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by minitoar 5y ago
I vaguely remember standing on a rubber mat being standard practice for this sort of tool.
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by minitoar 5y ago
I thought this was more a result of increasing health/environmental awareness.
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by minitoar 5y ago
Not sure why threads is in quotes here. I believe that’s just what they’re called.
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by minitoar 5y ago
I thought there was some idea that you wanted core os/app data near the center since you would always be using that.
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by minitoar 5y ago
I was immediately trying to figure out if it somehow had to do with a stop watch being used in meatspace.
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by minitoar 5y ago
The only thing I could imagine that would exonerate the operators of the drone would be if it turned out this was an unforseeable equipment failure (eg an uncommanded climb into controlled airspace), and they weren’t already being excessive
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by minitoar 5y ago
Yeah but it’s happening in a computer! Definitely feels like a The Matrix reference. Plus the whole thing is doing tons of matrix-based math.
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by minitoar 5y ago
I'm assuming this is a reference to the dojo scene in The Matrix.
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by minitoar 5y ago
Only if you’re putting your stuff in the cloud. There’s a big difference between my files on my computer and my files on someone else’s computer. Or at least there should be, IMO.
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by minitoar 5y ago
The damage is already done by the time it gets to the point of devices being confiscated.
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by minitoar 5y ago
I think the idea is “if everyone is marked for life, no one is”.
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by minitoar 5y ago
For reference the rovers can do 100 meters a day. 10km in one day is huge.
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by minitoar 5y ago
I don’t have an intuitive explanation but this is why https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberration_(astronomy)
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by minitoar 5y ago
The article says “the current flow was up to 1,000 times stronger”. I don’t know what that means.
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by minitoar 5y ago
I don’t understand what you are criticizing. These dolls are modeled after real people, some of whom are scientists. Are you saying these people don’t deserve to be called scientists?
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by minitoar 5y ago
Is it wrong for Mattel to do this? Wouldn’t most companies do a press push when they release a new product? I don’t see how this is any different than an article about the latest Apple product.
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by minitoar 5y ago
At least 2 of them are doctors that do research. Are they not scientists?
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by minitoar 5y ago
What part of the article is giving Mattel undo credit? It seems mainly to be a reporting of facts.
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by minitoar 5y ago
Does it matter that they are less costly or less dangerous for technical reasons? lol
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by minitoar 5y ago
Was there ever a doubt about this? After all, if you don’t have a fairly standard human immune system the vaccine isn’t going to do anything at all for you.
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by minitoar 5y ago
This is great, just shared it with my partner. Definitely eye opening to the danger. I wonder if there'd be some value in an automated throwable PFD launcher as an early response -- launch a pfd out over the top of the probable victim,
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by minitoar 5y ago
Perhaps this is obvious but the answer is: cost. Developers are expensive. Delivering a viable poc cheaper, sooner, even if you end up having to redo it all anyway, can be an excellent trade off.
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by minitoar 5y ago
Yeah, I think this is the basis for Hawking Radiation as well.
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by minitoar 5y ago
Virtual pairs virtually annihilate I suppose.
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by minitoar 5y ago
I think OPs point is that this scenario is not the focus or point of the article.
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by minitoar 5y ago
The truncated gestation is sort of taking that into account, at least according to this paper https://www.pnas.org/content/109/38/15212
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by minitoar 5y ago
Depends on the level of observation. This is pretty detailed, we’re looking at pheromones and what not. I’d think the equivalent for humans would be looking closely at the communication between them, through the day. I think that would make
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by minitoar 5y ago
True, I was just trying to explain this to my partner who didn’t want to throw out still functional CFLs. In this case the value of the estimated remaining life of the CFL + cost of new LED is less than the expected power savings of the LED
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by minitoar 5y ago
I submit that there are vanishingly small number of individuals who would spend more on bulbs than what those bulbs would save in electric costs over their lifetime.
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by minitoar 5y ago
That’s interesting, how do you know other people think this?

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