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by hdivider 2y ago
Every time I encounter resistance to your points here, I feel like an alien among humans. I think it cuts so deep into people's psychology, and frequently religion. The very notion that we are not the apex of anything. And that we no l
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by hdivider 2y ago
Look at it this way: life on Earth is composed primarily of C, H, O, N , and a number of trace atoms. If life evolved here on Earth, then somehow, CHON+trace all self-organized into all of Earth life today, including us , and all we humans
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by hdivider 2y ago
This is where most of the real value of AI actually lies. The scientific and engineering applications of machine learning. Another MIT study: if we AI-augmented R&D widely in the US, our productive economic growth rate would double . T
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High-performance computing and AI helped LLNL conquer fusion ignition(llnl.gov)
1 points by hdivider 2y ago|0 comments
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List of Common Misconceptions(en.wikipedia.org)
6 points by hdivider 2y ago|2 comments
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by hdivider 2y ago
I wonder: would this level of fraud occur if the US had universal healthcare, or its effective equivalent? Asking out of genuine intellectual curiosity, not with political or other overtones (even with the highly political character of the
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by hdivider 2y ago
Indeed! And as a European, I find it even more curious when Americans take this more cynical stance. I mean, what have we come to, when a European will go and take a risk, for a chance at an awesome discovery, and an American dare not? ;) T
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by hdivider 2y ago
On HN, comments meant to stimulate optimism and willpower don't tend to get encouraged. Cynicism, skepticism, figuring out how things will fail -- as they inevitably will, of course -- or how if they succeed, they're corrupt or br
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by hdivider 2y ago
My view: look at most of the real problems we face today. They require solutions consisting of: 1) Engineering (what software folks call hardware), especially cross-functional engineering across several fields, such as chemical and electric
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by hdivider 2y ago
Bad founder behavior is quite prevalent and should be called out for sure. I disagree though with the general notion that employees are taking similar or even greater levels of risk. If you get a stable monthly paycheck, and the reasonable
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by hdivider 2y ago
Main value prop of physical books for me: guaranteed zero interruptions from the book itself. Worst case, the pages stick together, or pages are missing, or damaged, or other very infrequent causes of distraction. All modern digital systems
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by hdivider 3y ago
One might perhaps say that what is probable Is that men experience much that is improbable. - Fragment of a lost play by Agathon, ca. 2,400 years ago, quoted in Aristotle's The Art of Rhetoric
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AI unlocks ancient text owned by Caesar's family(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by hdivider 3y ago|0 comments
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by hdivider 3y ago
Interestingly, if you're doing CNC laser cutting as a business, with the larger CO2 laser cutters, you're gonna spend a lot to keep replacing those CO2 laser tubes. Because the gas degrades with heavy use, even if the tube is inta
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Rishi Sunak considers curbing social media use for under-16s(theguardian.com)
36 points by hdivider 3y ago|22 comments
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Nuclear Pasta(en.wikipedia.org)
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What Would Happen to Earth If a Rogue Star Came Too Close?(universetoday.com)
2 points by hdivider 3y ago|1 comments
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by hdivider 3y ago
Regarding an ET source: some key questions to consider: What kind of technology would produce such ultra high energy particles? What would they use such technology for? Can a technological source be inferred from the data we already have? I
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by hdivider 3y ago
This is cool. Thanks! In my mind, this is what real technology entrepreneurship looks like. As opposed to the latest crypto or social media thing.
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by hdivider 3y ago
That's why I said titanium alloys specifically. With such a large-scale industrial transformation, definitely many alloys would be explored, to fit the needs of new industries. We don't use pure iron for any serious applications
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Extremely high-energy particle detected falling to Earth(theguardian.com)
56 points by hdivider 3y ago|54 comments
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Cosmic rays can cause computer glitches(arxiv.org)
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Jeep Problem(en.wikipedia.org)
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by hdivider 3y ago
Huge fan of Titanium. If only we could find a cheap way to get the metal out of titanium dioxide. Like a Haber process-level breakthrough. Then we could start replacing steel with titanium in many applications. Think entire freight trains,
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Ask HN: What Happened to YC Carbon?
4 points by hdivider 3y ago|1 comments
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by hdivider 3y ago
This, 100%. Sam pontificated about fusion power, even here on HN. Beyond investing in Helion, what did he do? Worldcoin. Tempting impoverished people to give up biometric data in exchange for some crypto. And serving as the face of mass-mar
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The human brain builds structures in 11 dimensions, discover scientists(blog.physics-astronomy.com)
59 points by hdivider 3y ago|12 comments
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by hdivider 3y ago
Even better approach: do it like the British. An 'unwritten' constitution. No need to even have a document for the plebs to read and criticize. Whatever gets a majority in Parliament ends up being the so-called constitution.
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Delphic Hymns(en.wikipedia.org)
56 points by hdivider 3y ago|5 comments
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Post-Literate Society(en.wikipedia.org)
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