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by albert_e 3y ago
Yep! I realize this kind of sounds like Ray Bradbury's imagined dystopian future where a fully automated house continues to go about its programmed routine after all its inhabitants had died in a nuclear event that obliterated the rest
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by albert_e 3y ago
At the scale of Zoom and MS Teams ... you could theoretically train an AI model that can autonomously conduct all meetings businesses ever need -- all day every day -- without any human ever needing to attend. So much productivity claimed b
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by albert_e 3y ago
I am a bit confused hearing a vector is one dimensional. The way we represent a vector (x,y) or (r,θ) sounds like two dimensions to me.
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by albert_e 3y ago
Meta: Maybe this submission can use a more specific title? Referencing the topic -- the math behind ugly voting districts / gerrymandering.
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by albert_e 3y ago
yes this is indeed how the probe was designed - hats off to the foresight. there are recalibrations every few months to make sure the antenna is pointed at the earth. video explanation of how it works- pretty ingenious: https://w
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by albert_e 3y ago
So... ATTENTION is all you need?
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by albert_e 3y ago
Yes absolutely brought back memories
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by albert_e 3y ago
Aha Thanks! I was looking at it on my mobile screen and missed those tiny options in the bottom. Cool.
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by albert_e 3y ago
I have the opposite problem at a personal level. A task becomes so big and daunting when considering everything that should be done to take it to completion-- that I put off even starting it. I thought the article title was an exhortation t
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by albert_e 3y ago
Cool. Why not go one step further and show epicycles for each minute as well.
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by albert_e 3y ago
Interesting. I have a use case that is slightly different. Maybe someone can suggest a good framework / tool -- Our school publishes a PDF daily -- that someone makes by filling a Microsoft Excel template and printing it to PDF /
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by albert_e 3y ago
what is the risk of uncovering ancient viruses and bacteria from permafrost that we don't have immunity to
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by albert_e 3y ago
intel and AMD : wait maybe we can do that on our hardware too?
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by albert_e 3y ago
Superb! Thanks for the link.
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by albert_e 3y ago
Thanks!
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by albert_e 3y ago
Excellent link - thanks I skimmed though the Voyager document and it seems to have very good coverage of overall telecommunications system. For the topic of the periodic calibration the following is all I could spot >> Four 7-hour and
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by albert_e 3y ago
Makes sense. So I presume it uses its thrusters to impart a very small spin on one axis, and then on an orthogonal axis. A mechanism records the signal strength as it sweeps all angles, and once the optimum direction is determined, the thru
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by albert_e 3y ago
The power needs are mainly for radio communications back home? Or that includes navigation / propulsion / course corrections / reorientation also? (There is not enough "solar power" that can be harvested at that dis
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by albert_e 3y ago
> it is programmed to recalibrate its position a few times a year. October 15 is the next scheduled reset. Curious to know how this recalibration actually works. Any explainer that anyone can point to would be appreciated. Thanks!
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by albert_e 3y ago
Hmm. But are they really "noted information security experts" though? I would have thought information security would be incidental and only one of the hundreds of aspects of business that they might look at when safeguarding cons
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by albert_e 3y ago
> attributed to the Better Business Bureau, noted information security experts is this a humorous reference that I didn't get? BBB?
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by albert_e 3y ago
this is probably because bigger hotels are more likely to be booked by business travellers and these expenses get lumped into reimbursements. smaller hotels need to compete for more discerning budget oriented travellers who will only pay ch
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by albert_e 3y ago
Yes people will only upload AI generated fake images here and never a real person's picture. Right? Right? /s
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Ask HN: Why do sponsored YT videos say “a part of” this video is sponsored by
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by albert_e 3y ago
PSA: all videos are from youtube apparently and get added to your YouTube watch history. You may want to open these sites in incognito / different browser -- if you wish to avoid seeing 200+ random 80s video clips in your youtube histo
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by albert_e 3y ago
Nah, I prepped for Interstellar and flunked it anyway. / just kidding, of course.
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by albert_e 3y ago
UI nit: The floating icon for cookie settings in the bottom left obscures the play/pause button for the audio track in playground.
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by albert_e 3y ago
Compare with the fake bold version of that glyph typed into MS Word maybe
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by albert_e 3y ago
is that really the approx. speed needed to circumnavigate the Moon in 30 days? Or is this somewhere conveniently nearer the poles :)
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by albert_e 3y ago
There is no one authority that can enforce a "global ban" anyway. I believe this is just an appeal to school authorities worldwide - asking them to recognize the downsides and take concrete measures in their own way to keep smartp

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