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Folding home servers overwhelmed by Corona interest(foldingforum.org)
1 points by tda 7y ago|1 comments
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by tda 7y ago
Just a little thought experiment: If the current wisdom is actually that almost everyone will be infected eventually, wouldn't it (ignoring any ethical issues) be wiser to deliberately infect medical personnel as soon as possible, so t
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by tda 7y ago
Recidivism is very high when people get PTSD, no mental health support or any support whatsoever when they are let free after a decade or two. In civilised countries the prison systems main objective is preparing someone for the life after
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by tda 7y ago
That is really besides the point, because this article is about the third world, or should I say medieval prison system in the USA. That system is a crime against humanity in far too many ways. It is just one of the things many Europeans ju
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by tda 7y ago
The 1 and 2 cents problem can easily be solved by agreeing to stop using them and round all transactions to the nearest. Think we stopped using 1 and 2 cent coins in the Netherlands more than 15 years ago
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by tda 7y ago
Yes, I am also very impressed by Fork. I wondered how they could make such a polished client for free, doesn't seem very sustainable. I hope they switch to a plain and simple license model and make enough off of it to not have to resor
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by tda 7y ago
Can anyone explain to me why in Asia the authorities seem to be going all in with extraordinary containment measures and testing larger groups of people, whilst in Europe and North America the authorities are responding very different? Almo
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Fork (Git client) will soon be paid(git-fork.com)
3 points by tda 7y ago|2 comments
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by tda 7y ago
Just to clarify: in the cases of high-altitude airliners which frequently fly near or in the stratosphere, non-CO2 altitude-sensitive effects may increase the total impact on anthropogenic (human-made) climate change significantly https:&#
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by tda 7y ago
A shame some images are censored: https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/wp-content/uploads/2018...
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by tda 7y ago
Completely agreed, would never write it this way anymore but the example is a bit older
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by tda 7y ago
Why is (1025, 1025, 1025) so much faster than (1024, 1024, 1024)?
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by tda 7y ago
Here is the code in a notebook: https://github.com/Python-Meetup-Rotterdam/meetup1/blob/mast... Gave a little presentation on my findings on using different approaches
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by tda 7y ago
I've had this experience when writing a simple algorithm for run length encoding, a problem which I struggled to vectorize. Compare the numpy algo with pure python: def rle_encode_pure_python(sequence): """Run le
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by tda 7y ago
No you wouldn't: a car-pedestrian accident at 30km/h gives you about a 5% chance to die. https://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/specialist/knowle... With a bicycle I'm quite sure the odds o
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by tda 7y ago
Great, I was just wondering what the stripe width influence was on the illusion, made it very easy to find out
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by tda 7y ago
how about take a picture of something and sending it to someone. Camera's are not only used for selfies, lots of inspection work basically requires to take a picture and submit it. The workflow snap picture with camera -> eject sdc
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by tda 7y ago
Relevant comment from yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22101953 "Even a fix now proposed for the Max has similarities with the past: After the crash near Amsterdam, the F.A.A. required airlines to instal
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by tda 7y ago
Even today willow branch mats are still used. They are used primarily for support structures during construction so durability is not always an issue (though of course submerged wood lasts pretty long anyways).
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by tda 7y ago
Currently the afsluitdijk is undergoing a major upgrade. The hydraulic tests (scale 1:2) have just about been concluded. Unfortunately not too many videos are public, but found this short one https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=58
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by tda 7y ago
From memory I believe the "Ruimte voor de rivieren" project was designed for peak discharges of around 15k m3/s, but could very well be wrong there. Normal discharge is much much lower. Just wanted to see if the extreme scena
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by tda 7y ago
Just did a little bit of a napkin calculation, how much energy would it cost to pump the entire flow of the Rhine 2m higher? 2m head difference, 20_000m3/s flow Due to head difference: 1000kg/m3 * 20_000m3/s * 9.8kgm/s2
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by tda 7y ago
Yes, there are a few fringe areas that are likely to flood. But as we know that, that is not a problem. These areas are mostly uninhabited, have emergency procedures in place and are somewhat resilient (houses built on artificial mounds). D
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by tda 7y ago
thing is cat 5 hurricanes happen every year (and are thus not freak storms), just not here. In the parts of the world where these happen, people tend not to live below sea level so even poor islands eventually recover after being hit. Extra
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by tda 7y ago
Indeed we won't be hit hardest or first, but consider this. Just about the entire Randstad is in a single "Dijkring" (Dijkring 14). And because a large part of the Randstad is flooded, if any part of the defense goes, it goes
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by tda 7y ago
I hope you're right, I expect the world to be in a very different place in a few decades and not for the better. I'm still under 40 so I'm keeping my options open; even though the chances are probably very low, the effect is
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by tda 7y ago
Just to be clear, I still enjoy and plan on living in the west for a long time. But there are quite a few theoretically possible regime changes that I am aware of (and probably even more that I am unaware of) to make me concerned about it.
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by tda 7y ago
Indeed the question is not if, but when the Netherlands will flood due too sea level rise. Unlike many other nations the Netherlands is managed in a way that it can potentially handle quite significant (I would say 1-3 meters) in the next c
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by tda 7y ago
Wow, I have had exactly this idea and it makes so much sense I was surprised I never heard anyone else come to this conclusion yet, but finally I seem to have found one. My idea in a nutshell: tax only non renewable or finite resources and
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by tda 7y ago
If you think about it vehicles on asphalt/tyres (not buses as we know them) are superior to vehicles on tracks/steel wheels in every way (except rolling resistance). Vehicle to vehicle dista CE on the road can be as little as a fe

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