MrsPeaches

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by MrsPeaches 1y ago
We use culture now. “Culture is just the way things are done around here” Peer review is culture. Work place legislation is culture. The article argues that trying to extract technology and reapply it, without the culture, is a fools errand
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by MrsPeaches 2y ago
Was this big one recently that took out the Zip cards?
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by MrsPeaches 2y ago
Excellent book on the theme using Zambia in the 70s as a case study: Expectations of Modernity explores the social and cultural responses to a prolonged period of sharp economic decline. [1] "From now on, it's just down, down, dow
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by MrsPeaches 2y ago
I had similar costs. With caching it went down to 20-40 cents. Well worth it, if you are using this regularly.
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by MrsPeaches 2y ago
> But you can't go in and have a look, they don't take walk-ins, only pre-booked groups and very occasional public events, the last of which was cancelled. This has a very Douglas Adam’s feel.
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by MrsPeaches 2y ago
Anything that is south of the River Thames is considered "South" (prounounced "Souf" in MLE [1]), no matter the actual distance. E.g. Waterloo Station would be considered South London but is actually at the same latitude
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by MrsPeaches 2y ago
The River Thames, confusing Londoners sense of space since times immemorial.
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by MrsPeaches 2y ago
Training wheels aim to maximise the utility of the bicycle (i.e. gears and pnumatic tyres) for a person of certain age, at the cost of learning how to actually ride a bike. I feel there are lots of parallels in e.g. Maths education in the m
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by MrsPeaches 2y ago
Question: Isn’t it fundamentally impossible to model a highly entropic system using deterministic methods? My point is that animal brains are entropic and “designed” to model entropic systems, where as computers are deterministic and active
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by MrsPeaches 2y ago
All in the original post: https://sidhion.com/blog/28h_days/ This was just the 1 year update. Idea is that you go to be when you feel tired.
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by MrsPeaches 2y ago
Love the “Match-Ups” page: https://gardnermcintyre.com/simpsonszip/view.php?page=matchu...
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by MrsPeaches 2y ago
This is the direction I am building my personal LLM based scripts. I don’t really know any python but Claude has written python scripts that e.g. write a document iteratively using LLMs. Next step will be to use voice and autogpt to do thin
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by MrsPeaches 2y ago
How many words in the art of electronics? Could you give that as context and see if might help?
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by MrsPeaches 2y ago
Real estate. I know people in Guyana doing real estate who may have opportunities. Email in my profile if you are interested.
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by MrsPeaches 2y ago
Unfortunately the Wikipedia article has multiple issues. Found this article which claims 7500BC. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/10-oldes...
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by MrsPeaches 2y ago
As you say it’s a well trodden path: American industry was built on IP theft[1] British empire was built on IP theft [2] Byzantine empire was built on IP theft [3] [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Slater [2]
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by MrsPeaches 2y ago
What happens to ".io" TLD after UK gives back the Chagos Islands?
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by MrsPeaches 2y ago
Link to BBC article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98ynejg4l5o
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Ask HN: What happens to ".io" TLD after UK gives back the Chagos Islands?
250 points by MrsPeaches 2y ago|205 comments
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Hack of Hezbollah devices exposes dark corners of Asia supply chains(reuters.com)
7 points by MrsPeaches 2y ago|0 comments
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Google offered to sell part of ad tech business, not enough for EU publishers(reuters.com)
3 points by MrsPeaches 2y ago|0 comments
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by MrsPeaches 2y ago
Wow, didn't realise India had that many people! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_India
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Walking or running: for the same distance, which consumes more energy?(theconversation.com)
1 points by MrsPeaches 2y ago|0 comments
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by MrsPeaches 2y ago
3kW I assume?
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by MrsPeaches 2y ago
Biggest issue is surely speed? Computers are measured in MHz and GHz. How do you even get close to that using mechanical means? Speed is also a core value proposition (to use contemporary parlance) of computers I.e computers can carry out c
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by MrsPeaches 2y ago
Ebay: “Stamps? Coins? Comic books? You’ve GOT to be kidding,” thought David Cowan. “No-brainer pass.”
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by MrsPeaches 2y ago
Electronics in these systems are a low % of the BoM cost though, so wouldn’t expect it to make such a big difference.
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by MrsPeaches 2y ago
Maybe regulatory overhead due to the legacy of Li-ion cells i.e. their explosive failure mode? My understanding is that LFP is a fair bit safer so maybe regulators haven’t caught up?
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BYD aims to replace Routemaster with 400-mile EV London bus(autocar.co.uk)
37 points by MrsPeaches 2y ago|32 comments
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London hospitals cancel cancer surgeries after cyber-attack(theguardian.com)
15 points by MrsPeaches 2y ago|2 comments

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