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811.
by rdl 8y ago
No, something that has multiple parts -- "g" (i.e. not requiring demonstrating external domain knowledge already known before the test), tests of domain expertise in whatever common body of knowledge a university wants, and a sect
812.
by rdl 8y ago
With computer based testing, we should be able to make a far better test than the SAT -- something where being able to master it would actually be solid evidence of both "g" and knowledge.
813.
by rdl 8y ago
I’ve wanted to build a Gerald Bull style space cannon (but the more modern UW RAMAC style) for a long time. Prototype would be $2-5mm, something small which could actually put something decent into orbit around $50mm. I’ve heard there is
814.
by rdl 8y ago
Polymer Optical Fiber (POF). Very common and essentially the standard in non-telco/non-IT use of fiber data networks (process control, vehicles, etc). I’ve seen studies of using them for gigabit or better computer networking, but I do
815.
by rdl 8y ago
This is the kind of "breaking rules" which startups should (and often must) do; not the kind of stuff Theranos did.
816.
by rdl 8y ago
Powering down some facilities during temporary spikes would make sense (someday if hardware is cheap enough, operating only for peak solar generation/minimum local demand could make sense). Being able to relocate due to cost/legal
817.
by rdl 8y ago
Has AvE ever had videos actually taken down, or just demonetized? He seems like he'd respond with something colorful and abrasive suggesting one consider carnal relations with headworn attire.
818.
by rdl 8y ago
The crazy and arbitrary demonetization seems like the biggest problem. Anything to the right of YouTube senior management, anything which touches on things they don't like (firearms, including historical information about bolt-action
819.
by rdl 8y ago
Yes, the way the insurers do things was essentially due to "principal-agent" issues, difficulties enforcing standards, and some (related) regulatory issues. Still, it led to less safety.
820.
by rdl 8y ago
Deleting the FB mobile app, replacing it with Friendly+ (which scrapes the web app to provide a fairly equivalent experience, plus blocks ads and other stuff) was a great choice.
821.
by rdl 8y ago
Seems like it would have been way cheaper to just buy her a plane ticket to the US.
822.
by rdl 8y ago
The war zone policies often mandated inherently unsafe things (movement only in high-profile armored vehicles, with light security, concentration of protected persons in specific places) when those things were actually by that time less saf
823.
by rdl 8y ago
When I lived/worked in a high-risk kidnapping environment, I ever got K&R insurance. What I wanted was "retribution insurance" -- some plan which would guarantee some people would investigate and kill everyone in any subs
824.
by rdl 8y ago
If the job is something with such a steep learning curve and plateau (maybe due to periodic technical revolutions?) that someone with 20 years experience is only insignificantly better than someone with 5 years experience, economics would s
825.
by rdl 8y ago
Isn’t the argument that women and racial minorities are “paid less for the same work”? In which case laying off white and asian men would presumably be the economically efficient choice? (I definitely think such a gap has existed at various
826.
by rdl 8y ago
I predict secretive offshore entities which exploit activities banned under GDPR which have sufficient economic value. Entities which are essentially judgment proof in EU. Maybe directly affiliated with a foreign government. Being able to
827.
by rdl 8y ago
They should get a check independent of consumption to pay for those externalities.
828.
by rdl 8y ago
I wonder how small/efficient (and compatible with the rest of the world’s existing ecosystem without requiring special large parking spots and such, high in a city might be a big difficulty to retrofit) a purpose-built, self-driving ve
829.
by rdl 8y ago
Siri does more processing locally than Alexa does, but does upload to the cloud, and depends on the cloud, both for analyzing the statement and for accomplishing it. It can then execute local actions. The info uploaded to the cloud includ
830.
by rdl 8y ago
Because the computational requirements of good speech rec exceed what you would build into a $100 device, and because doing it in the cloud makes training and improving it easier. The “wake word” is local, which is why it is constrained to
831.
by rdl 8y ago
If you lower the bar and just show infographics (which you already produce for print) and possibly lightly animate them and some reading of the articles, video cost can be in the hundreds of dollars all-in per video. I suspect a toolchain c
832.
by rdl 8y ago
I think how math is taught at the early stages (rote, focus on finding a simple answer which is already clearly known, focus on mechanical arithmetic and calculation) filters out many of those who would enjoy the more advanced stuff. There
833.
by rdl 8y ago
Video in an infographic/voiceover form seems relatively affordable to produce.
834.
by rdl 8y ago
Safer bet than Facebook. Neither is great.
835.
by rdl 8y ago
It successfully makes me want to build my own.
836.
by rdl 8y ago
I use text files (on ramdisk/tmpfs) as the intermediary, not display-to-screen.
837.
by rdl 8y ago
I've always handled PGP via cut-and-paste of the ascii armored block, through a text file on a ramdisk (or between systems), then using command-line pgp or gpg to decrypt, and the reverse. Not always on a VM or machine without externa
838.
by rdl 8y ago
One "trick" to know is that transit links are generally billed as the higher of inbound or outbound traffic. If you have a service which is unbalanced and pushing out a lot of data (like most hosting services), your inbound is th
839.
by rdl 8y ago
An (large adult male) human (maybe with a knife or stick) at least has solid odds against a cougar/puma/jaguar/leopard, particularly if not taken unaware; a grizzly bear is going to win, and your only real chance of survival
840.
by rdl 8y ago
Really depends on ridership. There's also pollution other than just energy inefficiency; old diesel buses with low ridership put a lot of particulates and other pollution into the air, compared to the same number of passengers in the n

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