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by superqd 7y ago
I think it is a more than a little weird, as we find that over different scales our ability to predict loses its precision. We attribute this to an unknown something, that is sometimes referred to as "dark matter", but in reality
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by superqd 7y ago
I very much wish no one had used the terms "dark matter" and "dark energy", as those imply far more knowledge than we have. It implies to those unfamiliar that there is in fact some form of energy or matter that has bee
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by superqd 7y ago
Yeah, it all depends. I certainly don't want people buzzing me with their drone when I'm out enjoying nature with my kids. As a result, when I take my drone out, I am very certain to be far from others, and not to bug them. By
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by superqd 7y ago
I competed in this, and found it somewhat fun. It was like an x-prize for computer science. I knew little about this area of research or work. So when I first saw the data, which was simply movie IDs and user IDs with dates and ratings,
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by superqd 7y ago
If you already own x% of the company it sounds like they are wanting to make installments on the purchase of the company via 're-vesting'. I.e., rather than pay 100% to own your shares, they want to own 100% of your shares, then
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by superqd 7y ago
I've learned to lean heavily in to my nerdiness. I have just learned to accept it's who I am, and if that means I am not the dude who goes out after work for drinks (for various reasons), then that is the way it is (lots of relat
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by superqd 7y ago
That is very true. I grew up relatively poor (we were the kids with literal holes in our shoes going to school, free lunch program, etc), and didn't get my first computer till I was 26. I didn't get it till I was 26 not because
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by superqd 7y ago
Yeah, I totally suffer from this far too much. Intellectually, I understand that much of the success of my peers of which I'm envious, has nothing to do with my abilities, per se, but more to do with luck and personality differences.
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by superqd 7y ago
What won't be obvious, but at some point will tip over and wreak havoc on the industry, will be AI generated films. You might think of the poor quality deepfakes when I say that, but we are in the baby stages of something far more pow
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by superqd 7y ago
Dang, I was looking forward to buying their new robot, Vector. We have a Cozmo, and my kids really enjoyed it.
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by superqd 7y ago
Thanks
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Ask HN: Looking for prior art to prevent obvious patent
2 points by superqd 7y ago|3 comments
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by superqd 7y ago
Given the existence of free very feature rich alternatives, like DaVinci Resolve, why would someone spend so much time building this? Just to have an open source alternative? I don't really get who would want to use this, if there ar
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by superqd 7y ago
I have worked in the software world for 20 years, and started coding while in grad school studying for my master's in astrophysics. I initially was building websites on the side to make extra money, but then decided to go full time.
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by superqd 8y ago
My kids get confused when I refer to my 3d printer as a robot. Heck, even the 2d paper printer is a robot. In that respect, I do have some very useful robots. I would very much like a robot that could do household chores though, like la
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by superqd 8y ago
Yes, exactly. Every robot from these companies I'd seen were underwhelming and nothing I would have spent money on. A robot that could do my laundry I'd pay $2000 for.
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by superqd 8y ago
Sounds so exciting! :^)
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by superqd 8y ago
Point taken. But still, the imagery of an automobile flying is what I've always thought of when I heard the phrase "flying car". Not a plane that can be driven.
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by superqd 8y ago
It may not be practical, but in the world of scifi, I think we have lots of artistic attempts to design what such a vehicle might look like. Take most of the "cars" in The Fifth Element. They don't have wings, and are essen
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by superqd 8y ago
That's a good example of what I mean. I've seen that before as well, and it's more plane like than car, IMHO. Folding the wings just makes it a plane that you can fit into a lane on a street.
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by superqd 8y ago
I think I conflated them because they are synonymous :^) From Google: Definition of "car": a road vehicle, typically with four wheels, powered by an internal combustion engine and able to carry a small number of people. Definitio
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by superqd 8y ago
Yeah, one of their "brands" is also called Idera, and I worked there for many years prior to the acquisition. But, yeah, just shortly prior to the acquisition, most of the dev group were let go to improve the bottom line, and a s
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by superqd 8y ago
That's what I wanted to see. How can someone write an article about a test flight, with video that exists, and not link to the video. THANKS!
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by superqd 8y ago
The whole "flying car" phrase gets tossed around far too much. Every "flying car" I've seen marketed, is either 1) a small VTOL airplane, or 2) a small airplane that folds up so it can be driven on the street. Mos
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by superqd 8y ago
I imagine it like being in a boat. There are people in the boat running around drilling holes in the bottom and then there are those trying to cover the holes, the Leak Fixers, but they do this very poorly, and sometimes their efforts crea
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by superqd 8y ago
I think some can be boring. There is one near our house with 3 or 4 rooms. I took my family to it and we did two of the rooms. I've been to some escape rooms with work as well. The one near my house that I took my family to was my
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by superqd 8y ago
Good luck
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Thanks for making my life awkward, Vettery – or why I would never use Vettery
2 points by superqd 8y ago|0 comments
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by superqd 8y ago
This is the one major reason I lost most of my desire to continue grad school (I was studying astrophysics). I chose physics specifically because I wanted to understand the universe. The way I thought of it was that I wanted to lift the h
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by superqd 9y ago
Yeah, I've read that.

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