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by saeranv 6y ago
I admit I can't see anything wrong here. What's the bug?
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by saeranv 6y ago
Absolutely infuriating. Reading articles like this also reminds me of the utter idiocy of Marc Andressen's 'It's Time to Build' argument, where suggests both parties are to blame for the lack of building, and suggests it
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by saeranv 6y ago
Back in architecture (as in physical buildings, not software) school, our professors always encouraged us to represent our ideas into diagrams to clarify our thoughts. This is a kind of designing and thinking feedback loop popularized by th
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by saeranv 6y ago
There's one more factor/advantage that should be accounted for: children and their parents/grandparents engage in a natural feedback loop. Parents try and teach the children words, once the child starts repeating the words th
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by saeranv 6y ago
I commented about this above, but the race of various Roman emperors is not as clear as we think due to the cosmopolitan nature of the region, and different (lack of?) racial constructs. I believe Septimus Severus, for example, might have b
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by saeranv 6y ago
The "racial stuff" seems relevant here. Sure, some people try and insert race into everything, but in this case it's a relevant, and interesting aspect of the problem domain. My understanding is that the racial identity of th
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by saeranv 6y ago
As you probably know, Marcus Aurelius would not have wanted you to think of him as a super-human! He writes a lot about his fallibility and his attempt to live a stoic life despite his failures.
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by saeranv 6y ago
I believe I found the researcher and thesis that informed the window project here: https://resenv.media.mit.edu/#Projects#personalized-building... I don't think it's overkill within the context of his full work. B
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by saeranv 6y ago
I could be wrong and am glad to be corrected if I am. It's not like I'm following MIT Media news all day. But did the Media Lab acknowledge and critique MIT for its actions? If so you're right, I shouldn't criticize the
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by saeranv 6y ago
I think the parent comment is relevant since the blog post (and subsequent comments here) praises the hacker/anti-institutionalist mentality of the Media Lab. Yet when Schwartz practiced altruistic, civil disobedience in line with that
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by saeranv 6y ago
Thanks for the link, I think I found our guy! https://resenv.media.mit.edu/#Projects#personalized-building... He published his thesis 2010, which aligns with when Ethan arrived at his office, and if you watch the video at t
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by saeranv 6y ago
Yeah, their treatment of Aaron Swartz was despicable, and extremely hypocritical.
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by saeranv 6y ago
Yeah that's a good way to do it. I think there are a couple of additional ideas that might be worth exploring: - Comfort is a function of multiple factors, not just the dry bulb temperature difference. It includes occupant metabolism,
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by saeranv 6y ago
Awesome post. Who was the cranky researcher who developed the climate-controlled window system with the Linux box and python scripts? I want to do the same thing.
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by saeranv 6y ago
Yes. For those that doubt this, consider: 1. He's one of those people that thinks Trump is playing 4D chess. 2. He 'successfully' predicted Trump would win the election, and has subsequently fooled himself into thinking he ha
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by saeranv 6y ago
> Actual applicability to water is kind of harder to evaluate. I've long thought that you could indeed have an Mpemba effect caused by persistent induced convective currents in a fluid: so a hotter thing placed into a fridge might c
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by saeranv 6y ago
Perhaps it has to do with the increased turbulence in the hotter fluid? This would be a result of the higher saturated vapor pressure of the liquid leading to greater evaporation/boiling. Even as it cools down the higher temperature di
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Why so few buildings have windows that open(fastcompany.com)
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by saeranv 6y ago
I'm curious, did you also find any benefit in increasing focus and concentration in your regular work?
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> Thermal imaging likewise just does not work the way that people think it does. It doesn't work in cold environments like the Sierra in winter (western or eastern), because people are typically wearing insulated clothing and the en
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by saeranv 6y ago
This isn't unique to Chinese mainlanders. If you look at other countries: U.S, Sri Lanka, Israel, Brazil, France etc., you're going to find a significant portion of the population that seems to support far-right populism based on
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by saeranv 6y ago
It's atrocious what the CCP under Xi is doing. And it's dismaying that other quasi-authoritarian countries are taking note. From Basil Rajapaksa (part of the political family in Sri Lanka responsible for various war crimes during
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by saeranv 6y ago
The way I think about it: any matrix multiplication consists of the linear combination of the column vectors of your transformation matrix, with each column vector 'weighted' by the the input vector's x, y, z, ... n values.
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by saeranv 6y ago
I know R, but don't enjoy programming in it (although I love the documentation R has for its various libraries). Luckily there's various attempts to translate all the ISLR exercises into Python on github[1][2] that I have found im
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by saeranv 6y ago
I've been working my way through this book, and it's fantastic. I love the way this book grounds all the discussion of statistical learning with a practical data analysis problem.
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by saeranv 6y ago
Sounds perfect, but I've yet to hear of any company using this plug-in! Personally I also have hope for the interesting hybrids that are continually coming out that are trying to create a seamless pipeline between Revit and Rhino: Goog
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by saeranv 6y ago
Yeah exactly. You can easily generate any orthographic views, cut sections, use templates for common building elements and more in Revit. On the other hand, everyone loves the flexibility, and UX of Rhino/Grasshopper.And (for now?) Rhi
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by saeranv 6y ago
Exactly, this is the main reason you don't see a lot of successful start-ups tackling problems for architects. Most end up pivoting to real-estate development.
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by saeranv 6y ago
Depends on the firm, but it's definitely used. Specifically Rhino/Grasshopper get used a lot for concept, schematic design, and then Revit gets used for design development and onward, especially at companies that work a lot with c
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by saeranv 6y ago
From the letter that I saw (link's not working for me now) the criticism was specifically about Revit their BIM platform.

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