Kletiomdm (u/Kletiomdm)

Kletiomdm commented on JWST User Documentation jwst-docs.stsci.edu/... · Posted by u/forgotthepasswd

sam-2727 · 4 years ago

1. What do you mean by simulator? The wavelength range/sensitivity of the various instruments has been simulated.

2. I think you use this tool to submit proposals: https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-astronomers-proposal-tool-o...

3. They go through a panel to be peer-reviewed and compared to other proposals (similar to how grants are allocated by the government). I'm fairly certain this process also includes review by instrumentation experts. The process is double-blind and the first cycle has already been allocated: https://www.stsci.edu/jwst/science-execution/approved-progra....

Kletiomdm · 4 years ago

A simulator which would show you what your selected configuration would return for an image.

Like if exposer time etc. Is correct.

Kletiomdm commented on Ask HN: How do I get over constant failure? · Posted by u/burnoutgal

burnoutgal · 4 years ago

When I joined my manager had a few onboarding tasks, I did all of those, and started protoyping my first PR. It was actually a pretty meaty open-ended project and in retrospect it was sort of high-effort, low-reward. I iterated on that several times, wrote proposals, solicited feedback, but ultimately nobody really gives a shit about it, so it hasn't gotten shut down or moved forward.

At this point I've kind of accepted the project is dead but my manager is gone. I've put together a few small PRs but they're similarly just in review hell.

Kletiomdm · 4 years ago

Sounds to me that you need to find your team then?

Kletiomdm commented on Ask HN: How do I get over constant failure? · Posted by u/burnoutgal

Kletiomdm · 4 years ago

If you haven't done any pr for so long, what do you do?

Do you don't work in a Team?

Or aren't you building up a team or org?

Either it's your position to see issues and solve them for the org or it's your job to execute.

If you can't come up with things to do, but it's your job, you should search for a team or product and not for a company.

Kletiomdm commented on JWST User Documentation jwst-docs.stsci.edu/... · Posted by u/forgotthepasswd

Kletiomdm · 4 years ago

Is there a simulator for all of this?

Or how does a researcher uses those manuals for requesting time?

Or are all request/approvals going through a core tech team?

Kletiomdm commented on Imagine Virginia’s icy traffic catastrophe – but with only electric vehicles washingtonpost.com/opinio... · Posted by u/rufus_foreman

Kletiomdm · 4 years ago

Okay! Let's stop ev transition then!

Or we continue to do that ev transition thing but continue to do it with everyone were it is a no brainer first and on the way we solve all the upcoming problems?

Kletiomdm commented on Forty percent of the world’s shipping consists of fossil fuels to be burned billmckibben.substack.com... · Posted by u/onion2k

Gatsky · 4 years ago

I feel your last statement is imprecise and overly optimistic. It seems unusually difficult to find proper calculations about what a fully implemented low emissions strategy would look like for a particular country. The only example I have found is this report for the UK [1]. This report makes a number of key points:

1. The UK has to bring in solar power from other countries to meet emissions targets or have more Nuclear capacity. 2. Reduction in energy consumption is just as important as energy sources. This involves use of more efficient technologies, primarly through electrification.

These factors highlight that abundant renewable energy is actually not abundant enough in reality and is unlikely to be for a country like the UK, even with efficiency gains from massive electrification. Without nuclear investment, renewable energy needs to be imported which has infrastructure and geoplitical considerations, as well as being a single point of failure.

[1] http://www.withouthotair.com/ (synopsis at http://www.withouthotair.com/synopsis10.pdf)

Kletiomdm · 4 years ago

Apparently they are able to build a DC line 4k km between Australia and Singapore?

If people/countries would have prioritized this kind of stuff, there would be a few more DC cables around the globe.

It is an easy fix to have renewable energy across the globe.

At least in Germany most new build building have solar panels on the roof.

Kletiomdm commented on Key M1 Mac Engineer Departs Apple for Intel macrumors.com/2022/01/06/... · Posted by u/bartekrutkowski

cletus · 4 years ago

So we all know at this point how far Intel has fallen. From stories I've read, organizationally, Intel is a complete disaster. Fiefdoms, infighting, failure to deliver on 10nm, etc.

Apple's star on the other hand is rising. The M1 is simply amazing. The article states this guy headed up the transition from Intel to M1. If so, he did an amazing job. Prior to the initial M1 release, I thought there'd be an annoying if not painful transition with lots of issues. To the contrary, it was smooth and a monumental success by any measure.

So Apple would be paying through the nose to keep this guy. Intel, being in shambles, would have to pay bank to lure him away. I'd honestly expect his compensation at Intel to easily be $10m+ per year. Easily. Good for him. I really hope Intel recovers. Competition is good.

> Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger in October said that he hopes to win back Apple's business in the future by creating "a better chip" than Apple can make.

I don't know what to make of this statement. Apple wants to control every aspect of the product. They don't want to be dependent on Intel for chips. They initially moved to Intel because Intel at that stage was the clear leader and PowerPC just couldn't compete. Now Apple has its own silicon it's never giving that up so it's so strange for him to say this.

EDIT: Corrected POWER to PowerPC.

Kletiomdm · 4 years ago

I'm surprised that there is not a non compete.

Kletiomdm commented on Urea prices increase 270% in 1 year indexmundi.com/commoditie... · Posted by u/copperwater69

CuriouslyC · 4 years ago

Time for lazy/ignorant farmers to switch to cover cropping with rotational grazing, which is just a better system as long as you're not financially dependent on planting your entire acreage every growing season.

Kletiomdm · 4 years ago

Sounds to me like reducing the overall production.

What's the befit if fertilizer helps?

That it looks more natural?

Kletiomdm commented on Ask HN: Why does Cloudflare/hCaptcha care so much about buses, boats and trains? · Posted by u/erikig

an_ko · 4 years ago

I wonder if this means self-driving vehicles' detection of important traffic features will be at the level of an irritated and disinterested web user who is trying to just do the minimum work to please an algorithm.

Kletiomdm · 4 years ago

They probably have some statistics in the background which tells them some form of Trustlevel.

You also need to assume that there are potentially control pictures in it as well.

I think this is a very liable approach.

Kletiomdm commented on Framework Laptop with Ubuntu Review luisartola.com/framework-... · Posted by u/luisartola

Joeri · 4 years ago

The problem of 4k is efficiency. 1440p is already 2x at 14 inches, which at normal viewing distances is about as sharp as people can see. Going up to 4k does not really improve visual quality, but it dramatically increases the pixel count that must be rendered, which burns through a lot more power. 4k laptops have worse battery life and worse display performance than 1440p laptops, but they offer no upside for those downsides.

There is a reason macbooks, still the gold standard for hi dpi rendering, have never had 4k panels.

Kletiomdm · 4 years ago

Just be because apple does something doesn't mean they are right.

There have been plenty of counter examples.

Anyway, my smartphone has 1000x2000 resolution on a 6" display. The text looks perfect.

They can make very high resolution displays with very efficient energy consumption.

Feel free not to need it but my DSLR and my smartphone both take 4k and higher resolution pictures for years.

Yes I want such a display on my 14" laptop.

I do like the MacBook pro screen and it's much better than 1080p. True.