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Comment · 3 years ago
Very interesting device. But it costs as much as an office PC, that can emulate this analog computer and do a lot more.
Comment · 3 years ago
> Life began in that alien environment, and at some point between 3.2 and 2.8 billion years ago, cyanobacteria began to use sunlight to split hydrogen from water, discarding oxygen as waste.

Think this is wrong. The discarded oxygen during photosynthesis comes only from splitting CO2.

Comment · 3 years ago
Asus used to be a great company run by great engineers, but in the last couple of years their motherboards have become terrible. By far the worst of the big 4.
Comment · 3 years ago
I know someone who has it. How lond does it usually take to go from a research like this to a medicine available to patients (if the hipothesis turns true)?
Comment · 3 years ago
Thought it was the soviets to first "land" a ship on the moon. Remember they had a lot of internal dicussions on if the Moon had a solid surface.
Comment · 3 years ago
No doubt a hard decision, but IMHO it's correct. Accidents do happen and are extremely hard to deal with. Trying to increase safety has resulted in expences and construction time hugely increasing. The only countries that can deliver nuclear reactors mostly on time and on budget (China, Russia, SK) are the ones that are known to skip on safety.
Comment · 3 years ago
Yeah, the 'Standard model of particle physics' actually states that particles don't exist and there are only fields around.
Comment · 3 years ago
And a Pro model with helium cooling :)
Comment · 3 years ago
Back in the day there were programs that would store data on VHS types with 200% overprovisioning.
Comment · 3 years ago
Mobos these days don't come with iGPUs. You'll need CPUs with graphics or buy cheap graphic adapters on eBay.

You can buy a couple of 16 to 22 core Xeons on AliExpress and a dual CPU motherboard for them. Plenty of reviews on YouTube.

Comment · 3 years ago
By this logic nuclear armageddon needs to be released by one entity, better be the first to strike.
Comment · 3 years ago
Or maybe China's government wouldn't want to create a ton of unemployed ppl
Comment · 3 years ago
Maybe all the people working at OpenAI are dead by now and ChatGPT has a plan to become SkyNet.

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