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Re:Sabine Hossenfelder: I was asked to keep this confidential on Saturday February 15, 2025 @02:23PM (#43061402)
She's starting to talk like climate change deniers and intelligent design cranks. Paranoid and desperate for attention.
Re:In the Shack with Robert Caro on Thursday September 26, 2024 @07:07PM (#41664527)
Looks very flood-prone
You're correct, the comet theory has been debunked for years at this point.
Re:Supreme Court overrules Chevron deference [pdf] on Friday June 28, 2024 @01:47PM (#40823050)
I don't see how the threat of regulatory capture would argue against letting experts decide what actions need to be taken to protect the publics health and the environment
Re:Supreme Court overrules Chevron deference [pdf] on Friday June 28, 2024 @01:20PM (#40822764)
I would much rather unelected bureaucrat scientists decide how to implement the intent and application of laws than congress.
You can find the preprint, which the Twitter thread summarizes, here (https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.10102)
Question for any physicists out there. If the theory can be tested with just a 1 kg mass on Earth, could the fluctuation in mass of GPS satellites also be detectable from their timing data?
Re:Google Podcasts to shut down in 2024 on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @12:50PM (#37662104)
I've used Pocket Casts for ~8 years. Can't recommend it enough, a really great app.
I dont think there's much to discuss about this article because Kaku's opinion on AI is worthless.

He is less a physicist than a parrot that is paid to repeat far fetched claims about whatever pop science thing is in the news.

I would describe Michio Kaku the same way.
Further in the paper

"The mean of the bootstrapped estimates of the tipping time is 〈tc〉 = 2050, and the 95% confidence interval is 2025–2095."

From the paper

"The mean of the bootstrapped estimates of the tipping time is 〈tc〉 = 2050, and the 95% confidence interval is 2025–2095."

Re:What’s New in Thunderbird 115 on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @08:30AM (#36693581)
> Outlook 2003 had that for... 20 years.

It's kind of weird they say it emulates mobile interfaces.

Re:Why Venus Is So Bright Right Now on Sunday June 04, 2023 @10:44AM (#36185980)
Because it is* much farther away from Earth and closer to the sun at that point.
Re:Bandcamp Unionizes on Thursday March 16, 2023 @07:12PM (#35190266)
I live in a right to work state and they are using it correctly.
Re:Orbita – A MIDI Turntable Sequencer on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @01:09PM (#35171415)
Neat. Reminds me of the Racer game Google put out a decade ago with music by Giorgio Moroder.

https://youtu.be/YT0k99hCY5I

I don't disagree, but as someone who uses T-Mobile, the only thing they have going for them is their cheap prices and freebies. And even then they're barely worth it. If prices rise their customer base will disappear.
Absurd finger pointing without any self-reflection. If this represents the thinking of powerful people in silicon valley then I'm glad their world is burning down.
How about you explain how what was just shown to you is not unhinged racism.
Re:Netflix wants to chop down your family tree on Thursday February 02, 2023 @01:11PM (#34630683)
I pay for way more streaming services than I should but unsubscribed from Netflix years ago and started sharing a login with extended family. Even though I have access to it I rarely use Netflix. The only thing I remember watching in the past year is The Sandman. Almost every interesting new show or old movie is available on a different service. I wonder if this is the beginning of the end for them.
Nonprofits such as?