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I linked directly to the paper but originally found it from reading this article:

https://www.earth.com/news/scientists-have-20-minute-convers...

which reminded me of my favorite Star Trek movie, the Voyage Home!

brycehalleyon Voice assistants are not doing it for big tech

Voice assistants have reached the Unhelpful Valley stage.

When they were a novelty I recall the excitement of trying new commands and layering in context, after many failures I've been conditioned to now only attempt and expect success with generic queries.

brycehalleyon Lawson Criterion for Ignition Exceeded in an Inertial Fusion Experiment

Links to the publications:

Lawson Criterion for Ignition Exceeded in an Inertial Fusion Experiment H. Abu-Shawareb et al. (Indirect Drive ICF Collaboration) Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 075001 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.075001

Design of an inertial fusion experiment exceeding the Lawson criterion for ignition A. L. Kritcher et al. Phys. Rev. E 106, 025201 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.106.025201

Experimental achievement and signatures of ignition at the National Ignition Facility A. B. Zylstra et al. Phys. Rev. E 106, 025202 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.106.025202

brycehalleyon It’s Dinner Time on the Space Station. Lobster or Beef Bourguignon?

I was curious as well. From what I've read in the past the Russians always have Vodka.

brycehalleyon The Thinking Ladder

SS: Chapter 7 of Tim Urban's The Story of Us. You can find the series' table of contents here: https://waitbutwhy.com/2019/08/story-of-us.html

brycehalleyon Terror management theory

Hang in there, and I hope the same for you!