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bethekind··on Tick-killing pill shows promising results in human trial
Can confirm above comment. Only thing close we can buy is permethrin impregnated clothes for mosquitoes. No permethrin anything otherwise. I have some, but only because I had my sister ship it from the states. Blows my mind that you can buy up to 36% permethrin by the jug down there
bethekind··on We've Been Treating Concussions All Wrong
TLDR; If you get a concussion, don't do nothing and rest, but rather continue doing your daily routine. It'll help you recover faster
bethekind··on U.S. rice exports to Haiti have unhealthy levels of arsenic, study finds
Does this work with lead and cadmium as well?
bethekind··on Potential Criminal Activity Revealed in the Kroger-Albertsons Merger
TL;DR Kroger and Albertsons were hiding a lot of cloak and dagger tactics and industry collision to get the deal closed. At this point, the deal is a zombie
bethekind··on Groq runs Mixtral 8x7B-32k with 500 T/s
I think Coral has been taken to the wooden shed out back. Nothing new out of them for years sadly
bethekind··on Groq runs Mixtral 8x7B-32k with 500 T/s
Why go so fast? Aren't Nvidias products fast enough from a TPS perspective?
bethekind··on Bob Moore, who founded Bob's Red Mill, has died
I love the word Bloobs. I'm going to use it whenever I can today
bethekind··on Finding a new software developer job
I wouldn't be surprised if some of those are ghost job descriptions, ones made to gather stats on the job market, add applicants to the pool and use as a reason to pull in foreign, cheaper talent
bethekind··on Finding a new software developer job
Applying to Finland from where?
bethekind··on New adhesive tape picks up and sticks down 2D materials easily
Read the article. Basically before the process to move graphene from a deposition chamber was: 1. Apply Scotch tape (or other stabilizing tape) 2. Use acid bath to etch away the copper the graphene was held to 3. Place the graphene where it needed to go 4. Etch away Scotch tape using a solvent

Now the steps are: 1. Apply special UV tape 2. Etch away copper substrate 3. Place the graphene where it needs to go 4. Apply UV light, so the tape is less flexible and 10% less sticky 5. Carefully peel them apart

Seems like the last step got a little easier

If they perfect it, they'd like to move larger graphene pieces (currently the largest is 10cm^2) and enabling shipping of graphene to other scientists. Currently graphene is hard to ship, as it's really delicate, usually only moved around the lab or short distances

bethekind··on Gemini can't show me the fastest way to copy memory in C# because it's unethical
The don't you know who I am sounds like a card game bluff

The fact that it works is astounding

bethekind··on Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced
What's your current preferred method to generate images of your gf? ComfyUI combined with a Stable DiffusionXL checkpoint?
bethekind··on New Zealand set to be first country to ban PFAS in cosmetic products
Off topic, but you can think of PFAS as micro plastics at the molecular level.

We humans can metabolize/excrete the shorter ones (common in food wrappers, cosmetics, fire fighting foam) over months to years, but the longer ones (mostly banned in the 2010's IIRC) are usually never metabolized and slowly build up in the body and mess things up. Like cancer rates near DuPont GenX factories or fire fighters having higher rates of testicular cancer.

TLDR: PFASes are bad, NZ is doing a good thing. Not sure if we have replacement chemicals for PFAS yet, but I hope so

bethekind··on How to Replace Your CPAP in Only 666 Days
I think "searching for a bribe" or "seeking a bribe" might be closer
bethekind··on How to Replace Your CPAP in Only 666 Days
Asian culture never ceases to confuse me. Nothing is ever straightforward.

I tried giving a gift to some, as thanks for letting me sleep on their couch. They told me no no no. I asked my friends about it, they told me it's about face.

Omg, I get that honor is a big thing, but it makes normal interactions way more complicated.

bethekind··on A decoder-only foundation model for time-series forecasting
I've tried using TimeGPT to predict the SPDR future price and it couldn't make any useful predictions

Maybe this one is better

I still think humans have better pattern recognition in the stock market than neural nets...at least for now

bethekind··on Why flying insects gather at artificial light
I like bright lights as much as anyone else, could you explain how you got a 20x fixture set up in your room? I've heard of 500 watt E38 mogul fixtures, but not 20x mini ones
bethekind··on U.S. Failed to Stop Drone Attack Because of Identification Mixup
Seems to be an attack vector that they weren't prepared and/or trained sufficiently for.

I imagine that if you see it come in slightly BEFORE the expected drone, you'd be confused. Which one is the real McCoy, especially if they have the same signature on the radar. You don't want to shoot down the wrong one.

bethekind··on Norwegian youth win climate court case against the Norwegian State
Whenever Green Peace is happy, GDP always suffers
bethekind··on Norwegian youth win climate court case against the Norwegian State
Is this really a win?

You need a strong economy to shift to a Green future. Norway was a small country before oil and gas, now they've made the best use of it out of any country in the world.

Shouldnt they keep their foot on the pedal a little longer? Making new battery technology isn't cheap.

bethekind··on TinyML: Ultra-low power machine learning
I've heard mummerings that AI might best be used in a swarm/hivemind aspect, so the comparison of AI to an ant/spider is intriguing.
bethekind··on M1 Macs may lag behind
XML of the decade is a good way to put it
bethekind··on My AI Timelines Have Sped Up (Again)
Title should be: " My AI Timelines haven't sped up, but now I think there's a 10% chance of AI dominance in 5 years"

His AI timelines haven't sped up, only clarified

bethekind··on Wi-Fi 7 took off while everyone was looking at AI
Is it WiFi 7 certified? Or at least can I trust that it will be? I don't have experience with Intel wifi cards
bethekind··on Xreal's new AR glasses are aimed at the Apple Vision Pro
Are there any downsides for doing work with these? I really can't wait for the first time I can work with a laptop from anywhere (just need multiple monitors and a Internet connection)
bethekind··on My 3-year experiment as a digital nomad
Wouldn't this be the ideal solution for we-work? Digital Nomads come and go as you please office solutions? (We-work doesn't have beds and the like tho)

I know that most hotels have a survivable desk and chair, but that probably isn't an optimal solution.

What would an idea solution look like? Airbnb but with a gaming setup room?

bethekind··on Gut microbes may play role in social anxiety disorder, say researchers
Production of serotonin in the gut, is linked to the amount of butyrate producing bacteria, which is linked to a healthy gut aka fibre and fermentation

(I read this stuff a while back, don't take any of it at face value without doing your own research)

bethekind··on High myopia is now the leading cause of blindness in Japan, China, and Taiwan
Why use so many words when few do the trick.

NIR has been known to be useful for a while. Closer to 1000nm, penetrates deeper, but isn't as 'potent'

670nm is great, but you can notice it when it's on, ESPECIALLY if it's the only light in your room, which can be annoying.

It's true that NIR stuff is healthy for your eyes, but HOW much so, is up to debate.

I've bought 10 30 W NIR bulbs to no effect (range from 650nm-950nm), but on the other hand blue light bulbs have been helpful with increasing visual accuity (shorter wavelengths appear to your eyes as fuzzy, so your eyes push themselves to refocus more often, though at the downside of low dopamine levels and no will to do anything {maybe this goes away with time? But I've spent a few days doing nothing due to blue light and I like to be productive}, while red light has no effect on motivation, but worsens my eyesight (light appears in focus, no need to refocus, eyes get "lazy")

All of this anecdotal, but I really do like reading/learning about this stuff and NIR seems to be more fad than not in real world situations

bethekind··on Two pharmacists figured out that oral phenylephrine doesn't work
So how does it actually work? Sounds like a gimmick to me. Bacteria produced anti-allergy nasal spray?
bethekind··on PHOLED Will Transform Displays
Is it worth $250 though? A 2 hr battery seems short, though if the software can automatically convert all my old photos into 3d, I would buy. (NERFS and gaussian splatting)

I think my friends would love to see our old memories come alive again

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