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New comment by kabouseng in "Why do we keep gravitating toward complexity?"

kabouseng — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 09:21:17 +0000

Its because "reality has a surprising amount of detail". It is actually the rare occurrence where a simple solution solves a complex problem. I link an excellent article that has been posted on HN multiple times, that explains exactly this.[1] (not mine)

[1] http://johnsalvatier.org/blog/2017/reality-has-a-surprising-...

New comment by kabouseng in "Why you can't color calibrate deep space photos"

kabouseng — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:31:01 +0000

Yes off course, but with the obvious disadvantage that you lose resolution for every filter you add. Then you say let's just increase the pixel count, which means smaller pixel pitch. But then you lose low light sensitivity, have to decrease your lens f/#, so more expensive lenses etc... Which is why it isn't done for commercially / mass market sensors.

New comment by kabouseng in "US and UK refuse to sign AI safety declaration at summit"

kabouseng — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:13:53 +0000

Probably referring to the period that pax Britannia and pax Americana have been the global hegemon.

New comment by kabouseng in "Where is London's most central sheep?"

kabouseng — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:03:44 +0000

In Africa I suppose we have time to lion...

New comment by kabouseng in "Ultraprecise method of aligning 3D semiconductor chips invented"

kabouseng — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 13:46:33 +0000

You also need to take into account your manufacturing precision you can achieve with fabricating the lenses, how accurately you can position the lenses relative to the work piece etc. From my cursory reading of the paper it assumes perfect lenses and positioning, and only simulates the alignment procedure. Still, a worthy paper, but as others have mentioned, not much different than the methods used for optics alignment.

New comment by kabouseng in "Why does FM sound better than AM?"

kabouseng — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 13:38:05 +0000

Noise is not gaussian.

New comment by kabouseng in "The quiet art of attention"

kabouseng — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 13:30:36 +0000

I was expecting him to uncouple the horses from the carriage and continue his journey.

New comment by kabouseng in "The six dumbest ideas in computer security (2005)"

kabouseng — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 11:33:30 +0000

That's because IT security reports to the C level, and their KPI's are concerned with security and vulnerabilities, but not the performance or effectiveness of the personnel.

So every time, if there is a choice, security will be prioritized at the cost of personnel performance / effectiveness. And this is how big corporations become less and less effective to the point where the average employee rarely has a productive day.

New comment by kabouseng in "Why does current flow the opposite way from the electrons?"

kabouseng — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 15:51:04 +0000

Similar reason why the earth north pole is actually a magnetic south pole :) It was decided by convention / definition.

For those whom it isn't clear what I mean. Compass magnet's north poles point north, which is only possible if the earth's north pole is magnetically a south pole.

New comment by kabouseng in "Högertrafikomläggningen"

kabouseng — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 10:22:50 +0000

There is a joke, that in order to facilitate such a change, it should be done in more manageable steps. So on day 1, only the motorcycles switch over to the other side of driving, on day 2 the motor vehicles, and on day 3 the trucks and busses switches over...

New comment by kabouseng in "VCs aren’t your friends"

kabouseng — Thu, 16 May 2024 10:02:24 +0000

VC's don't have the ability to distinguish between genius and super genius...

New comment by kabouseng in "The California man who hid for 6 months in a secret room inside Circuit City"

kabouseng — Thu, 02 May 2024 08:13:43 +0000

Or water closet (WC)

New comment by kabouseng in "Is It Dry Yet?"

kabouseng — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 15:44:57 +0000

You can either wire a relay yourself, your smart plug just switches the relay, and you can size the relay according to your needs.

Or use smart switches made for geysers. Something like the sonoff pow3 can handle up to 5.5kW. Since it is just a relay inside I am pretty sure it can handle inductive loads fine.

https://sonoff.tech/product/diy-smart-switches/powr3/

New comment by kabouseng in "I broke IKEA (2023)"

kabouseng — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 12:30:20 +0000

"third party payer"

New comment by kabouseng in "The Brennan self-balancing monorail [video]"

kabouseng — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 13:32:07 +0000

I wonder if gyro drift would eventually cause problems?

New comment by kabouseng in "As solar capacity grows, duck curves are getting deeper in California"

kabouseng — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 07:20:01 +0000

Doesn't the power wall include an inverter that allows for hot switching between battery and main line supply? That would explain a large part of the price disrepancy.

New comment by kabouseng in "Cops Used DNA to Predict a Suspect's Face, Tried to Run Facial Recognition on It"

kabouseng — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 06:46:02 +0000

Unless the lab makes a mistake and contaminates the suspects DNA sample, then you win yourself wrongful imprisonment...

New comment by kabouseng in "The case for single-stair multifamily"

kabouseng — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 18:09:36 +0000

Pedantry will kill the rest...

New comment by kabouseng in "An eruption has begun north of Grindavík"

kabouseng — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 15:23:31 +0000

Lava is molten rock. Concrete blocks are rock.

New comment by kabouseng in "Everything will be alright in Iceland"

kabouseng — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 17:58:52 +0000

İyi şanslar, but also used regularly is kolay gelsin, which means let it come easy, or go easy, there is no direct translation. Then there is also hayırlısı, which means what will be will be, in my experience used sarcastically / raising you shoulders when everything is f*cked, as is common these days in Turkey.