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by wrp 1y ago
It's funny how controversial this subject has been. From reading the more recent books on lightning physics, I'm convinced of the reality of it. From that perspective, I'm amused by the entry on ball lightning in the Encyclo
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by wrp 1y ago
> Combustion or pyrolysis is expected due to aerodynamic heating. My naive impression is that this would not be possible. I would expect that a very light object with large sail area would be driven so easily by air flow that it would
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by wrp 1y ago
I did this for colored mechanical pencil leads. Short answer, use the Staedtler Mars Micro Color if you need lightfastness.
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by wrp 1y ago
Van Halen. I think there are multiple videos of David Lee Roth telling the story. Entertaining in the details.
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by wrp 1y ago
I feel sorry for people who want to watch the movie without reading the book first, because there are surprises and I think the movie would be best enjoyed that way. It's probably impossible to avoid learning spoilers, since the book i
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Project Hail Mary – Official Trailer [video](youtube.com)
3 points by wrp 1y ago|1 comments
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by wrp 1y ago
Doesn't surprise me that PDX is number one. I used to travel to Asia through Portland, but now have to go either through Los Angeles or Seattle-Tacoma. They both make me really miss PDX.
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by wrp 1y ago
This reminds me of Douglas Adams' The Restaurant at the End of the Universe . Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses have been specially designed to help people develop a relaxed attitude to danger. At the first hin
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by wrp 1y ago
> this obviously aging little structure doesn’t feel ugly or rundown. That made me cringe a bit. The whole look of the place is deliberate. I mean, somebody put in a lot of effort to make it look just that way. Notice how every inch of
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by wrp 1y ago
In this case, "using machine learning" is an independent clause, so the comma is required. Without the comma, it modifies "yurts in Mongolia".
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by wrp 1y ago
Just add a comma. "I counted all of the yurts in Mongolia, using machine learning"
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by wrp 1y ago
I once needed to seriously investigate a setup for one-handed typing. My conclusion at the time was that after a learning period, one-hand typing on a regular keyboard was just as productive as using a special keyboard, and had the advantag
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by wrp 1y ago
I've been urging this kind of adaptation for the past couple years, with very little success. Switching to evaluation by only on-site work was simple to do, but creating new work forms has been largely a non-starter. Young professors a
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by wrp 1y ago
Division on this topic reminds me of the division between those who prefer light vs heavy development tools. Some enjoy mastering and wielding powerful tools, but others see them as a distraction.
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by wrp 1y ago
"Most important tool" depends on what you mean by "important". For TFA, it means the environment where most of the thinking is done. So it's a legitimate claim. If you want to restrict "important" to the m
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by wrp 1y ago
> I learned very early on in my career that I’m not very good at thinking when I’m at a computer. Before personal computers, I had the same experience at the typewriter. I find it very inhibiting to have a machine staring me in the face,
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by wrp 1y ago
I was a slow handwriter, too. I always did badly on in-class essay exams because I didn't have time to write all that I knew needed to be said. What saved my grade in those classes was good term papers. Having had much occasion to cons
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by wrp 1y ago
The Open University in the UK started in 1969. Their staff have a reputation for good interaction with students, and I have seen very high quality teaching materials produced there. I believe they have always operated on the basis of remote
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by wrp 1y ago
If water vapor is condensing on the material, wouldn't there be a transfer of heat energy?
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by wrp 1y ago
TFA indulges in a type of fallacious reasoning I see way too much of in philosophical discussion. The general trend of the argument goes: 1. "A" proposed theory "X". 2. "B" interpreted "X" as "Y&
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by wrp 1y ago
That is why I like 1950's SF cinema. They were mostly B-movies aimed at a youth audience, but I enjoy their general tone of optimism.
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by wrp 1y ago
I remember that from the 1970s, too. I think photo gear might have been a unique case because the market was big enough to support those huge mailorder shops in NYC, and most items were expensive enough that the markup of buying at a local
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by wrp 2y ago
"Technology can do X more conveniently than people, so why should children practice X?" has been a point of controversy in education at least since pocket calculators became available. I try to explain by shifting the focus from n
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by wrp 2y ago
Any advice on how to shop for older jeans? I have >10-year old Lee jeans that are much better quality than what I can buy now. I didn't think it was possible to find such old stock of clothes but I'm willing to try.
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by wrp 2y ago
Visa was revoked because of undisclosed frog embryo samples in her luggage. Petrova was initially given two options after being stopped by CBP: return to France and reapply for a visa, or face deportation and a five-year entry ban. She cho
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by wrp 2y ago
...with VirtualBox hosting Windows XP...and airgapped. :-)
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by wrp 2y ago
I highly recommend the books by Mark Glassy, The Biology of Science Fiction Cinema and Biology Run Amok!: The Life Science Lessons of Science Fiction Cinema .
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by wrp 2y ago
For simple things, I use mtPaint on Linux and PhotoFiltre on Windows. They are easy to figure out and very stable.
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by wrp 2y ago
I was raised among scientists whose attitude was that reality was so interesting, delving into fantasy was a poor substitute. To be honest, I still rather feel this way, but I see that for so many people, the demands of knowledge, effort, a
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by wrp 2y ago
The article confirms #3 and contradicts #4.

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