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It's interesting to see the process too, they are trying to finalize things for September.

https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/decadal-survey-on...

Baby steps, there are any number of issues to address if the goal was to create something that is energy producing for consumption. However, taking out even any aspect of commercialization or scaling this is an important milestone in terms of science and engineering. That's not to say don't ask those questions, it is just allow the excitement of progress while asking future questions.

That is a real interesting point, contracting out limits your ability to "work your way up," a big company. I am a huge proponent of mobility, especially inter-organizational mobility rather than intra-organizational mobility, but your point stands. Having the ability to move up in your organization and up outside of your organization gives the worker more choices and makes organizations actually work harder to do right by the worker. I think contracting out still can fit in this, but I am glad I read your point. It will be interesting to think through.

Title shortened from: Observation-based early-warning signals for a collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation due to length

Article on paper: https://phys.org/news/2021-08-ocean-current-approaching.html

I agree, in the end the CDC knows that there are a lot of hurdles to get the information across and will have to adjust. That is really all they can do. A small sticking point is now VP Harris didn't say she won't take the vaccine developed under the previous administration, she said she doesn't trust Trump and would listen do public health experts [0]. She was concerned they would be "muzzled," but was later assured and re-iterated her point on a later interview [1].

[0] https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/kamala-harris-says-she-w...

[1] https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/05/politics/kamala-harris-not-tr...

One source is: https://www.rand.org/randeurope/research/projects/internet-a...

Here is a shorter blog post that references the above research: https://www.rand.org/blog/2014/03/the-internets-role-in-radi...

There are plenty of reasons to do this that don't distill just down to do they act as expected. One reason researchers do quantum experiments in macro-objects is it is significantly easier to measure. If they can show the glass bead can be put into quantum states in space it means they can now study quantum states via a glass bead instead of atoms, which are real hard to look at.

There is absolutely evidence supporting the idea that YouTube and social media sites are contributing to the radicalization of people. This is not saying there is not evidence, it is reporting one one specific study that used a very specific method. It is worth reporting on specific studies/methods as well as doing over arching journalism on a topic. One piece does not discount another.

A pre-print version: https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.12843 and their open science page: https://osf.io/vs4d9/

I get the snark but this is also Science and their easy to digest news release. It is literally a science journal, not a product release or even engineering journal. I wouldn't say it really fits into the "advancement in the art," or "actual products." It is scientific progress in the material science world (which I know is your last parenthetical aspect of your comment).

I agree the style and headline is a little annoying but this is a story that is worth a little worry. Not because it is going to land on your head but because of the pattern of behavior. Here is an article about the same topic from the Guardian[0]. It isn't the first time China has allowed uncontrolled re-entry of something that will probably not burn up entirely in recent history. At some point space is an area the whole world is going to have to figure out the rules together and when any country doesn't follow those rules we (the world) need to find some way to hold them (absolutely any country or company launching) accountable. Especially when it has the potential to land and cause damage and kill people.

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/may/04/out-of-contr...

I think part of that has to do with it being a pythonic choice as well though. Python actively encourages you to segment off your environment for everything you do, that mentality continues to packaging and deploying.

In DC their in house 'innovation team' tried to overcome some of these issues and make them more useful to the people using the forms by having an annual formapalooza. Results were mixed but it is an interesting approach to digitization and human centered design.

https://thelabprojects.dc.gov/formapalooza

There is a fourth now https://twitter.com/PhysRevLett/status/1354866900036153352 and a write up in Physics (The more casual write ups at APS about major topics): https://physics.aps.org/articles/v14/15

The actual article links:

[1]- https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.12...

[2] - https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.12...

[3] - https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.12...

[4] - https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.12...

They also based the series (mostly) off of the book Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson. It's worth a read.

Since you posted the actual paper link I figured I would leave this here (https://osf.io/mfzg4/) The Open Science project page, they have some of their initial thoughts before the experiment as well as some data. Always interesting to poke around.

Not necessarily, the point of the article is that there is a high/room temperature superconducting material. That doesn't mean it is naturally occurring or that there are any, but the understanding that you can achieve superconductivity at higher temperatures when at (significantly) higher pressures could lead to some new geological hypothesis to try and test.

What makes it simply virtue signalling? And what kind of teeth do you want? It isn't the strongest but allowing individuals to sue[0] is a lot stronger than just saying "please don't do this." It isn't necessarily about defeating the evil forces of facial recognition but it is about trying to get a handle of the situation before it gets way out of control.

[0] https://onezero.medium.com/portlands-radical-facial-recognit...

I also think, on top of all your points (which I agree with), keeping it shorter would make it more convincing. I think with the current usage of social media, short clips created through some synthetic means will be harder and harder to identify.

It seems like a kind of situation from this part:

"Since 2016, the New York Department of Labor has held that ride-hail drivers were employees for purposes of unemployment insurance. But Uber and Lyft have dragged their feet, failing to provide wage data that would enable the agency to calculate unemployment payments for each worker."

So they have to consider them employees for purposes of insurance but seem to not have fully complied in the first place.

Note: The title was changed from "How You Can Fight Russia's Plans to Troll Americans During Campaign 2020" because it was too long for HN.

Also I just find this an interesting short piece on disruptive techniques. Removing nuance and creating an us vs them scenario seems to be both effective and all too easy to do.

The actual ruling [PDF]: https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.448390...

Yea, I did not realize the huge difference moving from the east coast living in a few cities there going through the detailed inspection. I moved to the south, a different city, brought in my car, they told me to turn on my signals and hazards, asked for some money, and gave me a sticker. Very different.

It is actually what I have on in the background right now. That now Amazon owned IMDB streaming service has it with commercials for free.

Unrelated to a strange bug story or anything but you just reminded me of when I was also helping someone set up a, as you called it, mini-supercomputer. It was to do quantum simulations. We were setting it up and the researcher who was going to use it made the root user name skynet. Now I know that joke has probably been played out at campuses around the world but it just seems unnecessary to tempt the fates like that.

There may be a level of lobbying involved but I would also say websites like recreation are consumer facing, the weather data is used by actual researchers and practitioners. Layouts become a lot more sticky and efficient when people like that are your target.

Yea you made me just go check a bunch of my logs too. I still had the normal brute force level at least for the last few days. Still strange though.

Yes from the research/understanding perspective but a lot of the testing is also to provide healthcare to those most in need. You test the most severe to make sure you can treat them effectively.

For sure light on details but it seems like he (or a family office) will be grant making and it is coming from him not his foundation or Amazon.

https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/17/jeff-bezos-announced-a-10-...

Saying it was just an engineering problem is really understating the level of theory and experiment had to happen at the same time. It was a huge scientific and engineering endeavor that happened simultaneously. Some good books that go into the crazy intricacies are American Prometheus and The Making of the Atomic Bomb if you are interested.