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by pstuart 3mo ago
The bitter irony is that every locale that requires extensive air conditioning has ample sun exposure that should be able to power all of that air conditioning. In a different timeline, the US would be investing in zero/low-interest lo
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by pstuart 3mo ago
I too have long wondered about this -- it makes complete sense. What confuses me is that this subject hasn't been properly explored and/or communicated (AFAIK).
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by pstuart 3mo ago
> They were looking for religious freedom. That's a tired trope and not the real reason. If history interests you, I suggest you dig deeper with fresh eyes.
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by pstuart 3mo ago
> He's more sci-fi author than CEO at this point. L. Ron Hubbard comes to mind.
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by pstuart 3mo ago
IIRC, the project started out as TCL code and it carried that vibe through to what it is today.
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by pstuart 3mo ago
It's beyond disheartening. In a sick way, we totally deserve getting hit now because it seemed like a lot of climate "reasoning" was "this is going to be bad for future generations, we don't have to worry about it n
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by pstuart 3mo ago
"my tribe"
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by pstuart 3mo ago
It's easy to hate on LLM slop code but it seems that using it for analysis only could give a C codebase a much stronger security posture. Running fable and friends could give rust-like security with C portability and familiarity.
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by pstuart 3mo ago
At least protein itself is a "solved problem". There's a couple companies making protein from air and nutrients: https://www.airprotein.com/ https://spacemilk.com/ And Air Protein claims they
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by pstuart 3mo ago
The news recently said that numerous Democratic Socialist candidates have been successful -- I think that's the necessary future of the party as a whole. The DNC is corrupt as fuck and gives substance to the "both sides are the sa
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by pstuart 3mo ago
I'm not going to discount that finding, but I'd posit that some of the hubris of elected officials comes from the assumption that people are voting their party line -- they are effectively a shoo-in for a majority of voters. Parti
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by pstuart 3mo ago
I give Dems a partial pass -- in that their leadership engages in what I consider to be genteel corruption like being soft on monopolies and other less palatable but "business as usual" type of bullshit. This is versus and admin
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by pstuart 3mo ago
That'll show em! (that they should continue with the price fixing). I look forward to the day when we no longer have a pro-corruption government.
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by pstuart 3mo ago
My hope was that we could get SMRs in play to replace every coal power plant's furnace with a couple SMRs to leverage the existing infra (turbine/generator/grid hookup) and stop burning coal. Now. I know the numbers aren&#x27
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by pstuart 3mo ago
Again, I'm not dismissing that there's any value, but that the teaching is more on abstractions as foundations for the next level vs what that lesson could be applied to today. In your case, could you describe what it was and ho
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by pstuart 3mo ago
I'm not suggesting closing the doors on those deemed unworthy -- they should remain wide open in perpetuity. It's more about asking what we want our students to take with them into life. Do your own survey of peoples takes on math
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by pstuart 3mo ago
"weird" is a polite term for it. "crazy" is more like it.
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by pstuart 3mo ago
It's because Israel is necessary for hosting the Apocalypse, and they are eager for it to happen so Jesus will return. I wish that was a joke, but its not, and it's terrifying.
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by pstuart 3mo ago
It would seem like that, but that's bonus. It's really about the spoils of crony oligarchy.
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by pstuart 3mo ago
Sure, my point wasn't to disparage math or its value -- simply that there are 2 distinct tracts that should be followed: 1. STEM: To Calculus and beyond 2. Everyone else: math for mere mortals; practical applied mathematics where every
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by pstuart 3mo ago
My point is that the foundations of religion are completely detached from reality, and to be a "good" religious person one is validating the crazy foundations. There's a joke I love about this, where the "good Christians
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by pstuart 3mo ago
> I want every student to have a good education in math, even though it is hard to do that. That's a laudable goal but I think it backfires in practice: a lot of students struggle with math and consider it to be torture, and will ra
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by pstuart 4mo ago
It's vital to note the driving force behind this: religious extremism. These people think they are chosen by God to rule over everyone else based on their personal interpretations of scripture. These people are dangerous and their thir
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by pstuart 4mo ago
I think the War on Drugs was the gateway drug to this insanity. It helped to create a more militarized police, and to condition us to surrender our rights because "think of the children!".
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by pstuart 4mo ago
It would help if Congress wasn't sabotaged to enable this; and to have a major political party that effectively wants a king. We were rightfully warned on the dangers of political parties and it's well demonstrated that that warni
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by pstuart 4mo ago
Preach, brother. I'm saying that the GOP frames the cuts as "saving taxpayer money" vs the obvious "we hate science because it consistently proves that we're lying to you".
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by pstuart 4mo ago
They say they care about spending but ignore DOD financial shenanigans, which implies it's not about spending and only about what they like.
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by pstuart 4mo ago
Meh. The UX should be able to simply have the selection indicate it is the choice rather than having to submit it too. It's too cumbersome to click through...
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by pstuart 4mo ago
You may want to do a basic audit of your electrical usage -- it's not unheard of for apartments to have messed up circuits where one pays for usage by another. If you turn off all of your AC consuming devices is your meter still regist
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by pstuart 4mo ago
Thanks for the links. I'd seen her before and liked what she had to say, and just subscribed. As an ADHD nerd I find myself with "so much to see, so little time to do it", and a fair chunk of that time is learning about relig

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