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by neolefty 11y ago
Whoa. Sounds cool, but a small market. Enchroma & competitors might already have the filters figured out -- maybe not too hard to get to manufacturing? Birdwatchers and entomologists would go ape if you could include UV bands, but I don
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by neolefty 11y ago
Evidence?
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by neolefty 11y ago
It looks like he received a free press sample, but beyond that I don't think he received any inducements. I'd call it more a product review plus a description of what it's like to be colorblind. > EnChroma is not a new pro
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by neolefty 11y ago
Moral change is so hard that people assume it's impossible. But if you can tackle it, it makes so many things easier or at least possible. It's at the heart of the Baha'i approach, which has development as its goal, but start
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by neolefty 11y ago
My fault. It was running on a free Amazon ec2 instance and I forgot to transition it to paid when the time ran out. If anyone wants to get it running again I've still got the domain and can point it to the right place. I'm on vaca
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by neolefty 11y ago
Time differences: Exactly that. Which is why having 3 or 4 synchronized detectors is necessary for narrowing down the direction of a source. (3 minimum, 4 to reduce noise.)
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by neolefty 11y ago
In this case, they had enough fuel to return to the launch site but they used the barge because they couldn't get permission to return to Vandenburg. http://observer.com/2016/01/breaking-spacex-fails-a-third-t
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by neolefty 11y ago
Could that fit with Netflix's current culture? They're big on content that's curated, high-quality, high-definition (with graceful degredation). Live news' editorial agility and responsiveness would require a department
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by neolefty 11y ago
Also, Google's search results were profoundly better than Alta Vista, which had no real quality score as far as I could tell. I think it took me about 5 searches to switch permanently.
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by neolefty 11y ago
At first, no it didn't bother me that it was culturally homogeneous -- I thought "Hey this guy is running his own business, that's great." Lots of small businesses that grow organically are confined to a single culture.
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by neolefty 11y ago
How well does this scale up? The example in the video seems toy-scale. I can see a few dimensions of potential scaling: * larger numbers -- for example large numbers of tiny processor / memory cells on a single chip (thousands to m
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by neolefty 11y ago
Right, it focuses more on small particles, especially threads. It sounds like most of those come from washing machines! Ugh, how can you prevent that?
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by neolefty 11y ago
Very thought-provoking. Summary: Ancient protocol (SMTP) gets overwhelmed by modern requirements (spam prevention). Instead of updating the protocol (it's too entrenched), we hack around it (blacklists). But the hack is outside the sta
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by neolefty 11y ago
Probably true that phones will become good enough for most things. But at the same time, how many devices will the average person use? More or fewer? If it's more, then no matter what -- even if we don't know what those devices wi
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by neolefty 11y ago
I like that question, and I've asked a few people here (I live in Chengdu, China) about it. Anecdotally, it's some of both. City people tend to view raising a child as very expensive, mainly because of education, so many expect th
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by neolefty 11y ago
I think it's also partly monetary in China. For example, Baidu is thrilled that Google is blocked.
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by neolefty 11y ago
Yes, if you increase the hidden layer from 5 to 10 nodes: http://jsfiddle.net/udb95202/
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by neolefty 11y ago
The paper says to move the abstractions, not eliminate them. > It is important to note that we favor abstractions but they should be implemented outside the operating system so that applications can select among a myriad of implementati
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by neolefty 11y ago
First, if success is defined by profit, then where do advocacy for justice, safety, and protecting the commons fit in? They are just as important for government to hear about as profit-generating business interests. Second, that argument so
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by neolefty 11y ago
I delighted in this article because of its opinions about what is easy and what is hard. Physics engine: easy; of course you have one; everyone has a physics engine. Graph data structure & algos: suggests a few places to find one. As an
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by neolefty 11y ago
I assume this is for the Falcon 9 especially; will they need to certify the Falcon Heavy as well, and will it take as long as the F9 certification?
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by neolefty 11y ago
Venus with a sun shield at L1! We're technologically far from being able to do it, but the physics seem straightforward. Venus has proven, at least, that it can hold onto an atmosphere. From Kim Stanley Robinson's 2312 http:&#x
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by neolefty 11y ago
For sure -- Microsoft needs to keep Windows advancing, but businesses will remain cautious and delay rollouts of major upgrades. So there will still be major versions, each with their own security patches etc. -- I don't think there&#x
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by neolefty 11y ago
Is the goal simulation or functional equivalence? For example, to simulate a horse, is it necessary to create legs, or is it okay to build a road and use wheels?
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by neolefty 11y ago
Does that take into account computation speed per synapse/memristor?
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by neolefty 11y ago
> "why exactly are they showing up at a donors gathering?" Yes, this probably means the problem is even bigger than the sample demonstrates. Most of the people in uncomfortable retirement are not going to show up at all.
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by neolefty 11y ago
I disagree -- hiring a minority employee almost always means hiring a person who is qualified to do a job and who will work hard for a salary (sounds like hiring a non-minority). This is hiring a model temporarily. Anywhere in the world, hi
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by neolefty 11y ago
The visa rules are pretty strict in China about having skills & qualifications. I only have anecdotal evidence, but the Africans in China that I have met are ambitious and educated. Either they're qualified professionals (okay, tha
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by neolefty 12y ago
Anecdotally, I notice something similar with Naproxen -- it's great for diminished pain from aches and pains, but it also seems to make life less exciting.
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by neolefty 12y ago
A workaround for the workaround: for a high-color gif, add a blank "animation" frame at the end that has a delay, after all the no-delay buildup elements. However, that's unlikely to be necessary because if you are just doing

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