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petermcneeley

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petermcneeley··on Parental controls aren't for parents
user: GaryBluto created: 3 months ago
petermcneeley··on Parental controls aren't for parents
If you apply this concept broadly you will see this isnt a great philosophy.
petermcneeley··on Parental controls aren't for parents
What was the punishment for the 12 year old? This will tell us everything we need to know about this story.
petermcneeley··on Straussian Memes
"Straussian moment" is a struassian meme
petermcneeley··on A website to destroy all websites
I mean didnt Geocities solve this and many other problems?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoCities

petermcneeley··on France targets Australia-style social media ban for children next year
One would figure a русский would be more wary of the nanny state.
petermcneeley··on France targets Australia-style social media ban for children next year
I mean the internet was a thing when I was 13. What is even your response to the fact that an entire generation has already gone through this?

The primary difference is that back then there was strong parental supervision and guidance.

petermcneeley··on France targets Australia-style social media ban for children next year
Oh now its AI slop lol. Anyway the fact is that no children should be left unattended on the internet.
petermcneeley··on Iron Beam: Israel's first operational anti drone laser system
There isnt much information here. What is the total power per m^2 and what is the frequency (range). As we know the sun alone is 1kW/m^2 over quite a range.
petermcneeley··on Efficient method to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
Diffusion and convection would do all the work. You dont need to worry. You can see the stuff mix around https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aSBfn6_pUY
petermcneeley··on Efficient method to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
And yet trees do this trivially?
petermcneeley··on Humans May Be Able to Grow New Teeth Within Just 4 Years
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn09kwrg57do
petermcneeley··on "Simple Made Easy" – Rich Hickey (2011) [video]
Ah! This is just my favorite talk so I posted for posterity.
petermcneeley··on Why the Internet Is Bad for Democracy (2005)
What about the difficult and often irrational voices of the elite?
petermcneeley··on Ask HN: How do I bridge the gap between PhD and SWE experiences?
I thought AGI was 2027. Given it is a week from 2026 we only have 1 year left right?
petermcneeley··on [dead]
> The phrase “your papers, please” has historically been the sort of demand we associated with Hitler’s SS or the East German Stasi.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law

petermcneeley··on Hybrid Aerial Underwater Drone – Bachelor Project [video]
As an undergrad project this is rather impressive. But those motors do not look very water resistant. We all know that that shape and those blades are not very efficient in the water. And as others mention the RF signal probably cuts out at a few meters (probably worse in salt water).
petermcneeley··on How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips
lisan al gaib
petermcneeley··on An off-grid, flat-packable washing machine
Checks all the boxes but why no TEDx talk?
petermcneeley··on The C++ standard for the F-35 Fighter Jet [video]
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petermcneeley··on A two-person method to simulate die rolls (2023)
I think mine from 2017 is a commitment scheme. Certainly is not unique or novel.

https://darkcephas.blogspot.com/2017/07/fair-random-number-g...

petermcneeley··on The C++ standard for the F-35 Fighter Jet [video]
Developers have gotten lazy. Im glad to here where you are they are at least still trying.
petermcneeley··on The C++ standard for the F-35 Fighter Jet [video]
This is basically video games prior to 2010
petermcneeley··on From Rockets to Heat Pumps
I appreciate the honesty (or at least appearance of so) but it is a bit of a shame to go from a 'rocket propulsion engineer' to a heat pump sales man.
petermcneeley··on Copper thieves are wreaking havoc across America
Laws on cars vary. It is common that cars can be sold for cash without any contract transfer. Same with guns but less so.

However are you saying that someone selling some extra scrap copper is in any way similar to someone selling their gun? These things are somehow equivalent?

However I will show you the actual connection. What you are doing is making the law abiding citizen be punish for the crimes of the criminal. This happens with fire-arms legislation as well.

The result tends to of course be that citizens lose rights while criminals do as they have before.

This is not a world I want to live in and I hope you would not want this either.

petermcneeley··on Copper thieves are wreaking havoc across America
How do I prove where I got my copper from? I can tell you why all of these things are bad ideas. They are bad ideas because you are outlawing legal commerce.

Copper has value. If people have this copper in their garage they can then get some value. The copper then goes back into the economy. Win Win. However if there is no gain to recycling it it might not quickly end up back into the economy. This is of course bad.

A totally radical view is to simply outlaw stealing :)

petermcneeley··on Copenhagenize Index 2025: The Global Ranking of Bicycle-Friendly Cities
With my car.
petermcneeley··on Copenhagenize Index 2025: The Global Ranking of Bicycle-Friendly Cities
Sounds very unpleasant. How do you get groceries? To me this is like having to fetch water from a well rather than using pipes.
petermcneeley··on Copper thieves are wreaking havoc across America
What is more of a crime. Stealing copper or buying copper that is of unknown origin.

I have pounds of copper wire in my garage. How should I sell it?

I love it when people have ideas. I just wish they would think about them more.

petermcneeley··on Zero knowlege proof of compositeness
A much smaller simpler example would have been useful for us mere mortals.

Ok 6 is not a prime. 5=b is not a multiple of 6

5^(6-1) = 3125 mod 6 = 5 which is not 1. Therefore 6 cannot be prime.

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