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If the active elements were convex instead of concave, I can imagine this being useful for people with visual impairments. How does this compare to existing technologies for braill…

The present US government would delight in finding a new way to funnel more yachtloads of cash to Larry Ellison, legally or otherwise, as long as someone in the regime gets somethi…

The greatest enemy of a free market is a successful capitalist.

In taxicab geometry, π=4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicab_geometry

Cosine similarity of two normalized vectors is just the length of the projection of one vector on the other. That gives a very intuitive geometric meaning to cosine similarity. htt…

That's a myth started by one guy. https://slate.com/technology/2021/10/botanical-sexism-viral-...

And past: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derinkuyu_underground_city

> Affected software: All WiFi clients > Affected platforms: All operating systems

"The Threat of a Solar Superstorm Is Growing—And We’re Not Ready" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-threat-of-a-s... Discussed in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=…

https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/09/20/this...

No, you're probably thinking of this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18340693 (He4 exposure temporarily messes up iPhones by glitching their MEMS clocks)

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Documented here https://tck.mn/transalg/ in a pre-release version of the constructed language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlingue and with English translation.

It boils down to the DoJ wants to force "Super Apps" like WeChat. That is something I absolutely don't want because then everyone will be forced to use it, like in China. Super App…

Also see "Evenly distributing points on a sphere" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17842057