2021-05-14 Nerd Roundup!
All sorts of nerdy goodness on Nerd Roundup this week.
This should work in iTunes. (This link http://danielbmarkham.com/podcast/rss is a podcast feed) If it doesn't work, here's a direct link to the mp3: 2021-05-14 Nerd Roundup!
| STORY | BUT WHY? |
| Evading the uncertainty principle in quantum physics |
Heisenberg compensators! |
| Dark Matter, the situation has changed |
MACHOs and WIMPs (particle theory of DM becoming much less popular) Now folks are looking at fundamental equations for answers. |
| Lunar trains |
Please. Can we please get mass drivers already? It would change space exploration significantly. |
| The mortifying ordeal of pairing all day |
You can have too much of a good thing. |
| There's no such thing as a tree |
What's the proper way to build categorization systems? |
| Are some personalities just better? |
Abusing categorization systems. |
| Royal Marines testing out jetpacks to use for boarding |
My jetpack has finally arrived! |
| Move over CRISPR, the RETRONS are coming! |
This is truly amazing stuff. Combine it with the mRNA tech and we're in for a wild ride. |
| The one where writing books is not really a good idea |
I ranted on my blog about this. You can't reduce everything to money. Art is art, business is business. It's great when they coincide, but it's not a given. |
| The XY problem |
You can look at this same problem from multiple angles, getting different results and conclusions depending on which angle you choose. |
| FBI seizes every freaking safe deposit box, will inspect even those guilty of nothing |
Mother of the Great Pumpkin, why? Why? Why do we constantly have to go through these multi-decade cycles of the govt pushing too far and then the courts finally catching up? |
| Massive Amazon Fake Review Ring Exposed |
This is not some simple sam. This is a huge online business. |
| State of Emergency in NC. Hackers apologize |
I like the apology. "We don't mind holding up the local govt, but dang, we sure didn't want to stop your gas supply!" <-- a good way to get sudden and kinetic force applied |
| The importance of humility in software development |
Great essay and great HN discussion |
| Enhancing photorealism enhancement |
It's an AI version of HDR toning for both texture and color using variously-scaled self-generated image semantics |
| World first: Oblique wave detonation engine may unlock Mach 17 aircraft |
Unplanned article, but too cool not to mention. Early days for this tech if it pans out. Flight to orbit would be way cool. |
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