mkw5053

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   by mkw5053 2y ago

   When light passes through a medium like glass or water, it interacts with the atoms and molecules in that material. This interaction involves the absorption and re-emission of the photons by the atoms, a process that takes time and thus eff
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   by mkw5053 3y ago

   I'm making a small compost freezer. This way, while your compost is in your kitchen and before you put it in the municipal compost bin outside, it doesn't smell, isn't wet, doesn't attract flies, and the bag doesn't
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   by mkw5053 3y ago

   First, I am not a physicist. That said, he's my attempt at an answer that satisfies me: Part of the reason is charge quantization. Neither could be some fractional charge. We also observe charge conservation and electromagnetic force l
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   by mkw5053 3y ago

   You can't gaze and finger-to-thumb click something in the virtual Mac display? Edit - I guess you'll be in front of your computer anyway, and the entire Mac UI was designed for a keyboard and mouse. Probably defaulting to using on
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   by mkw5053 3y ago

   I'm curious why Apple is now putting effort behind the web when it competes with their app store distribution. Don't get me wrong, I'm excited they are. I can imagine a bright future for consumers where games with native-leve
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   by mkw5053 3y ago

   If anyone is looking for a book on lambda calculus, I really enjoyed An Introduction to Functional Programming Through Lambda Calculus by Greg Michaelson [1] [1] https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Functional-Programming-C..
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   by mkw5053 3y ago

   This book is fantastic. I’d also recommend Black Holes and Time Warps by Kip Thorne to learn more about Oppenheimer’s scientific accomplishments.
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   by mkw5053 3y ago

   And it’s so much better than a Lyft or Uber. They are clean. Don’t try to talk to you. And take the GOS-recommended routes.
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   by mkw5053 3y ago

   I made a much crappier, little personal project with similar goals: https://github.com/mkwatson/chat_any_site
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    by mkw5053 3y ago

    I used langchain to make a pretty basic LLM augmented with a (free) local vector database: https://github.com/mkwatson/chat_any_site
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    by mkw5053 3y ago

    I recently constructed a compact compost freezer. In San Francisco, we have a municipal compost collection service that picks up large bins from the curb. However, using a smaller container on the countertop often results in unpleasant odor
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    by mkw5053 3y ago

    Thanks for sharing!
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    by mkw5053 3y ago

    Just came here to say I love 3blue1brown
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    by mkw5053 4y ago

    Unfortunately I’m still waiting
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    by mkw5053 4y ago

    I’ve been heavily using chatgpt (gpt 4) on my honeymoon/baby moon/vacation in Spain. Everything from itineraries to asking art history questions in museums. I’ve mainly been using the voice input on my iPhone for chatgpt on a mobi
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    by mkw5053 4y ago

    I really hope this fixes my WiFi issues
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    by mkw5053 4y ago

    As someone who went to udel for undergrad and worked with engineers on the Parker Solar probe, I love this.
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    by mkw5053 4y ago

    Hubble can operate with down to 1 gyro [1]; however, the viewable regions of the sky are limited. [1] https://esahubble.org/about/general/gyroscopes/
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    by mkw5053 4y ago

    I thought they could now control it with only 2 reaction wheels [1] [1] https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/10543974.pdf
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    by mkw5053 4y ago

    I'd love to query HTML in the browser with SQL. I'd really love to join data across websites in the browser.
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    by mkw5053 4y ago

    Congrats to the winner!
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    by mkw5053 4y ago

    Is there something inherent with game engines that prohibits small, frequent software delivery? (call it agile or lean, if you want)
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    by mkw5053 5y ago

    Having worked at Lockheed on the engineering side of Hubble for four summers as an intern during undergrad, the idea of the telescope reaching its end of life makes me deeply sad.
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    by mkw5053 5y ago

    Having always been on AWS and using Glue Spark Jobs for my jobs, I've never felt any benefit of using Airflow for orchestration over Glue Workflows. I can understand some people not wanting to deal with vendor lock-in. I'm curious
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    by mkw5053 5y ago

    Is it possible to write completely custom components?
26. 176.▲
    by mkw5053 6y ago

    I went through it with some background abstract algebra and functional programming
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    by mkw5053 6y ago

    I've been trying to buy markwatson.com for years!!!
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    by mkw5053 6y ago

    I went through her book "Category Theory in Context" a few years ago and loved it! It's a great introduction to the field.
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    by mkw5053 6y ago

    That’s amazing!
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    by mkw5053 6y ago

    +1 on "Type-driven development with Idris". A really fun and insightful book to work through!