Comment Re:Ah yes, it's all about the poor (Score 1) 229
The number of poor people will increase if transport costs increase very predictably. The impact on pollution is unpredictable
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Comment Parent not a troll. (Score -1, Flamebait) 32
Trump is the only president in my lifetime that hasn't started any foreign wars (I was born in the Carter admin.). As a matter of fact, it seems he's trying to de-escalate in the case of Russia/Ukraine and Israel/Hamas.
Parent is not a troll (I am seeing it with a score:0 Troll mod). It's a perfectly legitimate opinion even if you don't share it.
If anything the OP was "trollier" with it's references to space aliens etc - which were nevertheless witty and inciteful !
IIRC, mod point are to be used to promote posts that are worth reading, and the down mods are to be used only in obvious and extreme cases.
Comment Re:Stem separation is a nothingburger (Score 1) 29
I have no idea how its trained, but whatever comes out is based on the musician using its own work so theres no art theft in the final result.
Very easy to train I imagine. Just put in a bunch of songs as input data and their stems as output data.
No idea if this is how they actually do it, but it's how I would approach the problem.
Comment Blockchain? A traditional database would be better (Score 2) 39
There's no point using a block chain to represent physical objects. By the time you have a physical entity managing the said objects, you're better off using a more efficient distributed database. What happens if someone steals a given piece of gold for example? How do you update the blockchain to reflect that? There are many other ways in which the database could become corrupted and no longer correctly represent the physical reality of the gold store. You don't need a (somehat) slow, power hungry, decentralised, immutable, consensus mechanism for this.
In the case of bitcoin, the proof of work blockchain system works because the tokens just represent themselves, not some real world physical object.
Disclaimer: I only read the summary and not TFA - and no nothing about this project. It just looks like the usual buzzword publicity to me.
Comment Re:Near UV? (Score 1) 36
That's super interesting. Thanks for the link. I dredged around in the comments and came up with this article :
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F...
Apparently the lost sodium lamp prism thing is a cinematic urban myth. It's just much more expensive than green screen.
The process is not very complicated in principle. An actor is filmed performing in front of a white screen that is lit with powerful sodium vapor lights. Such light has a narrow color spectrum that falls neatly into a chromatic notch between the various color sensitivity layers of the film, so the odd yellow color does not register on the red, green, or blue layers.[5] This allows the complete range of colors to be used, not only in costumes, but also in makeup and props. A camera with a beam-splitter prism is used to expose two separate film elements. The main element is regular color negative film that is not very sensitive to sodium light, and the other a fine-grain black-and-white film that is extremely sensitive to the specific wavelength produced by the sodium vapor.[5]
This second film element is used to create a matte, as well as a counter-matte, for use during compositing on an optical printer.
Comment Re: iceberg (Score 1) 152
According to this video :
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld...
From the fine video :
"Some of the ballast is abandoned construction pipes that are sitting on shelves on the side of the thing, and the way you detach the ballast is you get everyone onboard to lean to one side and they roll off"
Also, you control it with an xbox controller...
The part of the capsule you care about though is "rock solid" and designed in collaboration with NASA.
Comment Re:Wow. (Score 2) 68
For an interesting breakdown of how this is most likely a bunch of fabrication :
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3F...
Comment Wow. (Score 2) 68
Cool video - he just got one more view. Absolutely schocking inexcusable behaviour nevertheless.
Comment Re:Banks are doing crypto a favor. (Score 1) 26
Holding the scarcest asset ever created? One that you alone hold the keys to and that doesn't require you to trust any third party? These things might not be important to everyone. There might be other reasons. Number go up?
Comment Dolphins with lasers (Score 1) 57
I came here to see the dolphins with frickin lasers comments. Can someone please explain why I haven't found any ?
Thanks.
Please don't mod me down, it's a serious question...
Comment The lady that can smell alzheimer's (Score 1) 49
This is relevant to the alzheimer's part, but not to the naps part... Sorry !
Alzheimers apparently has a smell that can predate an official diagnosis by quite a long time. This article is very interesting indeed:
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.thealzheimerssite...
On the subject of naps, as I understand it, lack of sleep is one of the possible causes of dementia type symtoms. YMMV
Ukraine's Zelenskyy Signs Virtual Assets Bill Into Law, Legalizing Crypto (coindesk.com) 61
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy legalized crypto in the country, signing into law a bill on virtual assets, amid a frenzy of digital asset donations to support the country's defense against a Russian invasion. CoinDesk reports: The law determines the legal status, classification, ownership and regulators of virtual assets, as well as setting registration requirements for crypto services providers, the Ministry of Digital Transformation said in a statement Wednesday. The market will be regulated by Ukraine's National Commission on Securities and the Stock Market. Exchanges will be able to operate legally, and banks will open accounts for them, the digital ministry said in a tweet.
The state body is tasked with "shaping and pursuing a policy in the field of virtual assets; determining the order of circulation of virtual assets; issuing permits to virtual asset service providers; and carrying out supervision and financial monitoring in this area," according to a Feb. 17 government announcement. The Ministry of Finance is working on amendments to the country's tax and civil codes to fully launch the market for virtual assets, the statement said. The report notes that Ukraine has received at least $100 million in crypto donations following Russia's unprovoked and unjustified attack on the country.
Zelenskyy rejected an earlier version of the bill in September 2021.
The state body is tasked with "shaping and pursuing a policy in the field of virtual assets; determining the order of circulation of virtual assets; issuing permits to virtual asset service providers; and carrying out supervision and financial monitoring in this area," according to a Feb. 17 government announcement. The Ministry of Finance is working on amendments to the country's tax and civil codes to fully launch the market for virtual assets, the statement said. The report notes that Ukraine has received at least $100 million in crypto donations following Russia's unprovoked and unjustified attack on the country.
Zelenskyy rejected an earlier version of the bill in September 2021.
Comment Re: USD is getting less stable every day (Score 1) 123
You can't eat bitcoin, so when you need something, you will have to spend it. Inflationary money incentivises you to spend your money now because otherwise it will lose its value. Deflationary money incentivises you to consume less and only buy important things. This is a good thing, in particular for the environment as it encourages efficient use of resources.
The Chip Shortage Has Made a Star of This Little-Known Component (wsj.com) 63
The global chip shortage is giving rise to a small group of little-known companies whose products are increasingly essential to the plans of semiconductor industry titans. From a report: The companies make parts called substrates, which connect chips to the circuit boards that hold them in personal computers and other devices. The components are relatively simple but as vital to a computer chip's operation as the silicon at its core. Substrate manufacturing has long been seen as a backwater of the global chip supply chain. The sector's relatively low margins have led to underinvestment and, in recent months, added to the pain of a global chip shortage that has constrained personal computer sales, caused some auto makers to idle plants and raised costs for electronic devices.
Supplies of substrates used in some of the most advanced chips are particularly tight, and some industry specialists said they could remain in short supply for years. That has made sourcing the products a priority for chip companies including Intel, Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices and given new clout to the unheralded companies that specialize in making them. "Right now, all you have to do is say you manufacture substrates, and you get business -- it's insane," said Nicholas Stukan, chief business development officer at Zhuhai Access Semiconductor, a substrate manufacturer based in southern China. He said chip makers are begging for supply and are willing to pay much higher prices than usual to satisfy antsy customers. Intel Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger discussed his company's efforts to address substrate shortages in the company's earnings calls this year -- the first time in a decade the topic was featured in any meaningful way in Intel's quarterly results presentation. Mr. Gelsinger is expecting the chip crunch to last into 2023 as the chip industry, including substrate suppliers, boost capacity. Adding a new substrate factory can take a year or two, he said in a July interview. "This is a challenging demand environment," he said.
Supplies of substrates used in some of the most advanced chips are particularly tight, and some industry specialists said they could remain in short supply for years. That has made sourcing the products a priority for chip companies including Intel, Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices and given new clout to the unheralded companies that specialize in making them. "Right now, all you have to do is say you manufacture substrates, and you get business -- it's insane," said Nicholas Stukan, chief business development officer at Zhuhai Access Semiconductor, a substrate manufacturer based in southern China. He said chip makers are begging for supply and are willing to pay much higher prices than usual to satisfy antsy customers. Intel Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger discussed his company's efforts to address substrate shortages in the company's earnings calls this year -- the first time in a decade the topic was featured in any meaningful way in Intel's quarterly results presentation. Mr. Gelsinger is expecting the chip crunch to last into 2023 as the chip industry, including substrate suppliers, boost capacity. Adding a new substrate factory can take a year or two, he said in a July interview. "This is a challenging demand environment," he said.
Comment Re:You know your economy is dysfunctional when (Score 1) 156
Seconded. Very knowledgeable post. I was going to post the same thing.
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