natroniks

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by natroniks 4mo ago
One point she makes is that these chips don't last forever and must be replaced every couple years at least. That there is a cycle. Nvidia is, imo, trying to replicate the iphione model, only with chips for enterprise rather than smart
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by natroniks 2y ago
I always imagined teams of 2 working the forge. One man to hold the reverse, or "punch," die; a second struck down a hammer. The obverse, or "anvil," die was set into the anvil. That's what I gathered from the denar
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by natroniks 2y ago
I can see how it has nothing to do with nitrogen bubbles exploding. But why are you so quick to dismiss the concept? If gravity affects how liquids flow, bone density, and various aspects of human physiology, it stands to reason that a sudd
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by natroniks 2y ago
Does anyone know: If deep sea divers need to come back to the surface slowly so their bodies can reacclimate to standard pressure, do astronauts undergo a similar reacclimation process as it pertains to gravity?
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by natroniks 2y ago
If deep sea divers need to come back to the surface slowly so their bodies can reacclimate to standard pressure, do astronauts undergo a similar reacclimation process as it pertains to gravity?
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by natroniks 2y ago
The stocks are not down so much today (Thursday the 24th), not beyond the general jitters the market's had of late. But the fact is, this wasn't really the triggering of mutual self-destruction. More likely than not, Qualcomm will
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by natroniks 2y ago
I have formulated a dual analogy between antiquity and modern viewpoints: science:technology::religion:magic Science today, like religion of old, had a centralized authority with strict qualifications to enter. Academia, like priesthoods, w
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by natroniks 2y ago
This is complete and utter bullshit. Whatever your personal experience, I have ridden taxis hundreds of times over the course of 2 decades and not once has a cab demanded I pay cash. I exclusively used credit cards and have been since rough
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by natroniks 2y ago
Reminds me of the South Park episode where agreeing to Apple's Terms and Conditions gives Steve Jobs the right to perform experimental surgery on you (inspired by the B horror flick Human Centipede). Just found the episode title, &quot
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by natroniks 2y ago
There was a recent article in the NYT on technology being developed to better deliver organs: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/health/organ-transplants-... "Perfusion, as its called, is changing e
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by natroniks 2y ago
I think Ancient art - visual and otherwise - was steeped in formulaic motifs. It's hard to judge the "passion" of the artist's hand with such low quality images, not to mention the damage wrought over thousands of years.
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by natroniks 2y ago
When looking at frescoes I like to ask, why did the homeowner (r whomever made these decisions) choose these images/themes for this context? Not just the Trojan War generally, but these particular characters and relationship dynamics?
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by natroniks 3y ago
There's also this funny/cheesy poem, quoted in full in the second Harold and Kumar movie: “The Square Root of Three”(written by David Feinberg) I’m sure that I will always be A lonely number like root three The three is all that’s
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by natroniks 3y ago
Have you ever seen A Clockwork Orange? That, imho, is overflowing with pathos. If you do not feel moved by Alex's actions - sympathy, empathy, revulsion, and more - then I'd be curious to know what films do elicit an emotional res
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by natroniks 3y ago
If you're trying to make a point about sacred writings being the first texts, you may want to consider Linear B and cuneiform, some of the oldest texts of the Mediterranean and which are almost exclusively inventory lists. While we hav
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by natroniks 3y ago
Adding to other resources shared here, archaeologist Denise Schmandt-Besserat has written about the evolution of writing (not strictly the alphabet), and much is available online: https://sites.utexas.edu/dsb/tokens&#x2
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by natroniks 3y ago
I've thought about this and read/listened to some insightful philosophers and classicists consider this very question. The most convincing rationale I've heard comes from the most eloquent, the most learned, most excellent Na
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by natroniks 3y ago
Knowing about the corporate history of these mega-corporations is helpful to understand their ubiquity today. Mastercard came out of Bank of America's innovative "Master Charge" business. Visa was formed from a consortium of
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by natroniks 4y ago
Great find, and fascinating given the talc cases I've seen are all US based. Maybe that's just a bias and more a reflection of the sources I read than fact. Going to the source you provided, I see they do undercut the obligation l
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by natroniks 4y ago
I'm not sure if JNJ liked including that clause, but by embracing this commitment and having the courts approve it with specific limitations to the Consumer Brands business, they may be able to save themselves in the end - or about 85%
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by natroniks 4y ago
Thanks for your input. The main downside I could imagine is if the courts rule that JNJ must provide open-ended financial backing to LTL. JNJ initially provided $2B to LTL to cover liabilities, but made clear they wouldn't be shocked i
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by natroniks 4y ago
Can someone here clarify: Is today's ruling about the legitimacy of structuring JNJ's talc liabilities into LTL? Or is it saying that LTL can't file for bankruptcy AT THE MOMENT because the firm (LTL) is not yet in financial
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by natroniks 4y ago
That's a bit Crass
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by natroniks 4y ago
You seem to talk about the Economy in your first line, but the US government in your second question. These are two separate issues that call for two distinct answers. Re: faith in the US gov. This sell-off is not a reflection on credit wor
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by natroniks 4y ago
For all of the supposed training Spartans had, they held military domination for less than half a century (counting the conclusion of the Peloponnesian War in 404 BCE to their defeat at Leuctra in 371 BCE. The image of their training comes
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by natroniks 4y ago
> A claim of "amputation is no severe than drawing blood" is an excessively extraordinary claim, and you have yet to provide any evidence. I keep returning to the same examples, but there are many "amputations" perfor
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by natroniks 4y ago
What is the medical benefit of a frenectomy? Or of braces? Tooth extraction to straighten one's teeth? Removing a mole? The list goes on. Procedures are performed on kids because parents think it will give them a happier life. Not ever
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by natroniks 4y ago
> The indelibility robs the person of the agency to choose not to belong to that community. Most males born in the US are circumcised regardless of religious affiliation. It's not like circumcision alone makes someone part of the Je
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by natroniks 4y ago
I'm not trolling. I'm trying to give examples of different degrees of mutilation to understand where circumcision fits on the scale of "accepted body alteration" and "unacceptable body alteration." Is circumcis
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by natroniks 4y ago
Do you believe a child should have the power to decide what happens to their body even at a young age? What if a 6 year old wants to get a permanent tattoo? Or a middle schooler wants a subcutaneous horn implanted on the forehead to look co

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