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datameta··on Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sources say
Can you imagine being in a supermarket and detonations go off dropping people? At least 8 children have died in the pager attack.

The US did not detonate personal devices using a supply-chain infiltration, I am specifically talking about this tactic. If you feel the need to bring another conflict into this, you don't think you have an argument to stand on. Imagine this was Hezbollah detonating hundreds or thousands of devices in Israel?

datameta··on Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sources say
If it walks like terrorism, and quacks like terrorism...

I struggle to understand how they're imagining they're obviating the optics of this, unless they don't care what the dissenting population in Israel thinks (or the world for that matter) until "it is done".

datameta··on Neanderthals' social isolation may have sped up their extinction
Fascinating discovery. Bit of a nitpick/sanity check though:

"When compared to other previously sequenced Neanderthal genomes, Thorin’s genome most closely resembled an individual that was excavated roughly 1,000 miles to the northeast in Gibraltar. Slimak speculates that Thorin’s population likely migrated south to France from Gibraltar."

Shouldn't this be southwest and north, respectively, instead?

datameta··on Study shows 'alarming' level of trust in AI for life and death decisions
FPV and scout drone operators in Ukraine are very much at personal risk, they operate within several km of the front line. This is in range of mortars, artillery, snipers, autocannon, tanks, etc.
datameta··on Rethinking addiction as a chronic brain disease
Always in all circumstances for everyone? I disagree. One can continue to behave hedonistically without reaping the joy it once gave due to adapted thresholds in the brain.
datameta··on Rethinking addiction as a chronic brain disease
In the same vein, is self-forced pleasure joyous?
datameta··on Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine (1989)
Same here. Great way to wake up.
datameta··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2024)

  Location: NYC/Remote
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: No

  Technologies -
  Programming: C/C++, Python, JavaScript, Kotlin
  Embedded Systems: PowerPC, ESP32, STM32, Altera MAX10, Lattice iCE40UP5k
  ML/AI: TensorFlow Lite, PyTorch, OpenCV, MATLAB, ONNX
  IoT: BLE, WiFi, MQTT
  Digital Logic: VHDL, Verilog
Resume: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13u2baioJF47z-YmFJSY2QR6J... Email: dm@datameta.info

Hi, I'm Daniel - a software and embedded systems engineer with experience in firmware, hardware, IoT, and machine learning. Seeking innovative roles in low-power remote applications, HPC, robotics, and the like. Recent experience in full-stack edge AI solutions, memory controller firmware, and VLSI testing. I'm passionate about modular analog synthesis and tinkering with all sorts of hardware. Currently upskilling in analog PCB design and refining my abilities in FPGA development. I'm aiming for a learning-forward environment where I can advance embedded systems and AI integration.

datameta··on Anarchy in Sudan has spawned the world’s worst famine in 40 years
The Ethiopian dam project should prove to be an interesting test of negotiations and relations between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia.
datameta··on Japan police: Nearly 4k who died alone at home not found for over a month
Not that it nullifies the issue, but automation ought to be assuading their worries.
datameta··on Helen Fisher, who researched the brain’s love circuitry, has died
Would you care to elaborate or provide a source to learn more?
datameta··on NASA announces Boeing Starliner crew will return on SpaceX Crew-9
That sounds like embezzlement in the USSR but painted with capitalism colors. Quid pro quo siphoning at every layer, undetectable as a whole, but a giant boulder of dead weight for the system.
datameta··on NASA announces Boeing Starliner crew will return on SpaceX Crew-9
Corporate rot of engineering-first culture.
datameta··on Microwaves: A Haven for Bacterial Diversity
Due to the higher frequency it wouldn't penetrate as well. But it is fun to think about the other EM sources used for cooking.
datameta··on Better Living Through Algorithms (2023)
Quality read. Don't want to give anything away but it was not what I expected.
datameta··on How close are the planet's climate tipping points?
I also find it useful to learn about how other people are learning about a certain topic. For example when the new Cosmos had come out, I watched it largely because I wanted to experience what the record-breaking sized audience was being presented with.
datameta··on Brain found to store three copies of every memory
Is it the case that one or the other are more correct? Or rather, in which case are we judging one to be more accurate based on what criteria?
datameta··on Brain found to store three copies of every memory
Encoded differently of course, removing bias.
datameta··on Stressed mouse brain sends gut messages that reduce beneficial bacteria levels
Maybe it isn't a beneficial adaptation of our system but rather a direct response of the microbiota to environmental change.
datameta··on Online dating apps struggle as people swear off swiping
I'm surprised that phenomenon wasn't called out virally just like men were dragged through internet streets in the mid 2010s with the rise of swiping-style app.
datameta··on Online dating apps struggle as people swear off swiping
Please explain, what do you mean by burden? To avoid me jumping to conclusions. You mean the heteronormative "burden" of the man shooting the first shot?
datameta··on Online dating apps struggle as people swear off swiping
Isn't the whole message of this article that younger generations are seeking interactions that those events can provide? Also what city do you refer to?
datameta··on Online dating apps struggle as people swear off swiping
And in the case of Bumble where the initiators are only women?
datameta··on Online dating apps struggle as people swear off swiping
I imagine it would be spontaneous interaction in places of interest or leisure.
datameta··on It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis
Methotrexate is the most vile substance (made one day per week about as useful as a full day hangover) It did help but honestly only as much as the effort I put into a diet change. I completely agree with parent comment.

Anyone with an autoimmune disorder or chronic inflammation who has not experienced an elimination diet is doing themselves a huge disservice.

datameta··on It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis
The thing with chronic pain is that often it is garbage data being sent by pain receptors. Or more accurately our muddled processing of the nerve impulses leads to poorly established thresholds that lead to a constant presence of perceived pain. So preventing this pathology based on my experience is a cure. Physical regeneration is a separate target in my opinion.
datameta··on First USGS supercomputer decommissioning makes way for successors
My mind was absolutely blown by mercury delay line memory of the UNIVAC 1. The things we did before silicon dynamic memory were works of crazy engineering.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay-line_memory

datameta··on First USGS supercomputer decommissioning makes way for successors
The "bench" exterior was an aesthetically minded comfortable seat, but inside was much of the cooling system.
datameta··on First USGS supercomputer decommissioning makes way for successors
And the reason for a circular design is so that the wire lengths could all be under 4 feet in order to achieve actual projected clock rates.

I saw the thing in the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. Highly highly recommend the museum to every HN user. I went through it twice, first with the greybeard volunteer guide, and then looped in by myself straightaway.

datameta··on Fiber optic drone control beats any RF jammer
This would be the way. Essentially the system would be an air-to-ground TOW missile. I wonder how difficult it is to source fiber at the scale needed.

However, a drone can take hits in non-critical areas whereas the fiber is even harder to hit but vulnerable to any caliber or shrapnel sent up. May not be a huge issue, though.

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