blackstache

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Email obfuscation: What works in 2025?(spencermortensen.com)
2 points by blackstache 9mo ago|0 comments
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by blackstache 1y ago
Sorry to hear this happened as this shouldn't have been lost. I'll make sure we get in touch with you.
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Why Everywhere in the US Is Starting to Look the Same [video](youtube.com)
2 points by blackstache 5y ago|0 comments
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A Speck in the Sea (2014)(nytimes.com)
1 points by blackstache 6y ago|0 comments
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Pain is not the unit of Effort(lesswrong.com)
2 points by blackstache 6y ago|0 comments
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by blackstache 7y ago
Hey, that was me! What a pleasant surprise, you made my day. Have a good one yourself!
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by blackstache 7y ago
Yes, definitely. Our research group and some others have been actively working with and scanning the materials from this collection to advance our understanding and methods. This is focusing on both open fragments and intact, sealed scrolls
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by blackstache 7y ago
Ultimately, the sky is the limit with the Herculaneum collection. It will probably be a slow and steady build though. We are working to prove the methods on the real Herculaneum material, at which point we can start extending the method to
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by blackstache 7y ago
Oh, cool to see this here! I am one of the authors of the paper, I can answer questions later today.
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by blackstache 7y ago
If the morphology hypothesis (of the above paper) is more or less true, then it would indicate it is possible to detect the ink signal if the resolution of the CT scan is roughly at least as small as the thickness of the ink layer on the pa
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by blackstache 7y ago
I can second the recommendation of Herculaneum, it is an incredible site and I really enjoyed my visit. There was a collection of papyrus scrolls in the Villa dei Papiri there, which were carbonized by the ash. They were damaged and preserv
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by blackstache 8y ago
http://ruder.io/optimizing-gradient-descent/
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Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System (1999) [pdf](donellameadows.org)
2 points by blackstache 8y ago|0 comments
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Strategies of Personal Growth(lesswrong.com)
1 points by blackstache 8y ago|0 comments
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by blackstache 8y ago
Bret Victor has an exploration of this question[0] (2015) that I have found helpful. [0]: http://worrydream.com/ClimateChange/
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by blackstache 8y ago
We likely agree on the larger sentiment here, but in fairness to the author I think the context of the post makes this more acceptable. The textbook recommendations are all submitted in the comments below the compiled list, and the author&#
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Barack Obama: Self-driving, yes, but also safe(post-gazette.com)
4 points by blackstache 10y ago|1 comments
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Team Reveals Text From Damaged Scroll(uknow.uky.edu)
10 points by blackstache 11y ago|1 comments
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by blackstache 11y ago
This might give the beginnings of an idea of what would happen: https://what-if.xkcd.com/1/
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SIGBOVIK 2015 Proceedings [pdf](sigbovik.org)
37 points by blackstache 12y ago|1 comments
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Global Learning XPRIZE(learning.xprize.org)
2 points by blackstache 12y ago|0 comments
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Nontransitive Dice (en.m.wikipedia.org)
2 points by blackstache 12y ago|0 comments
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Bill Gates: What I Really Want for Christmas (linkedin.com)
2 points by blackstache 13y ago|0 comments
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by blackstache 13y ago
This is just like http://windirstat.info/ which can be run on the desktop. Very handy tool...
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Do the Math(physics.ucsd.edu)
2 points by blackstache 13y ago|0 comments
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Block I Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC): How to build one in your basement(klabs.org)
71 points by blackstache 13y ago|10 comments
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An Open Letter to New Teach for America Recruits(atthechalkface.com)
2 points by blackstache 13y ago|1 comments
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Critical Hope: Radical Citizenship in Reactionary Times (2001)(commondreams.org)
5 points by blackstache 13y ago|0 comments