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by jeffwass 9y ago
My first thought in seeing this : Terry Pratchett was right all along. We’re all wizards, and this is the manifestation human neural morphology to the octarine discharge of strong magical fields :-D FYI, I just finished “The Colour of Magi
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by jeffwass 9y ago
On a slightly different note - does anyone have any suggestions for a good pencil sharpener ? The screwed-into-a-tabletop ones we used to have at school in the 80’s and 90’s were great, with the crank and rotating blades. Was easy to make
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by jeffwass 9y ago
My daughter just quoted this Spike Milligan poem to me last night : “Said Hamlet to Ophelia, I'll draw a sketch of thee. What kind of pencil shall I use? 2B or not 2B?”
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by jeffwass 9y ago
Yes, “envy-free” cake cutting. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envy-free_cake-cutting
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by jeffwass 9y ago
You might feel differently if the state decided you don’t meet the minimum requirements for permission to breed.
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by jeffwass 9y ago
Those that denigrate Edison in favour of Tesla often ignore or aren’t aware of Tesla’s own dark side. Here’s an article, a few years ago and also from Smithsonian Magazine, telling of some of Tesla’s disturbing opinions. For example, advoca
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by jeffwass 9y ago
Condensed matter physics is a long-standing branch of physics study, similar to high energy physics and astrophysics. The physics dept of any university should have a condensed matter subgroup, both theory and experimental. (FYI - I did my
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by jeffwass 9y ago
Elon Musk did this nearly a decade ago at Tesla to try to identify a source of leaks. He sent many copies of a memo with slightly different versions to key team members. It backfired when one of the top executives forwarded his own copy to
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Call for Tech Giants to Face Taxes Over Extremist Content(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by jeffwass 9y ago|0 comments
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by jeffwass 9y ago
I had the pleasure of seeing Nicolas McCarthy speak and play live a couple years ago. He was born with only a right hand, and fought the odds to start learning piano at age 14. He eventually made it into and graduated from the Royal Academy
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by jeffwass 9y ago
For smaller research groups I expect you’d need to contact researchers and ask for their raw data. Unless you’re an expert in the field expert, they may not be willing to provide. If you are an expert they probably know of you already and w
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NORAD's Crazy Santa Cause(politico.com)
33 points by jeffwass 9y ago|4 comments
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by jeffwass 9y ago
That's a nice rate. Mind sharing how many weeks you work a year? Ie, is there enough demand you can work in the upper 40's, leaving enough vacation time?
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by jeffwass 9y ago
This reminds me of the Linux moment. As in, back around 1999, companies with Linux in their name saw their value skyrocket, regardless of how associated their core business was with Linux. Supposedly a key reason VA Linux (now Geeknet) name
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Tax-Free Bitcoin-To-Ether Trading in US to End Under GOP Plan(bloomberg.com)
262 points by jeffwass 9y ago|175 comments
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Litecoin founder sells all his coins(bloomberg.com)
1 points by jeffwass 9y ago|0 comments
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by jeffwass 9y ago
Some questions I'm curious about (including other exchanges besides Coinbase too). Do Coinbase employees have to disclose their external crypto-currency trading accounts (as well as for immediate family members) to the internal compli
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by jeffwass 9y ago
"Don't Panic" is generally true when learning most bodies of knowledge. Well any situation really, but especially math and science. I did my PhD in Physics, and I've found it's very easy to become overwhelmed by a
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by jeffwass 9y ago
>But I'm not complaining, we've had hours of sunlight in December. Hours! A few years ago there was only 20 minutes in the whole month, that was a bit dark. Why does the # of hours of darkness vary year to year? Is it something
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by jeffwass 9y ago
That's an interesting article into the psychology and mind-tactics of crypto fans. Not sure why you've been downvoted but the article is worth a look.
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by jeffwass 9y ago
Your comment on dyadic enumeration was really interesting. I hadn't considered it before but it's amazing how fast the space of available "logic gates" blows out from just a simple transition of binary to trinary.
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by jeffwass 9y ago
You're asking if the Tesla managed to drive a whopping 26.2 miles on a single charge?
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by jeffwass 9y ago
Indeed, it's absolutely mind blowing. Top marathon runners average faster than five minute miles. That's sickeningly fast. Back in high school my fastest single 1600m (a mile is 1609m, but one lap on a track is 400m) time was arou
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North Korea's Bitcoin Play(bloomberg.com)
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by jeffwass 9y ago
Many times I don't even get to the second step. I only click "I am not a robot" and I've passed. Are Captcha's a paid service and my examples are sites buying into only the lowest level of ID? Or is this something a
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by jeffwass 9y ago
To me, this kind of comment drives home the insanity of the crypto craze right now. Complaints of "only" making a 2.5x return. Or proposed strategies elsewhere in this thread of buying a coin, selling half "when" it doub
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by jeffwass 9y ago
> The 'sane' people have missed out on some of the best returns in history. Are these actual returns (ie, BTC sold for fiat) or paper returns on an assumption of market depth at current spot? Serious question. Most bitcoin enth
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by jeffwass 9y ago
In a five second google query I found these two top results. Probably took less time than you writing your post. From CNN last month : http://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/10/world/wonder-list-bill-wei... Anot
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by jeffwass 9y ago
I always like the fact that there are π seconds in a nanocentury (within half a percent)
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by jeffwass 9y ago
Thanks, but I mean specifically the term "neural net". Saw some older papers mention artificial neutrons but interested when they used the term 'net'

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