Osmium

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by Osmium 12y ago
Any news on if the drill managed to pick up anything useful? Curious to find out if the Ptolemy data that came back was of anything useful (as I understand it, Ptolemy's task was to measure isotope ratios so that we could see if the wa
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by Osmium 12y ago
> That view would put it in competition with iTunes (320kps AAC/MP3 ought to be enough for anybody?) Apple has its own lossless audio codec that's supported by iTunes called ALAC. Created in 2004, it was initially propriety but
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by Osmium 12y ago
> I don't see how they are supported on the surface I can't speak for how these specifically were positioned, but in general I don't see a problem with it. It looks like they're supported by gravity, and under vacuum
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by Osmium 12y ago
Bizarrely, according to a comment on the linked article, it seems like the person responsible for this is one of the founders of Wonga? Not quite sure what to think about that. Beautiful work regardless. http://www.jontyhurwitz.c
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by Osmium 12y ago
> It seems a case of intense bureaucratic / political pressure to change targets after they aren't met, and the fact scientists are participating in this is pretty disappointing. This is a big leap to make from the available ev
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by Osmium 12y ago
Or we can use alternative semiconductors that are more radiation-resistant. One of many reasons why materials discovery is still very important even if initial chips will never match the performance of silicon.
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by Osmium 12y ago
> no science data left on @philae2014 - it all got uploaded! Wonderful! Best news there is! :)
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by Osmium 12y ago
These are the original photos from which 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was discovered back in 1969: https://www.flickr.com/photos/europeanspaceagency/1539815083... I find it amazing how we've gone from a dim
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by Osmium 12y ago
That comparison is a bit disingenuous. There's plenty of opportunity to correct the trajectory as and when you need to, which is something you can't do with a bullet. Still a huge achievement though. What I find particularly imp
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by Osmium 12y ago
Looks like COSAC data is coming in! https://twitter.com/esaoperations/status/533387528376942592 This is an instrument that does analysis on whatever samples the drill picks up. We know the drill successfully deplo
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by Osmium 12y ago
> Does the comet have enough gravity to hold on to dust? Yes. Philae's weight on the comet is roughly equivalent to a few ounces/100g* on Earth. It's why there's so much concern about it not being anchored correctly;
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by Osmium 12y ago
There are free and open source implementations of Exchange ActiveSync that would allow native push support on iOS. Any particular reason you haven't pursued this?
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by Osmium 12y ago
Really really glad to see this. Lack of push notifications on iOS has long been a sore point for me with FastMail. Still don't understand the technical or legal issues behind not offering Exchange compatibility as many of their competi
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by Osmium 12y ago
>Likewise, I've never heard of the whole "you only remember a dream if you wake up during it". I can't speak to its validity, but there are studies like this: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.
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by Osmium 12y ago
> I never remember my dreams It was my understanding (and maybe this is incorrect) that someone only remembers their dreams if they wake up during them. Therefore, not remembering them could just be a sign you've had a good, uninter
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by Osmium 12y ago
> It is a trivial problem. Aren't they all? Until you actually try to do it... [In seriousness, we are excessively bad at estimating the true difficulty of problems, and making them sound 'easy' when they're not only
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by Osmium 12y ago
How about, before all that, we try and inhabit, say, deserts on Earth first? Make that psychologically and economically feasible first. To my knowledge, we are yet to successfully demonstrate that we can maintain a viable, materially-closed
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by Osmium 12y ago
Thanks for running the numbers. The important question is how many personal computers are currently switched on at this exact moment? What's a small improvement to one person can make a huge difference nationally. Just because there ar
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by Osmium 12y ago
> but what exactly would be a reason for putting a power saving CPU in something that's plugged into the wall? Devil's advocate, but I imagine it'd do huge things to the country's energy bill if everyone's compu
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by Osmium 12y ago
> Doubtful, and ios7 (and 8) tightened up on pairing They could still do more. It would be nice to be able to see a editable list of trusted devices. At the moment, on first connection, a "do you trust this computer?" prompt co
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by Osmium 12y ago
> The Emojipedia itself is full of strange cultural assumptions. Completely agreed. Despite this though, emoji have been a net win. Everyone was using emoticons anyway, but there was no way to use them between devices (gmail sending emot
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by Osmium 12y ago
> This is similar to the argument that ideas don't matter for entrepreneurship. I've long believed doing a PhD is very similar to being an entrepreneur. Discipline and maintaining motivation are by far the hardest things. Litt
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by Osmium 12y ago
Griffiths happens to be the most accessible while-still-rigorous QM book I've read, so I'd be careful with the criticism ;) it is concise though, which is probably the main reason it doesn't really discuss pilot waves.
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by Osmium 12y ago
> Isn't it possible for the astronaut to also know whether the other person has opened their box? How would you know without observing the particle yourself? In which case, how do you know if it collapsed because of your observation
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by Osmium 12y ago
I actually use Aperture and had no idea! Here's a link if it's useful to anyone: http://www.macworld.com/article/2090927/geotagging-the-easy-...
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by Osmium 12y ago
> don't have a good system to put metadata on each photo (where it was shot, what it is, etc.) On the "where it was shot" front, I'd love an app that could interpolate positions from iPhone photo EXIF data and use tho
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by Osmium 12y ago
Is there going to be any kind of 'live' stream/event happening? I'd love to set aside some time to watch it. Edit: wow, the orbits in the linked video look insane. I had no idea the comet was rotating so much with respec
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by Osmium 12y ago
or a big solar flare or some other kind of space weather...
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by Osmium 12y ago
For what it's worth, in the UK it seems to be marketed fine. First thing I think of is "Waterproof Android iPhone-alternative." It's just expensive and I don't think the market for premium Android phones is all that
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by Osmium 12y ago
Thanks for the insight. I'm seriously considering leaving academia at the end of my current contract, but visa-wise it seems even more difficult to get a H1-B than an academic visa. But we shall see. Good luck with London if you make i

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