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Re:I’m joining OpenAI on Monday February 16, 2026 @02:39PM (#47039295)
What if the thing that excites you can't pay you money, and you find your overall life unsatisfying because of the things you have to do to earn money? Sorry, went a bit off rails there.
Re:The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Fourier Transform on Thursday January 08, 2026 @06:31PM (#46548037)
I don't think pulsing skin (due to blood flow) is visible from a webcam though.
When I wanted to make a python application to separate a song into the source instruments I used this: https://www.coursera.org/learn/audio-signal-processing. I studied signal processing as a Computer Engineer student but I didn't really get it at the time, with that course I understood what I could do in practice.
Would it be a good idea to try on wind turbines?
Aren't human stochastic parrots in the end? I mean, when we "learn", don't we model our internal stochastic functions? Whether it is walking, learning a language, or anything else.
Re:Game of Life, simulating itself, infinitely zoomable on Saturday March 23, 2024 @09:44PM (#39804450)
Just a heads-up, I think it needs WebGL. By default I turn it off on Firefox because I have a weird bug where sometimes Google Maps turns black. On Vivaldi it ran fine.
Re:YouTransfer: Self-hosted file transfer and sharing solution on Saturday January 13, 2024 @07:21PM (#38986134)
When I need to transfer a file from PC to smartphone, I do a

python -m http.server 8080

then from my phone I just use a browser.

Re:My students never knew’: the lecturer who lived in a tent on Saturday October 30, 2021 @10:38AM (#29049100)
Front-end or back-end? Did you find short gigs online? What field did you do your PhD in? Thanks.
Re:As an older guy I've finally figured out weight-loss on Monday November 02, 2020 @08:03AM (#24967706)
Upon reflection, you're probably partially correct too. There are other factors apart from the level of food in the stomach, and I'm not knowledgeable enough to make definitive statements. For example, the amount of fibre you ingest has an effect on how long you feel stuffed.
Re:As an older guy I've finally figured out weight-loss on Monday November 02, 2020 @07:57AM (#24967647)
Thank you for this comment. I don't have weight problems, but I like to know how the body works in general. I can't believe I didn't know about the relation between insulin and weight. Indeed, people with type 1 diabetes tend to experience weight loss even if they eat normally, vice versa for people with type 2 diabetes.
Re:As an older guy I've finally figured out weight-loss on Monday November 02, 2020 @07:34AM (#24967433)
> If I'm hungry, I'm in calorie deficit.

That's actually not true. When your stomach has been empty for two hours, it begins contracting to sweep remaining food into the intestines. This rumbling is called 'borborygmus'. Cells in the stomach and intestine produce ghrelin, a hormone that triggers feelings of hunger. Src: https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/what-happens-in-... So, the body isn't so clever to recognize how much fat you've stored before sending 'hunger' signals.

Re:I stopped time by sitting in a forest for 24 hours on Saturday January 25, 2020 @07:49AM (#22146034)
This article reminded me of an intriguing experiment my Music teacher proposed to me and my classmates. He made us listen to some classical music and then he asked us to express what mental images popped in our mind. I realized that we (14yo students) were lacking creativity. Our teacher said that when he proposed the same experiment to children they were much more creative (which is obvious to me now). By the way, this was a really nice read while listening to Kid A.