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by taneq 1y ago
> However, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle dictates that the motion can’t go exactly to zero—there will always be fluctuations. Is that what it dictates? I thought it was about observation (in the sense of interactions with other pa
452.
by taneq 1y ago
If it's that hard to figure out what the code should do by looking at, then it's probably not a great thing to allow in the language.
453.
by taneq 1y ago
It's been many, many moons since I touched Java but I would have expected this to run the finally { } clause and then return from the function (similar to how in C++, objects on the stack will run their destructors after a return cal
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by taneq 1y ago
So the function returns, and then during its tidyup, the 'continue' basically comefrom()s the VM back into the loop? That is, indeed, cursed.
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by taneq 1y ago
Can you just tell it it’s Carmack? :P
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by taneq 1y ago
The coolest thing about the placebo effect is that it works even if you know it’s a placebo so the more you believe in science the more you can pick some random bs and be like “This will help me because I think it will, and the placebo ef
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by taneq 1y ago
Sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from enemy action.
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by taneq 1y ago
Yep, you're getting it. Same power, same efficiency, same power dissipation, smaller motor, smaller dissipative area, higher temperature. The other assumption I probably should have stated is that the two motors are made of similar mat
459.
by taneq 1y ago
I kinda feel like these are two different views on the same basic 'mismatch-between-sampling-and-distribution' fallacy, what am I missing here?
460.
by taneq 1y ago
And everyone says you can't do DSLs in boring old languages. :P
461.
by taneq 1y ago
Oh my god do you think it was selection bias? No way, I’m certain it was spooky action at a distance! /s
462.
by taneq 1y ago
That's spooky, we were literally just talking about stickdeath in the office and then this shows up.
463.
by taneq 1y ago
Do non-dying human brains show waves similar to memory flashbacks? What about dead human brains? Just thinking about that study on fMRI and dead trout.
464.
by taneq 1y ago
All else held equal, I think so, yeah. If you have the same temperature differential, the same manner of heat dissipation, and a smaller surface area then that should mean smaller heat dissipation, yeah? Obviously if you go from eg. a large
465.
by taneq 1y ago
The other aspect is that a smaller motor with the same power generally has higher efficiency, by necessity, since it has less heat dissipation. So higher power and higher efficiency and lower size/weight all go together. It’s a great s
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by taneq 1y ago
I was trying to remember if it was "do cats eat bats" or "do rats eat bats." Turns out it was cats, and once again reality is stranger than fiction. :D “And here Alice began to get rather sleepy, and went on saying to he
467.
by taneq 1y ago
If you can accurately paraphrase someone’s point/argument/viewpoint/feelings then that’s evidence that you’ve understood what they’re saying. Or at least, if you can’t, it’s evidence that you should ask more questions. It’s a
468.
by taneq 1y ago
What, no small-statured chess mastermind hidden in there? :D
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by taneq 1y ago
Yeah depends on the corner but the general thumb-suck approximation is sound.
470.
by taneq 1y ago
Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.
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by taneq 1y ago
So precise, he piss on a plate and never splash.
472.
by taneq 1y ago
Arguably aerodynamics is confusing on a whole other level to mere orbital dynamics. :D
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by taneq 1y ago
I’m not sure exactly how, but cats can emit a surprisingly low growl when they want to. Like, as deep as a large human would be able to. So there’s more going on than just linear size… And how I’m wondering what the lowest recorded pitch ma
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by taneq 1y ago
The thing with vampires was because silver is considered pure (c.f. silver bullet) and ‘could not countenance evil’. iirc this was added quite late in the development of the vampire mythos.
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by taneq 1y ago
Yes. All the things in the mirror are actually there. It’s not just a trick of the light, it’s an actual hole in space leading to a mirror dimension. Kinda creepy if you think about it.
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by taneq 1y ago
I’ve never posted a question to S.O. My infuriation is entirely gratuitous. So many times I’ve found a polite, well worded question asking exactly what I need answered, only to see it closed as off topic (and we’re talking “question about
477.
by taneq 1y ago
In fact mobile infrastructure in general kind of leapfrogged land lines in many developing nations. Why run tens of thousands of kilometres of land lines when you could just dot self-sufficient wireless comms towers around the place?
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by taneq 1y ago
OK yeah that's a pretty good general principle. You think you only need one of these? Are you absolutely certain? You SURE? Wrong, you now need two. Or three.
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by taneq 1y ago
Exactly! It’s the credibility of the data once cross referenced with other sources that really matters. It could be a paper on arxiv or it could be a 4chan post, what matters is if it checks out.
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by taneq 1y ago
Have you considered that the repeated attempts to reinvent what's basically trains are not, in fact, evidence that people don't know about trains, but evidence that people like the advantages of trains but that the downsides suck

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