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New comment by throwwit in "The Possible Role of Vitamin D in Suppressing Cytokine Storm in Covid-19"

throwwit — Wed, 20 May 2020 23:53:58 +0000

‘Suppressing’ might be a loaded term, as is implies cytokine storms are not simply a complication of an unregulated immune system (Vitamin D deficit) to begin with. Cause and effect need to be worded with baseline scenarios.

New comment by throwwit in "Tesla Ventilator [video]"

throwwit — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 03:54:06 +0000

This. I’m surprised 3D printing hasn’t been employed more aggressively to cut down the complexity of production & sourcing. I’d imagine MM3D being used to create electro active polymer pumps acting in series to create the displacements (~.5L), and parts like pressure sensors designed in a simple albeit more mechanical fashion.

Props to Elon tho for taking on the task!

New comment by throwwit in "Tesla Cybertruck reservations hit 146,000"

throwwit — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 11:49:42 +0000

The window problem reminded me of this https://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/a19049/airplane-wind...

New comment by throwwit in "The Dark Silicon Problem and What It Means for CPU Designers (2013)"

throwwit — Sun, 22 Jul 2018 21:34:38 +0000

I think a dimpled fabrication would be best... with whatever amounts to heat sinks on both sides.

New comment by throwwit in "Traveling to the Sun: Why Won't Parker Solar Probe Melt?"

throwwit — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 09:25:20 +0000

It’d be neat to see a divergent lens made of carbon metamaterial at the aft of the craft. (... or convergent depending on the shape of the craft)

New comment by throwwit in "Make a Pseudoscope (2005)"

throwwit — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 06:49:33 +0000

Might be popular with flat-earthers ;-) ... the psychological phenomenon might even be related

New comment by throwwit in "Nvidia creates super slow-motion video smoother than a 300K fps camera"

throwwit — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 02:39:32 +0000

Eulerian magnification should show artifacts of the slow down.

New comment by throwwit in "Pornography and the Butterfly Effect"

throwwit — Sun, 27 May 2018 20:17:12 +0000

My take so far (with limited research) is that Peterson is trying to evoke debate on the issues in a centrist fashion reminiscent of Plato and his cave. The ‘shapes’ of traditional societal structures are being bound to new normals on the ‘wall’ of the human condition; solving this jig-saw of a problem necessitates open debate & negotiation.

New comment by throwwit in "New DNA structure inside human cells known as the “i-motif” has been identified"

throwwit — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 15:26:14 +0000

Seems more like a ~pantry~ for DNA synthesis than anything functional, especially given its four strands make for difficult reaction kinetics.

New comment by throwwit in "Lytro is winding down"

throwwit — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 13:36:04 +0000

It’d be interesting to see an implementation with time-of-flight, the precision of surface mapping could only go up. Even combining an SLR improves resolution [ https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/192f/708e0470744667f8fc5f41... ]

New comment by throwwit in "China to bar people with bad 'social credit' from planes, trains"

throwwit — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 19:15:06 +0000

Caste systems will never go away until the asymmetric advantage they endow to a majority is honestly weighed against the hidden costs of society manifesting self-fulfilling prophecies in the minority. Which way should the slippery slope slide? Should an individual’s means to succeed be the rule or an exception. That’s freedom, thats’s bravery in my eyes.

New comment by throwwit in "Indefinite solitary confinement in Canadian prisons ruled unconstitutional"

throwwit — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 06:53:57 +0000

Read as: open-concept planning gains momentum to save money in cash-strapped overcrowded prison system.

New comment by throwwit in "Physicists Uncover Geometric ‘Theory Space’"

throwwit — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 16:02:05 +0000

Barrel of monkeys for physics math.

New comment by throwwit in "Ethereum founder threatens to leave if the crypto community doesn't grow up"

throwwit — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 10:36:53 +0000

There’s been good progress in foodbank tech despite it being a fork. http://m.wfp.org/news/news-release/blockchain-against-hunger... Good luck Vitalik

New comment by throwwit in "Mathematicians Find Wrinkle in Famed Fluid Equations"

throwwit — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 16:35:09 +0000

Apologies if I’m cargo-culting math... just positing.

New comment by throwwit in "Mathematicians Find Wrinkle in Famed Fluid Equations"

throwwit — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 16:11:48 +0000

Well what I meant was shrinking the n body system to a point then extending that to a field. But it’s beyond me how the math works to invert those same force vectors to an impulse.

New comment by throwwit in "Mathematicians Find Wrinkle in Famed Fluid Equations"

throwwit — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 15:45:36 +0000

Just the inverse n-vectors applied (regardless of space and field strength or possibly just instantaneous field strength). Always good to be called out tho.

New comment by throwwit in "Mathematicians Find Wrinkle in Famed Fluid Equations"

throwwit — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 14:55:04 +0000

I think bitcoin’s fixed-limit and deterministic transactions makes it a uniquely closed & conserved system (regardless of deflation and lost wallets). The discrepancies in valuation among exchanges & localities seem to show a relativistic (to borrow a physics term) quality. [I’m however not really into bitcoin or an economist though]

New comment by throwwit in "Mathematicians Find Wrinkle in Famed Fluid Equations"

throwwit — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 12:55:39 +0000

Ha... I guess I can be a bit terse. Just think of the “turbulence” in navier-stokes as valuation fluctuations. Without the realworld dampening effects of regulation, slow tranactions, and managed markets — volatility along the lines of the infinite incongruities posed in the article are possible. ( note: Im not referring to a pendactic ‘infinite’ wrt a blockchain).

New comment by throwwit in "Bitcoin price is crashing"

throwwit — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 10:19:52 +0000

All the more reason to do your christmas shopping early. Lol. I take the total crypto market cap more seriously though.