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by dmfdmf 2y ago
Absolutely. The closest analogy is the social upheaval and changes in societal institutions resulting from the printing press. Read Clay Shirky's "Newspapers and thinking the unthinkable" for a sketch of the impact of the int
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by dmfdmf 3y ago
I used to design PID process controllers in industry. In watching this vid I realized one reason that designing a self-driving car is so difficult. Toward the end, in the process control diagram, he has [Vehicle] as the controlled process.
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by dmfdmf 3y ago
I think learning it all on your own is not efficient even for a genius. At the very least (assuming you are a genius) you should do a double major in Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering and a minor in philosophy at a mid- or t
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by dmfdmf 3y ago
It is always easier to find a job when you have a job. Once you have made the decision to leave then putting up with the on-the-job BS is psychologically easier because it reinforces your decision and you know that you are working on gettin
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by dmfdmf 3y ago
Check out John D. Cook's blog https://www.johndcook.com/blog/ He has a math consulting business which seems very interesting a cool way to make a living. Maybe you can contact him and get some advice.
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by dmfdmf 3y ago
I didn't hate or fail math in college but it wasn't my favorite subject in engineering school. Math is now a hobby. In college math was either taught by the math dept. and stressed all the tedious proofs or it was taught in the en
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by dmfdmf 3y ago
I have a modern car (2019) and the auto braking, collision and lane drift alert is a nuisance. False positives are common and there is no way to disable most of it. Some of it can be turned off but as soon as the car is restarted it resets
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by dmfdmf 3y ago
In my own experience, alternating between bouts of self-doubt, hopelessness and despair followed by episodes of excitement, mania (the good kind) and progress from the fire of a new idea all seems normal and unavoidable to me. You just have
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by dmfdmf 3y ago
Way back in the 90's in college I took some elective class (I forget the topic) and the prof had a lecture on how controlled burns prevent wildfires. He also said that govt policy was already limiting controlled burns even then and he
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by dmfdmf 3y ago
TIL
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by dmfdmf 3y ago
Two that I've seen that made me laugh were "escape goat" for "scapegoat" and "water under the fridge" for "water under the bridge", I use these malaprops intentionally now.
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by dmfdmf 3y ago
Previously discussed here. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12918362
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by dmfdmf 3y ago
They are reversing cause and effect. Initially higher inflation leads to higher revenues booked against historically lower costs of inputs (purchased before the inflation). It ultimately amounts to capital consumption via taxes paid on phan
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by dmfdmf 3y ago
You should read her for yourself. See my comment above.
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by dmfdmf 3y ago
> The power of Capitalism, on the other hand, comes from its hard-nosed acceptance of humanity at its worst. I had to stop here because that is such a superficial and erroneous summary of Rand's views (she explicitly argued the oppo
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by dmfdmf 3y ago
The Tonga Eruption in Dec/Jan of last year is probably a factor.
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by dmfdmf 4y ago
I think you misunderstood my point -- that isn't my rhetoric but the rhetoric of the banks and current authorities to demonize crypto.
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by dmfdmf 4y ago
Why is this a surprise to anyone? At bare minimum this was the expected outcome assuming that crypto was legit but nevertheless a means to circumvent the current SWIFT payment system and move money undetected world-wide without tracking and
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by dmfdmf 4y ago
Perhaps I wasn't clear. With the rising inflation and interest rates and deteriorating economy people lose their jobs and can't pay their mortgage. My point, and why I thought the line was funny in that article, is that the way SV
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by dmfdmf 4y ago
From the Article> Thankfully, loan books make up a much larger share of assets at most other institutions. I got a laugh on this one. Sure... other banks are safe from loss of client deposits and a bad bet that interest rates won't
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by dmfdmf 4y ago
Time is how we perceive the continuity of consciousness in the context of memory (past) and imagination (future). We are only conscious in the present moment and claiming it is an illusion is a denial of consciousness.
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by dmfdmf 4y ago
All signs lead me to conclude that they want to make Window ?? as locked down as your phone, i.e. strickly a content consumption and user tracking device. Windows 11, which is garbage, is just an incremental step along the way to boil the
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by dmfdmf 4y ago
> 3. Extracting useful energy would require capturing hot neutrons in a "blanket", heating it up, and running fluid through it to boil water to drive a steam turbine. The minimum practical size for such a "blanket" ex
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by dmfdmf 4y ago
I once went to a lecture on consciousness by a philosopher and he discussed how the mind or awareness is geared toward perceiving differences or the new. He doubted that you could actually be "aware" if all you were ever exposed t
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by dmfdmf 4y ago
Win7 had an occassional timing issue where it would try to start before the profile could be read so it would boot to a temp profile. The main symptom is that all the user's files and desktop icons were gone. I would just have them reb
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by dmfdmf 4y ago
I think they are going to mandate 2FA soon.
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by dmfdmf 4y ago
My existence is self-justifying, or more correctly, requires no justification. As Rand put it, life is an end in itself, i.e. the ultimate end of all your actions and purpose. http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/ultimate_
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by dmfdmf 4y ago
I haven't fixed an amp (yet) but I have been able to fix a few electronic doodads and boards using EEVBlog.com forums. Great resource if you are into electronic repair or troubleshooting.
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by dmfdmf 4y ago
I agree with your theory. I watched it happen on a number of forums for my car and motorcycle that I had followed for 10 years. The forums got rolled up by VerticalScope and soon after they "upgraded" the software for a better mob

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