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by gravelc 4y ago
Fastai. Updated series of lectures and notebooks for 2022. High level as well as building neural nets from scratch. Doing it at the moment and enjoying. Good as a starting point for more in depth studies.
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by gravelc 4y ago
Does make me wonder what increase in the rate of debris falling into populated areas is. And who is liable for the outcomes. If this had happened before the recent wet, there’s a very real chance of a major bushfire.
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‘Like an alien obelisk’: space debris believed to be from SpaceX mission(theguardian.com)
9 points by gravelc 4y ago|3 comments
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by gravelc 4y ago
Arrival, BR2042, Dune Pt 1. I’m beginning to see a pattern here.
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by gravelc 4y ago
It’s long been my favourite film, so I guess that makes it the GOAT. That soundtrack never fails to resonate. The moral ambiguity of everyone is so well balanced. The set design and props. Everything, really.
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by gravelc 4y ago
So Australian, Canadian and some European cities are the places to be. Not overly surprising (at least to me). They're the only 3 regions I'd choose to live and work due to the balanced lifestyle that the Economist rates in its
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by gravelc 4y ago
I'm not a classical music aficionado, but Jonny Greenwood's Phantom Thread soundtrack is pretty great as background music to write some code to. Anyway, music changes. To me, someone very obviously classically influenced like Igo
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by gravelc 4y ago
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say those statistics are laughable. Have a look at the order of all countries: https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Crime/Burgla...
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by gravelc 4y ago
I didn't realise the the rate of muggings, assaults, home invasions etc. was higher in Australia and the United States. Sounds like a nightmare. /s
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Melbourne hit-and-run blamed on Tesla Autopilot, could set legal precedent(drive.com.au)
29 points by gravelc 5y ago|62 comments
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by gravelc 5y ago
Got the same thing. Doesn't engender any trust at all as there's no confirmation that account is actually deleted. Changed some key passwords again just in case. Switched to 1password a while ago and really hope it doesn't
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by gravelc 5y ago
Trying to delete my old inactive account and it keeps throwing a meaningless error: "Something went wrong. : A". Wish I'd been more sensible and done it earlier.
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by gravelc 5y ago
Fair call. It's up to 12 on the IMDB all-time best list, and still rising. https://www.imdb.com/chart/toptv
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by gravelc 5y ago
Watch the show. The expression of emotion is outstanding.
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by gravelc 5y ago
Here's a good review by very well regarded experts in the field: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2020.00451...
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by gravelc 5y ago
Yes, it's evolved significantly. For example, plants expressing a Snf7-targeting double-stranded RNA to control western corn root worm are now commercialised. dsRNA does not have the toxicity issues associated with many synthetic and
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I’m sorry Dave I’m afraid I invented that: Aus court finds AIs can be inventors(theguardian.com)
2 points by gravelc 5y ago|0 comments
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by gravelc 5y ago
0.1X coverage is nowhere near enough to get any useful information. The Nanopore error rate is huge (10-15%), with substitutions, insertions and deletions all common. The required coverage is more like 10X to 30X or more to get some accur
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by gravelc 5y ago
The ability to genetically modify a crop. Generally (though not always) you need a tissue culture protocol to regenerate whatever you've transformed into a plant (so shoots, roots etc.). Plenty of species are recalcitrant to the tran
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by gravelc 5y ago
The other downside with the GM approach that people rarely mention is that there are no transformation protocols for many crops.
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by gravelc 5y ago
There could be unintended consequences associated with any crop protection approach - synthetic, organic, whatever. However, the active ingredient, double-stranded RNA, is ubiquitous in nature without obvious adverse impacts. It degrades v
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by gravelc 5y ago
I work on developing pesticides based on RNA, which should significantly reduce adverse impacts on the environment (including soils) if commercialised and adopted. Biodegradable and highly species specific. https://phys.org&#x2F
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by gravelc 5y ago
The way the virus could have got from the source (where the animal host is) to Wuhan is interesting. How could it not be lab transmission? We've learn't a lot more about viral transmission in places like Australia with very low C
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by gravelc 6y ago
As an aside, just finish qntm's spectacularly good 'There Is No Antimemetics Division". Highly worth a read if you're after some highly original sci-fi.
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by gravelc 6y ago
As many others have said, as soon as the login came up, I closed. Nice idea though.
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by gravelc 6y ago
The actual conclusion is still however rather worrying: "Taken together this suggests that the projected global sea level rise by the end of this century in various IPCC reports is at best conservative and consequently underestimates t
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by gravelc 6y ago
I'm guessing 1% is actually common. Mine: "You are 1% basic. Oh wow Penelope Trappes and Titi Robin! Your taste is so obscure that's so cool I bet you're super interesting.. You're too trendy for your own good. You
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by gravelc 6y ago
My (Apple) Powerbeats Pro work about 50% of the time. A really bad design flaw with the tiny contacts means that 1 of the pair frequently doesn't charge in the case after a few minutes. Go to use them for a run and one is often flat.
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by gravelc 6y ago
Playing Batman Arkham City, which is a pretty 3rd person action RPG, at 1080p and 60fps on my base model Air. To me, that's astonishing.
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by gravelc 6y ago
I bought some great carbon steel knives from a little 1-man shop called Shigeharu in Kyoto a few years back. Supposedly dates from pre-1390. Feels like owning a piece of history. Was very much wondering what would happen to the shop in t

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