewables to replace the coal politicians would love it to retire in a heartbeat. The reason it’s sticking it around longer is because politicians fear the backlash from blackouts and high prices more than the backlash from t
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by jbsimpson 2y ago
When Tassie dams get low, they import power from the mainland. It’s a common seasonal thing. Drought + Basslink outage had the gov buying and running diesel gen at huge cost to keep the grid running. The Basslink outage made a problem a cri
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by jbsimpson 3y ago
are you sure it wasn't prostitution but child abuse overseas that was illegal?
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by jbsimpson 4y ago
You also have to factor in how terrible post-doc pay and job security is, just to have a shot at getting on the tenure track. In the US it's half of that 80k number in bio research.
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by jbsimpson 4y ago
The effect is so significant that South Australia actually experiences intervals of negative operational demand.
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by jbsimpson 5y ago
> From the institution, not the authors. Typically the authors pay the journal out of their own funding.
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by jbsimpson 5y ago
40% of Australia's population lives in just 2 cities.
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How does AEMO predict demand in the National Electricity Market?(jacksimpson.co)
5 points by jbsimpson 5y ago|1 comments
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by jbsimpson 5y ago
Depending on the season Tasmania exports a lot of electricity to the mainland.
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Electricity Market Modelling Materials(jacksimpson.co)
2 points by jbsimpson 5y ago|0 comments
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by jbsimpson 5y ago
South Australia is a fascinating case study of this in action - average prices in the middle of the day are actually negative.
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by jbsimpson 5y ago
This has been clear for a while. The real challenge for grid operators at the moment is system security - we need sufficient storage to ensure that supply and demand are consistently balanced.
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How to get started in quantum computing(nature.com)
3 points by jbsimpson 6y ago|0 comments
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by jbsimpson 6y ago
> in the frequency control auxiliary services (FCAS) market the provider with the fastest response can completely control the market, forcing other providers to transfer almost unlimited wealth in any desired direction My understanding o
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by jbsimpson 6y ago
What uptake is it having? I've only ever seen it used as a marketing device.
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by jbsimpson 7y ago
> If your reasearch $$$ depends on you to keep showing that humans are destroying the climate Except if you cared about money, it is far easier to sell out and take the money from the industry groups who want to fund research to throw th
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How to verify the analysis of your data scientist(jacksimpson.co)
1 points by jbsimpson 7y ago|0 comments
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by jbsimpson 7y ago
Flow hive is a cool idea, but its expensive, and a lot of people bought it because they thought it automated beekeeping whilst in reality the majority of the work in keeping a hive is maintenance, inspections, etc.
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by jbsimpson 7y ago
I already purchase my hives as pieces of wood that I have to assemble, glue/nail together, paint, etc and I know that the measurements for things like the bee space are correct so the bees won't gum it up. Always neat to see these
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by jbsimpson 7y ago
Do people keep A. cerana in Hong Kong in a domesticated fashion? The impression I had was that they were much less attractive than A. mellifera because their hives are much smaller, they swarm more easily, and they produce less honey. Also,
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by jbsimpson 7y ago
The issue is how many researchers want to spend their time replicating the research of other people rather than doing their own original work. Getting funding is already incredibly hard, plus no-one is going to give you tenure or promote yo
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CRISPR-baby scientist fired by university(nature.com)
76 points by jbsimpson 8y ago|81 comments
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by jbsimpson 8y ago
Publishing papers in the West provides a pretty direct benefit - there's a reason behind the saying 'publish or perish'.
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Genomics and healthcare(jacksimpson.co)
1 points by jbsimpson 9y ago|0 comments
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How to write a conclusion(jacksimpson.co)
2 points by jbsimpson 9y ago|0 comments
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Fruit flies, honeybees, and alcohol(jacksimpson.co)
1 points by jbsimpson 9y ago|0 comments
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Ant search optimisation(jacksimpson.co)
1 points by jbsimpson 9y ago|0 comments
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Fantastic thesis quotes page(jacksimpson.co)
2 points by jbsimpson 9y ago|0 comments

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