uberstuber | 9 years ago | on: Applying machine learning to the freight industry
Why should we need an app to read a website?
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uberstuber | 9 years ago | on: Singapore Is the Perfect Place to Test Self-Driving Cars
>Perhaps they’ll also help with the Singaporean phenomenon of the seeming complete disappearance of taxis when it rains
Are self-driving cars able to handle rainy conditions? I'm not in the industry but thought this was still an issue.
uberstuber | 9 years ago | on: Are we getting enough sulfur in our diet? (2007)
One-off unscientific anecdote: A weightlifting coach advised me to take MSM for improved recovery. I tried it for a few months and never noticed a difference, but I was eating plenty of eggs during that time.
uberstuber | 9 years ago | on: There Is No Handbook for Being a Writer
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield is a good start
uberstuber | 9 years ago | on: The Beauty of Laplace's Equation
I want to read this, but it continues to cover the article with an anti-adblocker notice, even if I totally disable Adblock Plus. I know there are workarounds but why would I waste my time
uberstuber | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: What non-technical skill would help you most in your career in 2016?
Any kind of skill with huge benefits in almost any career.
Leadership, Public speaking, persuasiveness/sales, writing, copy-writing, storytelling, design, diet, exercise, mental focus, personal appearance
Maybe target ones that programmers typically lack.
uberstuber | 9 years ago | on: How billionaires can destroy journalism
since when is Gawker considered journalism?
uberstuber | 9 years ago | on: Venmo is turning our friends into petty jerks
"Hey, I don't think it's healthy for us to charge each-other for every little transaction. What do you think about not venmoing for anything less than $7?"
Venmo is not ruining your friendships, your inability to face issues head-on is
uberstuber | 10 years ago | on: Maru turns Android smartphones into portable PCs
Can you charge while plugged in to a monitor?
uberstuber | 11 years ago | on: Data-Crunching Indian Recipes
Something like The Flavor Bible [0] but in a database would be really nice.
[0] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316118400/?tag=mh0b-20&hvadid=3521...
uberstuber | 11 years ago | on: What Will the World Speak in 2115?
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_English
Basic English is 850 words
uberstuber | 11 years ago | on: A Star in a Bottle – The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
The tokamak is the fusion community's choice of device for getting energy out of a fusion reactor, but smaller configurations may also be promising.
There's talk of exploring compact fusion configurations as a faster path to commercial viability; many private companies in North America are working on compact fusion and Lockheed's Skunkworks has expressed interest. Smaller size of these devices means research and operating costs are lower. The end product might be something more easily integrated into power grids (~100MW versus ~1GW of DEMO) and would hopefully have a competitive cost of electricity.
Path to Market for Compact Fusion Cores: http://fire.pppl.gov/FESAC_WP_Path2Mark_SWood.pdf
http://www.icosa.co/2013/02/lockheed-skunkworks-develops-com...
uberstuber | 11 years ago | on: A Star in a Bottle – The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
Neat in-vessel assembly video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt70mO2nQac
uberstuber | 12 years ago | on: Homeless, Unemployed, and Surviving on Bitcoins
They don't
uberstuber | 12 years ago | on: What happens when you sit at a desk for 13 years and also exercise
If you sit all day the couch stretch [1] helps a lot to undo the shortening in your hip flexors. 2 min a day each side. Really painful if you sit a lot.
Kelly Starrett has a lot of great information about mobility.
[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=-ZX...
uberstuber | 13 years ago | on: NASA has three smartphones orbiting the earth as mini-satellites
1. Space debris certainly doesn't have to be small to be dangerous. Objects about 1cm in cross section can be tracked from the ground, and these are in a known orbit, so are probably okay.
2. I heard somewhere that the batteries needed to be replaced but not much else did, don't have a reliable source for that though
uberstuber | 13 years ago | on: Programmer? Back Pain? Try archery
Being stronger is a good thing.
Weightlifting (with free weights) 3x a week did wonders for my posture.
Archery sounds a bit more fun
uberstuber | 15 years ago | on: Coding a Tetris AI using a Genetic Algorithm
http://www.ryanheise.com/tetris/tetris_artificial_intelligen... here's one using Google's pagerank algorithm
uberstuber | 18 years ago | on: Scott Adams: Connect citizens all over the world with a pen pal website to prevent new wars
Whether or not such a program would stop wars, it would still be a good thing to do, especially for Americans.
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