pollyturples

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Bean machine simulator [galton board](chungus.org)
3 points by pollyturples 2y ago|0 comments
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by pollyturples 2y ago
"You know about slime mold? Well, slime molds are so close to being both plant and animal that it's like they can't make up their minds. Some think that maybe it's these indecisive organisms who have been running the ear
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by pollyturples 2y ago
im one sentence in and it's already 110% obvious this is GPT
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by pollyturples 2y ago
the reason they did this is because if they succeed in sneaking this out, MS would have been 'drinking the milkshake' of google, adobe, facebook and everyone else trying to do the same thing at an app level. it would be the holy g
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by pollyturples 2y ago
MySpace: 16 years (2003–2019) Friendster: 12 years (2002–2013) Google+: 8 years (2011–2019) Vine: 4 years (2013–2017) Orkut: 10 years (2004–2014) Path: 8 years (2010–2018) Yik Yak: 4 years (2013–2017) Meerkat: 2 years (2015–2017) Windows Li
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by pollyturples 2y ago
just to clarify, in the book it's basically just 'a form of ice that stays ice even when warm'. it was described as an abandoned projected by the military to harden mud for infantry men to cross. just like regular ice crystal
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by pollyturples 4y ago
Apart from the geometrical explanation linked in the other comment, there's an Anthropic Principle angle here too -- the fact that eclipses seemed so "perfect and meaningful" to our ancestors was probably a big factor in the
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90s Nanotech – Neat Micropositioner(youtube.com)
3 points by pollyturples 5y ago|0 comments
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Optical Components for Matrix Processing(medium.com)
5 points by pollyturples 6y ago|0 comments