jlglover

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by jlglover 4mo ago
Ryobi make mostly good tools though. The results produced by most Ryobi users, myself included, are limited by user skill not tool quality.
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by jlglover 2y ago
As someone in an adjacent field who tried to keep up with the state of the art until the late 2010s, I really relate to this article. I'm reminded of another interesting personal story about AI-induced academic depression https:/
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by jlglover 3y ago
Squatters rights for IP
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by jlglover 4y ago
I live on a medium-sized lot within the limits of a city, so bow hunting is not allowed in my yard.
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by jlglover 4y ago
I completely agree with most of your points. I have a spot in my garden where I want to plant a large native tree, probably an oak. I would love to plant all natives, except that they quickly get eaten by deer in my neighborhood. Even many
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by jlglover 5y ago
> I could imagine the radiation being able to affect some of the weaker bonds in certain chemicals What you are describing is ionizing radiation, which RF and microwave is not.
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by jlglover 5y ago
CSET has lots of great analysis of China's AI policy, including references to official documents. https://cset.georgetown.edu/publications/
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by jlglover 6y ago
It was a real shock when I moved to the U.S. and the posted price on items didn't match with what I actually had to pay. In Australia, the posted price is the price, and must "include any tax, duty, fee, levy or other additional
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by jlglover 6y ago
Property tax is bundled into our mortgage payment, so even after considering the 1 % maintenance, our large house and yard worked out cheaper per month than our small rental condo and balcony. Unfortunately, we just had to replace our roof
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by jlglover 6y ago
Yeah, sorry. That was just my hyperbolic term for "monthly reduction in net worth in exchange for shelter".
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by jlglover 6y ago
Exactly. We just bought in the greater DC area and our mortgage payment is is only $500 more than our previous rent for a house that is much bigger/better. Given that $900 of our mortgage payment contributes to equity, we are throwing
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by jlglover 8y ago
Exactly. Researchers have been doing tomography with energy-dispersive detectors for decades, especially at synchrotrons. They often represent that data in 3D with false color indicating material properties. If there is something particular
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by jlglover 8y ago
I found it enjoyable and understandable, but I guess I was already slightly familiar with matrix factorization for recommendation/characterization problems.