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cbrunson Physicists produce neutrino images of Milky Way galaxy

Awesome explanation!

cbrunson Heart attack deaths drop over past two decades

Not sure if typo but LDL of 200 is still very high.

cbrunson Test scores are not irrelevant

There's no shortage of students at state universities with elite test scores.

cbrunson Experiments spell doom for physical-collapse explanation of quantum weirdness

Sounds like Three Body Problem. Not golden age though.

cbrunson Declining quality of consumer-grade products – 2009 fridge compressor autopsy

My LG linear inverter fridge from costco has been loud from day 0.

cbrunson Shortsightedness has become an epidemic

I only checked your first article, and you're not wrong that axial length change was observed in humans. But it makes the opposite point of what you hope. The myopic eyes only grew longer when subjected to any type of blur.

"In addition, in myopes, calculated defocus caused longer eyes (+8.4 ± 9.0 µm, P = 0.001). Strikingly, myopic eyes became also longer with positive defocus (+9.1 ± 11.2 µm, P = 0.02)."

cbrunson DARPA now has AI-controlled F-16s working as a team in virtual dogfights

It was crushed by the worst pro team at the top tournament. I have never seen a deep learning bot (Alphastar included) beat humans in a game like this when reaction time/micro advantages are removed. Their novel 'strategy' is always optimized around perfect mechanics.

cbrunson Ask HN: Cheap places to live with a good intellectual atmosphere?

Is this a Catcher in the Rye parody?

cbrunson Silicon Valley stays on top as tech salaries climb across U.S.

Depends, is it winter or summer?

cbrunson Ask HN: What is a science fact that blew your mind when you learned it?

The explanation that makes the most sense to me, from wiki:

Yet another insight is that your chance of winning by switching doors is directly related to your chance of choosing the winning door in the first place: if you choose the correct door on your first try, then switching loses; if you choose a wrong door on your first try, then switching wins; your chance of choosing the correct door on your first try is 1/3, and the chance of choosing a wrong door is 2/3.

cbrunson Young U.S. men having a lot less sex in the 21st century, study shows

I didn't realize how much of HN overlapped the incel 'community'. Really an eye-opening and depressing thread. Do so many young men really think this way?

cbrunson 3.28M file for U.S. jobless benefits

Phrased differently, are you willing to die to give employment to 1000 people?

cbrunson Inaccurate chart led to unwarranted fears of 5G wireless technology

Yes.

cbrunson Gaming the lottery: How one winner used math to overcome the odds

He implied the buy-in was about 21k for one attempt with about 5-7% chance of winning. Mocking up some quick analysis for a blog is one thing, taking out a loan for 100k+ is quite another...