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by tedd4u 2y ago
Inspired by the MIT camera discussed here 13 years ago Trillion-frame-per-second video https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3346609
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I built a 1B FPS video camera to watch light move(youtube.com)
3 points by tedd4u 2y ago|1 comments
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by tedd4u 2y ago
I think NASA is saying it's already gone well inside the Alfvén surface and so that qualifies as basically "into the suns atmosphere." [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfvén_surface
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by tedd4u 2y ago
A few notes on Power-Of-Two-Choices (Po2C) which is part of the solution described in the paper. NGINX appears to have Po2C available as an option on the "random" balancing algorithm. [1] It only considers load (requests in flight
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by tedd4u 2y ago
The last sentence of the abstract indicates the goal is to be able to run at higher utilization without sacrificing latency. The outcome of that is you need less hardware for a given load which for Google undoubtedly means massive cost savi
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by tedd4u 2y ago
First point lauds rapid approval which it claims was successful and saved millions of lives. Second point criticizes a "rushed" and "dangerous" approval.
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by tedd4u 2y ago
[offtopic] From the report, these two findings: > OPERATION WARP SPEED: President-elect Trump’s Operation Warp Speed — which > encouraged the rapid development and authorization of the COVID-19 vaccine > — was highly s
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by tedd4u 2y ago
> To highlight the main strength of o1 pro mode (improved reliability), we > use a stricter evaluation setting: a model is only considered to solve a > question if it gets the answer right in four out of four attem
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Tesla shuts down Cybertruck production for days at critical time for the company(electrek.co)
27 points by tedd4u 2y ago|35 comments
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by tedd4u 2y ago
Retail US$ prices for Lego-branded kits are usually about $0.10 per piece. So I would expect this kit would cost about $85 if Lego were selling it, implying a +170% premium.
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by tedd4u 2y ago
>E-UTRAN Node B, also known as Evolved Node B, is the element in E-UTRA of >LTE that is the evolution of the element Node B in UTRA of UMTS. Thanks, wikipedia! [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#
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by tedd4u 2y ago
Cool, but do I really feel like buying this game yet again? Still holding out for HL 3. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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by tedd4u 2y ago
The B in BASIC stands for "beginner." AppleSoft BASIC on an Apple ][+ was my first programming experience -- in kindergarten (1979). I was 5, and with help from my brother and my dad, I was able to learn and program independently.
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Carbon dioxide capture from open air using covalent organic frameworks(nature.com)
2 points by tedd4u 2y ago|0 comments
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by tedd4u 2y ago
It's impressive. But to be fair, a totally novel item should be expected to have pent up demand that smooths out over time. The F-150 was introduced 49 years ago so demand has smoothed already.
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by tedd4u 2y ago
Our home kitchen has cabinets that are mostly transparent glass. Worst of both worlds? The clutter is easily visible but access is slowed. Really though, I think there is a purpose: doors keep the dust and grease of the kitchen environment
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by tedd4u 2y ago
Anti-rationality and ignorance aren't new to the scene in the US. In 1980, Isaac Asimov wrote an essay titled "Cult of Ignorance." [1] “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been.
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Chinese government hackers penetrate U.S. internet providers to spy(washingtonpost.com)
4 points by tedd4u 2y ago|3 comments
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by tedd4u 2y ago
"Lossless" compression is based on information that can be discarded without negative consequences because it cannot be perceived by humans. The data is real and there, you just can't see it or hear it. If you can quantify wh
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by tedd4u 2y ago
M3 Pro (and some lower-core count M3 Max) parts have lower memory bandwidth than their M2 comparable. If your workload is highly dependent on memory bandwidth, then M2->M3 on Pro or Max might not be an improvement. See tables here https
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by tedd4u 2y ago
Holy crap, is that modified or do they all sound that loud? And not just in reverse? Not the future we were promised.
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by tedd4u 2y ago
I wish. An official act is not one that is motivated by government business. It's defined as the exercise of official powers. In the decision, the motive behind exercise of official powers can't be examined and the exercise itself
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by tedd4u 2y ago
You can't and that's the specific reason Justice Barrett concurred only in part.
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by tedd4u 2y ago
Sotomayor's dissent [1] is a must-read as well. She's more concerned than you are. The President of the United States is the most powerful person in the country, and possibly the world. When he uses his official powe
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by tedd4u 2y ago
Does your app have to run in the foreground on the iPad during the flight? Or can the crew user other apps in flight?
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by tedd4u 2y ago
From 2 years ago. Large region of Australia running fully on solar/wind/storage for 10+ days. Seems like the focus has to be on storage and continued improvement of grid-scale and rooftop solar and wind. South Australia has
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by tedd4u 2y ago
Yes. In an analogy to a corporation, the Congress is the Board, and the President is CEO. The board approves the corporate bylaws, the Congress approves the laws.
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by tedd4u 2y ago
>what NASA officials have been emphasizing Anyone understand specifically what this is referring to? I read it several times and I don't see a hint. Normally this phrase would be followed by an explanation like >this illustrates
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by tedd4u 2y ago
Better ORNL article (linked at the bottom of the OP): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07267-6 Actual paper in Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07267-6
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by tedd4u 2y ago
Incremental increase in future hardware sales (that will be required to use it fully).

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