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Comment · 2 months ago
Oh - this is llm generated. That's disappointing, but not surprising, and explains the bad grammar and style. On the spectrum of classical to vulgar, it lands in the "just plain incorrect" bucket quite frequently. Case usage, word choice, syntax, it's got it all. Whatever llm did this needs to spend some more time with Bennet.
Comment · 2 months ago
How did you compose the Latin? It seems... not very classical both in word selection and grammar. For example,

    /* Est c consonans (non vocalis, non spatium, non littera non-Latina)? */
seems a word-by-word translation of English words into Latin words ignoring the structure and syntax of classical Latin. Perhaps it ought to be something more like:

    /* Estne c litera consonans (neque vocalis, neque spatium, neque litera linguae aliae)?
edit: On reflection, notes on the return values of boolean functions probably ought to be some sort of utrum ...an construction.
Comment · 2 years ago
Euclid distinguishes the unit (VII, Def.1) and number -- a multitude composed of units -- (VII, Def.2). His definition of prime and composite numbers (VII, Def.11 and Def.13) clearly exclude one from the group of numbers, otherwise every number would be composite.
Comment · 3 years ago
http://www.combinedfleet.com/economic.htm does a nice job of outlining how hilariously overmatched the IJN was in terms of naval production. In addition to that, the IJN didn't have an effective pilot training pipeline, so by mid war they were struggling to outfit their air groups for their carriers, and after the Battle of the Philippine Sea, their naval air arm was absolutely broken.
Comment · 3 years ago
While that might (or might not) mitigate one perverse incentive, there are lots more. It's important for policy proposals to take unintended consequences into account. What others can you foresee and how would you mitigate them?
Comment · 3 years ago
Have you thought out the perverse incentives your pay scheme would create?
Comment · 4 years ago
> A certificate authority (that only verifies surgeons' skills, and doesn't bundle the process with "learning").

It seems like you've just moved the cheating problem from one organization to a different organization? How would this new certificate authority measure learning better than universities are currently measuring learning? Are there examples of such certificate authorities existing now? Do they also have cheating problems?

Comment · 4 years ago
Samuel Eliot Morison wrote a definitive history of the naval war in the Pacific, so your memory is good! Ian Toll's new series is shorter, but also top notch and benefits from more access to Japanese sources.
Comment · 4 years ago
The fab I use has a minimum order size of 3. It's a bit more expensive, but double digit monies for three decently complex boards.
Comment · 4 years ago
It's not exactly equivalent, but I think the TDRS provides communication between different objects in space.
Comment · 5 years ago
Most households contain at least several poisons (and precursors to hazardous gasses as well) amongst their cleaning supplies.
Comment · 5 years ago
Fair enough. I suppose what I'm asking is whether it's possible to purchase a more modern CPU independently of a SOC and design my own single board computer built around that. Can you buy a naked Cortex M0 in a PDIP package? Are there data sheets for it?

A search of the interned didn't turn up what I was looking for, but I'm very new at hardware work. Perhaps newer chips have such tight timing requirements that you can't work with them without using a SOC?

Comment · 5 years ago
Are there any good sources of documentation for working with Arm chips? Like, a simple single board (or breadboard) computer?
Comment · 5 years ago
I'd support this if app developers were also required to release their apps on all the available stores and obey the policies of a particular store for users who obtain the app through that store.
Comment · 5 years ago
Check out the Apollo 10 mission; they in fact did that as a rehearsal for the landing.

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