techas

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by techas 9d ago
I've always found the story of A. Wiles sad and frustrating. He worked in secret for 7 years. He submitted a (incorrect) proof at year 4 or so. Reviewers found a problem, but he decided kept all secret for many years after. He didn&#x
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by techas 12d ago
Snow crash?
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by techas 2mo ago
Solution of linear system is one of those problems that you should program yourself to learn the methods. But there are so many edge cases and details that you have to rely on libraries for production.
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by techas 9mo ago
And don’t die.
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by techas 9mo ago
Fascinating the contribution of Uruguay to astronomy! E.g. Kuiper Belt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_%C3%81ngel_Fern%C3%A1nde...
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by techas 9mo ago
>There is not much left of communism in China besides the name, After living 2 years in China and visiting the country every year for the last 12 years, I disagree with you. Many not minor things in China are still very aligned with comm
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by techas 1y ago
Very true! Unfortunately that is not present at all in the Apple series of Foundation…
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by techas 1y ago
Beautiful Torres García painting: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9rica_Invertida
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by techas 1y ago
I saw this recently on some congress abstracts. I think it is just AI generated content. References look real and don’t exist.
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by techas 1y ago
I don’t know what any of these symbols mean… Is it from the article? Didn’t found that…
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by techas 1y ago
>You may email the editors concerning typos, factual errors, or with general comments at: apollolunarsurfacejournal@gmail.com Why nasa use gmail?
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by techas 1y ago
Live stream of Peregrine Falcon nest at the top of Sagrada Familia in Barcelona: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=TMRRsBh5GDI I spend too much time on this...
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by techas 1y ago
True. But that opens the game of writing a paper “with the style of” someone known and get accepted. Its a gamble game… for authors and reviewers.
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by techas 1y ago
Still many many journals don’t apply double blind reviews. There is no advantage of don’t doing it. There is no extra work in doing it. So I assume that it is not done to keep outsiders out of your garden… Honestly, I don’t find any other
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by techas 1y ago
I work in academia and have over 70 papers published. I Agree with most ideas in the article. Another dimension not covered is what I called “author engineering”. Many times it is very difficult to “get into” a new field if you don’t hav
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by techas 1y ago
This kind of animal glues have some nice properties than “white glue” miss, e.g. you can remove it with heat. Traditional woodworkers still use it. You can buy it today: https://www.fine-tools.com/oberfl.html
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by techas 2y ago
I second those recommendations and add one: The Craft of Scientific Writing by M. Alley.
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by techas 2y ago
It is not clear if there is a evolutionary benefit for human to be conscious. Although here we are…
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by techas 2y ago
If weight is a factor (and, of course, if you can afford it) the new iPad Pro is an amazing option. Without a cover is the lightest device I’ve seen.
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by techas 2y ago
I’m building a travisher [1]. Both wooden body and iron. I found it amazing the importance of the small details in old woodworking tools and how toolmakers solve problems and improve tools. Particularly in very simple tools. [1] e.g https:
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by techas 2y ago
Back in the nineties… I set the country of my ICQ account randomly. It was Vanuatu. One day someone contacts me and ask “are you from Vanuatu?”, so I checked and she was from Vanuatu! So I tell her the truth: “I’m not. Are you?” And she an
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by techas 2y ago
Please read "Story of your life" by Ted Chiang. A beautiful story that involves a discussion of Newtonian and Hamiltonian formulations. One of the best stories I have read.
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by techas 2y ago
I completely agree with you. We can mess it up, but at geological time scale, life will regenerate. Evolution is very robust. Although, we live at human timescale. It will be a pity for our sons and daughters…
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by techas 3y ago
Is this for free account? Or also for paid corporate accounts?
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by techas 3y ago
Well, you could put incentives to make replication attractive. Give credit for replication. Give money to the researchers doing the replication/review. Today we pay an average of 2000€ per article, reviewers get 0€ and the editorial ke
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by techas 4y ago
>It's fundamentally impossible because when you publish the topics are going to be in a way or another niche enough that you know all of the people working on those topics Even if you know the people in the field and you can guess t
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by techas 4y ago
Good that the study is done and it gets published. But the result is obvious and well known. The terrible part is that the solution is also well known (double blind process) but there is no interest to implement it in most journals. Editor
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by techas 4y ago
The proposed model explains slowdown in terms of production technologies and materials, in particular microelectronics. But, is it fair a model that does not take into account the effect of internet during the last 20 years? Not only the ha
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by techas 4y ago
Very nice! I thought this would be about the Atari game with paddles… lol
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Why is the axe the coolest tool in the world?(kalthoffaxes.se)
3 points by techas 4y ago|0 comments

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