scentoni

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by scentoni 4d ago
This way lies dendrophagy https://youtube.com/shorts/MzQ0Tjskpyo?is=NKTwdWN6I-c48gD8
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by scentoni 12d ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FRACTRAN
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by scentoni 5mo ago
If the active elements were convex instead of concave, I can imagine this being useful for people with visual impairments. How does this compare to existing technologies for braille displays?
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by scentoni 6mo ago
The present US government would delight in finding a new way to funnel more yachtloads of cash to Larry Ellison, legally or otherwise, as long as someone in the regime gets something out of it.
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The 'doorman fallacy': why careless adoption of AI backfires so easily(theconversation.com)
7 points by scentoni 9mo ago|2 comments
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by scentoni 9mo ago
The greatest enemy of a free market is a successful capitalist.
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Vim: You probably don't want to use Netrw(kitsugo.com)
3 points by scentoni 1y ago|1 comments
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by scentoni 1y ago
In taxicab geometry, π=4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicab_geometry
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by scentoni 2y ago
Cosine similarity of two normalized vectors is just the length of the projection of one vector on the other. That gives a very intuitive geometric meaning to cosine similarity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_proje
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by scentoni 2y ago
That's a myth started by one guy. https://slate.com/technology/2021/10/botanical-sexism-viral-...
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by scentoni 2y ago
And past: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derinkuyu_underground_city
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by scentoni 2y ago
> Affected software: All WiFi clients > Affected platforms: All operating systems
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CVE-2023-52424 – New WiFi Vulnerability: The SSID Confusion Attack(top10vpn.com)
5 points by scentoni 2y ago|3 comments
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by scentoni 2y ago
"The Threat of a Solar Superstorm Is Growing—And We’re Not Ready" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-threat-of-a-s... Discussed in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40196820
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Slide Rule Pens and Pencils(sliderulemuseum.com)
3 points by scentoni 2y ago|0 comments
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by scentoni 2y ago
https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/09/20/this...
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by scentoni 2y ago
No, you're probably thinking of this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18340693 (He4 exposure temporarily messes up iPhones by glitching their MEMS clocks)
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Jury Awards Splunk $1 for Software Copyright Win over Cribl(news.bloomberglaw.com)
10 points by scentoni 2y ago|0 comments
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Tex. hack may be first disruption of U.S. water system by Russia(washingtonpost.com)
3 points by scentoni 2y ago|5 comments
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by scentoni 2y ago
Documented here https://tck.mn/transalg/ in a pre-release version of the constructed language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlingue and with English translation.
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A 192-year heatmap of presidential elections with a Hilbert-like y axis (2016)(sappingattention.blogspot.com)
2 points by scentoni 2y ago|0 comments
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by scentoni 2y ago
It boils down to the DoJ wants to force "Super Apps" like WeChat. That is something I absolutely don't want because then everyone will be forced to use it, like in China. Super Apps are what's intrinsically anticompetiti
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by scentoni 2y ago
Also see "Evenly distributing points on a sphere" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17842057
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The ideal vacation length for peak relaxation, according to experts(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by scentoni 3y ago|0 comments
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by scentoni 3y ago
Yeah. It must have been a typo for “have been found”.
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by scentoni 3y ago
For decades, Gaussian basis functions have been used for quantum chemistry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basis_set_(chemistry)
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by scentoni 3y ago
Water famously does not always stay stable as a water molecule and in fact has extremely complex behavior. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-ionization_of_water
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by scentoni 3y ago
How long until it freezes you until you accept the EULA update? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37587510
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by scentoni 3y ago
Calculating the mean field of a thousand electrons is easy for a classical computer. Calculating the exchange and correlation energies of a thousand interacting electrons is not. Quantum computers would have an enormous advantage there.
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by scentoni 3y ago
There used to be two forms of letter s, long s when medial and short s when final, similar to the two forms of sigma in later Greek. The integral sign derived from this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s

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