HPsquared

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by HPsquared 3mo ago
It's stochastic communication, sometimes other random voices come back from the void.
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by HPsquared 3mo ago
Maybe the real value is in training mice to do useful work.
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by HPsquared 3mo ago
Algorithmic media
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by HPsquared 3mo ago
It does seem like an opportunity on a silver platter for Chinese newcomers. Huge demand at the moment.
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by HPsquared 3mo ago
I just think of Steve Ballmer's ad for Windows 1.0 (1986) "Order today! PO box 286 DOS... Except in Nebraska!" https://youtu.be/sforhbLiwLA
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by HPsquared 3mo ago
Maybe the principal maintainer can be trusted, but pull requests could do with some of that evidence.
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by HPsquared 3mo ago
In that case they need to document the process and workflow, and demonstrate the care that was taken.
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by HPsquared 3mo ago
I wonder if anyone made an error correcting driver or file format for unreliable data storage like this. Did anyone ever implement RAId (redundant array of independent diskettes)? Edit: apparently RAR had an option to add internal error cor
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by HPsquared 3mo ago
On plumbing, there are building codes that must still be followed. I think software engineering hasn't evolved to that stage yet where it's possible to assure quality.
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by HPsquared 3mo ago
That's just Artificial Artificial Intelligence, the triple negative implies they built an automated system to impersonate humans who impersonate an automated system (which ultimately imitates a human).
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by HPsquared 3mo ago
Living, Low-income Minions?
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by HPsquared 3mo ago
Or an eager contractor who bills by the hour with a big unallocated budget.
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by HPsquared 3mo ago
Aluminium is usually "good enough" relative to copper on both types of conductivity, and it soundly beats copper in terms of conductivity per unit weight (which is the metric of interest in many applications) and presumably in ter
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by HPsquared 3mo ago
That's nice, like the brain switching to "home mode" maybe?
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by HPsquared 3mo ago
Surveillance can remove the need for locks.
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by HPsquared 3mo ago
Can all orbits be completely filled at once, though? They'll intersect at some point (I had originally said poles but that's only polar orbits..) ... I suppose you have phase, altitude and inclination (and eccentricity which adds
167.
by HPsquared 3mo ago
A big part of the complexity of JWST was the way everything had to fold and fit into a small launch vehicle. With larger vehicles (e.g. Starship) the JWST mirror could have been built in one piece, which is much simpler. The whole thing was
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by HPsquared 3mo ago
I'm thinking of an earlier time when computers ran on "facts and logic" and you could probably stop the machine by giving it a logical conundrum. Vibes-based systems are a lot more resistant to this, but can still be distract
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by HPsquared 3mo ago
Heat recovery ventilation is the answer to this. You also get the benefit of being able to filter it.
170.
by HPsquared 3mo ago
They're not necessarily maximising utility, just the number on the screen.
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by HPsquared 3mo ago
Not forgetting Apple!
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by HPsquared 3mo ago
Some of which are also phone manufacturers.
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by HPsquared 3mo ago
Even the concept "within that week" depends on whether you consider the week to begin on Monday or Sunday. (or elsewhere I suppose)
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by HPsquared 3mo ago
Main branch and the various forks.
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by HPsquared 3mo ago
That's happening now, more or less, across the entire developed world. Not sure about the "successful" part though.
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by HPsquared 3mo ago
"Copter" is a known word, short for helicopter. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/copter
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by HPsquared 3mo ago
6.69 hasn't been released yet, to be fair.
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by HPsquared 3mo ago
With enough power anything is possible... If you put random vegetation directly on the radio mast (NOT recommended!), it makes sound directly- https://youtu.be/b9UO9tn4MpI
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by HPsquared 3mo ago
I think politics and economics work along similar lines.
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by HPsquared 4mo ago
Is it simply because they're not paying attention, or is it more that their attention is constantly being hijacked and manipulated?

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