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by jsmcgd 2mo ago
For people who don't have an EE background, like myself, it would be great if for each animation you could add a small explanation for the layman. Looks very cool.
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by jsmcgd 4mo ago
> It’s true that birth rates must eventually flatten out and become sigmoid All positive growth eventually flattens out and becomes sigmoid, but a lot of phenomena experience negative growth and nose dive. No gentle curve, but a hard kin
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by jsmcgd 8mo ago
People put up with what they have to put up with. Many millions of people have lived and suffered under totalitarian regimes with basically zero options to do anything about it. I think that's where we're headed and by the time a
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by jsmcgd 2y ago
Instead of discounting some of the results, can we alternate the value of the coin each toss? So on the first flip, heads is 0 and tails is 1, then on the next flip, heads is 1 and tails is 0.
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by jsmcgd 2y ago
Humanoid robot workers are going to have a massive impact on industries like this. 'cheap labor' will no longer be isolated to certain regions.
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by jsmcgd 3y ago
I feel I've seen this movie before.
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by jsmcgd 3y ago
I think that this proves that dividing by zero produces the set of all numbers, which is what it looks like to me when you graph this problem (y=1/x) using increasingly small positive and negative values for x. Smaller positive x value
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by jsmcgd 3y ago
This is alarming. Does anyone know what the current state of space weather protection/mitigation is for electricity grids in the west? IIRC in 2012 the Earth missed a giant CME by one week, and had it hit Earth there would have been 80
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by jsmcgd 3y ago
I'm not so sure that the Dark Triad model is that useful. Reading about narcissistic personality disorder and anti social personality disorder will probably yield a better understanding of these cluster B types. Both are low in empathy
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by jsmcgd 3y ago
Can anyone comment on the design of the cell, specifically why it is long and thin, which would work against the square cube law. Is a large surface to volume chosen for thermal reasons?
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by jsmcgd 3y ago
Very cool. Would love to GoldenEye 007
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by jsmcgd 3y ago
Why do the debate organisers tolerate this? If the debate is X versus Y, why allow someone to say we should really be discussing Z? Imagine this in any other competitive arena like sport where during a match some team starts playing another
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by jsmcgd 3y ago
I wonder if something similar might explain the recent aggressive behaviour of orcas.
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by jsmcgd 3y ago
The UK actually has a lot of industry: https://www.ibisworld.com/united-kingdom/list-of-industries/ Most people are ignorant about businesses that are not international consumer brands. However this only represent
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by jsmcgd 3y ago
Thank you :) Upon reflection perhaps this is fair enough, all Hacker News discussions might descend into ~50% ChatGPT content. I'll endeavour to put what ChatGPT produces through my messy human filter. Humans before bots? Guys before A
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by jsmcgd 3y ago
A lot of new nuclear power plants can be built on the site of the coal/gas power station they are replacing and can utilize the existing power transmission infrastructure.
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by jsmcgd 3y ago
Here's another 3D Mars surface explorer: https://murray-lab.caltech.edu/CTX/V01/SceneView/MurrayLabCT... Edit: Searching through my notes, I realised I've been down this rabbit hole before. Here ar
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by jsmcgd 4y ago
You can't wreck a wreck. Mars can only be improved by humans.
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by jsmcgd 4y ago
> What's the point of a "backup plan" when the primary plan isn't even working? The whole point of a having a backup plan is for when the primary plan isn't working :S
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by jsmcgd 4y ago
Are there any plans to incorporate other video platforms in this client?
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by jsmcgd 4y ago
No they're real, but so are higher material costs for businesses. Everything has become more expensive and so there is less to pay for everything, including salaries. Inflation can be caused by economic success where everybody is riche
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by jsmcgd 4y ago
I agree 110 degrees Celsius is probably too much for a mobile phone, but my laptop has approached 100C before. I'm sure if properly designed it could handle the slightly higher temperatures. Any thoughts on what the specific energy mig
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by jsmcgd 4y ago
Living close together does not seem to be optimal for mental health. Quite the opposite. Physical proximity to other humans is not the same thing as community. One can be very alone and feel anxious whilst been surrounded by other humans.
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by jsmcgd 4y ago
2M shells in 48 hrs is 11.5 shells a second.
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by jsmcgd 4y ago
I don't think anyone does expect the debt to be paid back. However it is expected and required, that at the very least, interest payments on the debt are paid so there isn't a default, which would kill the bond market and end gove
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by jsmcgd 4y ago
Interesting. The grass around the cat shit in my garden always seems to grow much better than the surrounding grass. I'm assuming the cats also eat a carnivorous diet.
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by jsmcgd 5y ago
I think a lego compatible version could be popular.
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by jsmcgd 5y ago
I wonder if this will be one of the unintended (intended?) consequences? Normally the best way to get a pay increase is to apply for jobs that pay a lot more. Previously you could apply for a job that paid much more than your current role.
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by jsmcgd 5y ago
Personally I hope this works. I've always liked the name Karen. It would be great to see it get rehabilitated. I'm not a Karen, I don't know any Karens, but I can imagine that this must really suck for them. I knew an Osama a
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by jsmcgd 5y ago
A vacuum inside a spacecraft is not necessarily cold, nor is the vacuum outside the spacecraft. Components may even begin to overheat in the absence of circulated air.

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