Frost1x

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by Frost1x 6y ago
That still boils down to a lack of prior information which I don't think removes the argument for "I don't have enough information." Probably have to use actual quantum phenomena that behave probabilistically by definiti
902.
by Frost1x 6y ago
I was trying to remember the situation where in physics, under certain conditions, a proof that shows infinity can be represented numerically as -1/12 (it was some obscure fraction yet after seeing it, I think this was the value). I co
903.
by Frost1x 6y ago
The point is to manage potential external liabilities. A business doesn't want any sort of liability they have automatically costing them if they can avoid it. They're more than happy to have anything that profits them automatical
904.
by Frost1x 6y ago
You're the owner of aspects like responsibility and risk but not the owner of aspects related to financial growth (I mean, your stock options are, but that's about it).
905.
by Frost1x 6y ago
Oh, what a pipedream. If only capitalism worked how it was described in textbooks. It turns out there are much easier lower cost optimizations businesses can perform based on managing perception rather than worrying about pesky concepts lik
906.
by Frost1x 6y ago
I find it surprising how many people forget how much underlying business motives drive pretty much every action they make and how this is quickly forgotten by many. No matter how much you value science and engineering, it ultimately doesn&#
907.
by Frost1x 6y ago
I often see the suggestion to display spin animations instead since estimation is often incredibly difficult if not impossible. I prefer progress bars because even if they aren't accurate, the relative directional growth shows me that
908.
by Frost1x 6y ago
I suspect that trend will continue until the wealth inequality is so rampant that the taxes needed to secure and defend the wealth of the rich can't be extracted from the rest of us because we no longer obtain enough wealth for our tax
909.
by Frost1x 6y ago
The question was simply to stimulate a more holistic view of the example at hand: that Pfizer did this on their own and essentially didn't need/get any financial help. Sure, Pfizer didn't receive direct subsidy in the short t
910.
by Frost1x 6y ago
>These two companies have collectively received more than $1.5 billion from the US government [1]. As I understand it, Pfizer have not taken any federal funding. They do have government purchase agreements, but they So where did Pfizer&#
911.
by Frost1x 6y ago
I've always been a fan of W|A scale comparison system but this is by far the most oddly interesting one I've seen. It's not just any medium pizza but a Domino's medium pizza.
912.
by Frost1x 6y ago
As someone pointed out, time scales are important. Weather is usually good within a few hours, climate can go up to decades. What's implied here is something with a very quick cause/effect and likely an illustration of use in feed
913.
by Frost1x 6y ago
This is the direction most of America is going. A surgeon and his colleagues I used to work with brought up the point how they often had to approach litigation of insurance companies regarding claims to pay for services rendered. I mean, th
914.
by Frost1x 6y ago
I wouldn't attribute laziness or even negligence to what could be purposeful malfeasance in the case of any corporate entity. From my experience it's usually the latter over the former.
915.
by Frost1x 6y ago
I tend to agree with you, however, there's sometimes so much complexity that you really do have to abstract it to manage sanity. The issue I often see is that when abstractions are created, the thought process or design of those abstra
916.
by Frost1x 6y ago
Boy, who has time to be familiar with a problem anymore? I used to be familiar with problems, now I just slug through problems created by other people.
917.
by Frost1x 6y ago
The issue people fail to realize is that language is quite lossy in terms of information. The way you make up for that to clarify ambiguity is through verbosity. If you can't read and write long emails (or voice/video chat), you&#
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by Frost1x 6y ago
Better than the farce that is "competitive market forces." I have more faith in government than corporate structures delivering optimal cost pricing to consumers as opposed to optimizing their profit margins. Competive forces only
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by Frost1x 6y ago
DARPA isn't afraid to ask the easy questions I see /s Too bad agency, DARPA included, wants to pay enough to have people work on these problems for extended time periods. It's good to see some funding for high-risk work but t
920.
by Frost1x 6y ago
It seems to me, markets have short term memory because markets are composed of people who also have short term memory. Bait and switch seems to be a quite effective market capture mechanism. Bait with something alluring at a loss, build mom
921.
by Frost1x 6y ago
I like Lenovo ThinkPads and even IdeaPads (I own one for personal use) but I do hesitate dealing with potential Chinese spyware from the factory for work uses.
922.
by Frost1x 6y ago
This is critical. As long as we operate in a highly competitive climate, private ownership and rights associated with it become a necessity. Ownership not only legally guarantees your rights but denies others rights (your competition). Even
923.
by Frost1x 6y ago
My thoughts exactly. I realize for most it's not a paid service (except probably advertisers) but after searching for a service status page from Google, I couldn't find one.
924.
by Frost1x 6y ago
A group I worked with used to get a lot of work in the fossil fuel industry. We mainly worked on safety training applications for workers in industry so it didn't bother me. What I can say is that there was an unspoken pressure to avoi
925.
by Frost1x 6y ago
I worked with some astrophysicists awhile back looking at these pulsar timing arrays[1] using Arecibo and Greenbank as data sources. Pretty fascinating stuff how you can identify strategic pulsars with desired frequencies and at positions w
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by Frost1x 6y ago
As someone who works with a lot of interdisciplinary teams, I often understand concepts or processes they have names for but don't know the names until after they label them for me. Until you use some concept so frequently you need to
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by Frost1x 6y ago
I've worked with these types of people and what I've noticed is, even after you explain to them simply what they're saying is false, they insist or pushing those statements or as close to those labels as they can. They may ev
928.
by Frost1x 6y ago
I mean, to be fair, the timing is interesting but I wouldn't go any further than that. I don't think (and find it incredibly unlikely) there's any correlation per se, but quite a few people were hoping to hear certain news
929.
by Frost1x 6y ago
Solid state / flash lidar systems are also fairly established in autonomous systems. Usually the reason most these lidar systems use rotating mirrors is to reduce cost, power requirements, etc. I almost forgot that Apple bought PrimeSe
930.
by Frost1x 6y ago
Businesses own this country so it all boils down to if you have enough financial resources to battle these things out in court. Most people don't care enough or have enough resources to legally fight, effectively nullifying their right

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