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klunger
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About klunger
Parent, engineer
Current thing: Bioinformatics
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Comment #44693019
Yes, it is not clear why they have chosen CO2 beyond PR. There are other gas mixtures that would likely have better yields.
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Comment #44693003
At first, I thought this was an elaborate joke because fossil fuels are effectively "CO2 batteries." Instead, it's compressed gas. Which is fine and possibly the best solution in c…
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Comment #43952625
Well, with this ERC fund, we are trying to attract high quality research scientists. While there are many of these who also have entrepreneurial ambitions, it is a venn diagram, no…
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Comment #43946075
It 500 mil to lure US researchers. They say "from every country" because they have to, but we know why it was made and who will get most of it.
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Comment #43944068
No, it is a new fund that is only for scientists coming from outside Europe. https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/choose-europe-science...
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Comment #43944057
This reads like a bitter ex-employee. I guess you were in Germany? There are plenty of European countries that do use English as the working language for technical fields, if there…
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Comment #43944033
My department (at a Norwegian university) is working on a headhunting plan. The way the ERC grants are structured, the applicant needs a sponsoring institute. So, we are identifyin…
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Comment #42997743
Ok. Thank you for the explanation :) I assume the other one made it through the organized flagging campaign because you intervened. So, thanks for that too.
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Comment #42993880
I am glad the article finally made it through who/whatever is trying to keep it down. But, c'mon Dan. I posted this 23 hours ago. That post is 2 hours old. How did it get flagged a…
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Comment #42990694
I am generally very happy with the work dang does to keep this a community I enjoy. It is more the lack of intervention on what is obviously a concerted effort to suppress discussi…
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Comment #42990468
Last one took about an hour. I have an actual stopwatch running now.
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Comment #40488426
> xAI will continue on this steep trajectory of progress over the coming months, with multiple exciting technology updates and products soon to be announced. There is a lot of pote…
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Comment #40480449
In 2013, I had an internship at a kind of industrial incubator and fund in Kongsberg, Norway[ https://kongsberginnovasjon.no/?lang=en ]. Although that was 11 years ago now, and a l…
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Comment #40456111
Yes, this. I am about a month away from finishing my teaching degree (math). My experience so far AND the best research is extremely clear on the following: Kids learn best by work…
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Comment #40438696
Exactly. If you are going to use this, I believe you should also become a patron* of the podcasts you do it to. And, in that case, you often have access to an ad-free version anywa…
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Comment #40398149
The headline belies the scope of this task. If you click in to see what these are: - one is a full course in convolutional neural networks https://cs231n.github.io/ - one is a 500 …
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Comment #37679379
We bought a two-unit house together with another couple, with the same idea in mind. They have a kid the same age as our youngest (18 months) and also do not have any family nearby…
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Comment #35497455
I am glad you wrote it, please don't be sorry. A lot of us feel the same way. Here's what I imagine sama and AI apologists would say in response so they can sleep at night: Have yo…
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Comment #35431262
Just fyi, your website currently states you are looking for React, React Native and TypeScript people for frontend. Flutter is a completely different kettle of fish.
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Comment #35409733
The same story could have been written about Oslo - my home - and the other major cities in Norway (Bergen, Stavanger, even Kristiansand). It's not so bad in the country side, but …
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Comment #27944767
The source is a summary of the position of the 9 major political parties on further oil exploration. There are dozens of parties here, yes, but the 9 listed there account for about…