It's humbling to think about all the things people have gone through over the past couple hundred thousand years. Somewhere around 117 billion humans have ever lived...? It makes it seem kind of small when we think only 50 or 100 years out when thinking of what the future would be.
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ojo-rojo commented on The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System schmidtsciences.org/schmi... · Posted by u/pppone
The level of negativity in these comments is surprising. We can certainly debate whether billionaires should exist at all, but given that they do, here’s one who’s putting his money towards advancing cutting edge science instead of buying a third mega yacht. I am strongly in favor.
I agree with you. I clicked into this hoping to hear what new things we could learn or discover with the new observatories. Commenting on the more positive and informative side would be a better use of time and energy I think :)
ojo-rojo commented on Neural Networks: Zero to Hero karpathy.ai/zero-to-hero.... · Posted by u/suioir
You're not alone. At this point I'm starting to recognise some by number as well.
Ha, you made me think of casually referring to xkcd's by number just as we did with RFC's back in the day. "I don't know, the socket states seem to follow RFC 793, but remember it's a 1918 address on the southside of the NAT."
I gonna keep a look out for doing this with xkcd's now :)
Good start.
Now do it for three months. Every year.
Been doing that for 25 years now, and the only regret I have is that I should have started earlier.
Can you share some details? Do you disconnect while in your hometown going about your daily routine, or do you have this down time in a different environment? I'm kind of looking for inspiration. I have grown kids and friends that I text with so I'm also wondering how my relationship with them would fit into this. Has that played a role for you?
ojo-rojo commented on Tesla Optimus robot takes a suspicious tumble in new demo electrek.co/2025/12/07/te... · Posted by u/LopRabbit
I notice when its left hand came down there was a squirt of water from probably crushing water bottle. That makes me wonder how much force these robots can exert, and if they can accidentally hurt people.
ojo-rojo commented on Voyager 1 is a light-day away by November 2026 iflscience.com/on-novembe... · Posted by u/Neuronaut
The resource thing always gets me. More ideas of things like dyson sphere's. Where does the material from them come from?
Probably from deconstructing the solar system's asteroids and planets. I imagine a Dyson sphere would be less structurally sound and harder to get right – due to gravitational forces on the material – than a Dyson swarm or matryoshka brain. The latter made of independent satellites orbiting the sun and collecting light from concentric orbits at various distances.
ojo-rojo commented on Voyager 1 is a light-day away by November 2026 iflscience.com/on-novembe... · Posted by u/Neuronaut
That is one answer. Another possibility (the one I prefer, since this is mere speculation anyway) is that we are early.
Early as in we may have developed before any other civilizations? That's interesting. We're speculating of course, but what would explain us being the first after so much time – 13.8 billion years?
ojo-rojo commented on Electricity can heal wounds three times as fast (2023) chalmers.se/en/current/ne... · Posted by u/mgh2
Something that has really helped with inflammation and improved my diet is a Spirulina and Chlorella algae supplement. I take it with Metamucil to help with absorption in the intestines as well. If you use the powder version, Metamucil covers up the umami taste, but the tablets are tasteless.
Here are some studies to back it up: - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8212205/ - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3136577/ - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jff.2025.106796
This is what I buy from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FAB10ZI?th=1
This is new to me. Thank you!
ojo-rojo commented on Electricity can heal wounds three times as fast (2023) chalmers.se/en/current/ne... · Posted by u/mgh2
I had the same problem with my elbow, electrotherapy did not help. Turned out it was systemic inflammation in my body that was preventing it from healing. Change of diet fixed it.
I'm interested in what you changed in your diet that helped. Would you be open to sharing?
(I'm vegetarian, and eat a lot of salty and sugary foods I'm not too proud of, and would love to learn what works for other people.)
Being the BBC, they also have to note all the CBEs that certain individuals have. Got to honour that Royal Charter.