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by smaddox 10y ago
But in the pilot wave theory, there is only one actual state of the universe, though that state propogates with explicitly non-local interactions. That state includes hidden variables, namely particle positions, velocities, and IIRC quantum
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by smaddox 10y ago
Quantum Monte Carlo simulation is pretty standard for modern semiconductor devices. Most of the effects of interest in highly scaled transistors, for example, cannot be properly accounted for otherwise. On the basic materials level, density
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by smaddox 10y ago
Bill Nye had an interesting chapter on his change of view on GMO's in one of his recent books. Personally, I see genetic engineering as the path to apotheoses. The risk of it leading us the opposite direction is very real, though. The
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by smaddox 10y ago
This article is as devoid of content as you might guess from the click-bait title. Don't waste your time.
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by smaddox 10y ago
Intellectual Ventures had done this. It only provides value to the employees/owners, though. Ideas/patents are worthless without the right person/people to execute.
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by smaddox 10y ago
Any currency that has a supply decoupled from the macroeconomy is doomed to failure as a currency, either through deflation or inflation. Deflation results in hording, at which point there is insufficient exchange and another currency repla
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by smaddox 10y ago
I agree that we have a very long way to go before strong AI. That being said, I also think quite weak AI is sufficient to commandeer the vast majority of existing jobs, and it's not clear how our socio-economic systems will handle that
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by smaddox 10y ago
If you think HVDC is expensive, I'm not sure why you think HTSC's would be better.
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by smaddox 10y ago
Skimmed the link, but didn't see any details about the hardware. Is this an actual quantum computer? If so how many qubits and how many gate operations can be performed without losing coherence? If it's not, then nothing to see he
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by smaddox 11y ago
UBI would only cause inflation if 1) it is not covered by taxes, 2) production does not increase in proportion, and 3) debt does not decrease in proportion. It is extremely likely that a combination of 1, 2, and 3 will keep inflation in che
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by smaddox 11y ago
How is an encryption key different from any other piece of information that could be used to intimate you? It's not a physical object that can be searched.
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by smaddox 11y ago
This is more confirmation that everything the American public has been told about diet and cholesterol for the past several decades has been seriously flawed. Is there any persuasive evidence that cholesterol-reducing diets or medication im
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by smaddox 11y ago
The conclusion about Li-ion batteries is not supported by the paper. The paper tests the electrodes in a capacitor configuration, not a Li-ion battery configuration. Li-ion battery electrodes are damaged more by the swelling caused by Li-io
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by smaddox 11y ago
A bit of duplicated effort due to inadequate communication is far better than subgroups being forced to use outside systems that they can't modify to automate common tasks.
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by smaddox 11y ago
Sounds like they just want to thin down a solar-powered ion-thrusted craft to the engineering limits, in order to maximise the collecting area.
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by smaddox 11y ago
Great post. I just wanted to add that space and energy could very much be emergent phenomenon, as well. Take for example Wolfram's conjecture that the universe might be modeled as a causal network [1], in which our 4D spacetime emerges
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by smaddox 11y ago
Not for Python, but for a lua-like language: terralang.org
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by smaddox 11y ago
Such effects have been pretty thoroughly studied in the quantum mechanics of Bosons. Bosons are particles or quasi-particles that follow Bose-Einstein statistics, including photons and phonons, i.e. quantised electromagnetic and acoustic vi
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by smaddox 11y ago
For those interested in this topic, I highly recommend: 1) Steve Keen's blog - http://debtdeflation.com/blogs/ 2) Debt: the first 5000 years - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt:_The_Fir
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by smaddox 11y ago
Schrodinger's equation doesn't even include special relativistic effects. It's not exact (at least not if you mean it exactly describes nature in general). Neither is Dirac's equation; it includes special relativistic ef
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by smaddox 11y ago
It would be interesting to see the actual distributions instead of just averages. Demographics would also be interesting (although I doubt they have this data); is the spending really dominated by a wide poor base, or is it dominated by a f
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by smaddox 11y ago
Note that the website you linked doesn't have any sharp black on white.
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by smaddox 11y ago
Indeed. I think this is a strong argument in favor of basic income. If the risk of an enterprise failing were separated from the risk of not being able to eat next week, then we would have far more entrepreneurs.
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by smaddox 11y ago
There's plenty of PhD's working in semiconductor materials and devices. The US Gov is currently funding lots of research into so called 2D materials, e.g. graphene and MoS2. Personally, I'm skeptical that any of it will ever
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by smaddox 11y ago
Those are phrased too positively. Politicians need to phrase objectives in the negative in order to scare up support. "The War on Infrastructure Decay" doesn't have quite the same ring to it as "The War on Drugs" or
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by smaddox 11y ago
This has to be the most unusual Wired article I've ever seen. It's nice to see a popular-magazine article discussing quantum mechanics without invoking woo. To further see actual code is even more intriguing and unusual. Kudos.
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by smaddox 11y ago
I fully expect similar approaches to come to dominate artificial neural network implementations, due to their ability to accelerate on-line learning. Either memristive or ferroelectric (FRAM) nonvolitile memory could be used to implement th
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by smaddox 11y ago
This sounds more like an author developing brain-storming tools than like a bot writing a short story.
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by smaddox 11y ago
Spot on. Kudos to The Guardian. I didn't know they did parody/satire. I like them more and more with each article I read.
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by smaddox 11y ago
Great summary. I, for one, was surprised to hear this, and yet feel like I shouldn't have been.

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