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by altrus 9y ago
The contingency plans in place to respond to radiation hazards generally focus on the sheltering and evacuation of affected people. Depending on the local geography, population distribution, and infrastructure, it might take several days to
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Surgeon uses VR to aid sedatives(bbc.com)
1 points by altrus 10y ago|0 comments
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by altrus 10y ago
I'm far from an expert, but I thought the poor generalized performance of neural nets was largely associated with the complexity of the network (number of neurons, etc), and the training data. Is there something more specific about the
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by altrus 10y ago
The very purpose of a clandestine intelligence service is to obtain the facts and analysis necessary to advance foreign policy objectives. Within that context, the expectation is that the advancement of those goals is for the benefit of you
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CIA spies on Senate(theguardian.com)
40 points by altrus 10y ago|8 comments
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by altrus 11y ago
From the Nature Abstract[1]: Indirect evidence for water on Mars was found by detecting the presence of salts that absorb atmospheric water vapour, and suggest that transient brines form in the upper 15cm of the martian subsurface. It'
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by altrus 12y ago
I'm guessing it may be because if you're trying to access an https site through a wireless AP that redirects your request to a landing page requiring you to accept their terms of service, you'll get a browser security error.
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by altrus 12y ago
To be clear, I'm not at all suggesting that doctors do this out of malice - only that effective statistical analysis is really, really, hard, and it's not immediately clear that surgeons (regardless of their international reputati
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by altrus 12y ago
Significantly, this article neglects to consider how sample size (and demographics) might affect the measurement of hospital treatment quality. tl;dr: If you don't adjust for the sample size, what may appear to be the best, or worse, h
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Hardware Engineers (RF & FPGA) to help build better radios at Per Vices(pervices.com)
1 points by altrus 13y ago
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by altrus 14y ago
tl, dr; The Rosenhan experiment had eight sane people gain secret admission to 12 different hospitals by claiming to hear voices. Immediately on admission, they stopped claiming to hear voices, and requested release. Although fellow patient
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On being sane in insane places(ilearn.totton.ac.uk)
5 points by altrus 14y ago|2 comments
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How Big Data Transformed the Dairy Industry(theatlantic.com)
79 points by altrus 14y ago|45 comments
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by altrus 14y ago
That's perfectly valid - I don't immediately disagree with that approach; especially because there are many things software can't fix. But I also think it's much easier to address problems in software than in hardware...
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by altrus 14y ago
It is a cyclone IV. More specifically it's an EP4CXG22. Minimum speed grade is C7, but I think we ended up getting some C6's in there (doesn't really change much).
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by altrus 14y ago
That's an interesting question. Certainly, a lot of the advice is aimed at software companies - and it's sometimes hard to figure out where to draw the line... For example, the idea of a minimum viable product doesn't really work too well w
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by altrus 14y ago
Biggest differences between our product, Phi, and the USRP (ettus) are cost and bus. We use a x4 PCIe, providing much higher transfer bandwidth (8Gbps vs 1Gbps). Additionally, the RF front ends are fully integrated (lowers cost). We're aimi
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by altrus 14y ago
Dear Patrick, I'm one of the founders of Per Vices. To confirm; 1. We are currently selling our device as test and measurement equipment. The intended use case is academic or research. 2. You're mostly correct about power - although it turn
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by altrus 15y ago
When do you plan on launching?
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by altrus 16y ago
The WHO technical report on fluoridation ( http://whqlibdoc.who.int/trs/WHO_TRS_846.pdf ) makes specific mention adding fluoride to drinking water (see page 16), finding it to be a safe and cost effective means of significantly improving de
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by altrus 16y ago
Have you read about ChucK? It's a real time language for synthesis, composition, and audio programming. The name of the program comes from their 'chuck' operator, which works similarly to what you've described. If you look at the wikipedia
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by altrus 16y ago
They set up shop in China. As sales drop, a girl comes along. Founder likes girl, co-founder likes girl, drama ensues, co-founder quits.