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Re:Impedance Matching (2017) on Monday September 07, 2026 @07:24AM (#49596995)
From your link, global temperature anomaly were -0,4°C. We are at +1,5°C. We would need something like 9 very big volcano injecting tons of sulfure in the upper atmosphere to cancel out the recent global warming.

And probably 3 meteor impact.

Re:The Strongest El Niño Ever on Sunday July 26, 2026 @05:06PM (#49062397)
It should be at the level od the economy of war but worldwide. The majority reacted too late to have the possibility to act slowly.
They don’t. From wikipedia US are not a client of Iceye
Re:Seeing Around Corners Using Smartphone-Grade Lidar on Thursday May 28, 2026 @04:07PM (#48314685)
anduril eagle eye probably
> +20% speed for +20% spend isn't going to motivate a trillion dollars a year in spending.

Except that if your company go 20% faster than the others companies, you win market shares. But then, everyone will use the same tools and companies will be at even speed, but the tool will stay.

Now...if the market is saturated, it's useless to try to do things faster. Cheaper yes, but not faster.

Re:Why some children have iPad-induced rage on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @06:50PM (#48287087)
I've skimmed the article but did not found the answer to the title. My childhood was marked by random internet shutdown from my parents during online game, computer shutdown...I can tell I experienced the frustration it can generate to a child. And it actually had me more hooked, as the scarcity and the "shutdown risk" and the accumulated frustration led me to try to play whenever it was possible.

Now I have a kid, and a tablet, and the best way to let them go is to watch things together, propose other things rather than a "stop it now it's enough", avoid doom scrolling pattern, short content...One must avoid creating uncontrollable frustration, that's what make kids crazy.

And even better if tablet can be avoided most of the time, they tend to forget it.

Re:Hardware Is Hard? on Sunday April 19, 2026 @09:19AM (#47824113)
Okay, I agree. I think we can also agree that author is not a physicist and he just didn't think further. To me, the comparison can be understood. If he reads the comment he should correct the error.
Re:Hardware Is Hard? on Sunday April 19, 2026 @06:53AM (#47823347)
2. It's a good analogy. Waterfall are falling because of gravitational potential energy, just like an electron would fall when put in an electric field.

At constant height, a dam on the moon have less potential energy than an actual dam.

And gravity is a potential: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_potential "It is analogous to the electric potential with mass playing the role of charge."

Hey, at least you'll be able to add that exterminated tigre specie in your postcard from your last adventure trip. And more water to that river, with some greener trees etc.

All of that without leaving your home ofc.

Re:F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree on Monday September 29, 2025 @12:34PM (#45415747)
thanks you a lot, I did not know about Aurora store.
Re:Is life a form of computation? on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @06:17PM (#45353506)
To me, the article just ask "Is it possible to simulate living organism features?" and say a small yes by saying "Simulations like these show how computation can produce lifelike behavior across scales".

I'm not expert to judge the result of "drawing a missing hand by using neural network on each pixels"(if it's what it's done? Again not an expert).

Re:Is life a form of computation? on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @06:08PM (#45353391)
The title should definitely be "Is it possible to simulate living organism?" given the last sentence is "Simulations like these show how computation can produce lifelike behavior across scales".

Nothing about life is discussed here, it's not even defined once.

cooperation show greater benefits in general.
Because low cost drones have been used since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, they are trained to use them. Also the quantity used is way higher than in other conflicts, lowering the price is more important.

There is also a need in adaptability. Delivering parts that meets a specific demand at a specific time is where 3D printing and diy drones shine and it's important in Ukraine frontline.

There is also a system in the way Ukraine is doing war that favorise diy drone. Basically, each units have a budget and you get more if your unit kill Russian soldiers/equipment. This in return give you access to more advanced drones.

I think today the drones are quite well equipped and the diy versions are less present.

It's a paper done by a phd, so it's part of a larger study that is probably more interesting than this paper.https://etheses.dur.ac.uk/15828/ (I'm not the author).

But the results and use cases seems to be legit to me. Agin, I'm not an expert on computer science and quantum physics.

Re:One Million Chessboards on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @05:12AM (#43830246)
https://multiversechess.com/

and someone did it!

Re:Can I ethically use LLMs? on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @04:21PM (#43107861)
but you can't delete people? That's actually the big problem that need to be addressed imo. It happen now (or later) with llm, but in the past it have been a problem with industrialization (big unemployment of workers) and then globalization (unemployment of more local workers).

If it's not addreased correctly, llm won't be a progress for humanity.

But if you want to compare it "technically", maybe it's better to look at computer usage now vs with llm maybe (how many google request, sim failed, screen on etc.)

Re:Can I ethically use LLMs? on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @03:59PM (#43107599)
I think the claim is more about people's consistency in their choice. "If you care so much, start to [insert any environmental friendly acivity] and then we can discuss about LLM environmental impact".

Which is stupid.

You can put, for the same price, almost 20 fleascope in a classroom instead of one profeasional one.

I think it does have its place even today.

Re:When Compilers Were the 'AI' That Scared Programmers on Sunday February 16, 2025 @03:29PM (#43071367)
Your comment make sense only if you replace AI by LLM. The use of AI algo is usefull for many cases outside natural language processig problem and well before the "LLM revolution".
Re:Why is everyone trying to replace Software Engineers? on Thursday February 13, 2025 @02:17PM (#43040034)
It's a threat to many workers imo, just like autonomous machine were to the workers during the industry revolution, and later with the factories moving to China. Many people suffered from unemployment and the solution so far have been solved by creating new needs and new jobs, as well as policies such as social security.

But with the externalization of intelectual work (which happen without IA, for ex. India tech) I wonder if such solution is possible.

agressive marketing to go viral and get subscriptions fast (it means easy paperwork and possibility to import your profile from linkedin), and focus on niche or specific jobs thematic where people know how convenient are simple tools.
At this point just keep going with circle wafers.
We're talking about childrens that have between 11-18 years old.

I'm also not saying that teachers could ask nicely and then do nothing if the rule is broken. Actually, one could ask students to either put their phones in their bag or in a "safe phone-box", and still seize the phone if it's used.

Bringing awarness is important, when it comes to fighting addiction.

Re:Astronomers see a black hole awaken in real time on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @11:11AM (#40729031)
I guess "black hole awaken" is a more attractive headline than "black hole fart" !

It's really cool to see that we have so much instruments, we can actually monitor (a very small part) of the universe activity.

To me, the necessity to have a banning "law" is a sign of failure. We should teach children the why and how, incentive them to put, by themselves, their phone in a lockbox and eventually consider them as growing adult and not irresponsible childs.
Re:Engineer's solar panels are breaking efficiency records on Saturday June 15, 2024 @07:19PM (#40693419)
for an offgrid installation it's feasable to possible to have an idiot proof system. It rise the cost, but I don't see why it would be impossible. I actually saw one at a store (not for roof but anyway).
Are they aligned because they are famous, or are they famous because they are aligned? Or are they aligned because if I pick 7 famous monuments aligned I can draw a line, look over my shoulder and say "ho look, if we draw a line it match!"

From wikipedia, the list of St Michael churches:

    St. Michael's Church (disambiguation)
    Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel (es), San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato Mexico World Heritage Site
    Sacra di San Michele (Saint Michael's Abbey), near Turin, Italy
    Pfarrei Brixen St. Michael with the White Tower, Brixen, Italy
    Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula, in Brussels, Belgium
    Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy, France – a World Heritage Site
    St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica (Toronto), Canada
    St. Michael's Cathedral (Izhevsk), Russia
    St. Michael's Cathedral, Qingdao, China
    Chudov Monastery in the Moscow Kremlin
    Cathedral of the Archangel in the Moscow Kremlin – a World Heritage Site
    Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo, Gargano, Italy – a World Heritage Site
    St Michael's Mount, Cornwall, UK
    St. Michael, Minnesota
    St. Michael's Basilica, Miramichi, Canada
    Skellig Michael, off the Irish west coast – a World Heritage Site
    St Michael's Cathedral, Coventry, UK
    St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, Kyiv, Ukraine
    St. Michael's Church, Vienna in Vienna, Austria
    Tayabas Basilica, Tayabas, Quezon, Philippines
    St. Michael's Church, Berlin, Germany
    San Miguel Church (Manila), Philippines
    St. Michael's Jesuit church, Munich, Germany
    St. Michael's Cathedral, Belgrade in Belgrade, Serbia
    Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in Gamu, Isabela, Philippines
    Mission San Miguel Arcángel, San Miguel, California, United States, one of the California Missions
    St Michael at the North Gate, Oxford, UK
    St. Michael's Roman Catholic church, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    St. Michael's Church, Mumbai, India
    Church of St. Michael, Štip, Republic of North Macedonia
    St Michael and All Angels Church, Polwatte
    St Michael's Church, Churchill, UK
    San Miguel Arcangel Church, Marilao, Bulacan, Philippines
    San Miguel Arcangel Church, San Miguel, Bulacan, Philippines
    St Michael the Archangel, Llanyblodwel, England
I did played to shapez. But I realized it's programming for kids and I'm not a kid anymore ahah, so better programming for usefull things.

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