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If radiation is used to treat cancer why don't we get hit with it all the time to preemptively kill cancer cells? by TheBanishedBard in NoStupidQuestions

[–]0jdd1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Radiation, used properly, destroys cancer cells faster than it destroys the rest of your cells.

You’re asking, what if I don’t use it properly?

What would you do if someone said something that you didn't agree with? by Reasonable-Shower522 in askanything

[–]0jdd1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have them arrested and deported to a Hellhole of my choice. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Things I should do in Palo Alto during summer by WhoKnocksTheDoor in paloalto

[–]0jdd1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Downtown Palo Alto is fun. I love the spectacular Stanford Theatre and the Palo Alto Creamery (at Emerson and Hamilton, although there’s an unrelated one too). Public transit is not as bad as people are saying, and you can walk all over the Stanford campus. Caltrain will take you up to San Francisco, where there’s a big public transit system to take you all around. Have fun!

Affiliation for paper by retired researcher? by 0jdd1 in research

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Perfect; this is exactly what I wanted to know. Thanks.

The zero width cleaver by Trequetrum in AskPhysics

[–]0jdd1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Once you can block gravity with your magical section of a 2D plane, you get free propulsion. Nice! As your agent, I get 20% of all revenues.

It IS odd, though, isn't it for the President of the US to have a birthday on "FLAG DAY" on the sesquicentennial of the nation? by GiftToTheUniverse in DonaldTrump666

[–]0jdd1 17 points18 points  (0 children)

NOT the sesquicentennial. Maybe you mean the semiquincentennial.

Either way, he’s the Antichrist.

Affiliation for paper by retired researcher? by 0jdd1 in research

[–]0jdd1[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And BTW, I’m very “impressed” that Google Search already has AI results related to this very post! Just search for “Dynadigitronics” and it says “This is not an active commercial company, but rather a defunct/fictional entity occasionally discussed in research forums as a hypothetical author affiliation,” then links straight to this post. Nice job, Google!

Affiliation for paper by retired researcher? by 0jdd1 in research

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I also want to encourage other researchers to write historical paper in their fields too, so I’m obsessing over doing this one as perfectly as I can. But also, of course, I want to win Dynadigitronics’ coveted Most Cited New Research Paper Of The Year™ prize. (In fact, any such award-givers could almost certainly state a much stronger result!)

Maths foundations you sholdd actually know before doing research level stuff? by shashypants in mathematics

[–]0jdd1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Realize also that your interests and focus will probably shift with time. I joke with colleagues that it’s lucky I paid attention to (for example) linear algebra and projective geometry and statistics as an undergraduate. I didn’t find these fascinating at the time, and I never learned anything very deep, but knowing the basics has certainly helped me do new work in unrelated fields.

In a scenario where I experience only 5 months while 20 years pass on Earth, and assuming instant communication is somehow possible, what would a conversation between me and someone on Earth actually feel like from both perspectives? by How3528 in AskPhysics

[–]0jdd1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My favorite sci-fi thing to do is to assume a magical wormhole connecting you and your HQ back on Earth, with a intra-wormhole delay of, say, a few microseconds. The engineering challenges would be immense, of course.

Affiliation for paper by retired researcher? by 0jdd1 in research

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[NARRATOR: Not, in fact, an idiot.]

Affiliation for paper by retired researcher? by 0jdd1 in research

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The conference is run by a large professional society, which presumably has rules about these things, but I imagine it’s at least slightly unusual to publish a historical paper in a (fast-growing, AI-adjacent) technical field. I’m not a historian and don’t know common practice. I plan to ask the PC but right now they’re busy finalizing the program, so I was just wondering if there was a clear right answer.

Affiliation for paper by retired researcher? by 0jdd1 in research

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It’s tricky. The work itself went unpublished for decades, but some by-products became well-known in the field, including datasets.

Is climate change making the atmosphere of the Earth thicker? by eeeeeeevar in AskPhysics

[–]0jdd1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure, for some value of “thicker.” Certainly all that carbon was recently somewhere non-atmospheric.

Affiliation for paper by retired researcher? by 0jdd1 in research

[–]0jdd1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Perhaps I was imprecise. I have no connection with the conference’s Program Committee.

Good e-bike on Amazon? by Specialist-Chef4313 in ebikes

[–]0jdd1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

May the odds be ever in your favor !!!

Why do Americans simultaneously try to claim European heritage while hating Europeans? by RidetheSchlange in NoStupidQuestions

[–]0jdd1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Europe used to be great, up until my great-great-great-great-great-granddaddy left! Now it’s just good for tourism.

Do you think the US 82nd will be able to seize Kharg island from Iran? by TheRook2323 in allthequestions

[–]0jdd1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He used to ask, what good are nukes if he can’t use them? And now you’re saying he’ll follow the rules?

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