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by jrapdx3 5y ago
From the brief overview provided by DARPA it's not entirely clear what methods or system is envisioned to do the "preconscious" screening. Presumably some kind of measurement of brain waves, but that seems way ahead of where
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by jrapdx3 5y ago
You may be on to something. Sure human working memory (insofar as our measurement tools can tell us) seems to be limited to single-digit datasets, and long-term (that is, persistent) memory is poorly understood but research portrays that i
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by jrapdx3 5y ago
As other comments say, duration of exposure depends on time of year, distance from equator, level of skin pigmentation, etc. One other factor I didn't see mentioned (or I just missed it) is amount of skin area exposed to sunlight. Gene
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by jrapdx3 5y ago
> "...if teams have an antagonistic working relationship" Yes of course a set of people constitute a team if and only if it meets the requirement for teamwork . That is, cooperate via info sharing, work load distribution and
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by jrapdx3 5y ago
Yes, a site can be too spare but that's far less prevalent among sites than behemoths that load so slowly. Question is can a site be attractive and yet be "lightweight" in terms of performance and resource usage? It's ed
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by jrapdx3 5y ago
I wholeheartedly concur about The Little Schemer, though well into adulthood when first exposed to it. It works so well due to combining a Q&A format with a respectful "tone" that never talks down to the student-reader. The au
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by jrapdx3 5y ago
Latest numbers show the US with ~2.7 deaths/1000 cases. The global rate is higher: 14.3/1000. Just as it was 700 years ago case and death rates as reported by local authorities vary widely across locations. FWIW US confirmed case
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by jrapdx3 5y ago
A number of years ago I was using Scheme extensively, Chicken in particular and lately I've regained interest in using Scheme. This site caught my attention and I think it has potential to develop into a great resource for Scheme progr
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by jrapdx3 5y ago
Thanks for that great puzzle! Took me a few minutes to figure out what was going on with it. Indeed very clever--and amusing. I concur Tcl is often awesome and at times also terribly irksome. I suppose the same could be said of Lisps in gen
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by jrapdx3 7y ago
As a non-mathematician I've always conceived of the relations among data as existing in the queries. In a SQL query the "relation" is specified by matching columns in the tables containing the data we're looking. Conce
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by jrapdx3 8y ago
IIRC soybean products (like tofu) are said to contain small amounts compounds with estrogen-like properties. Hence males consuming significant quantities of these products may be affected by higher than normal level of circulating estrogen
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by jrapdx3 9y ago
I understand the article wasn't peer-reviewed, it was only an example of the absurd level of polarization that has distorted the scientific process in climate research. However, it must be said "peer review" is no guarantee o
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by jrapdx3 9y ago
True enough, I didn't check out the authors or those endorsing the report. The report wasn't from a peer-reviewed journal, but then neither is the NYT or Snopes. The analysis could be considered on its merit. I'd leave that
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by jrapdx3 9y ago
I'm certainly not an expert in the domain of "climate change", but it doesn't appear to be difficult to find reviews of the subject that come to different conclusions than reached by the NYT. For example, here's a r
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by jrapdx3 9y ago
As a long-time Tcl/Tk user it seems where some might think Tcl went "wrong" was combining its Lisp-like semantics with C-style syntax. The "hybrid" was confusing to many programmers, especially those coming from C
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by jrapdx3 9y ago
> "It [Tcl] is rather lispy..." Yes it is, and that's a good thing. Over the years Tcl has become increasingly Scheme-like in some respects. In fact without too much trouble I've ported some programs I'd written
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by jrapdx3 9y ago
FWIW Iceland gets about 4 hours of daylight near the winter solstice, not a generous amount to be sure. Still, it reduces the requirement for artificial illumination, and with "free" energy from geothermal sources it may be pract
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by jrapdx3 9y ago
Sure, but that's the thing, costs make growing "ordinary" crops impractical. The economics of the cannabis industry are probably going to change as legalization spreads. It's unclear, certainly to me, what that will do
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by jrapdx3 9y ago
At the time I was using metal halide/HP sodium lamps. Not as efficient as LED to be sure (LED gives >1.5 times the output per watt) but at scale, even with LED, the energy input required remains substantial. LED does have advantag
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by jrapdx3 9y ago
The short article doesn't provide info about the technology to be used in "indoor farming", so I can't say too much about it. However based on past experience with growing crops under artificial light, I wonder if the in
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by jrapdx3 9y ago
Almost. This modification would cover it: ... for (i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) { if (getComputedStyle(elements[i]).position === 'fixed' || getComputedStyle(elements[i]).position === 'stick
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by jrapdx3 9y ago
Yes indeed, oldies but goodies. This combo is still available and maintained, well, at least in the form of naviserver . Tcl of course has continued in active development and as useful as ever. https://bitbucket.org/navis
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by jrapdx3 9y ago
Yes it's a classic and very well written. When I read this more than 25 years ago it was a real eye-opener and made the workings of recursion clear to me. Curiously acquiring an understanding of recursion in programming allows me to
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by jrapdx3 9y ago
I don't have any direct info re: mineralocorticoid effect on renal reabsorbtion of calcium, however the interaction of sodium and calcium has been studied as it is important in kidney disease, for example kidney stones, and osteoporosi
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by jrapdx3 9y ago
For the past year I've been on a low sodium diet, not so easy to achieve. After reviewing the renal physiology I learned about years ago re: sodium and calcium regulation, I'll testify it's every bit as complex as I remember
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by jrapdx3 9y ago
Portland is unique among similar cities in that large tracts of undeveloped land became available for housing construction in the last several years. That means thousands of units will be available in the near future, in addition to the la
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by jrapdx3 9y ago
I don't have the data at my fingertips, but IIRC Seattle housing prices were historically lower than SF, but higher than Portland OR. I think that could make it hard to assess the effects of bringing more housing on line in Seattle, at
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by jrapdx3 9y ago
You might be right, possibly housing prices could be higher. If in fact prices have stabilized or leveled out (it's sure hard to get up to date info of that kind), it suggests there's an equilibrium between increasing population
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by jrapdx3 9y ago
The question I have has several parts, but fundamentally I wonder if the housing supply could even be increased enough to materially affect housing prices. Not saying that the housing supply isn't excessively restricted, but how much c
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by jrapdx3 9y ago
I fear this is one of those subjects where querying any 5 people will yield 10 opinions, and in the end the issues remain poorly illuminated. FWIW I've been prescribing medications for a number of decades and pretty well understand the

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