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Intel Extension for Scikit-Learn(intel.github.io)
183 points by privong 5y ago|66 comments
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by privong 5y ago
I just wanted to note that the paper the blog post is discussing received some attention here on HN a little over 2 weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28821498
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Preliminary discussion of logical design of an electronic computing instrument(cs.unc.edu)
1 points by privong 5y ago|0 comments
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Backus–Naur Form(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by privong 5y ago|0 comments
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by privong 5y ago
4:3 aspect ratio (widescreen isn't that useful for coding, data analysis, etc. in my opinion) fast power up energy efficiency
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Open Simulator(opensimulator.org)
156 points by privong 5y ago|53 comments
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by privong 5y ago
Dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28863210
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by privong 5y ago
To build on this and give more examples, the largest telescope is the FAST ratio telescope, with a 500m diameter. The largest fully steerable telescope is the Green Bank Telescope with 100m diameter. But both of those are radio telescopes,
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by privong 5y ago
> Do the researchers pay to use the telescope or how does this work? In general, these types of flagship facilities (JWST, Hubble, etc.) are funded by the government (via NASA in the US). In some cases, larger ground-based observatories
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Gameframe(en.wikipedia.org)
11 points by privong 5y ago|0 comments
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by privong 5y ago
arXiv submissions are not reviewed in detail (i.e., not reviewed to the same depth as in a journal's peer review procedure), but there is a moderation process: https://arxiv.org/help/moderation
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by privong 5y ago
> one of their barcode scanners ( https://www.librarything.com/more/store/cuecat ) That's a blast from the past! I remember getting a CueCat in the mail (I guess in 2000, based on the timeline in the Wikiped
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by privong 5y ago
> Is it going to provide eye candy? I’ve heard it’s supposed to work in non-visible spectrum like infrared? Most astronomical images (even those taken in the optical) are not as a human eye would see/perceive the scene. They'r
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by privong 5y ago
There are standalone GPS loggers that lack transmitters and log location to SD cards in CSV / GPX formats (e.g., [0]). It's one more thing to carry, but it's small and you can be reasonably confident that it won't transm
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by privong 5y ago
> Sounds like most of the brighter clouds generated would be over the ocean in this particular scenario, so shouldn’t affect plants too much. Phytoplankton rely on photosynthesis and are the food for a large fraction of marine life (eit
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Black Hat Board Game(ddpgames.com)
1 points by privong 5y ago|0 comments
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The Scandalous History of the Last Rotor Cipher Machine(spectrum.ieee.org)
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by privong 5y ago
> Publication charges for authors and students will probably rise for a factor of 2 or more... open access journals in technical fields are approaching $500 per page. There's a charge comparison table[0]. Prices are going up, but t
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by privong 5y ago
> The irony is that when you're riding next to traffic, a helmet offers little protection against being hit by a car. It may save you from head trauma as a result of a car hitting you, either from your head hitting the pavement or t
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by privong 5y ago
It hasn't been updated in a couple years now, but `gpredict` is a nice desktop program that will show projections of satellite orbits and predict upcoming passes. https://github.com/csete/gpredict
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Decadal Report Could Make or Break the Next 30 Years of U.S. Astronomy(scientificamerican.com)
5 points by privong 5y ago|0 comments
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by privong 5y ago
> As a student working on some theory papers, I wish this kind of thing would go in an Appendix somewhere. For what it's worth, this kind of behavior isn't limited to theory papers. Papers presenting analysis and model developm
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I chose S-expressions over REST and GraphQL (2019)(imars.com)
4 points by privong 5y ago|0 comments
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by privong 5y ago
For those curious about Ressler and Thompson's book (referenced but without the title), it is "Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It". https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/302027/why-work-suc...
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The Molly Higgins Photo Collection Yosemite Valley, California(americanalpineclub.org)
3 points by privong 5y ago|0 comments
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When do electric vehicles become cleaner than gasoline cars?(reuters.com)
1 points by privong 5y ago|2 comments
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by privong 5y ago
> What did you find lacking with the VM approach? Have you considered or tried Qubes? It wasn't technical aspects of VMs per se, it was how to use them while still keeping things separate. If I had my personal machine as a VM on wo
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Heliotrope(mbtype.com)
1 points by privong 5y ago|0 comments
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by privong 5y ago
There's a lot of "one device versus two device" discussions here. I have a work laptop and a personal laptop that I use carefully to try and keep things separate. But, this means I'm now ~doubling the environmental impac
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by privong 5y ago
The NRO satellites actually have an optical design with a larger field of view than Hubble does. One of the NRO spacecraft busses is being use for the WFIRST / Nancy Grace Roman space telescope because of the wider field of view.

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