warpdude

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by warpdude 2mo ago
one of the lead paper authors (jinhua xu) works at midjourney, appears in the video, and comments specifically on how the midjourney approach is the next, significantly better-funded iteration of the paper approach
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by warpdude 8mo ago
The Kyoto Railway Museum ( https://www.kyotorailwaymuseum.jp/en/ ) is certainly worth a mention. Tons of well-preserved examples of Japanese rolling stock, including multiple generations of Shinkansen (including the firs
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by warpdude 9y ago
> That's lateral grip, which isn't the same at all. [...] There's a lot of clever things you can do to increase lateral grip, such as wheel camber, that don't really apply to purely longitudinal grip, so I'm not
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by warpdude 9y ago
> F1 tires are nothing like road tires. Agreed, but they don't need to be. Remember, the magic number here is ~1.4G, for a 1.9s 0-60. The Pilot Sport Cup 2 – a track-friendly R-compound tire used in the webcast car and in the videos
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by warpdude 9y ago
Traction control has been banned in F1 since 2008, so this severely limits how quickly they can start from a standstill. The tires themselves certainly have enough grip to handle the acceleration; F1 cars routinely hit several lateral Gs in
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by warpdude 11y ago
This is patently untrue. "Nerds" is a self-selected moniker that we've worn with great pride for more than five years.
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by warpdude 13y ago
Horrendously-written and incoherent rant. I didn't get anything out of that other than the fact that the author, for reasons unknown, really doesn't like iOS 7.
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by warpdude 15y ago
God, yes. It frustrated me so much that I ended up just copying the data into JS arrays and generating my own charts using the Google Visualization API. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25782/sourceforge.html Pretty eye-opening. What's clear is th
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by warpdude 15y ago
Well, the law is on her side, since her listing is owner-occupied and thus does not qualify as a vacation rental. Only vacation rentals need a business license.
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by warpdude 15y ago
Actually, someone has been arrested in connection with this case: http://allthingsd.com/20110729/airbnbs-rental-nightmare-ends...