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by elil17 3y ago
That's simply untrue. Here are several recently published articles which use ilk in a neutral or positive context: https://www.telecomtv.com/content/digital-platforms-services... https://writingillini.c
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by elil17 3y ago
I agree I didn't make this clear enough in my letter. I do think AI will cause job loss, I just think it will be worse if a few companies are allowed to have a monopoly on AI. If anyone can work on AI, hopefully people can make things
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by elil17 3y ago
I don't mean it as a personal insult at all! The word ilk actually means "a type of people or things similar to those already referred to," it is not an insult or rude word.
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by elil17 3y ago
I mean, it will? Not universally, but for the specific products I work on we use additional labor when we include AI-enabled features (due to installing and wiring processors and sensors). I think that that the sorts of AI that smaller comp
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by elil17 3y ago
This is the message I shared with my senator (edited to remove information which could identify me). I hope others will send similar messages. Dear Senator [X], I am an engineer working for [major employer in the state]. I am extremely conc
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by elil17 3y ago
I feel like Avatar is more "White protagonist genuinely switches sides."
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by elil17 3y ago
>the premise in the question is that that the asker is already in a position to start using it That's an incorrect premise. The asker is clearly not in a position to use an off the shelf CFD package because they don't have the
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by elil17 3y ago
Trying to optimize across a bunch of different dimple/bump patterns is a great use case for CFD. However, you'd want to validate a CFD model like that against real world test data (either by running your own tests or by finding te
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by elil17 3y ago
DNS is not used much (at all?) for real world problems, but LES has become much more common.
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by elil17 3y ago
No, that's backwards. Running a CFD simulation would involve a multi-year effort to re-educate yourself to learn how to build an accurate CFD model. Building a physical model, on the other hand, merely requires 3D printing the desired
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by elil17 3y ago
Why use this tool? Why not simply build and test the propeller? Your results would be much more reliable - CFD is famously finicky, especially for a situation like a propeller where you have rotating flows. The point of golf ball dimples i
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by elil17 3y ago
I don’t think that’s true. What about cavitation?
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by elil17 3y ago
There are ceramic membranes and nickel membranes but to be efficient they have to be so thin that they are very fragile anyway.
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by elil17 3y ago
Most RO systems have multiple layers, including a water softener.
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by elil17 3y ago
Isn’t it an ethics board, not a corporate board? So very different from FB?
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by elil17 3y ago
It's not really the THC percentage I'm concerned about, it's the potential for other added chemicals which could potentiate the THC.
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by elil17 3y ago
I think there is such a strong reason to be concerned about what the cannabis industry might be headed towards. THC is potentiated by other cannabinoids (meaning that pure THC has a much weaker effect than THC blended with the other chemica
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by elil17 3y ago
You can actually already buy a Brita-compatible filter which removes PFAS: https://cyclopure.com/dexsorb/ It uses a starch which has been sized to interact with PFAS molecules.
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by elil17 4y ago
I think there's a huge benefit to having politicians work in teams because modern laws are so complex that you need some specialization of labor to read and write them.
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by elil17 4y ago
I've heard it's actually not that hard to be a congressional staffer on the house side, especially if you're willing to work for someone unpopular. It is not however, the job that most people think it is. You mostly answer ca
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by elil17 4y ago
I'd rather take care of the one planet we have right now. Not that it has to be mutually exclusive.
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by elil17 4y ago
I think, in this specific case, SpaceX should be held to a higher standard than one normally would be. Normally you don't claim that you intend for your rocket to blow up when you launch it. If they're going to go around saying th
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by elil17 4y ago
Seems unlikely that you’d have a reliable source of paint for 1000 years, which might be the limiting factor. But there’s always some rate of chain scission, even in the absence of UV/water/whatever. I just have no idea whether th
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by elil17 4y ago
I read it the same way?
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by elil17 4y ago
Right, it uses other, similar flourosurfactants.
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by elil17 4y ago
In general, it's true compared to other metals. Compared to other materials in general (e.g., glass) it's certainly not true. Over the scale of a thousand years, there could be a big difference between something that is corrosion
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by elil17 4y ago
Over that long a time period it could be damaged just by rain - it's hard to say because corrosion tests aren't done with respect to a 1000 year operating life in mild conditions. I'm sure an expert could figure that out, but
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by elil17 4y ago
Fiberglass/FRP is an interesting one. I believe the limiting factor there would be that the polymers used would slowly degrade/weaken over time due to chemical aging. Fiberglass boats last up to 50 years but that is in a harsher e
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by elil17 4y ago
I have a lot of skepticism about anything I read from constructionphysics.substack.com. I'm a mechanical engineer, not a civil engineer, so take my opinion with a grain of salt, but it reads like it's written by someone who does n
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by elil17 4y ago
PTFE is made using using a process that uses PFOA or another, similar fluorosurfactant. There are likely trace amounts of these fluorosurfactants left behind in the PTFE, which might be enough to cause issues.

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