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Animal Sensation of Earthquakes. Though a not well studied phenomenon (thankfully), it is well documented and seems to be a reliable, if brief, predictor. Even
by Balgair 6y ago
Animal Sensation of Earthquakes.
Though a not well studied phenomenon (thankfully), it is well documented and seems to be a reliable, if brief, predictor. Even if it is only a few seconds of warning, that could mean a lot of lives saved by announced warnings or via automatic means.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_prediction#Animal_behavior https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_prediction#Animal_b...
- swyx 6y ago> only a few seconds of warning the lead time is important for the value. I don't think a 3 second warning is valuable at all, but a 30 second warning might be. so we have stats on this?
- marcuskaz 6y ago> I don't think a 3 second warning is valuable at all 3 seconds is plenty of time for a sensor to trigger an actuator to close valve, say a natural gas valve that could leak and cause fires.
- Lammy 6y agoAlso enough time to shut down a nuclear reactor! https://public-blog.nrc-gateway.gov/2012/12/28/what-is-a-reactor-trip-and-how-does-it-protect-the-plant/ https://public-blog.nrc-gateway.gov/2012/12/28/what-is-a-rea... > A reactor trip causes all the control rods to insert into the reactor core, and shut down the plant in a very short time (about three seconds).
- Balgair 6y agoIt would be kinda fun to have a camera-ML-algo combo just looking at a bunch of cats in a room, hooked up to a nuclear fail-safe switch, waiting for them all to just freak out abruptly. Kinda like a reverse Schrodinger's Cat experiment: the cats live if the random event triggers.
- swyx 6y agoTIL. i rescind my assertion.