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test.scicommons.org
3 points·by DrSAR·6 maanden geleden·0 comments

When will Framework realistically ship the 16" laptop?

gist.github.com
3 points·by DrSAR·3 jaar geleden·1 comments

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DrSAR
·3 maanden geleden·discuss
hrm, double-click and your browser does the rest.

For added benefit, full screen?

Until you need presenter notes or other niceties, this covers a large space of usage.
DrSAR
·4 maanden geleden·discuss
There were the so-called Subsequent Nuremberg Trials (12 of them). Among them were the trials of IG Farben (gas chamber supplies, Zyklon B) and Krupp (armament of the German military forces in preparation of an aggressive war)

I'm under no illusion that all the perpetrators of war crimes were held accountable but it's not a bad model.
DrSAR
·6 maanden geleden·discuss
No horse either but here is an attempt (ignoring criminal record as you say): Opening the border and letting her rip is clearly not sustainable in the medium term. So you try to make it (reasonably) hard to get in incl. turning people away at the border.

Once they are in (incl illegally so) you concede you have lost on this instance. Now you admit that forcefully removing immigrants carries too high a cost (literally + damage in the communities you remove the immigrants from + your humanitarian image). So you don't.

Somehow that balance seems really hard to get right and edge cases (criminal record) matter.
DrSAR
·7 maanden geleden·discuss
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DrSAR
·8 maanden geleden·discuss
Not sure I agree with 'appearance [...] is much worse'.

Given the choice between a class room of first years who believe (in themselves and) an appearance of calculus knowledge or a room of scared undergrads that recoil from any calculus-inspired argument they 'have never learnt it properly', I'll take the former. I can work with that much more easily. Sure, some things might break - but what's the worst that can happen?

We'll sort out the rigour later while we patch the bruises of overextending some analogies.
DrSAR
·10 maanden geleden·discuss
resulting in an unhealthy, pale appearance /s
DrSAR
·10 maanden geleden·discuss
no. there might be some mild advantages (less environmental damage? also protection from excessive IR+VIS?) But in the published testdata listed above there are mineral sunscreens promising 50 SPF and not getting there either. Combined with the often more difficult application you might end up with even less protection. So buyer beware (or wear hats and shirts).
DrSAR
·vorig jaar·discuss
we discovered the same joke independently in Germany. loved it.
DrSAR
·vorig jaar·discuss
We used to love riding in them at our university in the late 80s/90s. And when you proceed to ride over the top will the car flip upside down? We managed to scare at least one of our classmates into believe this could happen. The whole thing felt as exciting as a carnival ride in retrospect ...
DrSAR
·vorig jaar·discuss
very clever, thank you
DrSAR
·2 jaar geleden·discuss
It is also not a pipe
DrSAR
·2 jaar geleden·discuss
a decent stab at humour. I chuckled.
DrSAR
·2 jaar geleden·discuss
GO AROUND, WINDSHEAR AHEAD!
DrSAR
·2 jaar geleden·discuss
Until you encounter a switch that's part of a three-way switch arrangement where up can be on or off depending on the position of the other switch in the circuit.
DrSAR
·2 jaar geleden·discuss
The 1951 UNHCR convention [1] would like to disagree that only an entitled line of thinking presupposes rights of refugees.

[1] https://www.unhcr.org/about-unhcr/who-we-are/1951-refugee-co...
DrSAR
·3 jaar geleden·discuss
"TERRAIN, TERRAIN! whoop whoop PULL UP!" -- the makers of the Terrain Avoidance and Warning System (TAWS) thought that this extra information was useful. Maybe the timing is different or maybe it's just cultural.
DrSAR
·3 jaar geleden·discuss
I am quite impressed by their transparency. However, I need to decide on whether to replace my ailing laptop with their 13" model or whether I can limp along until the glorious 16" comes along.

How likely do you think is it they will be able to iron out all these listed items 1 through 10 until Jan or so next year?
DrSAR
·3 jaar geleden·discuss
Well, that pair of Ethiopian immigrants might be doing OK [1]. Immigrants from Africa esp if they are blessed to come from places where English is taught and education levels are higher do particularly well (e.g. Nigeria) and appear to outperform people (incl whites) born in the US. I concede that this data might be wrong in all sorts of ways but wouldn't it be nice if it taught us ways to 'lift up all boats'?

[1] https://news.ku.edu/2020/06/18/study-shows-african-immigrant...
DrSAR
·3 jaar geleden·discuss
I think your incorrect assumption is that tenured faculty are running and shaping the universities. Much has been written about the rise of different class in the academy: administrators. For a somewhat extreme position look here [1]. And even tenured faculty are subjected to the performance assessments that can seriously hinder their research agenda. As the saying goes: Tenure has never protected those who really needed it.

[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardvedder/2018/05/10/kill-a...
DrSAR
·3 jaar geleden·discuss
Yes. 12kWh/kg chemical energy for kerosene, a little more for avgas. But with a 25% efficiency you are only getting 3kWh out of a kg of fuel. Electric motors tend to have higher efficiency -- maybe up to 75% so you might nearly get 500Wh from a kg of battery.