sampo

63 ms·

841.
by sampo 5y ago
> extra parameters you could always add them to an XML configuration file This is what Fortran's namelists are for.
842.
by sampo 5y ago
The study says: > The intervention increased proper mask-wearing from 13.3% in control villages (N=806,547 observations) to 42.3% in treatment villages (N=797,715 observations) https://www.poverty-action.org/sites/de
843.
by sampo 5y ago
More like Deep Learning -based physics. Or more accurately: Deep Learning -assisted physics simulations.
844.
by sampo 5y ago
I think this is a good, short explanation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radial_basis_function#Approxim...
845.
by sampo 5y ago
I think I have watched more Alex (French guy cooking) and Guga (Sous vide everything), than I have watched real commercial studio-produced cooking shows.
846.
by sampo 5y ago
> Green hydrogen is produced through electrolysis, from renewable energy sources like hydro, wind and solar. Terminology correction: From low-carbon energy sources, like wind, solar, nuclear and hydro. https://en.wikipedia.org
847.
by sampo 5y ago
> Anybody pushing ROGD, or supporting other people who push ROGD, is anti-science and anti-fact. This is an interesting case [2]. The concept of ROGD was introduced in an article in a scientific journal [1], by an assistant professor in
848.
by sampo 5y ago
> GMOs do run the risk of become invasive or destructive species Crop plants don't run the risk to become invasive or destructive species. They are bred to be easily digestible food sources, which the exact opposite of the strategy
849.
by sampo 5y ago
> US coronavirus levels are so high travelers from the EU would serve more to dilute it than add to it The incidence rate among those who travel is not necessarily same as that of the whole population.
850.
by sampo 5y ago
> I don't know whether the benefits of GoF research outweighs the risks It should be obvious now, that all the gain-of-function research done on coronaviruses didn't help at all with this pandemic. Gain-of-function researchers
851.
by sampo 5y ago
"Well, in most universes, there is one law of gravity that works on red objects, and a totally different law of gravity that works on blue objects. But by a random coincidence with a very small probability, in some tiny fraction of the
852.
by sampo 5y ago
> So, if your argument for not studying string theory is that it doesn't make testable predictions, you are actually saying that you should not study quantum gravity at all. A different version of the argument: After X amount of wor
853.
by sampo 5y ago
> That is in no way lying. This opinion piece in New York Times says there was lying going on. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/opinion/coronavirus-face-... https://archive.is/XrRBQ
854.
by sampo 5y ago
> The various health authorities told people not to use masks at first because: > Hospitals were in danger of running out of protective equipment. They said: "We need the masks for hospitals. Please don't use masks, because
855.
Denser cities could be a climate boon – but nimbyism stands in the way(theguardian.com)
2 points by sampo 5y ago|0 comments
856.
by sampo 5y ago
Majority of people in California can speak Spanish, and California is geographically part of a larger Spanish speaking area.
857.
by sampo 5y ago
> It feels more like "I built it using LaTeX to try and impress you" It's not meant to impress you, a resume writer. It's meant to impress other techies.
858.
by sampo 5y ago
I'm not American either, but looks like the Americans have separate Democrat and Republican versions of each of the parliament committees(?).
859.
by sampo 5y ago
> a new reservoir built in the 2000s Wikipedia says, planning started in 1987 and construction was from 1995 to 1999.
860.
by sampo 5y ago
> can the US create new agricultural fields in other states Even California could. California could have much more irrigated agricultural land, if they completed Stage II of the original 1957 California Water Plan. I guess before 1970s,
861.
by sampo 5y ago
> people would be coming from Fresno, not San Francisco Yeah. Bay Area is privileged to have the Hetch Hetchy aqueduct to bring them water from a reservoir in the Yosemite national park, independent of the local weather conditions. http
862.
by sampo 5y ago
> But is there a place somewhere that explain how could the world works without emitting too much co2, or any gaz which are problematic. Per capita per year CO2 emissions, in tonnes: US 16.06 China 7.1 EU-27 6.56
863.
by sampo 5y ago
> They even published a paper about their process and its economics in Cell [2]. The journal is Joule. https://www.cell.com/joule/aims
864.
by sampo 5y ago
> Here's a paper that says cloth mask usage increases rate of infection. > https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/4/e006577 Using cloth masks only, increased rate of infection in relation to the control
865.
by sampo 5y ago
So, just like the mask studies mentioned.
866.
by sampo 5y ago
> it's a statistical shit show to even show that masks have any effect at all It's also a statistical shit show to show that condoms have any effect (against unwanted pregnancies, or sexually transmitted diseases), in studies u
867.
by sampo 5y ago
CPVO is just an EU agency coordinating plant breeder's rights at the EU level. But plant breeder's rights are nothing new. The way you describe CPVO as something new and sinister, is quite dishonest. https://en.wikipedi
868.
by sampo 5y ago
> what Canadian grain imports have anything to do with glyphosate? You want wheat (and other grains) to be dry before harvest. Harvesting when wet increases losses due mold growth. Wet stems cause sticking and blocking in the harvest mac
869.
by sampo 5y ago
> Whether glyphosate causes cancer or not, there is much less doubt that it has a harmful impact on insect populations and on aquatic wildlife from runoff. It's actually not glyphosate that can be harmful to aquatic animals. It&#x27
870.
by sampo 5y ago
> It's plausible that these hybrids would substantially outcompete the local flora This is absolutely not plausible. It's also not plausible that high-yield broiler chicken would outcompete local birds, and it's not plausi

More ›