thomas2718

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by thomas2718 3y ago
The base unit is indeed the kilogram, see https://www.bipm.org/en/measurement-units/si-base-units .
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by thomas2718 4y ago
Source? I cannot find mercury in the list of ingredients in this FDA document: https://www.fda.gov/media/153716/download page 4.
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by thomas2718 5y ago
I had once an iron deficiency, so I looked into how to improve my iron intake. Soaking legumes in water overnight reduces the amount of phytic acid and therefore increases the availability of minerals. This article gives a good overview: h
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by thomas2718 5y ago
Probably I could spend less and still have a relatively big impact on the climate. I would just buy a lot of methane and release it into the atmosphere. Assuming [1] is correct, I could get 4t of CH4 for less than 4000€. According to the IP
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by thomas2718 6y ago
Something like this project? https://www.thomasrebele.org/projects/bashlog/datalog
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by thomas2718 6y ago
Predicting the weather is fundamentally different from predicting climate. Let's play a coin game. We'll throw a fair coin 100,000 times. Beforehand, I predict the number of heads +-0.5%. If I'm right, 1,000$ for me, if I&#x2
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by thomas2718 6y ago
Some days ago I stumbled on this page: https://www.unfoxmycablebox.com/ . It says that Fox News finances itself largely by hidden subscriber fees which are part of a cable or satellite TV subscription. It proposes to write y
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by thomas2718 6y ago
I have a cranky uncle who sends an email newsletter with links. Most of the links are conspiracy theories in my eyes. Some of them are about the climate. So to be able to make reasonable judgements, I've decided to learn about the scie
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by thomas2718 7y ago
Technically, your code runs in O(n^2), as O(n) is a part of O(n^2). Still, he should have accepted the more precise answer O(n).
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by thomas2718 7y ago
Indeed, and with a bit of tuning (e.g., using mawk for most things), one can get quite good performance. [1] The project also provides a translator from Datalog to bash scripts [2]. Disclaimer: I was one of the authors [1] https:/&#x2
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by thomas2718 7y ago
I just wanted to buy a ticket for the Running Remote conference, and then I saw that there are only on-site tickets ...