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   by jahnu 2y ago

   Versus all others it’s more parsimonious (as has been noted elsewhere in this discussion) which is typically more desirable as a description of nature. So if it needs less and the others don’t have any more reason or evidence to be taken mo
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   by jahnu 2y ago

   Sean Carroll claims many-worlds is “super duper falsifiable” “ Right, so speaking of which, look, many-worlds says there is a wave function or a state vector, it evolves all the time under the Schrödinger equation. So all you need to do to
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   by jahnu 2y ago

   > Again that's a valid security concern. Are builds reproduceable? If not then it's a trust based security model if it can't be verified independently. I don't really have a strong opinion on this one way or another.
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   by jahnu 2y ago

   > How are they misleading people? By encouraging contributions but not accepting practically any of them and not communicating this. Go have a poke around yourself in the repo and the community forums and you'll see what I have alre
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   by jahnu 2y ago

   All they need to do is tell the truth. I.e. edit the README to say "We are not accepting contributions at this time". Or whatever is the actual state of affairs instead of misleading people. > Signal is open source for security
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   Tell HN: Contributing to Signal iOS is a waste of time

   12 points by jahnu 2y ago|7 comments
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   by jahnu 2y ago

   His book From Eternity to Here on the subject of time is one of the very best science trade books I have ever read. It is chock full of end notes too which are a must read so bring two bookmarks to that party :) I suspect though he would ta
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   by jahnu 2y ago

   I was using 2022 data so a little out of date. https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/1222/1343395-health-report/ It’s all so close at the top it shuffles around regularly so it’s kinda moot.
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   by jahnu 2y ago

   https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360057625692-In...
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    by jahnu 2y ago

    And Ireland has the highest life expectancy in the EU
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    by jahnu 2y ago

    This is amazing. Where do all the free protons come from?
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    by jahnu 2y ago

    Interesting, thanks!
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    by jahnu 2y ago

    What do the other manufacturers need to improve to match the Tesla for your needs?
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    by jahnu 2y ago

    And considering the share price has dropped and considering “Everything is Securities Fraud”* I am also baffled at the lack of completed or slow action. * Matt Levine ™
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    by jahnu 2y ago

    I’d love to see this! Can you give us a couple of concrete examples of this that we can check?
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    by jahnu 2y ago

    I was travelling through Xinjiang in 2010 and it was an amazing place to visit, although I didn't manage to travel down to Kashgar. I was in Turpan and noticed some signs on doors of Uighur houses and managed to find a foreigner who co
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    by jahnu 2y ago

    Glancing at GitHub it's primary use seems to be just to demonstrate how to use packages. https://github.com/search?q=require%28%27is-odd%27%29&type=c...
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    by jahnu 2y ago

    There was some buzz years ago about using liquid nitrogen instead but I don’t know if it made it into widespread production https://www.wired.com/story/mri-magnet-cooling/
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    by jahnu 2y ago

    Real median US household income was $74,580 in 2022. This advice surely applies to at least 50% of households, no?
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    by jahnu 2y ago

    This is quite a interesting finding. And if it holds it does suggest to me that we will see all sorts of excuses for the lack of further significant progress coming from AI companies in the near future.
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    by jahnu 2y ago

    Is this in real time? If so then the speed of some of those structures is also incredible.
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    by jahnu 2y ago

    Can that record the system audio too? I mean not just the microphone like in Quicktime.
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    by jahnu 2y ago

    And you can pair this with Element [1] to do nice routings. For example, in my live sets I send 8 separate audio channels from Ableton Live via a miniDSP optical interface [2] to my music partner's audio interface who does fx and live
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    by jahnu 2y ago

    As I understand it, that is not an independent discovery but rather replication/confirmation of the results described in the original 14th of March paper by PTB & TU Wien.
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    Most Books Don't Sell Only a Dozen Copies (2022)(countercraft.substack.com)

    92 points by jahnu 2y ago|66 comments
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    by jahnu 2y ago

    Not teaching the Why is such a sin! I didn't understand calculus properly at all until I read Steven Strogatz' brilliant book Inifinte Powers, which not only explained the why but the history of why. 10/10 book for me. https
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    by jahnu 2y ago

    If you want more here is Matt Strassler on Mindscape https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2024/03/04/267-...
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    by jahnu 3y ago

    And given the incoming tidal wave of DER and cheaper storage that curtailment will stop I bet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_generation
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    by jahnu 3y ago

    There is no need for backup fossil power to account for more than a few percent of electricity production in the medium term. https://www.volts.wtf/p/what-the-sun-isnt-always-shining
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    by jahnu 3y ago

    Not until 2035 at least https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Spain That's 10 years to build alternatives assuming no further extensions or new nuclear.