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by analog31 1y ago
In my view, zero based is good for making hardware. Resetting a pointer to zero allows using the same circuit for each bit. Granted, that's an argument for hardware, not for languages, and even the hardware angle is probably long obsol
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by analog31 1y ago
My current hypothesis du jour is that AI is going to be like programming in a certain way. Some people can learn to program productively, others can't. We don't know why. It's not related to how smart they are. The people who
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by analog31 1y ago
I wonder if there's a danger of comparing the real activity of programming with an idealized picture of engineering. Most time spent by people with engineering degrees and job titles, is involved in things like organizing and arranging
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by analog31 1y ago
It could easily take 7 hours to determine, empirically and with good statistics, if a sandwich could cause bodily injury.
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by analog31 1y ago
That's a good point. In fact, I'm not a full time musician, but performing is my only source of musical income. I've never bothered with trying to make money from recordings. I do know some indie artists who make a bit of ext
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by analog31 1y ago
Granted I'm not a DJ but a jazz musician. I think there's a slight premium for "out of town" acts compared to local acts of possibly equal quality. It could simply be due to scarcity. If a certain act is only in town for
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by analog31 1y ago
That's right. I'm not talking about copyright, but about a new restriction on possession of the data. The only parallel is the use of statutory damages as a remedy.
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by analog31 1y ago
>>>>> I expect the moment unsolicited data collection becomes a liability manufacturers will drop it like a hot potato. Possession of the data needs to be illegal. Here's how it could work. It's similar to how copyr
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by analog31 1y ago
Anecdote: My spouse and I visited some friends for supper at their place. After the meal, was when they decided to try out the dishwasher in their apartment for the first time. With dish liquid. It's almost like the movies where the wa
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by analog31 1y ago
It's a volatile surfactant. Thus, it allows water to drip off your dishes before drying, so you don't get spots, but also doesn't produce a residue of its own.
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by analog31 1y ago
I'm always amazed at the circuit hacks that look utterly disgusting until you realize that they're the most practical solution at high frequencies.
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by analog31 1y ago
Does all of this capital really do anything for a country if it's just being parked? Would we miss it?
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by analog31 1y ago
A straightforward wealth tax would address this.
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by analog31 1y ago
Specifically theology searches for knowledge by appealing to scripture and tradition as sources of fact, in the same way that modern science appeals to empirical observation. A theologian of Aquinas's time would have been confident tha
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by analog31 1y ago
The word "science" predates modern natural science, so I'm not sure these are really different words. Thomas Aquinas asks if theology is a science. Spoiler alert: The answer is Yes.
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by analog31 1y ago
I'll never forget the smell of paper phenolic PCB's releasing their magic smoke.
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by analog31 1y ago
They could build the solar, then use it for data centers while waiting for the wires to be strung over the rail lines.
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by analog31 1y ago
>>> your government, that you voted for - one way or another No, I didn't, not one way, nor another. I might have had a share of influence over policy in certain statewide elections, but not in most other elections.
619.
by analog31 1y ago
Perhaps conspiracy and accounting fraud.
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by analog31 1y ago
There are many more than three "dimensions" if I may use the term loosely, in software or hardware engineering. Cost, safety, interaction between subsystems (developed by different engineering disciplines), tolerances, supply chai
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by analog31 1y ago
I suppose it would be like the governor of a state getting prosecuted for Federal crimes. Would GWB have acted differently, had he been forced to consider the legality of his actions under a broader framework? Would we have preferred for pr
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by analog31 1y ago
That's true, but the member states agree to offer that jurisdiction. For instance, joining the treaty would allow us to arrest suspected war criminals, or at least, discourage them from traipsing around on our territory.
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by analog31 1y ago
Another benefit is discouraging our government from committing war crimes.
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by analog31 1y ago
I wonder if there's an analogy to the style of Nigerian e-mail scams, that always contain spelling errors, and conclude with "God Bless." If the writing looks too literate, people might actually read and critique it. God Bles
625.
by analog31 1y ago
A truly rich person has never seen their fridge.
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by analog31 1y ago
Maybe we need a new boots theory: The rich person buys a $3500 pair of boots that comes with surveillance, useless AI, and bricks itself on the next firmware update. The poor person buys a pair of boots, that are... boots.
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by analog31 1y ago
Admittedly, I'm in the awkward position of being an old industrial physicist, so on the one hand I'd need an explanation with a bit more substance, but on the other, it would probably be over my head. The most I was able to get fr
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by analog31 1y ago
That's a lot of whites for a roofing company.
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by analog31 1y ago
>>> Reducing complex individuals into two bits of information, skin and gender, will never be a stable system for equity. It's a remarkably stable system for inequity.
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by analog31 1y ago
And here they were, because FTL travel implies eliminating the distinction between "before" and "after."

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