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by te_platt 12y ago
No. The closest simple example is the broken window fallacy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window
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by te_platt 12y ago
Is that penny the first human image on Mars? If not does anyone here know what is?
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by te_platt 12y ago
It applies to any call outside of the local loop. From the dsl wikipedia entry: Because DSL operates above the 3.4 kHz voice limit, it cannot pass through a load coil. Load coils are, in essence, filters that block out any non-voice frequen
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by te_platt 12y ago
Not to mention the fact that telephone lines are bandlimited at about 3000 Hz.
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by te_platt 12y ago
I find that reading articles on design can be off-putting if read too literally. "Do this" or "Don't do this" may or not apply to a specific situation. I did think this was a nice article in that it showed some nic
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by te_platt 12y ago
Actually, thinking about it a bit more I think there is a natural explanation. If measured ability follows a normal distribution then the farther out you go the more spread out (on average) individuals become. For example, draw a billion
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by te_platt 12y ago
I've always wondered about what it is that kicks someone up from great to "how is that even possible?". For example Mozart being asked to remove a ring because his playing was so good an audience thought the ring was a talism
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by te_platt 12y ago
Good point. And I'm sure Netflix engineers had a certain amount of internal bureaucracy to deal with as well. The point I was trying make was just that it's easier now to make a change like this than what had to be done in previo
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by te_platt 12y ago
I'm old enough to remember tv shows making a big deal about being in color, then stereo, then HD. The big change in going to 4K is that Netflix doesn't need regulatory permission or ten years of drafting standards to make the upg
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by te_platt 12y ago
As bad as governmental abuses can be in the U.S. I find it somewhat comforting that suing the CIA doesn't mean some people are going to start disappearing. I'm guessing not too many Russians sued the KGB.
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by te_platt 12y ago
There are a lot of interesting subjects this article covers. One that stood out to me was how new evidence seeming in favor of something can be turned against it. E.T. Jaynes describes it with what he calls the "deception hypothesis&
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by te_platt 12y ago
Works fine for me. Chrome Version 35.0.1916.114 OSX 10.9.3
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by te_platt 12y ago
Note: gamma wave, not gamma particles. Gamma wave refers to an aspect of brain activity. Maybe I'm the only one who was confused by the title but I feel better knowing people aren't being irradiated for the experiment.
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by te_platt 12y ago
I'll look into it.
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by te_platt 12y ago
I think so. Here is a fun little story about a robotics project she worked on: http://davisclipper.com/view/full_story/21911572/article-Loc... (search for Platt in the article)
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by te_platt 12y ago
Not only can you get a good idea of age from a name you can generate names that match age and sex. I have a niece who recently did a science fair project where she used Markov chains seeded with U.S. census data over the last hundred years
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by te_platt 12y ago
I would love to know how accurate the hallucinations were. If there were a poster on the wall would he be able read it?
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by te_platt 12y ago
"Evidence suggests..." http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/911Report_Ch1.htm See the section on flight 11. Not conclusive but indicative.
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‘Madness and Memory,’ a Memoir About Discovering Prions(nytimes.com)
1 points by te_platt 12y ago|0 comments
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by te_platt 12y ago
I remember during my first year at college looking through a friend's high school yearbook remarking on some of the girls I thought were cute but he didn't. He made comments that didn't have to do with their physical appeara
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by te_platt 12y ago
I completely agree. How someone decides to treat a condition is a deeply personal choice and I certainly didn't mean for my comment to be a recommendation for anyone else. Just that this spoon looks like a great option for a lot of p
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by te_platt 12y ago
I have essential tremor not quite as bad as shown in the video but bad enough I'd be interested in such a spoon. I've tried Propranolol, a common tremor treating medication, but found the side effects (drowsiness) too unpleasant
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by te_platt 12y ago
The quick answer is probably not. Tremors run in my family and I have them pretty bad - using a fork with my left hand is iffy for me. The tremors are not a matter of weakness. For modest tremors you may want to look into the drug Propran
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by te_platt 12y ago
See the case of Anatoli Bugorski: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoli_Bugorski He put is head in a proton beam of a particle accelerator and survived. It wasn't pretty but he got hit by a lot more than one proto
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by te_platt 12y ago
This was not what I expected. I thought it would be about toxic customers. It's actually about a set of very good customers who happen to like products that are doomed to failure. The idea is that some people have a distinct out of
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by te_platt 12y ago
I love seeing how clever people figure out ways to solve problems with the tools they have. Also good to remember hacking didn't start with and doesn't only apply to computers.
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by te_platt 12y ago
I seems like a bifurcating stream would be unstable. Does anyone here know how common they are and how long they last?
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by te_platt 12y ago
Buying a modest amount of real estate in parts of California 40 - 50 years ago could very easily get you over $5 million today.
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by te_platt 12y ago
Sure, I'm in my mid 40's, married, bunch of kids, full time job. I've been involved with (failed) startups and side projects. I've also made a few things I'm proud of even if not hugely successful. Having a famil
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by te_platt 13y ago
Very interesting. There have also been recent studies on the effects of anesthesia (Isoflurane in particular) on depression. See: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjourna... I thought the ketamine

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