JorgeGT

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by JorgeGT 7y ago
One explanation that I've heard (often in terms of global south v. global north) is to prevent more well-funded labs to quickly mirror your setup/method and, given their higher means/staff, deplete that line of research leavi
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
Note that there is absolutely no evidence in the article for the HN title. The only link in that section is to the Bible.
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
In the ancient Athenian democracy, they had the ostracism [1]: once a year they could hold a vote and whoever got more votes was sent to exile for 10 years. No bad feelings, shaming, etc., they simply had to go, because people just though
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
Answer is: never. The average person in the West has already surpassed the comfort and standard of living of the average monarch a couple centuries ago, but instead of settling we want more: traveling, more and more advanced tech, vast amou
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
Yep, my uni got O365 so good luck trying to convince them to consider Dropbox, too bad for those of us with Linux workstations! I have seen multiple unofficial clients but I'm not convinced of trusting them (or me configuring them) wit
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
Client fully compatible with a Raspberry Pi, so minimal energy consumption too.
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
Well, both are basically the same physical phenomenon: too much adverse pressure gradient leading to flow detachment from the airfoil, either the wing airfoil or the compressor blade airfoil.
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
For those confused, this was previously known as Outernet.
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
Time is the ultimate luxury. I remember two separate reddit AMAs with centenarian women, who had lived from candle-lit houses and horse-drawn carriages to moon landings and the internet. When asked what was their favorite invention in their
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
A big ship is essentially a small isolated island, the kind where you can usually still find diesel power stations.
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
While the museum motivations are quite shady, this is the first time I see the CC-BY-NC-SA license being described as "legally meaningless lawyer language", "scary" and "giant keep out sign". FWIW, I saw plenty
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
Must be, 10179 did indeed retailed for 500€ when it launched.
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
I understand that you can be fired for failing to fulfill your normal duties, if you spend all day doing union activities. The protection in meant for someone who correctly fulfills their work and, in addition , does union activities.
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
My ISP (Orange) actually backed out and started giving IPv4 addresses to those of us who complained in their forums about their terrible CGN.
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
I think not, his codename was Godsend and VENONA's missing one was 19 AFAIK.
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
Redundancy plays a part, but it is not a major one. Major differences include the amount of scrutiny and government supervision in terms of inspections, certifications, regulations, maintenance, traceability, medical checks etc. that commer
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
> clicking the "Download PDF" link should redirect the user to an unusable in-browser PDF viewer Pro tip: in Elsevier's case, middle-click the "Download PDF" link so it opens in a new tab. Briefly avoid switching
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
Not only that, I can physically walk into my bank and speak with an actual human being face to face.
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
There's no mention in the article, but as a kid I really liked the flavor text at the bottom of some cards: witty, small fragments of an unknown fantasy lore.
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
Do they actually rip the videos from display controllers? I though they just used those shady HDMI splitters that actually strip the HDCP: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17463105
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
To be fair, bees doing cute little dance moves to talk to each other does sound pretty crazy.
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
There are many prestigious/important journals within specific fields with very low IF. For instance in acoustics the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America or Acta Acustica united with Acustica .
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
Nature also rejected Fermi's paper on weak interaction ("contained speculations too remote from reality to be of interest to the reader") and Kreb's paper about the citric acid cycle ("It is undesirable to accept fu
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
In my lab we have a perpetual license of an expensive scientific software... that is sadly 32 bits only. So we keep a 32 bit PC just for that.
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
Off topic, but each time I accidentally open the Wikipedia mobile layout in the desktop I'm amazed at how much better it is. Is there a way to always redirect to the mobile version?
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
This is probably the best security technique in terms of simplicity vs effectiveness, one that everyone and their grandma can use. I wish there was more effort in educating people to use it. I even remember a thread here in HN were one thre
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
The actual paper: http://doi.org/10.1126/science.aax2747
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
So, no geofencing or accesing NOTAMs, etc. in the AI? Regarding the second point I wholeheartedly agree, but I'm concerned when instead of the stern warning that flying these machines requires a good deal of study and preflight prepara
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
What is your policy towards avoiding restricted airspace? If flying autonomously the drone enters a restricted airspace (without specific user direction to do so) could Skydio be hold responsible? Any user (or AI!) sharing the airspace shou
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
For vehicles (cars, planes, etc.) if they can mass-produce at 97-98% efficiency and the power-to-weight ratio they are claiming to achieve (15 kW/kg) then it's still a huge improvement.

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