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by abakker 3y ago
ever watched someone extinguish a cigarette in gasoline? it's explosive, but in a narrow band of conditions.
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by abakker 3y ago
Put more directly: all choices are costs. Specifically, a choice is choosing to incur opportunity cost in order to realize some outcome. E.g. Buying a sandwich so you can eat it to be full is choosing not to spend that $10 on anything else.
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by abakker 3y ago
Georgia is not a dry place…unless op mean Georgia in the Middle East.
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by abakker 3y ago
I think the reason for downvotes here is that you don’t need to be in the forestry community to know this. It’s been in science textbooks since I was in 4th grade, kids did presentations and posters on it, it’s in documentaries, it’s on inf
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by abakker 3y ago
my 3 year old corporate HP feels like its been at end of life since the windows 11 upgrade. The 2 year old M1Max MBP feels indestructible and still has hilariously long battery life and crushes basically everything I ask of it.
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by abakker 3y ago
Yeah, these votes were supposed to be what kept us safe from AI. The whole board was ill equipped to keep themselves neutral from their own business, let along protect humanity from the irresponsible outcomes of their models.
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by abakker 3y ago
The dude voted to fire Altman. He could have not done that. Actions have consequences.
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by abakker 3y ago
I'm not saying you are doing this, but don't confuse Lumber production and forest growth. Increasing lumber production decreases forest growth. we need to increase forest capacity for lumber production first.
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by abakker 3y ago
I think the work Livingcarbon is doing is very cool here, actually. at least genetically engineering better photosynthesis seems like a plausible approach and their demos so far seem like they are working.
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by abakker 3y ago
Weldments have less shrinkage/distortion than castings, but not none. In machine tool applications, it's the vibration damping that everyone cares about, but my ultimate objective will be to find out whether it matters if you engi
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by abakker 3y ago
Happy to connect - email in my profile.
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by abakker 3y ago
right now, I'm trying to figure out if fabricated steel with the right design can accomplish a functional analog of what cast iron can. the objective is to leverage flat pack laser cut pieces instead of castings.
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by abakker 3y ago
when you make them, be sure to post here about what you find out. It feels to me like that community does a lot of Q&A, but not a lot of build logs (Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places?) Also, if near Boulder, CO, I've got s
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by abakker 3y ago
I'm currently passionate about trying to understand the importance of young's modulus in machine design, and whether it can be "worked around" with different materials that are easier to work with.
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by abakker 3y ago
Evidence supports that it is, in fact, located just outside of Orlando, FL.
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by abakker 3y ago
Aren't the pros and the airs very close to the same weight? the 15" air is 3.3 lbs and the MacBook 14" with the m3 is 3.4lbs. The heaviest 16" with the m3Max is 4.4.
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by abakker 3y ago
was going to say this as well. The battery replacement process is pretty easy.
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by abakker 3y ago
I don't disagree at all. The OP I was responding to mentioned non-public-domain works like a blog. My point was that we haven't yet seen the products of GenAI stuff really making money yet. People are paying for the tool, and peop
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by abakker 3y ago
This argument kind of elides over how you will make the millions, when the author has not. The hypothetical of lost revenue needs to be validated by the evidence of actual revenue being made in this way. Right now, I see lots of interest in
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by abakker 3y ago
Hardwood floors can be re-sanded and refinished many times over, generating no waste. Vinyl floors get scratched and then thrown away. Wood is renewable, vinyl comes from oil wells. I'm not certain this is actually logical.
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Man missing after reported Point Reyes shark attack was S.F. Entrepreneur(sfchronicle.com)
1 points by abakker 3y ago|0 comments
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by abakker 3y ago
Oh, I was not trying to be original or second guess experts. It’s just hard to google a concept like this and get useful answers.
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by abakker 3y ago
Maybe others can answer this naive question that I have: how do we know that e=mc^2 actually has the correct number of variables? E.g. what if either mass or light speed were composites of some other variables? Say that light speed really h
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Golf balls inspired dimpled pistons for diesel engines(carexpert.com.au)
2 points by abakker 3y ago|0 comments
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by abakker 3y ago
Ultrasonic "steam" tends to aerosolize the total dissolved solids. Google "white dust" in regards to ultrasonic humidification. I suspect that this would not work for desalination. Aside: I have a home-built ultrasonic h
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by abakker 3y ago
I’m far from convinced that the existence of even far future ai would be a problem. But, we certainly aren’t close to that now. We are instead building good generators for DND campaigns and searching through sales decks. I think it is highl
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by abakker 3y ago
I guess I tend to see it as an augmentation simply because I don't see much evidence of it originating expertise. A side comment here is that I am equally skeptical that leveraging copyright work as training data is fair use. if the ob
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by abakker 3y ago
I love this so much. The reality of _all_ technology is that it allows individuals to do more themselves. It condenses the knowledge domain to accomplish a task. In my mind, there are no downsides in allowing individuals more leverage. The
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by abakker 3y ago
Sorry, yes, PPE was what I meant. Fat fingered that one entirely. I doubt Omeprazole can do much for silicosis. /s
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by abakker 3y ago
Wearing a full face respirator with p99 or other equivalent cartridges and using an Air Quality monitor to evaluate safe working conditions really help. PPI is VERY important, and so many people ignore it. Edit: changed wording to agree wit

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