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While the exact composition of these worlds remains unclear, estimates of their surface temperatures from previous studies point them being significantly colder than Earth. They’re also each less dense than Earth, despite being roughly the same size as our planet. “Our analyses predict that these 17 worlds may have ice-covered surfaces but receive enough internal heating…
Richard Murphy provides a fine takedown of the pernicious role neoclassical economists have played by overstating the risk of inflation and using it as a pretext to cruch wages. However, Murphy, no doubt due to space constraints, understates the scope and nature of damage done by neoclassical economics, which has become the foundation of mainstream…
A discussion of false quantisation, the danger it presents us with and our fucked up digital definition of “the ground”. …not to be conspiratorial, but this virus is weird. I had decided to follow my good mate Tyson Yunkaporta’s advice, and use the occasion of this infection to listen to what information the virus may have…
When I was older, I became enthralled with the idea of epistemology. What is knowledge, and how do we come to understand it? In a Western worldview, the question can be difficult, burdened by philosophical “thinkers” who try to understand the intricacies of what they sometimes label as a “problem.” In an Indigenous worldview, it…
On November 8th, NASA’s Curiosity Rover paused its incessant science work and just watched the day unfold on Mars. The rover used its black-and-white Hazard-Avoidance Cameras (Hazcams) to watch an entire 12-hour day on Mars as the shifting Sun cast shadows across the Martian landscape. NASA chose this day because of the Mars solar conjunction…
The more I see a lack of success in the SETI field, the more I feel our own bio-chem chauvinism is getting the in way… Our own planet teaches us that life is weirdly untethered from our surface dwelling norms. Astrobiologists hunting for the first definitive signs of life outside of Earth often target planets…
There is a great Lupe Fiasco track called Dumb it Down. The first hook has the lyric: You’ll sell more records if you (Dumb it down!) That’s what the economy has been doing to us for the last 30 years (where ever software goes, it drags this virus with it). Making things unrepairable dumbs all…
Four really reasonable rules. Treat them as design constraints and I think we’re in a really good place. If there’s one thing which probably unites all of Hackaday’s community, it’s a love of technology. We live to hear about the very latest developments before anyone else, and the chances are for a lot of them…
Francis is a really great teacher… as always I got a lot out of this. The use of NOPs to affect timing weirded me out. Still, really valuable watch. Don’t worry about the length, he’s still totally understandable at 2x speed.
In summary, the Zoo Hypothesis predicts that we shall never find them because they do not want to be found, and they have the technological ability to ensure this. This theory is similar to the Planetarium Hypothesis, which also posits that advanced civilizations have the means to elude detection from our instruments. Unlike the Planetarium Hypothesis,…
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