hristov

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by hristov 3y ago
The US government estimated that the asian flu pandemic had a CFR (case fatality rate) in the American population of 0.1 %. [1] The US government estimated that Covid-19 had a CFR in the american population of 1%. [2] So Covid was only ten
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by hristov 3y ago
So this is somebody's "wild aeronautical imagination"? I guess I should not judge.
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by hristov 3y ago
There are so many guns sloshing around America, something like this is not surprising at all. So now we have to get used to a world where every kid could have a gun, every homeless lunatic raving to himself in a corner can have a gun, the a
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by hristov 3y ago
This is a self contradictory writeup but it is a self-contradiction I hear from a lot of investors. It goes something like this (1) the low interest rate environment of 2009-2021 was great for humanity, and (2) I really hope it does not rep
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by hristov 3y ago
Yes they do. In fact chiplets are bringing a lot of excitement to the semi testing industry. Chiplets have popularized the concept of “known good die”. I.E. a chiplet that has been tested so much that is practically proven to be error free.
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by hristov 3y ago
For person like me that takes very light naps when sitting, 10 seconds is plenty to wake up and take control. Also if I am using a tablet doing email or browsing or even playing games, 10 seconds is plenty of time to put the tablet away and
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by hristov 3y ago
Even considering its heavy limitations, the Mercedes system is miles better than the Tesla, because it is actually useful. You can actually turn on the system and do your email, or take a nap. Yes, the 40 mph limitation on highways seems to
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by hristov 3y ago
Of course they have an anti-fossil fuel industry bias because they write an article against the fossil fuel industry. One should listen to an unbiased source, i.e., a source that never writes anything against the fuel industry. It would be
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by hristov 3y ago
You are correct. They do not use magnets but grids of stators. These grids of stators apply a good old fashioned electric field not a magnetic field. But the main difference remains, you still need two latge heavy things that take the sound
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by hristov 3y ago
It doesn't. This scheme uses a membrane like the electrostatic speakers, but otherwise it is quite different. In the electrostatic speakers, you load the membrane with extra electrons and then use electro-magnets to apply a varying ele
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by hristov 3y ago
I don't think the right to distribute should be implied in the phrase open source. A lot of open source licenses include a right to distribute but there usually has been a small but well known minority that does not. So I would say tha
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by hristov 3y ago
Viewing the source code does not give you much rights. In most cases it probably wont even give you the right to view the source code, because if you do not have the right to compile and run the code yourself, it is quite possible and actua
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by hristov 3y ago
The article does not say much, and I would urge magazine editors that report these things to hire journalists with at least some knowledge of physics. Articles like this should say at least what kind of energy (in watts) has been achieved e
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by hristov 3y ago
It is very concerning how people are anthropomorphizing chat gpt. It will get a lot of people into trouble. The media is largely to blame for this. Never mind most gushing media stories about AI, even the few stories criticizing AI treat it
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by hristov 3y ago
First US manufacturing actually results in making a lot of stuff. Second, your US dollar comparison is flat out wrong. If you want to compare the energy usage of the dollar to bitcoin, you should calculate the energy it takes to manufacture
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by hristov 3y ago
The difference was that the larger behemoths were required by law to manage risk better. They were subject to a stricter ongoing regulatory regime. The medium banks convinced the corrupt Trump administration and a bunch of corrupt law maker
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by hristov 3y ago
Well, lets ponder this a little further. Currently there are no volcanoes in Yellowstone. So we know that the rock layer is sufficient. We also know that the rock keeps losing heat with time because it has higher than average temperature. B
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by hristov 3y ago
Well, consider the fact that the vast majority of the earth surface, in fact, almost the entire surface of the earth is entirely volcano-less. Look under your feet -- no volcanoes! Move over a couple of steps and look again -- no volcanoes.
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by hristov 4y ago
I like the a380 because it treats the lowly economy passenger (i.e., me) the best of all the large planes. It has the most headroom (even though it has two stories) so the cabin feels more airy and less cramped. So this is good news.
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by hristov 4y ago
Good luck. But on a related note I think it is time that we all realize that the so called wisdom of AI is really the wisdom of millions of reddit posters, HN posters, github software uploaders and various posters on all kinds of forums all
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by hristov 4y ago
Radiation will send high energy particles that may displace metal atoms from their lattices. This may cause weakening, embitterment etc. Also shooting high energy particles at atoms will cause atoms to get into chemical reactions that they
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by hristov 4y ago
Nuclear power plants have to be next to a large body of water because they tend to overheat if something goes wrong. If they do overheat, they have to suck in large volumes of water very quickly to cool themselves down in order to avoid a r
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by hristov 4y ago
This is incredibly dumb. These plants were only designed to run for 40 years. This particular one was extended to 51 years. Restarting it will be very dangerous. Nuclear energy is expensive, dangerous and will only work with massive taxpaye
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by hristov 4y ago
"Because the investigators' symptoms improved soon after they left the area, the incident was not reported to the public" .... This is a rather Orwellian statement. Don't worry everyone, the CDC workers symptoms improved
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by hristov 4y ago
This is a little disappointing. Shipments of interchangeable lens cameras (the bread and butter of dpreview) have been going down since 2010 due to the increasing quality of cell phone cameras. However, at this point, both shipments of inte
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by hristov 4y ago
Uhh that's why we need an international accord.
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by hristov 4y ago
It is very strange that the bondholders are wiped out, while the shareholders get 2 billion. The bondholders should have a superior claim to any recovery to the shareholders. It is true that the shareholders are getting only 10% of the shar
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by hristov 4y ago
Those guys sound just like those late late night infomercials you would see back in the 90s if you fell asleep in front of your tv and woke up at one am with the thing still on. Except back in the 90s nobody took those infomercials seriousl
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by hristov 4y ago
Silicon Valley bank was a healthy bank so you have your answer there. It is well known that no bank can survive a run on it, even if it is healthy. That is why the FDIC was started. Regarding the CEO, one has to keep in mind that the CEO is
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by hristov 4y ago
Regarding "socializing" I should point out that silicon valley bank had about 34 billion more assets than deposits at the time they were taken over by the FDIC. In percentage terms their assets were 119% of their deposits. So not

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