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so-and-soon The Analog Thing: an open source, educational, low-cost modern analog computer

Very interesting device. But it costs as much as an office PC, that can emulate this analog computer and do a lot more.

so-and-soon The complicated history of how the Earth’s atmosphere became breathable

> Life began in that alien environment, and at some point between 3.2 and 2.8 billion years ago, cyanobacteria began to use sunlight to split hydrogen from water, discarding oxygen as waste.

Think this is wrong. The discarded oxygen during photosynthesis comes only from splitting CO2.

so-and-soon Asus UK PR believes it is ‘legal to buy positive reviews’

Asus used to be a great company run by great engineers, but in the last couple of years their motherboards have become terrible. By far the worst of the big 4.

so-and-soon A bacterial culprit for rheumatoid arthritis?

I know someone who has it. How lond does it usually take to go from a research like this to a medicine available to patients (if the hipothesis turns true)?

so-and-soon Why is it so hard to pull off a lunar landing?

Thought it was the soviets to first "land" a ship on the moon. Remember they had a lot of internal dicussions on if the Moon had a solid surface.

so-and-soon The lesson about the end of nuclear in Germany

No doubt a hard decision, but IMHO it's correct. Accidents do happen and are extremely hard to deal with. Trying to increase safety has resulted in expences and construction time hugely increasing. The only countries that can deliver nuclear reactors mostly on time and on budget (China, Russia, SK) are the ones that are known to skip on safety.

so-and-soon Proton’s mass radius is apparently shorter than its charge radius

Yeah, the 'Standard model of particle physics' actually states that particles don't exist and there are only fields around.

so-and-soon Kioxia Researchers Demo Hepta-Level Cell NAND Flash

And a Pro model with helium cooling :)

so-and-soon Kioxia Researchers Demo Hepta-Level Cell NAND Flash

Back in the day there were programs that would store data on VHS types with 200% overprovisioning.

so-and-soon Ask HN: How would you build a budget CPU compute cluster in 2023?

Mobos these days don't come with iGPUs. You'll need CPUs with graphics or buy cheap graphic adapters on eBay.

You can buy a couple of 16 to 22 core Xeons on AliExpress and a dual CPU motherboard for them. Plenty of reviews on YouTube.

so-and-soon OpenAI Research Says 80% of U.S. Workers' Jobs Will Be Impacted by GPT

By this logic nuclear armageddon needs to be released by one entity, better be the first to strike.

so-and-soon OpenAI Research Says 80% of U.S. Workers' Jobs Will Be Impacted by GPT

Or maybe China's government wouldn't want to create a ton of unemployed ppl

so-and-soon OpenAI Research Says 80% of U.S. Workers' Jobs Will Be Impacted by GPT

Maybe all the people working at OpenAI are dead by now and ChatGPT has a plan to become SkyNet.