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by rubidium 7y ago
In the atomic research world, diode lasers are great because they’re cheap and fairly tunable. Many of atomic cooling studies done 20 years ago were done using rubidium because it had a primary absorption wavelength that matched what comme
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by rubidium 7y ago
Agreed. And asking the question “what can I do locally/ in my state”? It seems the EFF has some play in this area: https://www.eff.org/pages/face-recognition But it’s hard to identify what efforts I could support
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by rubidium 7y ago
By classic I meant to imply largely html+css and no glut of ads, pop ups, tracking, and script based features that bring load times to 10 seconds plus. I propose that this type of site is what we should be aiming more for in our web experie
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by rubidium 7y ago
The title has now been editorialized (fairly enough), but I posted this as an encouragement for all the great "classic" websites. I love seeing others people are posting here. Working right now with a static site generator for my
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Waterfalls of the Great Lakes Region and Beyond(gowaterfalling.com)
106 points by rubidium 7y ago|45 comments
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by rubidium 7y ago
At any mature employer if you fire someone (and it’s not due to general layoffs) you need a 6 month PIP pre-termination as legal cover.
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by rubidium 7y ago
Perhaps his humility is the most important lesson to learn, esp. in the dominant culture of tech today.
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by rubidium 7y ago
“ It’s unlikely that today’s gene therapies would have serious psychological or metaphysical side effects. They typically act on only one gene out of a possible 20,000 in a fraction of a patient’s cells, such as retinal cells or immune cell
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by rubidium 7y ago
“ Something like automatic per-issue bounties.” I physically shuttered at that thought. I get the intent, but having labored qualified and paid for in that way is sure to lead to a terrible issue system gamed by those “in the know” to explo
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by rubidium 7y ago
I question ISA’s some, but overall what Purdue is doing in the educational space (particularly the tuition freeze that’s more than 8 years old now) is _impressive_. Posting this for awareness and interested in any hn thoughts.
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Annual Open Letter to the People of Purdue from Mitch Daniels(purdue.edu)
1 points by rubidium 7y ago|1 comments
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by rubidium 7y ago
Ah yes, your city environment will make it more difficult. That said, if he's old enough to bike (and the city you live in has some bike safe areas) then that's a great hobby to push. Taking 30 minute walks around the neighborhood
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by rubidium 7y ago
Be a parent. Set rules and consequences. Outside time or no Minecraft seems like a no brainer. Interact and get him to join you in things you like doing outside. He’ll probably hate it for 1 month or 1 year, but it’s your responsibility.
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by rubidium 7y ago
Distributed work will continue to be a minor thing prevalent mainly in tech circles. Human nature doesn’t change on 10 year timescales. We’re tribal beings who organize around work and family. Best Buy’s pullback from it for their office st
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by rubidium 7y ago
What’s your market?
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by rubidium 7y ago
https://truestonecoffee.com/ Great roaster out of St. Paul, MN. They know their stuff in the land of 10,000 lakes of coffee.
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by rubidium 7y ago
Not strongly disagreeing, but some ideas: Embassies, CIA, etc...
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by rubidium 7y ago
Public service announcement: Crummy, superficial article. Don’t waste your time. The gervais principle article is far more helpful.
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by rubidium 7y ago
No women (and men) don’t. Looks matter. It’s eons of biology that’s too much to completely suppress. Looks always matter... but the degree can change.
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by rubidium 7y ago
The article is unclear about mobile phone internet use. Most poor people I know have (at most times) cell phones with a data plan. This is sufficient for most basic internet needs (eg billing, applying for jobs, gov’t assistance). Whether o
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by rubidium 7y ago
I’m sorry to hear that, but that’s on your teacher. They should do a better job of facilitating. A good seminar is 16 people (max, 12 is better). No hand raising needed. The goal is learning and understanding. Ideally there’s not any grade
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by rubidium 7y ago
I’ve been using the free version of Lose It and it works amazing. Any major differences?
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by rubidium 7y ago
Totally makes sense. Seminar style classes should have attendance factored in, but not by “did you attend” but by “did you contribute to the converstion?”. (And you shouldn’t use an app to track them. )
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by rubidium 7y ago
This website is glorious HTML. I love it. The content is good too. Well researched and written.
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Cocktails and Other Beverages(gumbopages.com)
3 points by rubidium 7y ago|1 comments
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by rubidium 7y ago
You’re rather cavalier about the impact of biology on creatures. Choose can do some things... but there are limits.
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by rubidium 7y ago
“delta’s solely in certification” I agree with all of your comment except this. Peer review and any formal standard of research is missing from this persons work. Their work stands alone in that regard. That’s not necessarily better or wors
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by rubidium 7y ago
Charlie: as fellow AMO experimental physicist who got a PhD less than a year ahead of you but went straight industry, I recommend you look into how to translate your experience into what someone in industry may be looking for. Brain dump to
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by rubidium 7y ago
That just seems excessive. Can you help me make sense of what for?
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by rubidium 7y ago
I found this easier to work with than sketch up

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