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by tbabb 11y ago
Keep in mind that the society they are conforming to is much more open-minded, tolerant, and freethinking. It is possible that earlier "rebellious" generations have done some work in toppling barriers, and those positive effects a
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USGS Historical Map Explorer(historicalmaps.arcgis.com)
3 points by tbabb 11y ago|0 comments
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by tbabb 11y ago
> the effect is subtle, explaining just 1 percent of a person’s depression risk. That seems like noise to me. Especially in such a large study that attempted to cross-correlate (apparently) hundreds of factors, I would require a lot mo
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by tbabb 11y ago
> and the final series converges. Or not, and we yell "look behind you!" and then dump the infinities out the window. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renormalization
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by tbabb 11y ago
Obligatory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV0wTtiJygY I am definitely having this moment right now.
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by tbabb 11y ago
> IRC wasn't recorded Except by anyone in the room with logging enabled.
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by tbabb 11y ago
My bullshit detectors are leaping off the charts. There are so many completely uncontrolled experiments described there, and the article just jumps to the conclusion that they demonstrate an effect. Add on top that the theory makes not a fl
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by tbabb 11y ago
My understanding is that Mersenne Twister is kind of a gold standard for non-cryptographic PRNGs. Linear congruential generators are known to be rather poor, and only ideal where speed is critical and the quality doesn't matter.
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by tbabb 11y ago
> It's not maglev Oh wow, this is too much. From the article: > "The MIT pod has magnet skis that lift it during high-speed cruising" So, in your own words, "For fuck's sake, can people at least read the art
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by tbabb 11y ago
Wow, 1000 bounces is huge. 8 bounces is a reasonable setting for a high-performance 3D path tracer. I guess it's that much easier in 2D.
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by tbabb 11y ago
Curious what the heat losses are on eddy currents. I guess we'll see...
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by tbabb 11y ago
Maglev, huh. Does that imply the track has to have embedded coils / permanent magnets? If so, seems like that pretty much explodes the cost, no?
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by tbabb 11y ago
Cool. Many languages allow 0b11110000 style notation, though. If that's available, it's much preferable to hex when the bit arrangement matters. One should not ever force the reader to do the mental work of this quiz if it can be
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by tbabb 11y ago
Tried to make a polyrhythm, but not enough time resolution to get it right: http://sampulator.com/tr_babb/chuck-it :\
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by tbabb 11y ago
And mine: http://sampulator.com/tr_babb/blackwater
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by tbabb 11y ago
If Blue Origin never takes this beyond a little pogo jump to the Karaman line, then SpaceX gets the last laugh. If they do scale this to orbit and succeed, then good for them! It's not disingenuous, and we all win. I don't see m
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by tbabb 11y ago
Brains are machines, and drugs damage them in such a way that the damage accelerates. If you think you are not driven by your own reward system, or that you are above it, you are laughably mistaken. By and large, you will do what your rewar
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by tbabb 11y ago
I take it the influence of Earth's magnetic field is accounted for, including adjustments for relativity and any induced eddy currents in the spacecraft?
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by tbabb 11y ago
Any astronomers care to comment on what rules out these explanations: 1) Planetary nebula, with patchy bits 2) Inherent star variability ?
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by tbabb 11y ago
For drunk driving and near accidents? Sure. For tattletale speeding tickets? No thank you.
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by tbabb 11y ago
I wonder how city congestion will be affected by thousands of empty cars driving around a few years from now.
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by tbabb 11y ago
Yes, see the bit in my original post and the one that follows about instantaneous communication.
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by tbabb 11y ago
Pseudorandom means the choice is deterministically chosen by according to the state of hidden variables. Bell's theorem says there are no hidden variables that completely explain the predictions of quantum mechanics. A many-worlds inte
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by tbabb 11y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell's_theorem Certain observations are probabilistic, and the correlations in them predicted by quantum mechanics cannot be reproduced by ascribing them to the traits of particles. I
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by tbabb 11y ago
That is what is so unsettling about T-symmetry. What you describe is merely improbable , not impossible. With appropriate starting conditions, it is certain. Basically we'd require all the particles in the comet to bounce into each ot
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by tbabb 11y ago
Are you proposing a "hidden state" which is unobservable? Such a formulation is not consistent with quantum mechanics, as proven by Bell's theorem, unless you permit instantaneous influence from arbitrarily distant parts of t
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Infinitely-aged Christmas pudding(bzarg.com)
1 points by tbabb 11y ago|0 comments
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by tbabb 11y ago
The difference seems pretty clear: Profit. Uber/Lyft drivers aren't splitting the cost of gas with riders; they're making money from it, as evidenced by the fact that rates change hour by hour with market demand. They can cla
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by tbabb 11y ago
Every picture is a visualization of measurements.
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by tbabb 11y ago
I would love it if there were FCC-mandated password handling standards, like a (long) minimum max length, a (wide) mimimum permissible charset, and forbidden plaintext storage. It's arguably an issue of national security. (Or some othe

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