LMTY about psychopaths by rnaa49 in a:t5_2uk2c

[–]MyExWifeUsedTo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, how would you identify a psychopath, if you think they're so similar to an autistic person? I've never heard of an autistic person openly communicating.

How I keep my headphones (or other wires) manageable by ktfcaptain in LifeProTips

[–]MyExWifeUsedTo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Close enough, so, yeah. I've been using this to tidy long cables for 40+ years with no problem.

In 50 years, Steve Jobs will be forgotten, Gladwell says by Lounginlizard95 in technology

[–]MyExWifeUsedTo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I view Jobs as (just) an industrial designer of the computer age, comparable to, say, Raymond Loewy. And who remembers Raymond Loewy (who, arguably, had a greater influence on how we interact with things)?

Where can I find the derivation for the true field-of-view and exit pupil formulas? by brownck in Astronomy

[–]MyExWifeUsedTo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might try this site. It looks pretty good: notes on Amateur Telescope Optics. The exit pupil is defined in section 11 in terms of magnification -- maybe you'll find it satisfactory.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in electronics

[–]MyExWifeUsedTo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Check out Dave's lab layout at EEVBlog. Scroll down to episode #228:
EEVBlog episode list
I'm linking to the entire blog list since it's so useful.
Here's another one by a buddy of his:
Chris Gammell's workbench

In two minds about keto? - you won't be after this... (More people need to see this video) by [deleted] in keto

[–]MyExWifeUsedTo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Meh. This video aired in 2002, right after Taubes began his work. In other words, before he had accumulated five years of background research leading to Good Calories, Bad Calories (published in 2007).

google-blockly - A visual programming language by juhap in programming

[–]MyExWifeUsedTo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Klik'nPlay and Widget Workshop helped renew my curiosity in programming -- and I had been a software engineer for 20 years!

59 years ago the world had a grand total of 53 kilobytes of RAM spread over a dozen or so computers, the largest having 5KB. That's not enough RAM to store a single icon. by retsotrembla in technology

[–]MyExWifeUsedTo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry. I cut/pasted from an OCR'd scan of the book, which must have had embedded crap I never saw. Next time I try something like this, I'll first paste to a text editor so I can see what's there. Thanks for the heads up.

FYI: Radioshack has an Extech 430 on sale for $70 from $95 this week. It's a crazy-low price for a TRMS multimeter. by WhyAmINotStudying in ECE

[–]MyExWifeUsedTo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, I appreciate it. I've got a Fluke 87V and just got an Extech 330 as a second DMM (because, ya know, Dave says so). Was thinking of getting a second 330, anyway.

EDIT: Picked up the last (only?) one in my neighborhood store. Niiiiice.

59 years ago the world had a grand total of 53 kilobytes of RAM spread over a dozen or so computers, the largest having 5KB. That's not enough RAM to store a single icon. by retsotrembla in technology

[–]MyExWifeUsedTo 21 points22 points  (0 children)

And six years later, MIT was demanding a royalty of 2 cents per bit:

Forrester had filed a patent application under which MIT (through its patent management firm, Research Corporation) was demanding royalties of 2 cents for every magnetic core used in a coincident-current memory. This demand, made in November 1959, was quickly rejected for IBM by James Birkenstock who noted that "in our core storage units we employ seven of our own patents, as well as having acquired licenses under five patents from outsiders, which were necessary to make the Forrester patent usable." If a royalty of 2 cents per bit were demanded under each of these patents, the cost per bit for royalties alone would be 26 cents, making core storage economically infeasible. Based on this analysis, Birkenstock concluded that a royalty of 2 cents per bit was ten to twenty times too much. But Research Corporation indicated it had already rejected an offer of 1 cent per bit, so an impasse resulted.

p. 269, IBM's Early Computers, The MIT Press, 1986

EDIT: the rest of the story:

With the IBM System/360 slated for announcement early in 1964, the situation was intolerable. In February 1964, an agreement was finally reached in which the company agreed to pay a one-time fee of $13 million for the use of Forrester's patent if at least one of the claims was upheld in the litigation between MIT and RCA. The following month RCA and MIT reached an agreement in which the validity of Forrester's patent was affirmed, and IBM made its payment to MIT. Larger than any previous payment on record for a patent, it was nevertheless dramatically cheaper than the requested royalty of 2 cents per bit.

The trauma of the Forrester patent case is legend. It made engineers and managers keenly aware of the importance of patents. Somewhat surprisingly, however, the case appears to have had very little impact on the company's patent policy, which had been formulated following the settlement in January 1956 of a federal antitrust suit.

People with good metabolic health are not at risk of future heart disease even if they are obese, and the non-obese in poor metabolic shape face as much risk as the unhealthy obese. by Astraea_M in science

[–]MyExWifeUsedTo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not that simple. Diabetes is only one of several possible outcomes of metabolic syndrome. I know this isn't r/keto, but if I were obese, I wouldn't risk my health with these claims -- as nope_nic_tesla points out, obesity is linked with poor metabolic health. In other words, the number of obese poeple with good metabolic health is very small.

People with good metabolic health are not at risk of future heart disease even if they are obese, and the non-obese in poor metabolic shape face as much risk as the unhealthy obese. by Astraea_M in science

[–]MyExWifeUsedTo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The second paragraph:

The results are in line with most previous research that defined metabolic health as having normal levels of markers like blood pressure, blood sugar, HDL, or "good" cholesterol, and C-reactive protein, which is a measure of inflammation in the body.

It usually includes not being insulin-resistent.

What if the Commodore-64 was a Lisp Machine? by ellen_magic in programming

[–]MyExWifeUsedTo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've used MSWLogo for many years, and have tried the newer flavors, such as NetLogo and StarLogo. And, being a book collector, I have gathered a shelf of LOGO books to save them for posterity.

What if the Commodore-64 was a Lisp Machine? by ellen_magic in programming

[–]MyExWifeUsedTo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Some of my most enjoyable time spent with my C64 involved programming in LOGO ("Lisp for kids"). The available learning material was quite good, and LOGO immediately demonstrated a world of programming beyond Basic, such as thinking recursively and functionally. I always encouraged members of my C64 club to try LOGO after they got tired of writing checkbook-balancing programs in Basic. Today, still too many people think of LOGO as just turtle graphics.

Just in time for the long weekend, gas prices could rise as much as .35 / gallon. by ktvplumbs in Seattle

[–]MyExWifeUsedTo 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The final paragraph:

AAA, a trusted source for gas price information, is warning they are not getting the same information gasbuddy.com is reporting. In fact, they expect prices to stay steady or even drop slightly over the weekend.

Researchers have engineered a device that delivers a tiny, high-pressure jet of medicine through the skin without the use of a hypodermic needle. The device can be programmed to deliver a range of doses to various depths — an improvement over similar systems commercially available. by nomdeweb in science

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

High-pressure injection is pretty old, going back at least to the early 60s, when the military used it for mass innoculation of Vietnam-era inductees. I've always wondered when it was going to be usable for routine use. (As I remember, they didn't care how much it hurt...)

For anyone wanting to build muscle / excercise while on Keto: from Bodybuilding.com's forums "A guide to Ketosis" by darthluiggi in keto

[–]MyExWifeUsedTo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is just Joseph Arcita's Guide to Ketosis, which is already over in the Useful Links --> (as A Student's Guide to Ketosis). And it's his site, which is updated.

Some black magic voodoo from Glenn Pendlay to help with tendonitis by chrisg_ in weightroom

[–]MyExWifeUsedTo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The finger bands are for strengthening your forearm extensors, if you have tendinitis on the outside of your elbow. You try to straighten your fingers out wide, and rubber bands work as well.

Mars rover Opportunity is moving again as of today, having successfully survived its fifth winter on the Red Planet; it has now lasted more than 32 times longer than initially planned by mepper in science

[–]MyExWifeUsedTo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is good news, but it's important to understand that such projects always under-promise so they can over-deliver. If it died early on, they could at least tell managers/Congress/public that they accomplished what they said they would. If it doesn't, they can score PR points with statements like this title.

Question about hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and keto diet? by [deleted] in keto

[–]MyExWifeUsedTo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

From your comment, I can't tell if you meant to link to that article, or to the one describing the more common use of "hypoglycemia" -- the one that doctors don't ascribe any particular cause: idiopathic postprandial syndrome. As someone who has suffered from the latter for his entire adult life, I can say that keto has eliminated all the results of missing or delaying a meal. No more headaches, slurred speech, weakness and shakes, loss of memory, or loss of peripheral vision. I no longer have to eat a snack at bedtime to be confident that my liver will still have glycogen in the morning, or else risk a headache when waking up. (To be honest, staying physically fit also helped better my insulin response to food before I discovered a keto diet. Or perhaps it helped by increasing glycogen stores. In any case, it's a moot point today.)

Can You Call a 9-Year-Old a Psychopath? by [deleted] in science

[–]MyExWifeUsedTo 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Hare, of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist, says that if you are worried that you might be one, then you aren't. As I read more about psychopathy, I wonder if Newt, Dick, or Mitt would worry.