Eratosthenes

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by Eratosthenes 4y ago
I thought everything in physics was going great, all of our theories are extremely well-tested and there are absolutely no anomalies, inconsistencies, paradoxes, singularities, or unexplained parameters. A crisis? My word!
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by Eratosthenes 4y ago
>predictably dense math answer They gave you the damn formula....
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by Eratosthenes 4y ago
It doesn't cost that much to file a patent. It costs a ton of money to hire lawyers though.
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by Eratosthenes 4y ago
You can DIY-it for a lot less. I patented an invention for about $2k. I wrote the claims, specification, and produced the technical drawings myself. Then I had everything reviewed by a patent attorney. If you have a lot of spare money or yo
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by Eratosthenes 4y ago
Brilliant! This is fantastic. I'm in love with it already :)
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by Eratosthenes 4y ago
>how can you tell the difference between someone who's good but stressed vs someone who's just not very good? This is a solved problem already. Do we use whiteboard interviews for standardized tests or certifications? No. >S
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by Eratosthenes 4y ago
Here's Michael Bay having a panic attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeClZfVwOk4 Note that aside from some minor body language cues, there aren't a lot of outward signs of panic. How it looks and how it feels
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by Eratosthenes 4y ago
I had a job interview once where I was so anxious that I wasn't able to remember my own address when asked. Usually I'm smart enough to remember my own address. After the interview (no offer) I was able to remember my address and
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by Eratosthenes 5y ago
> do you want slow programmers, slow compilers and bloated binaries, or slow execution times? Why choose? With generics we can have all three!
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by Eratosthenes 5y ago
Fundamentally, orbital mechanics still relies on the same old action-at-a-distance that plagued Newton. You can look under the hood of any software that simulates orbits and see that this is the case. No time delay is assumed for gravitatio
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by Eratosthenes 5y ago
> Why didn’t God just make the universe classical and be done with it? He did. Physicists just never managed to properly grapple with the concept that classical mechanics involves action-at-a-distance.
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by Eratosthenes 6y ago
The H1-B program prevents the tech industry from developing its own domestic supply of skilled engineers by shutting out domestic applicants for entry level positions. Remove H1-B's from the equation and the labor market will move back
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by Eratosthenes 6y ago
Good point. Why hire an American at all, for anything, ever, if you can just hire someone for less money in China or India? According to economics, America can't even exist! Impressive.
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by Eratosthenes 6y ago
Good point. You know what would be great for corporations? If we could just bring back slavery. Then we wouldn't have to worry about churn at all! Except when we work them to death. But life is all about tradeoffs. Really, the only two
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by Eratosthenes 6y ago
All I'm hearing are good reasons to support unions.
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by Eratosthenes 6y ago
Exactly this. I would have loved to go for a physics PhD but everything I read about academia in the US strongly discouraged me from pursuing it. I went into tech instead. The academic system in the US is incredibly sick. The best and brigh
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by Eratosthenes 7y ago
I'm planning to use this to validate parts of a new cryptocurrency I'm working on.
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by Eratosthenes 11y ago
Adopt an aggressive posture. Maintain eye contact and repeatedly say "amortized complexity".