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> I don't understand the huge upside for Starlink outside of Africa or India, where they have India is rapidly expanding fiber internet connectivity, even in rural areas: https://e…

Micron has exited the consumer business, so this is only till stocks last: https://investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-deta...

Thanks for the paper link!

Likely due to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Heavy_Bombardment

I love this type of articles where we can reconstruct what happened so long ago just based on careful observations. Some other instances I've come across: * The K-Pg extinction eve…

If PETM was due to large scale use of hydrocarbons, there should be evidence of depletion in the strata, right? For example, currently not all sources are uniformly exploited -- so…

I have been doing some late-night wikipedia binges on this matter, so I consider myself qualified to answer. > Is there a comprehensive list of all the planets, dwarf planets, moon…

Largest ocean in our solar system isn't even on Earth, apparently: > ... Ganymede’s ocean is even bigger than Europa’s—and might be the largest in the entire solar system. “The Gan…

> I don't want to lose data just because a cosmic ray flipped a bit somewhere. If you have disks set up in RAID 1 or RAID 6, would you still lose data though?

Yes, this model works in many cases. For example, ask the (better, costlier) Claude Opus to generate high-quality prompts, which get fed into (worse, cheaper) Claude Sonnet.

The NPU in the Snapdragon SoC used by the Windows Surface laptops was quoted to be ~ 40 trillion ops/s (TOPS). Nvidia 4070 Ti has roughly the same performance: https://www.techpowe…

These AI assistants (Rabbit R1, Humane AI Pin), as they exist now, probably can be replaced by apps. However, if you give them the benefit of the doubt and think about what they're…

Have each person create their own account, and share nodes: https://tailscale.com/kb/1084/sharing/

What made you switch from Google Fi?

> Lascaux where they closed off the cave completely and only allow tourists near the modern reconstruction. Video by Tom Scott, that talks about the similar Chauvet cave: https://w…

I think it's because of a sense of ownership and belonging (or lack thereof). People who made the art in Lascaux are, in a distant sense, ancestors of the present-day French. Most …

I thought MPC-BE was the spiritual successor of HC. Good to see it's still alive.

Speaking of different climate in North Africa/Middle East: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_humid_period As recently as 5,000 years ago, it was a much wetter place.

"Mathematics: Its Contents, Methods, And Meaning" https://archive.org/details/MathematicsItsContentsMethodsAnd...

> we are the only rocky planet that has both plate tectonics and a natural satellite We have the oceans to thank for plate tectonics. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/25330…

I too read Why We Sleep , and found it quite interesting. Then I found out that there is some controversy regarding its claims. Previous discussions on HN: * https://news.ycombinat…

> another downside with auto-type is that not all websites put their full names in the browser title bar so auto-type won't show you your related passwords in some cases. to fix th…

Is it possible to run the laptop directly off AC power, bypassing the battery? Alternatively, is it possible to cap the battery charging at, say, 60-80%? Since one of the key aspec…

> According to the myth of the Klamath Indians, Llao, the chief of the Below World, standing on Mt Mazama, was battling Skell, the chief of the Above World, who stood on Mt Shasta …