sci_prog

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by sci_prog 5y ago
Congratulations! Game development is what got me interested in programming in the first place. Once I put my first pixel on the screen and I figured out how to interact with it blew my mind, limitless possibilities. Since the pandemic start
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by sci_prog 5y ago
Building a puzzle board video game (inspired by a physical wooden board puzzle) using bits to represent the board (Bitboard game design [1]). Here is a screenshot for one of the levels: https://imgur.com/a/cLIsYII The
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by sci_prog 5y ago
Is there a reason your minimum targeted iOS version is iOS 15? Are you using any APIs/features that are only available in the latest iOS?
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by sci_prog 5y ago
Kind of related. I used similar data to produce an Augmented Reality version of the (almost) entire Hawaiian Island chain with both topography and bathymetry: https://youtu.be/m0fB4wrvgeY
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by sci_prog 5y ago
I think you are confusing gigatons of carbon (C) with gigatons of carbon dioxide (CO2).
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by sci_prog 5y ago
For a second I was wondering why don't they just apply the same technique on humans and train their model that way instead... that's when I remembered that it involves sticking electrodes into one's brain to get the necessary
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by sci_prog 5y ago
Thank you for these!
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by sci_prog 5y ago
I never implied that the loss of satellite = loss of power and water. I'm just saying that even a smaller solar flare (Compared to the Carrington event) cause large disturbances. Look at the 1989 that left Quebec and millions without p
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by sci_prog 5y ago
I wonder if there's a Paleo-proxy or some kind of natural record that could be used to trace the frequency and magnitude of these events throughout Earth's geological past and if anyone is looking into it? For example we can look
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by sci_prog 5y ago
How about the effect on all the satellites? I think th Carrington event size one would be catastrophic in the modern day. Imagine large urban areas going losing power for days or weeks. No electricity and no running water. Pretty scary stuf
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by sci_prog 5y ago
Kurzgesagt has a nice and objective summary on the topic. If I remember correctly, 50% chance of a big one hitting us over the next 50 years (or by 2050, can't remember exactly): https://youtu.be/oHHSSJDJ4oo
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Some Viruses Have a Completely Different Genome to the Rest of Life on Earth(sciencealert.com)
14 points by sci_prog 5y ago|2 comments
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by sci_prog 6y ago
I used to dream a lot and then it all stopped, especially when the pandemic started and I became less physically active. Long story short, It turns out I have a severe sleep apnea and it became more pronounced when my physical activity went
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by sci_prog 6y ago
I've been wondering for a while why they haven't done this yet. It would probably make millions of users jailbreak their iPhones. It would be a big f u from epic to apple.
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by sci_prog 6y ago
Another shameless plug, my girlfriend and I created an online multiplayer game during the first lockdown. The game was inspired by an instagram filter that was trending at the time. We've had over 12k unique users so far. https:/
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by sci_prog 6y ago
I had mine approved in April (it took 6 months) and I self-filed (no lawyer involved) but I used an online template I bought from a couple who went through the process several years ago ( https://www.eb2niw.com/ ). I am not a
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by sci_prog 6y ago
This story truly resonates with me as I am also first generation. I came to USA on my own, with $700 in my pocket and a partial athletic scholarship (played a D1 team sport). After I finished my undergrad and the sports were gone (in an org
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by sci_prog 6y ago
I would argue that our ability to predict the future is pretty good but our ability to react to/prevent an event from happening is next to nil. Pick any: large solar flare, mega volcanic eruption, climate change, asteroid collision...
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Earth barreling toward 'Hothouse' state not seen in 50M years(livescience.com)
40 points by sci_prog 6y ago|11 comments
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by sci_prog 6y ago
There are but they operate over really long time periods, tens to hundreds of thousands of years. The balance is naturally restored through an increase in weathering rates (which are a function of of the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere)
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by sci_prog 6y ago
Just realized I didn't answer all of your questions. The sea level was likely 50 to 100 meters higher than today: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/db73/f8e134ab32476aa08b3c05... It was really warm, not sure on the
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by sci_prog 6y ago
Yes, there are likely many tipping points, some which we are aware of, and possibly some that we cannot even predict, which could cause a positive feedback. Once the tipping point is reached, the earth-system response might be highly non-li
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by sci_prog 6y ago
Please check my reply to echelon. But here is one of my papers where we show that methane hydrate hypothesis seems to be the most plausible reason for the PETM warming: https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/oceanography/faculty&
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by sci_prog 6y ago
Please check my reply to echelon.
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by sci_prog 6y ago
In short, there was no major extinction (nothing like what happened during the end-Permian), some slow adopting benthic (deep ocean species) went extinct, however. The reason there was no major extinction was mostly due to the fact that the
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by sci_prog 6y ago
Yes we do, but it's only a hypothesis. This was part of my PhD dissertation and one of my committee members is the world's expert on this topic. His name is Gerald (Jerry) Dickens. We believe this happened approximately 55 million
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by sci_prog 6y ago
Veritasium has a good, relatively recent video on this topic: https://youtu.be/QRt7LjqJ45k
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by sci_prog 6y ago
schadenfreude
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Quantum paradox points to shaky foundations of reality(sciencemag.org)
5 points by sci_prog 6y ago|0 comments
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by sci_prog 6y ago
No, climate change works in both directions. It causes extremes in both directions. Source: I have a PhD in Oceanography with focus on climate modeling

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