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Gender differences in Dutch research funding over time

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35 points·by petschge·قبل سنتين·20 comments

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petschge
·قبل 6 أشهر·discuss
IF the velocity would change from 0.7m/s to 0m/s over one second, the acceleration would be 0.7m/s/s. But if the time span over which that velocity change is (much) shorter, the acceleration would be (much) higher.
petschge
·قبل 9 أشهر·discuss
You don't need to identify the A320 from 15 pixels. Once you see a 15 pixel signature that changes between subsequent frames you point the one extra camera on a movable mount with a 600mm lens on it at it. Now you get a few hundred pixels.
petschge
·قبل 12 شهرًا·discuss
Obligatory XKCD: https://xkcd.com/723/
petschge
·السنة الماضية·discuss
Seeing how the sausage gets made makes you realize ALL the downsides and things you'd rather not have known. That doesn't mean you can think of a way to fix science. Let alone get the required funding to make an actual attempt.
petschge
·السنة الماضية·discuss
See also https://xkcd.com/356/
petschge
·السنة الماضية·discuss
For scale: The LHC has more than 11km diameter and the deepest mine we have built is 4km. Adding vertical distance is much harder than making the diameter of the circular tunnel larger.
petschge
·السنة الماضية·discuss
How do you encode the difference between a method that adds and a method that multiplies two numbers in the type signature?
petschge
·السنة الماضية·discuss
Remember that ATC will give wind speeds in knots, not km/h.
petschge
·السنة الماضية·discuss
I was referring to the "The US government is trying to bring back nuclear safety employees it fired on Thursday, but is struggling to let them know they should return to work, NBC News has reported. [...]An email obtained by NBC said the letters for some NNSA employees 'are being rescinded, but we do not have a good way to get in touch with those personnel'." part. It's about 300 people affected. And when you apply at these types of positions they ARE aware of private contact information.
petschge
·السنة الماضية·discuss
How chaotic does https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g3nrx1dq5o sound to you?
petschge
·قبل سنتين·discuss
In my experience people understand perfectly well but assume that you are ex-military.
petschge
·قبل سنتين·discuss
How is that extortionate? Using the inflation calculator of the Bank of England that is 86 pounds now or $110. Admittedly that more expensive than the current price of $24 for the paper back, but at worst that seems to be twice as expensive as a common price for a 850 page book?
petschge
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If that thing had VGA-in on top of the keyboard and mouse out via USB, it would be a great tool to carry in a data center when you have to physically interact with a machine.
petschge
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Sure, for booleans you can just test all combinations of input arguments. In some cases you can do the same for all possible 32 bit float or int values that you have as input. But for 64 bit integers (let alone several of them) that's not feasible.
petschge
·قبل سنتين·discuss
That's what? Fourteen F-35s? Shared by all of Europe. Or in other words 30 cents per European for each of 6 years. Science is much cheaper than you think. And much cheaper than not doing it.
petschge
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This has now changed to "Signal is experiencing technical difficulties. We are working hard to restore service as quickly as possible."
petschge
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https://status.signal.org/ says it's "up and running" but that is clearly not the case. I find that more concerning than the outage itself.
petschge
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There is the GAFFTC (German Air Force Flying Training Center) at Holloman AFB?
petschge
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In Europe a closet is furniture, not a built in room.
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While Hertz are 1/s, there is implications between using frequencies in Hertz and rates in 1/s. Units are not just something to mechanically check, but also for communication with other humans. So connotations matter in addition to denotation.