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by jleyank 1y ago
They didn’t solve protein folding, in that they did not generate an explanation as to why common structural motifs are common, etc. people have been trying to explain things at that level for decades. What it did was provide a perhaps bett
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by jleyank 1y ago
I suspect this had a two-step teaching process for neophytes... First, they'd play with the cardboard machine and get a feel for assembly programming, instruction processing, memory, etc. Once then, after a bit more hacking on things
873.
by jleyank 1y ago
Given that the libs ran against trump’s impact on Canada, they would have played up this change if they knew about it. Yet more stuff to be fought, etc. keeping it quite, to me, was trying to help the cons…
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by jleyank 1y ago
Somewhere in there is “profit from the insider trading” by controlling the news feed.
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by jleyank 1y ago
Don’t know about brain wiring re noise, but severe hearing loss doesn’t do well in such an environment either. Even when fitted with proper hearing aids, noise wins. Things can be adjusted to focus on one’s immediate vicinity but it’s now
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by jleyank 1y ago
Skimming, it sounded like the m14 vs m16 argument from ancient times. Where will battles be fought and what is the expected range? And if the grunts have to humo all their ammo, weight will be a concern.
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by jleyank 1y ago
Hmm... Take down Doppler radar and disband FEMA, pushing reconstruction onto the states. Going to suck living where there, umm, interesting weather.
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by jleyank 2y ago
If they end up taking few(er) women, readiness will take a hit as I don't recall news stories about turning away people wanting to join. And if they really don't want women in the service, guess they're going to have to rent
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by jleyank 2y ago
When I’m trying to create new stuff, it has to be no-voice. Multiple genres are ok, but words are distracting. Quiet always works, too. For wtf debugging, anything with a hard edge is good. (Voice or not). I’m either idling awaiting insp
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by jleyank 2y ago
Thats because it’s not funny. Remember Niemoller. Lot of HN readers on visas as I recall.
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by jleyank 2y ago
Debugging. No matter what’s created and how it’s created it will have to be debugged.
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by jleyank 2y ago
They raise revenue.
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by jleyank 2y ago
Why have halfway measures... Eliminate the service academies en toto, and rely on ROTC and Enlisted -> Officer mechanisms to fill the gaps. If the goal is engineers rather than line officers, send them to engineering schools, etc.
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by jleyank 2y ago
A quick scan didn’t find two rules I try to keep in mind: - know what you don’t know. - don’t be an asshole. If you’re known, and known as somebody you want on the team life will be easier. Sorry if I’m repeating others, but life tends to
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by jleyank 2y ago
Well, the Canada that results from this election will differ greatly depending on who wins. That might be relevant to tech people looking for alternatives to the US. Where to live/work strikes me as a pertinent topic.
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by jleyank 2y ago
> Double-check the rules for working under an ESTA. This cannot be emphasized too strongly. Never give a border guard the idea that you’re going to do something your paperwork doesn’t permit. Don’t hint that money might be earned unles
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by jleyank 2y ago
Risk of Trojans, value of $$ manned fighter vs unmanned drone or shoulder or truck launched weapon. F16’s or f18’s are just fine defending a border against non governmental threats. 30 of any kind of fighter won’t defend against governmen
888.
by jleyank 2y ago
So they want to tax everybody more to give tax cuts to the rich. Problem is, the poor don't have that much money, so you can't get that much from them to help out. Even if you want them to die in the streets, they just don'
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by jleyank 2y ago
Boots on the ground. Shoulder launched weapons and drones. Trucks and apc’s. Ukraine has shown that the traditional “large weapons” on land and sea are perhaps not as significant as before. Oh, and artillery. And lots of ammo. This shoul
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by jleyank 2y ago
Different indications and approval to market. Different names for, umm, clarity in the marketplace. Same generic if/when they’re released. I would think this would be way easier than biologics as it’s not that big. As I said above, t
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by jleyank 2y ago
As I said, marketeers are clever…. And physicians can prescribe for anything they’d like - pharma is restricted to approvals before advertising.
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by jleyank 2y ago
Remember, weight loss is a side effect of the Ozempic family of drugs. It was intended as a type 2 diabetes drug and it’s quite successful in that area. Once alternate applications are revealed, drug design gets involved to develop altern
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by jleyank 2y ago
"computer science" in this case means what? Writing and debugging programs? Making web interfaces? Talking to AI's? Writing Excel macros?, ...? And who in the school faculty will be able to mentor, grade or correct such ac
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by jleyank 2y ago
Cardiac served two purposes: beginners would have the opportunity to see what assembly language was and how it directed the computer to do things. Non-beginners would have an excellent opportunity to create e-Cardiac, which would let begin
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by jleyank 2y ago
The US tariffs hurt US consumers and Canadian companies. The counter tariffs do the reverse. However, the US seem to be all-product while the Canadian ones seem tailored to "encourage" selection of a non-US alternative (and are
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by jleyank 2y ago
Purging the military tends to reduce capability and readiness. Independent what you’re purging…
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by jleyank 2y ago
They’re on the side of “more money” and that’s the lens they view things through. They’re so bloody big any noticeable change to their bottom is huge. When security sold, they were for security but in todays environment they’re under press
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by jleyank 2y ago
This seems to match, I thought, numbers about how a trade war will impact Canada’s GDP. Something about raising prices for consumers and damaging companies I guess.
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by jleyank 2y ago
Things like the Royal Society have value due to their history but mostly due to their membership. Thus, if the members decide the society does not reflect their beliefs, or might be seen as a negative, they’ll leave. Their stature due to
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by jleyank 2y ago
What’s happening to the contractor-run DOE labs such as los alamos? Are these being reduced or unfunded as well? Hell of a lot of good work and yes, software, comes from these places.

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