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by beefield 8y ago
Okay, let's try to reformulate. What is the average density of dark matter in places we know there is dark matter? Then, assuming here were dark matter with that density in earth, how much that would be? I am just trying trying to get
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by beefield 8y ago
> The additional mass can be measured, this is why we suspect the particles are there in the first place :) Yes, in interstellar scale. How much there should be dark matter within solar system? 1 gram? 1 kilogram? I mean, if there was su
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by beefield 8y ago
But you do not need to measure it particle by particle. Just because those have mass, there should be a bunch of dark matter particles hanging around with earth. And given that we have quite good idea what earth consists of, there should be
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by beefield 8y ago
> Also, dark matter doesn't interact much with regular matter, which makes the search even harder. This is (one of the many places) where I get lost. It has mass, so it by definition interacts with anything with mass? Are these pa
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by beefield 8y ago
Sorry, bad formulation. I meant that the tracking for this would not be used for any other purpose than distributing my payments.
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by beefield 8y ago
A monthly flat fee that gives access to practically all paywalled websites, video services and amazons digital bookshelf. The fee is divided to content creators based on time spent on content, not clicks. No ads, no other tracking. (You may
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by beefield 8y ago
> Shouldn't you? Somehow I have thought that monopolies are so generally accepted as harmful, that it would be the proponents of monopolies that have the burden of proof. Not the ones who oppose monopolies. So instead of just assumi
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by beefield 8y ago
More like South sea bubble and tulip mania of yesteryear.
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by beefield 8y ago
> I don't think it is weird considering that US is a mass-exporter of Intellectual Property. I wonder what would US trade deficit look like if we remove IP related trade from the statistics? My gut feeling would be that the deficit
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by beefield 8y ago
> “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” "Your parents have funny names for their genitals" I think that luck is the only one you can't replace.
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by beefield 8y ago
> All while populations that implemented them keep collapsing. You say it like it would be a bad thing? It's a bit weird because I have had this impression that overpopulation, not underpopulation is some kind of a problem here on
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by beefield 8y ago
> system is the actual measurements they used (length of a meter, celsius, etc), which are not really a great fit for humans. I think I saw this argument first time in one of Taleb's books, and I have to say I have difficulties unde
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by beefield 8y ago
> fact that loans create deposits Loans and deposits do not have any other direct connection than handling them together being a convenient and sensible way to handle things. You can make a loan without making a deposit (by asking bank
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by beefield 8y ago
> While a bank can create a million dollar loan without any reserves at all, they can't clear a $20 check drawn on their bank without at least $20 in their reserve account at the end of the business day. That is an important distinc
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by beefield 8y ago
> Banks don’t loan out deposits. While this is technically true, the statement does not do justice to the real economical case. You start pulling out the banks funding (i.e. deposits, interbank loans etc.) and the bank must start to liqu
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by beefield 8y ago
I have a bridge to sell you.
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by beefield 8y ago
First, it is a game. The one with largest number "wins". Second, people do not see how much more wealthy they are than most others. They see how much less wealthy they are to the ones having bigger jets and charity programs and wh
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by beefield 8y ago
> Facebook with asking for/getting insane levels of permissions from Android for their apps. Why then use the app in the first place? I mean, the mobile sites of fb are pretty much functional to me. (Admittably, I am happy to have n
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by beefield 8y ago
> I've said this here before, the primary use cases of machine learning right now, today, are hostile Yes. As I think that it is quite obvious the majority of current AI is only superficially designed to help me, while fundamentall
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by beefield 8y ago
> We seem to want ... live on forever My humble opinion is that people have not thought that enough. I mean, eternity is a damn long time. I can somehow imagine my brain/consciousness/whatnot to find new and interesting stuff
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by beefield 8y ago
I did not imply I would have those balls either.
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by beefield 8y ago
As a occasional cyclist with a habit of casually breaking all possible traffic rules that are relatively safely breakable, my thinking is that if I crash with a car, it is me who dies regardless who was right. So as long the traffic cultur
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by beefield 8y ago
Just wait for a day when there is a central banker that simultaneously has half a brain cell and tiniest set of balls. That day you see price of gold crashing in a way that has never seen before. Really, there is no more reason for a modern
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by beefield 8y ago
I don't like that gambling (on an obviously ponzi like scheme) is called investing.
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by beefield 8y ago
> “Other manufacturers have onsite repair” who does that nowadays and how accessible are their stores? At least Lenovo offers that in some of their models, you may be charged extra, though, if you want onsite warranty, may depend on mark
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by beefield 8y ago
For battery life you likely want to install tlp. https://linrunner.de/en/tlp/docs/tlp-linux-advanced-power-ma...
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by beefield 8y ago
> Algorithmic ranking is not evil. If you give no other option than algorithmic ranking that is not designed to maximize my utility but your revenue, that is as close to evil as you can get in my books. (Edit: as close to evil in the con
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by beefield 8y ago
> The population to whom this statistic doesn’t apply is doctors—they know when the marginal benefit of treatment isn’t worth it. I would really like to have a source for this. Cynical me thinks this makes too much sense to be true...
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by beefield 8y ago
I wonder if there is a good "beginner" overview of activitypub somewhere as well as somehow maintained list of active services providing AP?
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Agreeably playing with 4d objects is mindboggling enough, but still I would like to somehow visualize myself moving around in 4d space. I am not quite sure how a 4d room would look like and what kind of doors to other 4d rooms would be like

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