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russ_watters reacted to sbrothy's post in the thread Anyone like “2001: A Space Odyssey?” with
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I know this is an unpopular opinion but I like the 2010 version better. It's somewhat zeerusted but the plot is better IMHO. -
russ_watters reacted to Greg Bernhardt's post in the thread Will anyone alive today see a permanent colony on the Moon or Mars? with Like.
This question sort of has a personalized rolling date window depending on when a user reads this. Let's take from the thread start date...
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russ_watters reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread AI vs. Humans as Processors in an Environment with Like.
Autopilots in planes are examples of simple agents. And actually nowadays they're not even all that simple, they can do more than just...
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russ_watters reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread AI vs. Humans as Processors in an Environment with Like.
The best heuristic I can give is that anything that can do something, even something very simple, on its own, without being told what to...
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russ_watters reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Artemis 2 launch - humans return to the Moon after 54 years with Like.
There's a fairly narrow band of trajectories that will give a free return to Earth, yes. They plan for mid-course correction burns to...
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russ_watters replied to the thread Undergrad Are the basic axioms of thermodynamics demonstrated experimentally?.Isn't it always the math? :nb)
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russ_watters reacted to weirdoguy's post in the thread Undergrad Are the basic axioms of thermodynamics demonstrated experimentally? with Like.
I would also add, that because it's so important practically, it's studied experimentally a lot.
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russ_watters reacted to kuruman's post in the thread Undergrad Are the basic axioms of thermodynamics demonstrated experimentally? with Like.
My turn to nitpick: Yes, the concept is simple; its mathematical description is what gets pretty complex pretty quickly. :oldsmile:
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The AI investors will want their trillion dollar investments back and plenty more on top of that. Once the customers are hooked prices...
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In The Street, AI is getting worse as Google and Anthropic nerf AI models and limit usage Evidence is mounting that the subsidization...
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russ_watters replied to the thread Undergrad Are the basic axioms of thermodynamics demonstrated experimentally?.That's what I was going to say, and to add; convection(and heat transfer in general) might be a fairly simple concept, but it gets...
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russ_watters reacted to jtbell's post in the thread Undergrad Are the basic axioms of thermodynamics demonstrated experimentally? with Like.
Nitpick: Your thread title says "basic axioms of thermodynamics", which to me indicates the zeroth, first, second and third laws of...
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russ_watters reacted to Dale's post in the thread Undergrad Are the basic axioms of thermodynamics demonstrated experimentally? with Like.
Convection is easier with air because of that, IMO. But I guess “hold your hand above this flame” is probably not a good lab exercise.
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russ_watters reacted to Ibix's post in the thread Undergrad Are the basic axioms of thermodynamics demonstrated experimentally? with Like.
@Dale beat me to suggesting dye (you could also add it to the bottom of the water before heating, if you let the water settle and then...
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russ_watters reacted to Dale's post in the thread Undergrad Are the basic axioms of thermodynamics demonstrated experimentally? with Like.
A couple of minutes found these...