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by uticus 3y ago
> Delivering precise exceptions that the operating system can resume from would be a ludicrous waste of precious logic. Instead, programmers should be honest about the storage their programs need, and get good at their job. ah the days o
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Minerva Research Initiative: Supporting social science for a safer world(minerva.defense.gov)
1 points by uticus 3y ago|0 comments
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by uticus 3y ago
Also ref https://archive.is/9WwPe > Every time a MiG-31 takes off from a Russian military base, an air raid alert is issued across the entire Ukraine... Would love to see a confirmation source on this bit.
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F-16s "Sitting Ducks" for Russian MiG-31 Fighters?(eurasiantimes.com)
3 points by uticus 3y ago|4 comments
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by uticus 3y ago
Sunspot region 3615 is now past center and rotating out of view, but it has been the source of a lot of activity: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39796973
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R1-2 (Minor-Moderate) Radio Blackouts Continue(swpc.noaa.gov)
1 points by uticus 3y ago|1 comments
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by uticus 3y ago
> a good church is far more a giant nest of social bonds than it is a cross or creed History has shown different. Martyrs relied more on cross and creed (and indeed a specific person the cross & creed spoke of) than social bonds. &#x
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by uticus 3y ago
and geomagnetic storm watches for up to G3 issued https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/geomagnetic-storm-watches-iss... and already observed up to G2 https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/g2-moderate-geomagneti
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by uticus 3y ago
And followup CME halo: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/halo-cme-detected-associated-...
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by uticus 3y ago
> The flare activity began from Region 3614 (to the north), and was still in progress when another flare erupted from Region 3615 (to the south). It's tough to say with certainty at this point which flare was the source of R3 levels
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R3 (Strong) level flare event(swpc.noaa.gov)
5 points by uticus 3y ago|3 comments
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by uticus 3y ago
Can also testify to this, also works for transferring files to the device from Linux if app supports (ref VLC, etc). However, the speed is mind-numbingly slow. Faster and easier to just sync with iCloud, then download from iCloud. So, why
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by uticus 3y ago
This is the same region that produced an M6.7 flare two days ago, on Mar 18 [0]. At that point it had just rotated into Earth view. [0] https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/r2-moderate-hf-radio-blackout...
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AR 3615 Produces an M7.4 Flare(swpc.noaa.gov)
2 points by uticus 3y ago|1 comments
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by uticus 3y ago
If they are this bad to replace, should I be worried about them randomly failing? I mean, I drive right underneath them like twice a day backing in and out.
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by uticus 3y ago
Love it. Use case is difficult to grasp at first, but seems to be somewhere less powerful than LuaJIT, but with typing; and more powerful than Typed Lua, but with the same typing? > Lua is perfect as a small embeddable dynamic language s
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by uticus 3y ago
> Apart from what the AI model is capable of, we should ask think in terms of how accurate the solutions are. Initially these models were prone to hallucinations or you need to prompt them in specific ways to get what you want. Today&#x2
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by uticus 3y ago
> I can’t think of anything that prefers ticks as their main diet. not 'main diet,' but can confirm free range guineas, chickens, etc help with the tick pressure.
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by uticus 3y ago
Or more generally, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flechette . Similar to WWI, where old tech (gunpowder, cast metal, etc) was scaled and automated to deliver a new scenario.
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by uticus 3y ago
Exactly. The militarized ones interface with the others, ie they are part of the same constellation for all practical purposes.
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by uticus 3y ago
Oct 2023 is for Space Force, $70m. OP is for NRO, $1.8b. Yes published budget buckets tend to hide spending reality, but reported as a new contract with a new customer.
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by uticus 3y ago
1000 lb-ft available from a standing start . Even better than semis, which although get peak torque at low RPMs, still have to get to some rev range (combined with gearing down for those standing starts). I don't fully understand EVs,
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by uticus 3y ago
> My personal favorite is the Tower spherical engine... when i first saw the static diagram, i thought wow that looks like it is much more complicated than this 2-d diagram lets on. then later down the page i saw the animation showing th
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by uticus 3y ago
> The 1925 Doble Steam Car could out-accelerate the mighty Model J Duesenberg of 1930, doing 0 to 75 mph in just 5 seconds, with its engine turning over at less than 1,000 rpm... wha? certainly better than my hatchback
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by uticus 3y ago
> Though the M3 MacBook Air does certainly overheat and hits an incredibly high temperature, it's not clear if that's a significant issue. The MacBook Air has never been a high-performance device, even with a fan, so it sees a
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Russia's new guided bomb inflicts devastation and heavy casualties(cnn.com)
3 points by uticus 3y ago|0 comments
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by uticus 3y ago
1st ed (2000) also on my bookshelf, a good read. Will have to look through what's been updated for a 24-year-comparison. Although much in computer science is reinventing the wheel, LLM so far strikes me as a tool that doesn't have
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by uticus 3y ago
see also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39606973
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by uticus 3y ago
> Note: The JetBrains release blog for 2023.11.4 appears to display different publication dates based on the time zone of the reader. Some readers see that it was released March 3, while others see March 4. We've modified our langua
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by uticus 3y ago
> When Rapid7 contacted JetBrains about their uncoordinated vulnerability disclosure, JetBrains published an advisory on the vulnerabilities without responding to Rapid7 on the disclosure timeline. JetBrains later responded to indicate t

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