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Suggestion for Clear Air Turbulence (CAT) Detection

5 points·by jacknobody·2 năm trước·2 comments

When should a post be flagged?

1 points·by jacknobody·3 năm trước·6 comments

Essay on Structure of Consciousness

4 points·by jacknobody·3 năm trước·4 comments

Theory and practice in increasing your willpower

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2 points·by jacknobody·4 năm trước·0 comments

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jacknobody
·2 năm trước·discuss
If you also gave all that text, with its audio, to the putative AI, it might have enough training material to learn to read your handwriting.
jacknobody
·2 năm trước·discuss
That's a good reply, although I can't conceive of "negative frequencies".
jacknobody
·2 năm trước·discuss
Well, if Horowitz and Hill aren't doing it for you I'm not sure what can help, short of trade or professional training. What kinds of things do you want to be able to fix?
jacknobody
·3 năm trước·discuss
It's time for me to prepare for internet outages with hard copies, not only of maps but all important reference material.
jacknobody
·3 năm trước·discuss
I must admit, that is indeed succinct.

Now, all you need is to define your point of focus, and you're set!
jacknobody
·3 năm trước·discuss
Read heavy fiction. Try Jorge Luis Borges, or the Nobel winning J M Coetzee.

Krishnamurti is worth a read.
jacknobody
·3 năm trước·discuss
Probably a good game for those who like numbers (me!). Can you realise the puzzle as a physical model?
jacknobody
·3 năm trước·discuss
:)
jacknobody
·3 năm trước·discuss
I got "allergic" to computers but I still like algorithms and playing with mathematical/logical structures. I spent some time in the Australian outback with nothing but a pencil and a block of paper. I had heard of topology in science fiction books so I decided to study that from scratch. Soon I had discovered a family of hyperdimensional geometries that led me to an efficient algorithm for the complete resolution of a traveling salesman problem and a non-Boolean logic. Therefore I think that creativity (work!) in preparation for coding doesn't need anything but a curious mind.
jacknobody
·3 năm trước·discuss
I think it's a matter of convention, and that all the maths I can think of survives the following definitions:

If infinity were to be defined as immeasurably large, and zero as immeasurably small, we would be saying infinity=(some finite number)/0 and 0=(some finite number/infinity

This still leaves us unable to find an definite answer to the multiplication of 0 and infinity, because we might have chosen any 2 finite numbers for the definitions above.
jacknobody
·3 năm trước·discuss
There's also a lot of waste aluminium, which might be usable in furnaces.
jacknobody
·3 năm trước·discuss
I really like the last one - " 22 The fastest way to get into a productive mindset is to feel a responsibility for living a life of service."

I just think service is really cool.
jacknobody
·3 năm trước·discuss
My progress bar froze?
jacknobody
·3 năm trước·discuss
It looks to me that rich celebrities have to spend vast amounts on security. They can't go to the beach; can't go to the supermarket; can't in fact do anything normal.

Some very rich folk I know are discreet with their wealth. If they were show-offs they'd need lots of security, but nobody knows them so nobody tries to take their things or hurt them.
jacknobody
·3 năm trước·discuss
"If the fool would only persist in his folly, he would become wise" So said Solomon.

In context, that means "Stick to one path until you discover its deficiencies."
jacknobody
·3 năm trước·discuss
Not long ago, it was discovered through mitochondrial DNA studies that all modern humans have a common female ancestor, who was dubbed "Eve". https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_Eve

This science.org article supports the " mitochondrial Eve" hypothesis.
jacknobody
·3 năm trước·discuss
Would we know already if water was coming up from the lunar depths?
jacknobody
·3 năm trước·discuss
Do you think that there might be hot springs on the Moon? Why not... our volcanoes on Earth bring water to the surface. That sounds like the kind of discovery that this mission is all about.
jacknobody
·3 năm trước·discuss
Find interesting things? HN helps.

Otherwise, there are no fundamentally uninteresting things in the world and everything a person can study will add to the depth of their knowledge.
jacknobody
·3 năm trước·discuss
Anybody not a doctor who gives medical opinions online to anonymous questioners is probably not very good at thinking and can't be expected to give useful answers.

Perhaps you could speak anonymously to a doctor or nurse practitioner by telephone.

(In Australia such a service is run by the Federal Government.)