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New comment by yossarian88 in "Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats"

yossarian88 — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:20:11 +0000

Anecdotally our US office which used to be a hub for talent is now a feeder to other locations around the world with most applications seeking opportunity outside the US, from inside the US. I've been doing this for two decades and it's never happened before at this scale. Engineering consulting.

New comment by yossarian88 in "Finite time blowup for an averaged three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equation (2014)"

yossarian88 — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 13:19:35 +0000

NS absolutely does not only apply to incompressible fluids and is far more fundamental than you are implying.

New comment by yossarian88 in "The Strongest El Niño Ever"

yossarian88 — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:11:36 +0000

That's a bit high. 1kw is pretty much the peak per M2 when the sun is directly overhead and normal to the surface. Coming through a window obliquely it will both be less at the source and trig reduces it too, along with what's rejected by the window too. But I agree with the general point!

New comment by yossarian88 in "The Tesla Semi from an Insider's View After One Year: "Hot Mess""

yossarian88 — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 12:09:03 +0000

Sure, the wake is thinner relative to the length, but that's not the relevant variable. The drag is still way higher for the same frontal area than for the same width body that's shaped like a prius. and thus power required is much higher.

New comment by yossarian88 in "What a third world war would mean for investors"

yossarian88 — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 21:48:01 +0000

Read Ellsberg and be terrified.