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I have a serious question that might sound not serious. The articles I read about boeing seem to focus on assembly line issues. As someone who flies a lot, assembly problems scare …

Carnegie Observatories (in Pasadena CA, not the telescope) is hosting an open house today ( https://carnegiescience.edu/carnegie-observatories-2023-open... ). It’s also almost the …

It turns out that this wavelength of infrared is short enough that it sees through windows just fine.

I personally had a bad customer service experience from them and switched. It's not obvious to me if you can generalize from one person's experience -- however -- the crux of my is…

They answered this question many years ago. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23938

Being proud, egotistical, or a braggart are all human characteristics. I mention this for two reasons. First, without the benefit of direct contact, you really have no idea what ki…

The standard deviation is simply a measure of the spread of a distribution. There's nothing wrong or right about high standard deviations. In fact, the high standard deviation mean…

> "Long Jumps" is a myth imho. You are 100% on point. The parent's poster's point on conformity is well taken. Still, "independent" researchers are viewed with suspicion because re…

Sparkfun just started selling a book called "Electrical Engineering 101". I've never read it, but I imagine it's pretty good. Do you have access to a good electronics lab? A lab + …

If you want to learn how to implement MCMC I recommend: Bayesian Logical Analysis Physical Sciences by Gregory Gregory's book explains a lot more of the engineering (autocorrelatio…

Great ideas. I'm particularly impressed with the term "web 3d". The PR will just roll in -- especially in "today's economy" -- press will love to discuss Americans who actually (1)…

The statement "only has meaning if the distribution is presumed to be normal" is wrong. The SD is a summary of the spread of a distribution. In fact, for most centrally concentrate…

80 hours a week for two months in the Antarctic "Pig Barn." The heat was turned off for about three weeks. http://stratocat.com.ar/bases/41e.htm

Fortunately for you 2009 happens to be the international year of astronomy. Buy your daughter this: https://www.galileoscope.org/gs/ She'll be able to do a variety of experiments o…

How complicated is it? Can you make it yourself? It's probably best if you do. If you have something you want to make in quantitiy, you'll want to hire someone who is experienced w…

I've asked this question months ago, but I never received a satisfactory answer: What is the value of stock in a private company? Do you receive dividends on the stock? You can't s…

Excellent, I've been intending to play with CUDA compuation for a while, this seems like a great way to begin. It's especially nice that the documentation seems helpful. I'd be cur…

The point is that climate models are not testable. Bernoulli's equation is a "good" approximation because we know when it fails. If we're going to rely on climate models to define …

>that doesn't seem very free-markety at all. You're wrong. The free market comes from the board of directors who approve such the "heads I win, tails I win" package. The board was …

Alex3917 - I don't disagree. But, isn't Godin's approach still masterful self marketing? Being self-referential is tacky. So, justifiably, he avoids it. My point: the fact that you…

First impression: elegant looking site. Put the "launch portal spy" link on every page (maybe). I've never heard of Vignette Portal. I don't understand 95% of the text of your site…

Gosh, I remember providing feedback for this site way back when. It's been much improved. Clearly stormpulse is a labor of love and hard work. Congrats.

I disagree. If I had three great hacker friends, I'd brainstorm to find an awesome problem to work on. It's hard to find talent; especially hard to find talent in people I like to …

not for me.