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by datameta 5y ago
>"Without competition, a short time into the contract, Nasa will find itself with limited options as it attempts to negotiate missed deadlines, design changes and cost overruns,” he wrote. “Without competition, Nasa’s short-term and
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by datameta 5y ago
Nothing stops Russian hackers from using Chinese VPNs and dropping some hanzi in the code here and there... Do you see how useless and whataboutist these statements are?
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by datameta 5y ago
I imagine the PRNG they use for this is a rather thorough implementation. Unless perhaps it is even necessary to used a cryptographic chip to generate true randomness.
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by datameta 5y ago
I wonder if we can take hundreds or thousands of such 3D map and accelerometer log pairs in order to train a model to be able to understand how to generically approach any new course.
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by datameta 5y ago
The Persians were just as much descended from Indo-Europeans as the Greeks were and they were squarely in the Near East by any Greek account. If anything Indo-European ancestry is what can point out commonalities rather than be a source of
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by datameta 5y ago
Ive only used Perl for one story at work but I don't fully grok yet why we $ a @ or a % Getting a hash passed by ref to a sub was a true syntactic challenge that I haven't experienced in a different language. Have to say though, u
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by datameta 5y ago
> Eventually, that, too, came to an end. On the basis of sediments and computer models, researchers think a tsunami originating off modern-day Norway around 6150 B.C.E. devastated Doggerland with waves at least 10 meters high. Soon the l
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by datameta 5y ago
It would be interesting to see a utilitarian cost-benefit analysis of the energy savings from solar heating indoors vs the impact of mining, transporting, and converting the sand into glass (taking into account the environmental impact of d
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by datameta 5y ago
The Culture series by Iain M Banks. The Culture is a pan-galactic post-scarcity Type I/II civilization of transhumans. The novels often revolve around the dealings with other civilizations of many different tech levels (including medie
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by datameta 5y ago
I would say the measured impact of something like an xPrize is not expressly in how much money is awarded even though it does directly fuel further R&D and other expenses of the leading teams. I think it is rather the time and effort th
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by datameta 5y ago
Everything he does is in some way to make the post-scarcity far future of The Culture more attainable. For all of his social flaws this thought alone gives him my deep respect. I don't think he is infallible but in my opinion a lot of
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by datameta 5y ago
From the small amount of grappling I know in comparison I fully agreed with you. One can't hope to effectively control two bodies at once. Focusing on person one makes you a great target for the other(s). However knowing some good grou
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by datameta 5y ago
The odds go up dramatically if you practice sparring against multiple opponents and know how to leverage a bit of social psychology. Still, not something I would like to go through on the street. If I do manage to get out relatively unscath
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by datameta 5y ago
Against two assailants, if there is no chance to escape the fight through words or running, the best deal is to do as much damage as possible as quickly as possible to the more confident of the two. The other will usually lose the fire. Spe
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by datameta 5y ago
Oh you pretty much covered my point with kickboxing and the rest :) Only adding a specific one from my experience.
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by datameta 5y ago
It is the confidence in being able to defend oneself that leads one to avoid having fights intitiated with them by virtue of how they comport themselves in a relaxed unthreatened manner. To top it off, training in something like muay thai w
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by datameta 5y ago
One method optimizes for energy efficiency and the other for comfort. This material is a passive method that I think rather soon recoups any extra energy expended during manufacturing.
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by datameta 5y ago
No, I wouldn't. Gosh, and if I didn't respond it would almost look like I did support that wouldn't it? Toss out these cheap tactics... There are obviously many levels on the spectrum of what could be done to sufficiently inc
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by datameta 5y ago
Food distribution certainly falls under essential services. Pharmacies, too. But not much else is absolutely necessary.
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Fitbit smart ring patent reveals medical grade SpO2 and blood pressure tracking(wareable.com)
2 points by datameta 5y ago|0 comments
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by datameta 5y ago
In NYC 30 minutes later you're maybe one or two neighborhoods down ;)
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by datameta 5y ago
As an urbanite I was looked upon like a madman when I walked 30 minutes to the store from my academic campus which was hugged by a nature reserve on one side and a major highway on the other. Not having a car is a real hassle in the majorit
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by datameta 5y ago
Valid point. That's a whole extra tier of cooperation necessary. I suppose in this case it would not be unfair to treat each state similarly to a country on the global level, but it does complicate the path to the success condition.
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by datameta 5y ago
The insinuation is that in such a scenario there would be a strong enough disincentive. And perhaps also the incentive of not having a years long pandemic.
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by datameta 5y ago
That's a strawman for an entirely separate discussion. But I'll bite. No, it wouldn't. However that's not only why we shouldn't. It is most effectively and altruistically addressed as a medical and humanitarian issu
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NYC 24-hour nightlife district proposal(apnews.com)
2 points by datameta 5y ago|0 comments
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by datameta 5y ago
I think the crux of the matter is that I speak with the benefit of hindsight whereas governments had no such luxury. I think, perhaps, if we truly knew with certainty that the pandemic was a more prolonged situation than one could hope fo
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by datameta 5y ago
In my scenario travel in both directions would be disallowed for the time period. This also requires neighboring nations to do the same, as well as farther off countries to implement checks at the airport. All this was somewhat done regard
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by datameta 5y ago
Photonic in-memory ML https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/media-releases-and-expert-comme...
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by datameta 5y ago
Yes, my freedom over the course of almost 1.5 years was adversely affected because we couldn't handle a month without it. And yes, the economy was adversely affected because most small businesses were shuttered for half a year and swat

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