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I like what she said about the first HP book: "... stylistically ordinary, imaginatively derivative, and ethically rather mean-spirited"
November 27, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I like what she said about the first HP book: "... stylistically ordinary, imaginatively derivative, and ethically rather mean-spirited"
Wouldn't they in general be ellipses when projected onto the screen?
November 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Wouldn't they in general be ellipses when projected onto the screen?
@seattlevoicelab.com & other voice coaches are pretty generous with sharing free info in social media videos, which of course is not entirely altruistic (it's a promotional tool), but for many folks, watching these videos is sufficient to train their voices. There are also discords & a subreddit
November 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
@seattlevoicelab.com & other voice coaches are pretty generous with sharing free info in social media videos, which of course is not entirely altruistic (it's a promotional tool), but for many folks, watching these videos is sufficient to train their voices. There are also discords & a subreddit
"watching your team lose"
Think of the extra bit of happiness you could have if you didn't follow sportsball :)
Think of the extra bit of happiness you could have if you didn't follow sportsball :)
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
"watching your team lose"
Think of the extra bit of happiness you could have if you didn't follow sportsball :)
Think of the extra bit of happiness you could have if you didn't follow sportsball :)
"For better or for worse"
It's worse, so I've heard.
It's worse, so I've heard.
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 AM
"For better or for worse"
It's worse, so I've heard.
It's worse, so I've heard.
I agree it's contradictory. One proposed interpretation is "black hole complementarity" where the in-falling observer sees a different scenario play out from what the distant observer sees. I don't buy it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_h...
November 23, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I agree it's contradictory. One proposed interpretation is "black hole complementarity" where the in-falling observer sees a different scenario play out from what the distant observer sees. I don't buy it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_h...
Indeed. Maybe not just dissipate, but vaporize. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewal...
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Indeed. Maybe not just dissipate, but vaporize. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewal...
That joke takes me back to primary school, although I think the setup was "What's the scariest fruit" or something
November 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
That joke takes me back to primary school, although I think the setup was "What's the scariest fruit" or something
Anyway we don't yet have a theory of gravity that is consistent with quantum mechanics or the "dark matter" observations if they're not actual matter. So relying on general relativity to conclude there's a particular feature inside a thing we can never see inside of, seems unwarranted.
November 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Anyway we don't yet have a theory of gravity that is consistent with quantum mechanics or the "dark matter" observations if they're not actual matter. So relying on general relativity to conclude there's a particular feature inside a thing we can never see inside of, seems unwarranted.
Also, and this is my thinking as a non-physicist, if gravitational time dilation is real (seems to be) then everything below the event horizon would be "frozen" in time, and if black holes evaporate via Hawking radiation then they would evaporate before a singularity could form.
November 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Also, and this is my thinking as a non-physicist, if gravitational time dilation is real (seems to be) then everything below the event horizon would be "frozen" in time, and if black holes evaporate via Hawking radiation then they would evaporate before a singularity could form.
Roy Kerr, famous for the Kerr metric, recently wrote a paper saying the Penrose singularity theorem relies on unjustified assumptions. arxiv.org/abs/2312.00841
Do Black Holes have Singularities?
There is no proof that black holes contain singularities when they are generated by real physical bodies. Roger Penrose claimed sixty years ago that trapped surfaces inevitably lead to light rays of f...
arxiv.org
November 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Roy Kerr, famous for the Kerr metric, recently wrote a paper saying the Penrose singularity theorem relies on unjustified assumptions. arxiv.org/abs/2312.00841
I hope not!
November 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I hope not!
How can you say that so casually?
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
How can you say that so casually?
For a second I thought you meant Melania
November 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
For a second I thought you meant Melania
I never really believed in internal conflict. Maybe I'm too simple. I don't think I have meta-wants at least 🤔
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 AM
I never really believed in internal conflict. Maybe I'm too simple. I don't think I have meta-wants at least 🤔
@adamconover.net once did an episode on how medical prices got so high in the US. I can't find it free to watch just by googling, but I did find a list of sources used in making it! archive.md/S9eIu
November 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
@adamconover.net once did an episode on how medical prices got so high in the US. I can't find it free to watch just by googling, but I did find a list of sources used in making it! archive.md/S9eIu
especially when you have "news" sources like Fox News (and social media!) incentivized to fill people's heads with lies and distortions. If Rupert Murdoch hadn't popularized "angertainment", someone else would have.
November 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
especially when you have "news" sources like Fox News (and social media!) incentivized to fill people's heads with lies and distortions. If Rupert Murdoch hadn't popularized "angertainment", someone else would have.
I've been thinking about what's wrong with representative democracy... obviously it's the representatives. But a dictatorship could only work if you got one-in-a-billion lucky with your dictator. Direct democracy maybe? It'd be a pain to implement, and still vulnerable to the tyranny of the majority
November 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I've been thinking about what's wrong with representative democracy... obviously it's the representatives. But a dictatorship could only work if you got one-in-a-billion lucky with your dictator. Direct democracy maybe? It'd be a pain to implement, and still vulnerable to the tyranny of the majority
Dunno if he mentions implementation but if you used base-2 logs you could cheaply find the integer part of a logarithm (position of the most significant bit), then do some bit shifts and use a lookup table for the fractional part; then exp would be a (different) table lookup followed by bit shifts
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Dunno if he mentions implementation but if you used base-2 logs you could cheaply find the integer part of a logarithm (position of the most significant bit), then do some bit shifts and use a lookup table for the fractional part; then exp would be a (different) table lookup followed by bit shifts
Anyway, a possible suggestion to speed both operations: an update for the Atari 8 bit Elite port says "Optimizations ... logarithm-based math routines". If you have cheap log/exp, a division is just a subtraction. Post is here: forums.atariage.com/topic/385615...
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Anyway, a possible suggestion to speed both operations: an update for the Atari 8 bit Elite port says "Optimizations ... logarithm-based math routines". If you have cheap log/exp, a division is just a subtraction. Post is here: forums.atariage.com/topic/385615...
I remember hardware division on the 68000 was about twice as slow as multiplication, but I'm having trouble thinking why. Both involve bit shifting and deciding whether or not to add (if multiplying) or whether or not to subtract (if dividing).
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I remember hardware division on the 68000 was about twice as slow as multiplication, but I'm having trouble thinking why. Both involve bit shifting and deciding whether or not to add (if multiplying) or whether or not to subtract (if dividing).
Why would you do such a self-harm
November 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Why would you do such a self-harm
I came here to say that
November 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I came here to say that
Fair enough. Poor doggo.
November 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Fair enough. Poor doggo.
IDK if you want any well-meaning but unsolicited advice? Just in case: In animal studies, and anecdotally in humans, fasting makes chemotherapy much more tolerable, and possibly more effective as well. (I know, citation needed. I'll dig up something if you're interested)
November 19, 2025 at 6:17 AM
IDK if you want any well-meaning but unsolicited advice? Just in case: In animal studies, and anecdotally in humans, fasting makes chemotherapy much more tolerable, and possibly more effective as well. (I know, citation needed. I'll dig up something if you're interested)