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by rubidium 10y ago
This! So here's a story: I work at a large engineering company building custom automated research systems. The system engineers do the the design/development/testing and documentation. I have been searching for nearly 9 month
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by rubidium 10y ago
Um... not much has changed in the technical writing world. There's a few better tools for using images/video, but nothing really that great (someone go build this please!). The things expressed in the article are still pretty vali
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by rubidium 10y ago
Yes (and good question!). From the article: "The initial binary was composed of two stellar-mass black holes with a source-frame primary mass m1 14.2 M⊙, secondary mass m2 7.5 M⊙, and a total mass of 21.8 M⊙. The binary merged into a
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by rubidium 10y ago
"“It is very significant that these black holes were much less massive than those observed in the first detection,” Gabriela Gonzalez, LIGO's spokesperson, said in a statement. “Because of their lighter masses compared to the firs
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by rubidium 10y ago
To echo this, it was written primarily as a social satire. The mathematical part was more of a sub plot (but still fun and interesting).
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by rubidium 10y ago
Sure... but this was in Alaska. Pre-Columbus oceanic contact across the Atlantic is not surprising (vikings et al). Across the Pacific is a bit more impressive. What was your point?
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by rubidium 10y ago
While what you said is true, the Beringia straight closed 10,000 years ago. Any contact/trading/migration after that event is always interesting to find out. What is interesting about this is that some sort of trading/contact
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by rubidium 10y ago
That is only one of many possible snakes. It was not known to exist in thesis defenses before circa 1995. Since that time it has become a regular foe.
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by rubidium 10y ago
As a PhD, I think this makes sense. My guess is Paige want's people designing and building the car largely with existing tech. Not spending 10-15 years innovating new ways to fly. It's a coarse filter, but probably aimed at that e
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by rubidium 10y ago
No. London is just not only a startup hub. 8.5 million people vs 0.8 million.
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by rubidium 10y ago
I've seen this before in IT tech support. Invariably there's some drop down where none of the selections apply to my issue, but it's required to pick one. I always pick the most dire issue.
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by rubidium 10y ago
I'll admit I started skimming after pg. 15, but this paper is mainly an argument for using "excellence" in academia (and particularly publishing articles). While I don't disagree, the paper falls flat to me because: 1) J
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by rubidium 10y ago
They've developed a nice proof on the "bounds" of how quickly a quantum system can evolve. I think the quote by the coauthor summarizes it best: "'How fast can a quantum system evolve in time?' Establishing gen
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by rubidium 10y ago
For what, 5 inputs?
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by rubidium 10y ago
That's not really the challenge being placed in this case: " The best reply, especially in a conflicted management buyout where the buyer is also the CEO, is often along the lines of "because management deliberately undermine
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by rubidium 10y ago
I agree. Uncertainty principle is a great word for it. Not sure the authors points are really valid, and the "mongolian" language metaphor he used is a stretch. VERY capable physicists have been happy using the term uncertainty pr
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by rubidium 10y ago
With N=69 across all scientific disciplines, this isn't really a helpful survey. But it is an interesting list of questions. It brings up one of my pet peeves. There's no good site for asking for what (usually enterprise) software
888.
by rubidium 10y ago
Because right now we have a system that works. Email the author. I've ALWAYS gotten a response.
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by rubidium 10y ago
flag them and move on.
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by rubidium 10y ago
Here's how I did it. I emailed any technical contact I could find at all the interesting companies in my city. I was following up all these emails with phone calls when I could get a number. I found a blog article interviewing one of t
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by rubidium 10y ago
Good point. I agreed with the author until I looked up Brazil's tourism. 5.6 Million people per year in 2015 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Brazil ).
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by rubidium 10y ago
US avg. salary welder: $37,000 US avg salary software developer: $99,500
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by rubidium 10y ago
Yes, microcephaly from Zika has been detected in many south american countries. CDC supports the link, as does scientific consensus: http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2016/s0413-zika-microcepha... It's t
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by rubidium 10y ago
an article about some of the americans: https://panamapapers.icij.org/20160509-american-fraudsters-o...
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by rubidium 10y ago
He requires that they go through professional treatment for whatever the issue is before they return to work. They're not fired, just required to do something before they can return. For example, one guy had HUGE anger management issue
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by rubidium 10y ago
There are three legs to that stool: stable living situation, stable job, stable transportation. Without all three you can't get better. There's a guy I know who runs a business employing homeless. His rule is he never fires anyone
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by rubidium 10y ago
As someone searching for an enterprise grade replacement to our current system of using MS word -> pdf -> CD to publish and maintain 500+ user and install guides... -what flavor of Markdown do you support (captions/TOC/auto-
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by rubidium 10y ago
At a mere 40 light years away :) But seriously, that's a good find. 2 planets are orbit-locked. I've always thought those make the best for sci-fi fiction, since they're effective halo's in terms of habitability. source:
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by rubidium 10y ago
Because most people like stories more than data.
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by rubidium 11y ago
I agree, and you provided a link to a nice summary of why. I do wonder, though, if there's ever been evidence from two independent detectors that ended up being false. That's a significant difference in the present situation.

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