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Without providing definitions of "True / Mostly True / Misleading / False" to each rater, I rate the article's claim that "Only one verdict bucket can be correct per claim" as
false.
Something can be simultaneously "misleading" and either true or false. Which category should something go in if it's "mostly false"?
How much can something be wrong before it goes from "mostly true" to "false" (objectively, both have some part of the fact that is not true)?
This is at least partly testing the model's definition of "mostly" and "misleading". Not its understanding of the fact. Claiming that this means the models have fundamental disagreement on the facts themselves is an overreach.
If you're comfortable with microcontrollers (esp32/arduino), I can definitely recommend Inkplate. I found them when I was making a similar setup for my parents, and they have various sizes up to 10" and up to 6 colors they can display.
You can either just get the module, or buy with a battery and mountable case already attached. I think all of the models are also available via Digikey and Mouser if people don't trust random websites.
https://soldered.com/categories/inkplate/
If you're comfortable with microcontrollers (esp32/arduino), I can definitely recommend Inkplate. I found them when I was making a similar setup for my parents, and they have various sizes up to 10" and up to 6 colors they can display.
You can either just get the module, or buy with a battery and mountable case already attached. I think all of the models are also available via Digikey and Mouser if people don't trust random websites.
https://soldered.com/categories/inkplate/
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I think your math is correct, and it will be very limited compared to a real-life retina screen, but I think there's also a perceived resolution increase from having binocular vision and moving.
If you hold your head steady while looking through a window with a plastic screen on it, things outside are obstructed. If you move your head slightly back and forth and focus in the distance, the screen pretty much disappears.
Your brain can do some motion smoothing to determine the "actual" content, even if it's sampled. I'm not sure how you could quantify it, and it only helps a relatively small amount, but it's there.
This a strange framing, because the implication is that small cars are much less safe than others. But this article doesn't mention anything at all about SUVs/trucks. A quick search shows multiple articles saying that
all types of cars/SUVs/trucks are doing pretty poorly with this new test on average.
Many Popular SUVs Lag Behind in Rear Seat Safety, New Crash Tests Show https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-safety/many-popular...
Very large 3-row SUVs might do better on this new test, but I can't actually find many examples. Rivian R1S Is the Only Large SUV To Earn Top Safety Pick+ Award From IIHS https://www.autoevolution.com/news/rivian-r1s-is-the-only-la...
The argument is that the "simpleness" of the doorbell isn't a good heuristic for the amount of impact.
According to wikipedia [1], the transformer on a standard doorbell can use 2-3 watts of power at all times. That's 1400-2100 watt hours per month — about one hundred times as much as a ring doorbell uses (Less than 20 Wh per month).
The cost and impact of the Ring includes more manufacturing, and I wouldn't be surprised if the Ring ended up having a larger environmental cost, but it's not as clear cut as your incredulity makes it seem.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doorbell
Depending on your climate and what you mean by "windows cracked", you would be much better off with a heat recovery ventilation (HRV) system. They have the explicit purpose of pulling in outside air while only losing about 20% of the heat difference between indoor and out.
With slightly open windows, you're losing a bunch of heat for very little ventilation.
It looks like there could be a reasonable explanation for this. There are apps that have different behavior whether or not there is text in the clipboard (e.g. enabling a "paste" button), and they're only checking that the text exists, not what it is. There's a new API that will let devs do that without triggering the user notification.
If TikTok is actually constantly loading the clipboard, that's obviously terrible. I'd bet this behavior is gone by the next release, and that shows how useful this new notification is.
Same issue with notes from that app's developer saying what's going on and how they will fix it: https://twitter.com/ecormany/status/1275903947899797505
Yes, but it seems like the grandparent was trying to fit in every polysyllabic word they could find.
They're saying that some groups tend to have more children and some have fewer. The groups that have more will become a larger and larger percentage of the populace (because they have more kids), and the groups that have few children will disappear. Therefore the global birth rate will go back up to the levels of a couple hundred years ago.
(I don't agree with this idea, just trying to present their argument with more straightforward vocabulary)
Today's XKCD is a direct response to this line of thinking:
https://xkcd.com/2278/Just because something hasn't happened yet does not mean it's completely unpredictable. COVID-19 is coming, and if we don't put significant preventative measures in place, many more people will die from it in 2020 than the yearly flu.
In the past I've had success using Parametrek to find good deals (and then doing my homework on the seller to make sure they're legit):
http://batteries.parametrek.com/index.html?size=18650Right now you can authentic 18650 Samsung cells for around $260/kWh, or 21700 Samsung cells for $165/kWh. Those are sale prices, but if you're careful and watch for deals, you can find them.
"Only" half of the cost? That's more than enough to make it economically viable for a large chunk of the population.
There's a great Github project for building your own Splitflap/Solari displays from the ground up for $20 each
https://github.com/scottbez1/splitflapRight now it's focusing on 40-character flaps (not super convent for clock-making), but it's open-source so I'm sure you could modify it for your purposes with some effort.
The energy density of gas makes it incredibly useful for storage and transportation as well. For example, Tesla's 50MWh battery installation in Australia has the same energy as only 1,500 gallons of gasoline. (It's not an apples to apples comparison, I just wanted to give an example of a "large" battery installation.)
Obviously there are lots of benefits of batteries over gas, but being able to load up a standard 10,000 gallon tanker truck with 300MWh of energy and drive it anywhere there's a road is something batteries simply can't do.
Google Calendar is built around notifications and coordination, which both require an agreed upon "actual" time.
The feature set you're looking for sounds more like an "agenda" to me.
I don't think the sample population is the largest issue here. The issue is that they didn't control for
any other factors.
It's entirely likely that the hip-hop cheese was better, but for reasons completely unrelated to the music. Without replication this is extremely likely to be random chance.
Try this thought experiment: play eight songs from different genres of music, flipping a coin 5 times for each song. Whichever song had the most heads must make you more likely to flip heads.
How is this study different from that?
If there is a clear benefit of collecting and disposing the urine somewhere else, this seems like a good use of regulation/taxation/credits. Have a credit/tax that captures the value of not having the cow urine in the fields.
Electricity production in winter can definitely be lower, but it depends on latitude. As you might guess, near the equator there's almost no difference in season.
According to the US Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy:
"Countries such as the United States, which lie in the middle latitudes, receive more solar energy in the summer not only because days are longer, but also because the sun is nearly overhead.
The sun's rays are far more slanted during the shorter days of the winter months. Cities such as Denver, Colorado, (near 40° latitude) receive nearly three times more solar energy in June than they do in December." [1]
Looking at these maps [2][3] for solar production in January and July, it seems like a lot of places drop by around 50% summer to winter. So it's a significant drop, but unless you're extremely far north, there's still energy to be harvested.
[1] https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/articles/solar-radiation-b...
[2] January: https://www.nrel.gov/gis/images/map_pv_us_january_dec2008.jp...
[3] July: https://www.nrel.gov/gis/images/map_pv_us_july_dec2008.jpg
Are you saying that one individual might hold both of those positions? Or is your point that people disagree on what is important in school? I'm trying to understand the argument you're making here.
While this is technically true, it's de facto false. With the Citizens United ruling, corporations can donate unlimited funds: "[Super PACs] can raise funds from individuals, corporations, unions, and other groups without any legal limit on donation size."[1]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_action_committee
The current generation of VR headsets serve as pretty solid light field displays. Current VR can’t show differences in focus yet, but having a large field of view and vivid colors makes for a pretty awesome experience.
No public rides quite yet: "The current passengers for this test are Waymo employees, however, so it’s not as if the Alphabet-owned company is throwing caution to the wind; instead, it’s showing that it’s ready to move to the next major phase of operations after around a decade of working on this incredibly complex problem."
I'm not sure what the grandparent was implying, but there's definitely a major benefit for larger screen sizes, even for those that are completely blind. iOS voiceover and other accessibility UI affordances are much more difficult to implement on the watch form factor, where a very small amount of content can be 'active' at a time.
There are some interesting startups targeting the possibilities here, but right now, smart watches provide a less capable experience for everyone right now.
I think they're still early enough in the process that they want to leave their options open. I'm sure they're going to be capturing a lot of information about how the riders, community, and press handle this first step — and use that to determine where they want to go from there.
Could you elaborate? What's a booze bus? In the US, It's a pretty common occurrence to see someone pulled over and breathalyzed if they're driving erratically.
