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by cryptoz 7y ago
Related question: Are there places recently that have gone a year without winter, due to climate change?
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U.S. to triple operational weather and climate supercomputing capacity(noaa.gov)
1 points by cryptoz 7y ago|0 comments
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U.S. Operational Weather Prediction Is Crippled by Inadequate Computer Resources(cliffmass.blogspot.com)
1 points by cryptoz 7y ago|0 comments
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by cryptoz 7y ago
Many of these stars have planets orbiting them, likely discovered after the author wrote this page. There are some references to planetary systems, but few compared to what has been discovered since. Proxima Centauri has at least one planet
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by cryptoz 7y ago
Do you mean added resolution of input data, or improved resolution at which the models are run? Input data is frankly very limited - IMO we are barely measuring the atmosphere. Model runs are higher resolutions are only good if there is suf
816.
by cryptoz 7y ago
Sure, I agree, but isn't that seen as a good thing in the capitalist perspective? Wouldn't you want to have that accumulation of wealth by the few, who can then wield that power, as a proponent of capitalism? The problem is capita
817.
by cryptoz 7y ago
> someone else is making millions based on something they copied from you But why is this a problem, though? Why does it matter if someone else makes money on something they copied? Isn't that how capitalism is supposed to work? The
818.
by cryptoz 7y ago
Article notes that it was 1970 that the idea was had and patent application filed, not an original idea in 1987. But your point stands. It's a good link though, as it also tells the story of how the luggage-with-wheels idea was hated o
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by cryptoz 7y ago
No mention of their acquisition of the Weather Channel's digital properties, or any other M&A for that matter. Hard to see how this decade was lost for them, rather than a significant investment into the future.
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by cryptoz 7y ago
What a weird list. I haven't done a single item of that list in years , but I would say I go outside for recreation about 100-200 times per year. Walking around the neighborhood? Kicking a soccer ball around in the backyard? Shooting
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by cryptoz 7y ago
None of this makes any sense to me at all. I'm reading through it but there are logical fallacies abound. In the first few paragraphs.. > Which means by helping startup founders I've been helping to increase economic inequalit
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by cryptoz 7y ago
I don't see how 1984 is relevant here. The surveillance we have today far surpasses the simple ideas in that book. > Uhh, why do you think that? Because the people building the facial recognition pretty much say so? "Organize t
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by cryptoz 7y ago
Schneier is missing the point. > The whole purpose of this process is for companies — and governments — to treat individuals differently. This isn't true. It's about population control, not treating individuals differently. He
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by cryptoz 7y ago
> A local, on-device facial recognition programmed to immediately discard information on unrecognized faces has exactly zero privacy impact. (See also: smart speakers listening for a hotword.) This just isn't true, though. Hotword d
825.
by cryptoz 7y ago
Just like with a lot of things we have rules against, it's not just your personal data . Encoded in photos of you is data about your family, too. And in public, your surroundings, people nearby you, your location history, etc is all i
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by cryptoz 7y ago
yr.no provides a lot of global data for free, but the API is a bit funny to use (though a new one is to be released sometime soon). The US NWS provides a huge amount for free, but the data is US-only and it's quite weird to use as well
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Musk to send 1M people to Mars by 2050; creating 'a lot of jobs' on Mars(businessinsider.com)
3 points by cryptoz 7y ago|0 comments
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by cryptoz 7y ago
I think the definition of 'work' here is work that must be done for day-to-day survival. It is not meant to include all possible enjoyable pursuits, like trading your time for goods and services. I don't think Wilde or the au
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by cryptoz 7y ago
There is a massive differences between a well-stocked shelf and a poorly stocked shelf. The science behind the product decisions, brand placements, etc, is well-studied and practiced. The store-shelf-stockers themselves have a major impact
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by cryptoz 7y ago
I find Oat Milk is also the most delicious. I'm currently addicted to an oatmilk coldbrew latte and I just loove it.
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Show HN: Hurricane Dorian measured by Android phone's barometers(allclearweather.com)
4 points by cryptoz 7y ago|0 comments
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by cryptoz 7y ago
I personally find this a particularly cruel take. It implies that nobody is poor, nobody has accidents ever, like a spilled bottle of pills, and that there should be no capitalism at all. It's very confusing - if people are willing or
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by cryptoz 7y ago
"Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity" has led me astray so many times in life I've come to largely disbelieve it is a useful mantra. It lets bad actors hide behind stupidity and cause chaos
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by cryptoz 7y ago
By 2030 there will at least one small settlement on Mars, population at least 100 but more likely 1,000.
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by cryptoz 7y ago
This reminds me of the Nine Billion Names of God (Clarke) https://urbigenous.net/library/nine_billion_names_of_god.htm...
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by cryptoz 7y ago
I could be mistaken, but, don't JVM languages avoid assembly steps? They use bytecode and are translated directly to machine code; I'm not sure there is an translate-to-assembly step. I'm also not sure how much of this confus
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by cryptoz 7y ago
> there's almost zero pieces of actionable information. I don't agree with this. The news is filled with actionable information. If nothing more than constant reporting of problems, many of which could be solved with new busine
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What's in the Forecast: Private Weather Predictions(wired.com)
1 points by cryptoz 7y ago|0 comments
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by cryptoz 7y ago
Not posting on twitter doesn't mean the account is unused. Lots of people make accounts and follow people and are DAU but never post.
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by cryptoz 7y ago
> just their posts that others voted on But you can't calculate the 'score' without knowing who those people are, when they voted, and what else they voted on too. The score is a summary generated from lots of information.

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