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While I agree you're probably right, we already have copy machines which won't copy money, so it isn't so far a stretch that we could have video cameras which can't record certain registered materials...sure you'd probably be able to get around it somehow, but it might be much more complex than...

I mean...you're sort of right, but the 3-body problem is specifically for three things that are gravitationally effecting each other. Generally the earth-moon-rocket system would be simplified to a 2-body problem with the rocket just traversing a known gravitational field. Obviously at some...

Interesting, also grew up in Michigan but verbally I would generally just call highways by their number, although saying I-96 or M-52 doesn't seem strange to me (though saying us-127 seems too formal for some reason).

That is an interesting thought about the twist. I think your proposed theory is more likely, but another that occurred to me was that rotating the bottle creates a momentary higher velocity flow because the fluid is now flowing around the inside of the bottle instead of just straight out it now...

I think the relevant point you missed is that the xkcd chart (while informative) only includes the last 22,000 years. This event happened 252 million years ago.

Those two statements are the same. >25 is the same as >= 26. At least when we're talking about integer numbers (which admittedly I'm assuming is the case here) edit: wasted a post on this!!! what was I thinking.

Seems like some good changes. The goal of these deep learning algorithms playing games to me has always seemed like it should be one of discovering new human usable strategies that humans may have overlooked. I.e. teaching a machine to think like a human but better. Not restricting the computer...

As someone who has friends/acquaintances who are very to somewhat anti-vax. (it causes autism vs it doesn't seem that important). I have to say the way it seems to spread is through social networks and friends telling scary stories of children who "developed" autism after getting vaccines. I...

You're assuming there are two discrete groups. I would assume more of a spectrum that drifts between "I'm really sure of this" to "I'm really sure of that". I mean, maybe you could identify some difference, but the difference could just be "I believed it more before". You probably can't really...

As long as they're radio telescopes. Visible light interferometry requires the actual light be transported to the a single location for analysis (because we can't capture the phase data of the light like we can with radio waves)

As a controls engineer this is disgusting. I work in the chemical industry and we have redundant instrument deviation alarms on everything. I thought these planes had digital screens and stuff? Why do we need a dedicated light for an alarm at all? Are pop up messages or an alarm stack not a...

You could save 1/3 on wiring with this one simple trick!

Nope, it actually can be a lot better. There have been studies which show people who don't feel like they earned their positions do a better job than people who feel like they "deserve it".

Also it is never eclipsed by the earth.

Well, it probably stopped because 1) it was moving slower so less torque from the fin going through the air 2) friction with the air 3) the landing legs opening would cause rotation to slow regardless because of conservation of angular momentum

I noticed stage 1 seemed to be wandering around more with the cold-gas thrusters before the landing burn. And then the spinning happened.

The title took me a couple reads to grasp. At first read it sounded as if the hackers were associated with the DNC. And I couldn't figure out why Ars would print an article like that... edit: either the title has been updated, or they have multiple options, because it makes sense now. :)

Well, having a large brain comes with a cost, namely energy and a large head you need to protect. If your body isn't well suited to using that brain, it might be not advantageous if there is a period of famine. For example, would a cow be able to increase its chances at reproducing if they...

It seems to me there isn't any reason why "genes" for this kind of complex learning behavior could not be present in many species that don't necessarily exhibit that behavior. No reason the genes could not be from (before) the dinosaurs, and just only pulled out and dusted off (activated in...

nevermind!