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		scottshambaugh 34 days ago \| parent \| context \| on: I've acquired a new superpower This I think is an underrated tool for scientific visualization. I made a matplotlib add-on that will let you make stereogram plots of data, and use this cross eyed or parallel eyed techniques to see it in 3D. https://github.com/scottshambaugh/mpl_stereo
		hrunt on June 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| on: Top secret U.S. Navy system heard titan implosion ... Those who are familiar with US submarine operations would assume this from the start. For an excellent account of the development of US submarine capabilities (including listening and detection), I wholeheartedly recommend the book "Blind Man's Bluff".[0] How that book hasn't been made into a mini-series is beyond me. The stories and characters are incredible. [0] https://www.amazon.com/Blind-Mans-Bluff-Submarine-Espionage/...
		swyx on March 28, 2023 \| parent \| context \| on: LLMs and GPT: Some of my favorite learning materia... I have not prettied mine up (would take PRs if any volunteers!) but here's my equivalent repo of reading materials in case it helps https://github.com/sw-yx/ai-notes/tree/main#top-ai-reads
		petodo on Jan 26, 2023 \| parent \| context \| on: Digitec Galaxus now displays warranty score and re... Is this really worth article? Czech online shops publish reliability of products for years. 2nd biggest shows reliability, for instance iphone 12 has 99% https://www.czc.cz/apple-iphone-12-128gb-green/301129/produk... the biggest shop does inverse how many (1%) used warranty https://m.alza.cz/iphone-12-64gb-cerna-d6216436.htm this is worth checking before buying something because 97% reliability is for instance extremely bad compared to 99%, you are 3 times more likely to get faulty piece there is also monopolistic price comparison website heureka.cz where you can check price history years back, compare all shops and set price tracking with notification covering pretty much all online shops
		selcuka on Nov 9, 2022 \| parent \| context \| on: Why are glasses so expensive? The industry prefers... > Why can't a new company simply undercut the competition? They can and they do [1]. They just don't have the same marketing budget, so you don't hear as much about them. [1] https://www.zennioptical.com/
		loeg on Aug 10, 2022 \| parent \| context \| on: Hydroponics: Growing an appreciation for plants > the hardest part was figuring out what, exactly, I had to add to the water to get the plants to flourish. If you don't want to engineer it from first principles: MasterBlend Tomato[1]. Plants love this shit. I've grown a lot of plants hydroponically using this blend, and also use it to water/feed my soil plants. > Mix 8 oz. of 4-18-38 in 100 gallons of water along with 5 oz. of Magnesium Sulfate. Completely dissolve. Then add 8 oz. of Calcium Nitrate and completely dissolve. (At a smaller scale: it's about 12g 4-18-38, 6g Magnesium, and 12g Cal Nitrate per 5 gallon bucket.) [1]: https://www.masterblend.com/4-18-38-tomato-formula/