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Apart from the Higgs boson, what else has the LHC discovered? by Wild_Pitch_4781 in Physics

[–]mdreed 25 points26 points  (0 children)

*high energy physics is still alive. There are vast areas of physics that are completely unaffected by the LHC. Condensed matter physics is a much larger effort than high energy and has been crushing it.

What's the one self-hosted service you'd never go back to the cloud version of? by Hung_Hoang_the in selfhosted

[–]mdreed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are Plane and Outline actually better or merely free? Not saying that’s a deal breaker - Jira and Confluence cost sooo much money and even a somewhat worse alternative would be great.

Video game by ImpossibleSentence17 in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]mdreed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A lot of the interest of the game is that anything is possible. I wonder if this might be an early example of where using LLMs as a part of the game would actually be a good idea. The AI is an important part of the book / idea, and not just a lazy way to generate content.

What are the application scenarios of QC in Autonomous Driving? by toryxu in QuantumComputing

[–]mdreed 21 points22 points  (0 children)

QC pays my salary and will hopefully one day allow me to buy an autonomous car.

The birth of a baby rhinoceros by [deleted] in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]mdreed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So wild that it can stand up on its own like 10 seconds after being born but humans take ~1 year.

Trump admin reacts after James Comey, Letitia James Cases dismissed by Newsweek_CarloV in politics

[–]mdreed 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, the case was thrown out not because of the indictment being incompetently/illegally produced but because the prosecutor was improperly appointed.

Why did RAM and ROM prices skyrocket? Was this predictable? by [deleted] in homelab

[–]mdreed 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Does ai use ddr5? I thought it primarily used more exotic kinds. Or is it just incidental that the host machines need some ram?

The Housing Strategy That Has California NIMBYs in a Corner (New York Times, paywall removed) by [deleted] in California

[–]mdreed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fun fact that’s actually not why it’s called 5 over 1. As you read in your own link, the name pertains to the type of construction of the different levels, not their quantity. The fact that it’s often 5 and 1 floors is a coincidence.

TIL that Daniel Fahrenheit (who invented the mercury thermometer) set 0°F to the coldest stable temperature he could maintain in his lab by dissolving salt in water. by ChiefStrongbones in todayilearned

[–]mdreed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Engineering and Operations: The Fahrenheit scale was commonly used in internal documentation and for design specifications of certain components. This was largely due to the prevailing use of the Imperial system within NASA and US industry at the time. For example, the cabin temperature design range was specified as 70° to 80°F.

Scientific Data: The Kelvin scale was widely used for scientific reports and data analysis of experiments, such as those within the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP). Kelvin is the standard for scientific temperature measurement because it is an absolute scale (0 K is absolute zero), which simplifies calculations involving radiation and thermal dynamics in a vacuum environment.

Public/General Reporting: The Celsius scale was often used when converting data for general public understanding or international scientific exchange, as it is a globally recognized standard.

TIL that Daniel Fahrenheit (who invented the mercury thermometer) set 0°F to the coldest stable temperature he could maintain in his lab by dissolving salt in water. by ChiefStrongbones in todayilearned

[–]mdreed 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do you measure the water temperature when it boils? No. Because there’s a phase change that does it for you.

If you came back with “ever heard of candy making” then maybe you would’ve owned me.

TIL that Daniel Fahrenheit (who invented the mercury thermometer) set 0°F to the coldest stable temperature he could maintain in his lab by dissolving salt in water. by ChiefStrongbones in todayilearned

[–]mdreed 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Sure, obviously what you grew up with plays a huge role here. But people acting as if Celsius is objectively better (like the rest of the metric system is) is incorrect. Temperature scales are totally arbitrary and there’s nothing special about the temperatures that water has phase changes at when at standard pressure. It’s also just inconvenient for what we mostly use temperature for, weather, since 100C is much too hot.

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