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by xqcgrek2 2y ago
This computer is older than my graduate student...
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by xqcgrek2 2y ago
The US should have taken the offer.
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by xqcgrek2 2y ago
Federal employees vote 90%+ democrat These firing are an inevitable consequence of this skewness.
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by xqcgrek2 2y ago
Billionares are the opposite of parasites (they're the host for parasites)
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by xqcgrek2 2y ago
The US should stop subsidizing the EU. It's clear Europe has nothing to offer the US, economically or geopolitically.
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by xqcgrek2 2y ago
Midwits are arrogant, highly intelligent people less so
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The Planetary Society Strongly Opposes Mass Layoffs of Employees at NASA(planetary.org)
9 points by xqcgrek2 2y ago|2 comments
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by xqcgrek2 2y ago
Looks impressive. OpenAI and Sam Altman might be cooked if its as capable as advertised.
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by xqcgrek2 2y ago
Imagine, as a user, paying to be astroturfed
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by xqcgrek2 2y ago
While I'm sure brake dust is harmful, this study was done on cells in a lab (not even mice).
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by xqcgrek2 2y ago
Newtonian theory has no assumptions or requirements for perfect spheres.
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by xqcgrek2 2y ago
Norton's Dome is only non-deterministic because it assumes perfect spheres exist. One does not need to go to atomic theory for this assumption to be wrong in reality.
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The Paradox of Skill(fs.blog)
2 points by xqcgrek2 2y ago|0 comments
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Did LIGO just see its most important gravitational wave?(bigthink.com)
11 points by xqcgrek2 2y ago|0 comments
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by xqcgrek2 2y ago
It is not made up, it is what private foundations allow for grantees overhead.
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by xqcgrek2 2y ago
People doing research funded by grants, rather than having 50% of their grant leeched off by a bloated administrative complex coasting on pedigree.
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by xqcgrek2 2y ago
About time. Research foundations like Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation rarely allow more than 15-20% in overhead from grantees. Research universities are bloated and epically inefficient, and hopefully soon go the way of Blockbuster.
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by xqcgrek2 2y ago
Mammoth meat must have delicious, as that is what they must have largely eaten during the ice age 24k years ago. Someone should seriously consider having a startup for lab-grown patties.
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Radio astronomers find mysterious 6.5 hour pulsating source [video](youtube.com)
2 points by xqcgrek2 2y ago|0 comments
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Beyond: The Astronomy Community on Bluesky(astrobites.org)
3 points by xqcgrek2 2y ago|0 comments
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Astronomers baffled by 'zombie star' that shouldn't exist(newscientist.com)
2 points by xqcgrek2 2y ago|0 comments
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by xqcgrek2 2y ago
Has anyone tried multiple iterations? That is, upload a real voice, get its synthesized version, upload synthesized version 1 to get synthesized version 2, rinse and repeat...
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Lenovo Debuts Rollable ThinkBook Laptop [video](youtube.com)
3 points by xqcgrek2 2y ago|0 comments
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Measuring the growth of the stellar mass of galaxies over cosmic time(tritonstation.com)
1 points by xqcgrek2 2y ago|0 comments
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by xqcgrek2 2y ago
Good riddance.
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by xqcgrek2 2y ago
The SAT is just way too easy in the modern era. It needs to be rescaled so that the number of people attaining a perfect score is in the single digits per year.
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Azerbaijan E190 near Aktau on Dec 25th 2024, touched down off runway(avherald.com)
5 points by xqcgrek2 2y ago|0 comments
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Bluesky Has a Death Threat Problem(thefp.com)
15 points by xqcgrek2 2y ago|12 comments
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Lawsuit Reveals How Colleges Talk About Rich Applicants(wsj.com)
5 points by xqcgrek2 2y ago|1 comments
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The next time Wikipedia asks for a donation, ignore it (2022)(unherd.com)
49 points by xqcgrek2 2y ago|19 comments

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