alphydan

36 ms·

301.
by alphydan 12y ago
You do know that the US still imports 1/2 of it's oil, right? (about 6 million barrels per day in imports, http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_move_neti_a_ep00_IMN_mbblpd_... ) However, all countries in the w
302.
by alphydan 12y ago
Could it be that you're not prepared for "What is really happening"? It seems like you'r expecting that QM's unintuitive properties will go away with a better theory. They may, but it doesn't have to be that w
303.
by alphydan 12y ago
That makes it out of reach. You cannot falsify the many-worlds-interpretation simply with interference. All other interpretations make the very same predictions.
304.
by alphydan 12y ago
The current efficiency record for research panels is around 44.7% [1] but commercial companies are above 22% (Sanyo, Panasonic, etc) [2] [1] https://renooble.com/blog/2013/11/solar-panel-efficiency-new... [2
305.
Bitcoin fraud as easy as forging a check(localbitcoins.com)
2 points by alphydan 12y ago|0 comments
306.
Statistics of benchmarking(stats.stackexchange.com)
1 points by alphydan 12y ago|0 comments
307.
Busy Beaver Numbers(xamuel.com)
2 points by alphydan 12y ago|0 comments
308.
by alphydan 13y ago
For those in machine learning and programming languages, what would be the major hurdles in achieving voice programming (or at least scripting). A way to interact with a computer so that one could ask things like: "Computer, search go
309.
by alphydan 13y ago
What do you mean "When B resolves, press the button"? "When you measure A, something happens to B" ... that's the problem, we can't know what happend. Only after the fact, and after repeating the experiment a
310.
by alphydan 13y ago
>> i dont think you can keep them entangled while transporting them that kind of distance. The main reason for this is decoherence (the pair of entangled photons interact with other photons, or particles along the way) ... and lose th
311.
by alphydan 13y ago
I'll bite the bullet and try to explain it in layman's terms (with not attempt at rigor): When you measure particle A, something happens to particle B. Unfortunately, particle B always has 2 potential outcomes (let's say, wi
312.
by alphydan 13y ago
As explained by some posters above we did the procrastination thing and spent time researching CRMs :). Our situation however was 3 people selling lots of leads, managing mentors and investors and keeping track of a few hundred customers.
313.
Accounting software for small startups(renooble.tumblr.com)
2 points by alphydan 13y ago|1 comments
314.
by alphydan 13y ago
I had a fascinating discussion with an ex trucker in Spain (who after an injury worked selling souvenirs in the old windmills where Don Quijote had once jousted according to Cervantes' book). When he heard I was a physicist, he apologi
315.
by alphydan 13y ago
Perhaps to illustrate the concept with an example: is George W. Bush considered "Friendly". What about Obama? Would an AI who behaved like them (according to some Humans, trying to bring peace and security to a country) be cons
316.
by alphydan 13y ago
A good place to start for an overview on the research on that causation is Hans Rosling, http://www.nooventures.org/hans-rosling-on-global-population... and http://www.gapminder.org/
317.
by alphydan 13y ago
Certainly not for free, but definitely with some component of aid (even in NY) > The United States currently pays around $20 billion per year to farmers in direct subsidies as "farm income stabilization" [0] That means, the con
318.
by alphydan 13y ago
> Those calls are being recorded to cover their ass in case of disagreement or dispute. Actually, it usually means that an algorithm is listening in the conversation (see for ex. http://www.callminer.com/products/eur
319.
by alphydan 13y ago
> If you're on a leisurely ride through the country or are looking for a place with no address, you can't use automated navigation. I don't think those are impossible problems to solve. For the leisurely ride, define a ra
320.
by alphydan 13y ago
- a Bitcoin exchange which can support fast algorithmic trading - an encyclopedia of objects that can be combined together (your algorithms are such that you can find from their 3d shapes, specs and connectors which parts / machines ca
321.
by alphydan 13y ago
I fully agree. It's not something traditional payment systems couldn't do (at least in principle. In practice I don't know if they can operate on such low fees). The actual success of Bitcoin over the next decade is a much
322.
by alphydan 13y ago
Unfortunately the squiggle trick doesn't work to send $0.20 to that friend in Angola who runs the water and sanitation project? It also doesn't convert to Mpesa in Kenya [1] (Bitcoin now does). And wiring $500k to China for that
323.
by alphydan 13y ago
Have you seen the coursera introduction to mathematical thinking [1] ? That may be a good starting point. [1]: https://www.coursera.org/course/maththink
324.
by alphydan 13y ago
I agree. Fatal familial insomniac's death is brough about by neurodegeneration caused by prions. Another non-fatal illness which inhebits sleep for extensive periods is Morvan's syndrome [0] for which there has been EEG recordi
325.
by alphydan 13y ago
>> made by institution you can sue You're prefectly right. Last time I sued HSBC for money laundering and Goldman Sachs for maket manipulation I got a ton of cash and they learnt their lesson. Bringing the FED down to its knees w
326.
by alphydan 13y ago
>> In summer 2013 I traveled to the most isolated country in the world. I thought it was the pitcairn islands ... (population 65, boat every 3 months ...)
327.
Impact of Electric vehicles on the electric system. And on our pockets(theoildrums.com)
1 points by alphydan 13y ago|0 comments
328.
by alphydan 13y ago
>> 7 times more than Apple (which is currently the most valuable company on the planet). Something is missing in that sentence. The most "valuable publicly traded tech company"? Or is it another definition of valuable? or o
329.
by alphydan 13y ago
> Cracking captcha's is not very impressive. I've done it as a weekend project, and exceeding "average" human captcha'ing ability is easy If it's so easy, could you share it on github?
330.
by alphydan 13y ago
As far as I can tell the seized address has 27k BTC about $4m USD at the moment (see https://blockchain.info/address/1F1tAaz5x1HUXrCNLbtMDqcw6o5G... )

More ›