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721.
by sampo 5y ago
> don't have the resources to write solving algo on top of the business logic that goes into the algo You already did that once, for your simulated annealing code.
722.
by sampo 5y ago
> CMaj7 has C / E / G / B? Who says this isn't Emin6 with the 6th in the bass? The person who wrote it down as CMaj7 and not Emin6/C says.
723.
by sampo 5y ago
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4419-1665-5
724.
by sampo 5y ago
> so I ended up having to write a simulated annealing algo I think there are much better algorithms in metaheuristic search than just simulated annealing.
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by sampo 5y ago
> Depends on what you mean by order i suppose. I mean, in the context of Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations [1], what sort of turbulence model [2] you are using. But apparently you are not working in this context at all, so maybe
726.
by sampo 5y ago
> I work in designing simple "closure models" What is the order of the turbulence closure models used in modern work? 1.5? 2? 2.5?
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Google Maps, military objects of Russia have become available in full resolution(tpyxa.net)
2 points by sampo 5y ago|0 comments
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by sampo 5y ago
Link that works: https://academic.oup.com/jid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/inf...
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How Silicon Valley is helping Putin and other tyrants win the information war(codastory.com)
6 points by sampo 5y ago|0 comments
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by sampo 5y ago
> Switzerland. A beautifully peaceful and quiet country. I visited a research institute in Garmish, Southern Germany. The building was next to a cow pasture, and all cows had really loud cowbells, constant noise even with windows closed.
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by sampo 5y ago
Here is some criticism of the Gravel Institute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFGQI8P9BMg
732.
by sampo 5y ago
> Even if this is true, the very fact that it was even an option that came up in discussion in Cabinet says a lot. Like I explain in my nearby comment, two of the most decorated UK epidemiologists, being also current and former UK chief
733.
by sampo 5y ago
> We all remember Boris Johnson going on TV and when asked about the images coming out of Italy said "Well, its nothing to worry about, you'll have to just take it on the chin". In defense of Boris, UK scientific advisors
734.
by sampo 5y ago
> Or is it simply that the domain experts are overwhelmed with noise We have learned that while medical doctors are domain experts in treating diseases, they are not domain experts in how infectious diseases spread around. Some doctors f
735.
by sampo 5y ago
> to tell us that masks won't help because viruses are small It's actually 0.3 micrometer particles that are most difficult to filter. Smaller than that, particles start to dance around and not move smoothly, because of Brownia
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Why the WHO took two years to say Covid is airborne(nature.com)
234 points by sampo 5y ago|387 comments
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by sampo 5y ago
The "we will deep freeze your brain, and resurrect you in the future" company, Nectome.
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New study debunks 20-year theory mobile phones cause brain cancer(metro.co.uk)
6 points by sampo 5y ago|0 comments
739.
by sampo 5y ago
> From a Californian perspective, hydro and geothermal are basically tapped as far as I know For what I understand, the California State Water Project as visioned in the 1960s, had Stage I and Stage II. Only Stage I was built. Then from
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by sampo 5y ago
> Maybe it's in (Habib, 2020), but the link is broken. It's easy to find the article, you just google search with the article title. https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m2376 > Yngve Gustafsson, pr
741.
by sampo 5y ago
There's a recent large study in The Lancet, where they estimate 2020-2021 excess mortality, and compare these to reported Covid19 deaths. The study covers a large number of countries, but here I only look at your four.
742.
by sampo 5y ago
They do calculations using a theory where gravitons are assumed to exist, and then their results are valid in that theory.
743.
by sampo 5y ago
I find this a better explanation: > But the team's calculations showed there were differences in the gravitational field around the black hole. Specifically, information about the composition of the black hole was stored in graviton
744.
by sampo 5y ago
> If the paper is not about deciding what the best option is The paper is about the best option: "the advantages of permanent ST outweigh switching to DST annually or permanently" .
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by sampo 5y ago
It's a position paper. It posits an expert option, based on the research that is listed in the references. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Position_paper
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by sampo 5y ago
> A -permanent- hour change would surely be less harmful than changing said hours twice a year. If you ask actual scientists who research this topic, you get a different answer: "The authors take the position that, based on compari
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by sampo 5y ago
> just thinking this through logically, whether we are on DST or ST permanently shouldn't matter one way or another It's observational, empirical research. The results are valid whether you understand them or not.
748.
by sampo 5y ago
It's an interesting situation. Research shows one thing, but a lot of people seem to have a gut feeling that says the opposite thing.
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by sampo 5y ago
> Who cares if the sun is up and bright at 6AM in the morning while I'm still sleeping. According to the research results, public health and economy would care.
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by sampo 5y ago
There is a whole body of research, comparing the areas on both sides of time zone boundaries. The results unanimously show that living too far west of your time zone's center line, has negative effects on health and economy. In light o

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