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by rb1 4y ago
The suggestion from this source[1] is that an autoloader makes the tank much smaller (harder to hit). He also claims being smaller makes them cheaper to produce. The intended use case was going to be somewhere in Europe, only 2-3 days from
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by rb1 9y ago
Not one mention of using a spellchecker, surely that's high leverage: quick and easy, increases the quality of your output.
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by rb1 9y ago
Related to the website, not specifically the story: http://explosm.net/comics/3557/
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by rb1 9y ago
Yes I concur. I thought about admitting that i'm only referencing the author's blog posts was a bit "narrow", but it's also probably the best source for authoritative information on the subject. Literally "from
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by rb1 9y ago
I like Quantised Inertia[1] as an alternative to Dark Matter or MOND. The theory makes some testable predictions, matches existing data (for instance the flyby anomalies, EM drive)[2] and requires no tweaking or "fudging factors".
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by rb1 9y ago
[project name] iteration scrum Actual update (with the random capitalisation of actual)
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by rb1 9y ago
It's not just the design(s), it is the implementation too. At Chernobyl the powers at be (accountants?) got involved and decided to use flammable bitumen coverings on the roof of reactor 3, one would assume to save money. Unsurprisingl
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by rb1 9y ago
The url seems to have a .pd on the end, in error. This is the correct link. https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.03355
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by rb1 9y ago
The point when the black line on the graph goes below 0 http://i.imgur.com/sjH5r.jpg (from: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/04/11/0435231/mit-fus... )
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by rb1 9y ago
^^ this. There's not too much more to it than just this.
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by rb1 9y ago
Touche: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7Om1BIcNbY
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by rb1 9y ago
"Yamaha YZ250 Dirt Bike sound effects library" I came here thinking, well what's news about this? Dirt bikes are really loud and libraries are meant to be pretty quiet places..
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by rb1 9y ago
Just chipping in with my interesting reading about the implications of Godel's incompleteness theorems. This piece about what the theorem means for developing "deep AI" and the human mind, was a fascinating eye opener for me,
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by rb1 10y ago
Is this why I find myself awake at night reading papers about The Foundations of Mathematics, Quantised Inertia or Squeezed Light (for some random examples taken from my history). I've been writing C++ for "too long" now and
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by rb1 10y ago
Turns out, living in an environment with as low as possible background radiation might not be such a great idea either. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2015/09/23/is-radiat... <~~ forbes
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by rb1 10y ago
AFAIK, type 1 diabetes is thought to be an autoimmune disease, where the immune system incorrectly identifies the beta cells as an infection/foreign body and destroys them. With that in mind, I wonder how effective this actually is. I
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by rb1 10y ago
Now consider this approach with spam. To paraphrase you, there's always that remote chance that one of the Nigerian Princes could actually need your help. I used to do a similar thing to you, but it's too much work now and the lev
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by rb1 10y ago
Something ironic; the page loads white text onto a creamy background when viewed from Chrome on android on my Note 3. This made me chuckle a bit.
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by rb1 10y ago
But we've seen "soft" AR and it appears to be fairly popular - Pokemon Go and Ingress. If you ask players of either of those games, if they would like a "harder" - i guess this means more immersive - experience whil