wolfgke

78 ms·

751.
by wolfgke 8y ago
The German movie "Good Bye, Lenin!" > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Bye,_Lenin ! made Sigmund Jähn pretty well-known in West Germany, too. In the story of the movie, the protagonist convinces a taxi dr
752.
by wolfgke 8y ago
> While t Hooft is a genius, this particular work of his is not taken very seriously by most researchers. As I wrote: this work is controversial. For a very positive review, see for example > https://physicstoday.scitation.
753.
China's 'Fake Moons' Could Make Light Pollution Almost Fifty Times Worse(forbes.com)
3 points by wolfgke 8y ago|0 comments
754.
by wolfgke 8y ago
But perfect random numbers cannot be evaluated by an algorithm. Evaluating the black box/oracle must be done in a run of Grovers's algorithm.
755.
by wolfgke 8y ago
> For Groover algorithm, which is applied to the problem of search you can prove that there is no classical algorithm faster than O(N) - looking at each item in the worst case scenario. Assuming that you cannot "look into the black
756.
by wolfgke 8y ago
If you believe in the Cellular Automaton Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics by the Nobel laureate Gerard 't Hooft (which is somewhat controversial among physicists), building a sufficiently large quantum computer will probably be impo
757.
by wolfgke 8y ago
See also part II ( https://www.scienceandnonduality.com/art-spirit-in-mathemati... ) and part III ( https://www.scienceandnonduality.com/art-spirit-in-mathemati... )
758.
Art and Spirit in Mathematics: The Lessons of Japanese Temple Geometry (part I)(scienceandnonduality.com)
90 points by wolfgke 8y ago|5 comments
759.
Neuroscientist found there are 7 factors that can help you change anyone's mind(businessinsider.de)
25 points by wolfgke 8y ago|3 comments
760.
by wolfgke 8y ago
> Why did Alice want to know whether Bob knew if Carol was coming, but didn't want to know if Carol was coming? Because Alice wanted to find out whether Bob and Carol know each other well enough that Bob knows whether Carol will co
761.
by wolfgke 8y ago
Story time: At a party of math students, the following dialogue happened between classmates (names changed): Alice: "Do you know whether Carol will come to the party?" Bob: "She will come, but somewhat later. I think she will
762.
by wolfgke 8y ago
> > If you do not care about legality, there is sci-hub. > Actually I didn't manage to find it there, which was disappointing. Just copy link [0] of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18246834 into sci-hub.
763.
When's a van a van and when's it a car?(bbc.com)
1 points by wolfgke 8y ago|0 comments
764.
by wolfgke 8y ago
> The main point of RISC architectures is that they are trivially pipelineable This was the idea behind the original MIPS (the textbook example of a RISC processor - both literally and metaphorically). Unluckily this lead to the problem
765.
by wolfgke 8y ago
> Designing an Alpha Microprocessor first appeared in a magazine called 'Computer', Volume 32, Issue 7, July 1999. It was on pages 27-34, and written by Matt Reilly. > It has a a few citations [0]. (And though I owned a lot
766.
by wolfgke 8y ago
> As you kinda said, almost everything about the 1980s definition of RISC has ceased to be true. A central difference that still exists that RISC processors are typically load/store architectures. That means that before an operand t
767.
by wolfgke 8y ago
> That would require either the state finding a legal source of fentanyl that is willing to sell them the drug for that purpose (challenging, given most pharma companies refuse due to some mix of principles and not wanting their product
768.
Ivanka Trump’s Gurus Say Their Techniques Can End War and Make You Fly(thedailybeast.com)
2 points by wolfgke 8y ago|0 comments
769.
Europe’s history explains why it will never produce a Google(economist.com)
5 points by wolfgke 8y ago|1 comments
770.
by wolfgke 8y ago
> I heartily recommend doing the Carousel of Progress ride at Disney World. It’s a quite eye-opening look at how little life has changed in the last 150 years. I just say: "Internet".
771.
by wolfgke 8y ago
> Why are "open offices are bad" stories so popular on HN? I often say that programming is 8 hours high-performance mind sport a day. Every serious high-performance sportsperson would be furious if he/she were forced to p
772.
by wolfgke 8y ago
From HN comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18200169
773.
Experimental nonlocal and surreal Bohmian trajectories(advances.sciencemag.org)
1 points by wolfgke 8y ago|1 comments
774.
How Intel’s 9th Gen chips show the way forward after Moore’s Law(theverge.com)
1 points by wolfgke 8y ago|0 comments
775.
by wolfgke 8y ago
> Story and emotion trump facts. Pun intended?
776.
#MeToo is having unexpected consequences for working women(weforum.org)
4 points by wolfgke 8y ago|1 comments
777.
by wolfgke 8y ago
Just a consideration: instead of regulating drones more, we could also regulate planes less to make them more equal.
778.
Google's cutting-edge artificial-intelligence unit is costing millions(thisisinsider.com)
1 points by wolfgke 8y ago|0 comments
779.
by wolfgke 8y ago
> However, there's if I'm working on something that is ultimately lame, eventually I'll run out of stuff to care about. That's when the soul crushing starts to happen. A very important factor whether the work is soul-
780.
A Nobel Prize winner sold his medal for $765,000 to pay medical bills(thisisinsider.com)
1 points by wolfgke 8y ago|0 comments

More ›