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931.
by ip26 4y ago
The insight of the plane story is turning it around, though, to indirectly study the failures (which were not available for study) “What is it the successful planes do? Well, they didn’t get shot here (points)”
932.
by ip26 4y ago
It’s not about hookup skill but confidence knowing what you want, being a 3-dimensional person, communicating, dealbreakers, and so on. Being yourself is a good idea- but who are you? What do you really want? What do you need to work on in
933.
by ip26 4y ago
The thought of finding the one I want while still lacking the skills to make it work (& losing them) drove me to find many dates simply for the learning experience- which lowered the stakes of a date & helped me relax.
934.
by ip26 4y ago
The cynical view is the Edison myth; the positive view is "show up". That is, opportunity (that exists) tends to go to those who show up.
935.
by ip26 4y ago
Spend a few minutes on mises.org and you can probably find one.
936.
by ip26 4y ago
Wait, people see Stanford as a hotbed of interesting thinkers? I didn't think that was their brand.
937.
by ip26 4y ago
How does it run native binaries from other ISA if ILP is supposed to be handled by the compiler…
938.
by ip26 4y ago
Interestingly, reading is usually done indoors.
939.
by ip26 4y ago
When M1 came out, I remember a lot of excitement around the past progress of performance in the A* core line; people extrapolated future performance and thought they were going to get +20% (ST) every 18 months on top of M1. I think this exp
940.
by ip26 4y ago
As computing has matured, we have added layers of abstraction. All of what you describe is still there if you want it. Most people have moved to a different layer of abstraction, however. Think of the people who grew up manipulating network
941.
by ip26 4y ago
Topical: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/us-corn-based-e...
942.
by ip26 4y ago
Imagine trying to identify as a midwesterner except you secretly grew up in Canada. Sooner or later someone is going to figure it out, eh?
943.
by ip26 4y ago
I can’t be the only one who thinks, I’m getting hungry but I don’t have time to eat - maybe I’ll have another cup instead.
944.
by ip26 4y ago
One of the more commonly discussed values is predicting where a major hurricane makes landfall. We can't reliably do that yet, but if we could, evacuation zones would be both smaller & more effective.
945.
by ip26 4y ago
This has been looked at; the electricity savings of more efficient programming are too small to be worth it with a fixed compute capacity. However, if you can reduce the amount of machines or machine-time you require, that can become materi
946.
by ip26 4y ago
It’s showing you how complicated of a branch sequence it can train on. Simple sequences are in the lower left, complex in the top right, and the ideal result would be a flat surface at the bottom. The earlier the surface rises into a mesa,
947.
by ip26 4y ago
Clocks and leakage burn most of the power. So the most power efficient thing to do is to get as much work done per clock as possible, and if a small fraction turns out to be wasted, you still come out ahead.
948.
by ip26 4y ago
just because their classmates happen to be even better? In theory, getting top marks at a top school means you are the best of the best, in a literal sense. Or in different terms, is a "B" at MIT better than an "A" at
949.
by ip26 4y ago
A lot of great inventions can seem obvious in retrospect once it's been explained to you, so it's a tricky razor to apply.
950.
by ip26 4y ago
If a drone goes down, the drone pilot can man another one. All that training and knowledge is retained. We have only to look to WWII to see the strategic value of sapping the enemy of their experienced pilots. Which, in turn, could mean t
951.
by ip26 4y ago
Higher humidity blocks UV
952.
by ip26 4y ago
“all sun exposure is bad” suggests we should spend our lives in the basement, but we also know human eyes do not shape properly without the bright light of the sun.
953.
by ip26 4y ago
Because photovoltaic got so good & cheap, with no moving parts. In most locales it’s now more cost effective to heat your water with photovoltaic panels & an electric water heater.
954.
by ip26 4y ago
The amount of fraud against COVID relief programs (e.g. PUA) was pretty staggering. Extensive abuse of welfare programs may be much nearer than we'd like to think.
955.
by ip26 4y ago
I used to have a similar perspective. Then one day on the highway, a quarter inch of snow started to fall. Traffic slowed to 25mph. I was driving arrow-straight at 25mph on decent tires & flat ground - and suddenly my pickup just starte
956.
by ip26 4y ago
As I recall the actual logic was after decades of early & frequent screening, allegedly the data showed a greatly increased rate of mass discovery and treatment, but no improvement in mortality at the population level. This suggested de
957.
by ip26 4y ago
Muscle is protective against injury & against angry humans.
958.
by ip26 4y ago
If the label says 100% parmesean but the contents is 0% parmesean, I have 0% faith that the included wood pulp is safe for consumption. Lettuce is regulated; sawdust filler in fraudulent product (from the local PT lumber mill, perhaps?) is
959.
by ip26 4y ago
Amen, my preschooler got a lot out of watching (quality) shows, learning about conflict resolution, expressing & communicating, and so on. Learning to relate with complex emotions that characters were experiencing was a big cognitive mi
960.
by ip26 4y ago
So if you sell a bluetooth device, it is legally required to work properly with every other bluetooth device on earth? I don’t see how that will fly. The obvious reason for doing this kind of thing is their target market & 99.9% of sa

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