mchahn

Thanks for the info on ΔΣ converters. It connects several things I knew about.

Now I need to study up on the area of computation that clover lives in.

I was never able to sleep on my back. I usually slept face-down with me head tilted a bit. I didn't know why. I now know I had sleep apnea my whole life. I started using a cpap about 15 years ago and I can now sleep any way I want.

Many years ago (1970s) I used very expensive but very accurate HP spectrum analyzer. It would take in a signal and present the spectrum on a screen. I studied the manual and found that it used a 1-bit(!) A/D. When averaging over many samples the resolution would build up.

I've read that the main reason the 8087 was produced was to standardize the floating point algorithms. Software in those days had notorious FP algorithm problems. I'll try to find a reference for that.

It is sad when a website design is so bad it requires usage instructions on the home page.

There are proposals to add |> (pipe) to JS.

Mechanical pencils haven't been mentioned. They follow a similar history. The Sharp electronics company was founded to make pencils in 1915. Their Ever-Sharp pencil was a big success.

When I did business with them a number of years ago they gave me (and probably every other visitor) a replica of the original pencil.

Sure. But I assumed one goal was to offer low-latency access to a high-latency service. I.E. Act as a cache.

A question unrelated to your programming concepts: If you only query your source when a request comes in, doesn't the first requester get old data? This is a problem I have faced before.

> I don’t think that works if the blocks are reflecting light

From a long distance the colors would merge in the eye. And this would be visible from a long distance. Imagine it on a high spot next to a city.

Interesting. When cars first appeared the public hated them and the drivers. When a person was struck down the driver was usually convicted of murder.

> you used to be able to buy them for about a fourth of that cost.

The skeptic in me assumes they are taking advantage of the misconception and luring in people wanting incandescent bulbs before they run out.

> The US has banned[1] the (previously) standard low temperature (~2500k) incandescent light bulbs

Not true. They established minimum efficiency rules. Old 60W bulbs can meet the rules but 100W cannot. You can still buy 60W incandescent bulbs everywhere.

https://www.homedepot.com/b/Lighting-Light-Bulbs-Incandescen...

Did you read any of her writing? She is far from popsci.

Also in defense, I was careful to word everything as suspect, not fact.

My bullshit detector went off when the article said "the number of drivers involved in fatal crashes who tested positive for marijuana is up significantly" (a reference to Colorado). Duh, the overall percentage of the population smoking dope went up when legalized.

> I relate to the author of the original article in that I'm a slow thinker.

I was going to say something like this until I saw everyone else saying the same thing. This leads to my theory, and some facts.

The geek population has a high percentage of mild autistics. I firmly believe my lack of social skills, and slow thinking, is related to a mild amount of autism. I can't play any games involving fast thinking but I have reason to believe I'm a genius (just saying).

I heard an interview on NPR with Temple Grandin, an autistic author (I highly suggest reading her stuff). One thing she said was that a high percentage of functional autistics were programmers (I know this doesn't mean the converse is true).

She gave a quick single-question test for people to roughly judge autism. I answered on the autistic side. I was at a company lunch with about 5 programmers and 5 marketing people. I asked everyone the question and all the programmers gave the autistic answer and all the marketing people gave the opposite (I know it was probably a bit of coincidence and only one data point).

The test is "Think of a church steeple". I will give the meaning of the answer in a day or so. You need to think without knowing what any answer means.

EDIT: I figured out a way to give the answer without prejudicing your thinking. Don't read the answer below until you have thought of a steeple. The answer is written in reverse.

.citsitua ton ylbaborp era uoy snaem ti elpeets gnitsixe lautca na fo thguoht uoy fi

I got excited because I thought that I might finally understand infinity. Unfortunately I am still not there as I am not there with quantum mechanics. I have read many books on both with equal non-success.

This is often called the NASA approach since they've hired multiple companies to provide the same component many times. Then they use the best one.

Salary is usually only 2/3 of the cost of an employee. Benefits and overhead are a big part.

> with sleep apnea are advised to sleep on their backs.

Where did you hear that? I've had apnea and used cpap machines for over 20 years. I've been through 3 or 4 ent docs and none have said that. And I know from experience my whole life that lying on your back makes apnea much worse.

And my mask allows me to sleep in any position, as close to face down as I did without it.

> but where's the time when only a limited amount of smileys were used?

I agree whole-heartedly but then I'm an old fart.

> The correction algorithm is then optimized ... to reach an image quality almost as good as with a natural guide star.

Then why not use natural guide stars?

The artist of drawings for Scientific American for many years made his drawings super-real by emphasizing components of interest. And these were black-and-white.

> 100 dollars bonus is risible

I don't know of any teenager who would laugh at getting an extra $100.

All I hear is "I'm going to take my ball and go home if you won't play my way".

My wife bought a cal king purple a few months ago and we love it. I was skeptical because it looked like memory foam but it isn't at all. I was also worried it would sag when you leaned over an edge since there was no special side support. But it doesn't sag at all which is a mystery to me.

That's easy?

I think it is criminal to put 4-year-old kids in school for 27.5 hours a week. It has to cut into useful skill-development time of playing.

How about IBM? There are a number of companies doing fundamental research. Check out any academic journal.

> when her parents gave her pain pills for a toothache. Just like that, she was hooked.

I call B.S. The next paragraph reveals the cause ...

> Both my parents were addicts