maverick_iceman

75 ms·

811.
The Laws Underlying the Physics of Everyday Life Are Completely Understood(preposterousuniverse.com)
47 points by maverick_iceman 10y ago|72 comments
812.
by maverick_iceman 10y ago
65K open to everyone and 20K for those who possess US masters degree or higher.
813.
by maverick_iceman 10y ago
Like North Korea?
814.
by maverick_iceman 11y ago
I searched for Craig Wright's Linkedin profile. It's not available any more. Unfortunately, the Wayback Machine doesn't track Linkedin. Does anyone have a cached copy of his Linkedin profile?
815.
by maverick_iceman 11y ago
"However, it can’t represent reasoners’ logical uncertainty, their uncertainty about statements like “this Turing machine halts” or “the twin prime conjecture has a proof that is less than a gigabyte long.”" Um, Bayesian?
816.
Airbnb negotiations with powerful US labor union facing backlash(theguardian.com)
1 points by maverick_iceman 11y ago|0 comments
817.
by maverick_iceman 11y ago
I wonder why WSJ went so aggressively against Theranos. (Not that I'm complaining.) Does anyone know the backstory there?
818.
by maverick_iceman 11y ago
And Bernie Sanders being in favor of labeling GMOs.
819.
by maverick_iceman 11y ago
Why decelerate? At 0.2c it takes around 40 minutes to cross 1AU. (Ignoring time dilation which is not super significant at 0.2c.) That gives ample time to take photos from a moderate distance.
820.
by maverick_iceman 11y ago
It's actually 0.7kT. A 0.7kT asteroid will burn in the atmosphere of an earth like planet or for an atmosphere less body like moon it will cause a crater with diameter ~10m. Asteroids this powerful are pretty common.
821.
by maverick_iceman 11y ago
That's a circular definition.
822.
by maverick_iceman 11y ago
Do you own a personal jet or a personal yacht? Bill Gates does (or definitely can).
823.
by maverick_iceman 11y ago
Do you own or rent the houses? Also which cities are you currently present?
824.
by maverick_iceman 11y ago
I think it's high time someone disrupted Linkedin. Awful UI, spammy posts, pestering recruiters - there's a long list of problems with this site. One problem would be though how you plan to get a critical mass of users? Linkedin h