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 Discussion on question by Kai Le: Can…

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Stian
yst 12:01
Instrumentalism is a perfectly valid point of view. If a measurement and the result is seen as necessarily always abstract, there is no need to make it concrete. If the math works, it works - let's not fumble the ball by assuming that science tells you something true or real.
 

 Discussion on question by Eli Peters:…

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Stian
May 30 23:50
This would imply that an irrational number would contain all other numbers, including itself, as subsequences of itself, which quickly becomes absurd.
 

 Discussion on question by somethinggo…

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Stian
Oct 29, 2024 15:53
Quite a few of my friends, included a few who I would classify slightly above mildly retarded, have successfully achieved PhDs. It can very much be achieved with a combination of nerdy curiosity and a good dose of hard work. It is not quantity of wits, but quality of them, as Claudius said.
 

 Discussion on question by IAG: Can an…

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Stian
Apr 27, 2024 20:18
sufficient AND necessary are two criteria that should always be applied.
 

 Discussion on question by Nepene Nep:…

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Stian
Apr 23, 2024 09:06
Tell your boss that you are also experiencing hard financial times and was hoping that your company would triple your salary to make up for it. OR you can agree on the value of your work and honor that agreement regardless of outside factors.
 

 Discussion on question by mto_19: Suc…

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Stian
Apr 20, 2024 17:33
Those are not aggressive rebuttals - those are childish overreactions.
 

 Discussion on answer by Tom: How shou…

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Stian
Feb 17, 2024 12:31
I agree. The problem with no-means-no is that it isn't true when dealing with children. It is true somewhere along the path to adulthood and certainly always so for an adult. Oh so, you want to lie here in the toy store screaming "no" and not go home? Well, too bad, because you are. The no is irrelevant. Oh, so you didn't take all the cookies? This "no" is a lie. Learning about standing up for yourself and other no-means-no activities is a continuous learning experience. By all means, tickle your children if they say "no" in the way you understand to be yes.
 

 Discussion on question by Coder: Did …

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Stian
Jul 21, 2023 15:15
My Arduinos would be doing absolutely nothing if it wasn't for me butchering other peoples code to fit my own projects. Reading about C is, I have to say, very very boring. But successfully troubleshooting something gives me enough motivation to actually pick up the giant book and try to figure out what is wrong.
 

 Discussion on question by Andresch Se…

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Stian
Jun 14, 2023 20:38
@Greg I was about to ask the same thing... Minefield ahead!
 

 Discussion on question by TQQQ: How t…

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Stian Yttervik
Jan 30, 2023 23:14
You could hook up a torque sensor to a prybar and mount it parallell to whatever you are doing.
 

 Discussion on question by Ana: Need h…

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Stian Yttervik
Jan 29, 2023 23:07
Are the auditors/tutors in general performing the services required of them?
 

 Discussion on answer by nvoigt: Team …

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Stian Yttervik
May 17, 2022 08:54
A jumbo a day is what influenza kills off in a large country. People need to renormalize.
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 Discussion on question by hanugm: As …

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Stian Yttervik
Apr 30, 2022 07:32
@RLH it is worse. It rewards superfluousness, something it takes me years to beat out of my employees. (no, ofc not literally) it is bad for whatever the students plan to do with their degree.
 

 Discussion on question by BinarSkugga…

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Stian Yttervik
Apr 13, 2022 12:35
Uhm. How would you know which weakness the password has/had? I suspect building weakness into the system by having an analyzer have direct access to plaintext is not going to make the system+password combination any favors.
 

 Discussion on answer by Dave: Did Dr.…

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Stian Yttervik
Feb 11, 2022 15:05
@user21820 That can be argued, negligence necessitates having better information at the time, but lets allow it. Being negligent is considerably easier to forgive than being belligerent, obtuse and borderline insane - as many reactions to the pandemic has been. Ivermectin, hydrochloroquin, silvered water, ignorance, prayer - all of these "cures" are of a considerably more sinister character. I'd take umbrage of all the examples of the latter before any of the former.
 

 Discussion on answer by Dale M: Is it…

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Stian Yttervik
Feb 7, 2022 18:50
Considering the state of congress right now, I expect improvement, should everyone follow your example. An empty congress would at least keep the salaries, remuneration and general graft to a minimum, while getting approximately as much done.
 

 Discussion on answer by LShaver: Why …

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Stian Yttervik
Feb 1, 2022 01:21
@Obie You make a strong case, and I welcome the chance to hear others perspectives, so thank you. With that said, I believe that the 60% chance of null results on repeating old studies is indicative of a house built on shaky foundations. But there are subfields that do well. Neuro. Behaviour. Sure. But clinical? Oh boy. Apart of the underlying problem is that when you experiment on humans (as you in the end must in psych and med) there are ethical considerations that trump the scientific rigour, for moral reasons. I am not sure Psychology should be a science, necessarily.
Stian Yttervik
Feb 1, 2022 01:20
@obie How come then, that there is a reproducability crisis? How come repeated studies are hardly ever done, and when they are, they fail to show significance? How come there is no contemporary theory which builds on older theories? Where are the hard measurements? Sure, things have improved. But it is far from being a science, in my opinion. I am not the only one to hold this opinion.
Stian Yttervik
Feb 1, 2022 01:20
@knob uh, you mean 'should be' and 'the lack of which is limiting its usefulness'. It isn't a science Imho.
 

 Discussion on question by happypumpki…

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Stian Yttervik
Jan 18, 2022 08:02
In my experience, if you were to rank the particular research groups in a narrow field, you can get wildly different results from the rank of the universities as a whole. So, unless you are chasing for the best ranking and then applying for whatever they are good at, try to find places where they are ahead of the curve studying what you want to research. It seems like you have found such a place.
 

 Discussion on question by Clumsy cat:…

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Stian Yttervik
Jan 13, 2022 09:23
I'd recommend accepting the tenets of scientific instrumentalism. Measurements and science should not be attributed as true or to have any philosophical ramifications on the world or the existence. The earth isn't flat. and it isn't round. It models better as a sphere, though - so lets keep doing that. What something is has no connection to our measurements. They are both sovereign and independent. Thus; What the universe is or isn't has no relevance.
 

 Discussion on question by matt_black:…

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Stian Yttervik
Jan 8, 2022 00:13
@matt the quote is defining a correlation. The question asks about the truthfulness of a causation. There is an important step between those two.
 

 Discussion on answer by littleadv: Is…

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Stian Yttervik
Dec 29, 2021 08:47
@littleadv Sure, "fairness" is a moving target, and individually framed. However, if Joe the Plumber has to pay tax on his income, but Elon Tusk can avoid it by instead setting up some financial vehicle that provides him with income - something is asymmetric. It is historically unwise to screw the working masses, it tends towards violence in the end. It is in everyones interest to pay "fair" taxes - yet still in each individuals interest to not pay any. It is a prisoners dilemma - goverment has to step in, make sure the optimal gets chosen. The US tax code is looong overdue a refactorization.
 

 Discussion on answer by J. Murray: Do…

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Stian Yttervik
Dec 22, 2021 16:18
The hydrogen and helium content in your graph is not really in "the atmosphere". It is the solar wind and the interplanetary medium.
 

 Discussion on answer by Keith Morriso…

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Stian Yttervik
Nov 24, 2021 23:18
Not to mention that alot of the nut types are diploid, which means the tree does not at all necessarily produce the same quality of nut or fruit as was planted. It can be downright unedible. 10 years time waiting, only to find that your harvest is unedible. Not a winning strategy in the game of survival.
 

 Discussion on question by bocorwen: H…

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Stian Yttervik
Oct 23, 2021 08:46
Almost all of us are unqualified for our jobs, mate. Stop stressing about it. When you are qualified, it is time to start looking for something new.
 

 Discussion on answer by user112486: I…

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Stian Yttervik
Oct 21, 2021 10:03
@RedSonja No, it doesn't work on solidarity. It works, tax paid, by people generally recognizing that someone dying of commonly treatable ailments is probably negative for the economy. Waiting for a minor ailment to become life threatening is not a good option. A funded health care system that nips diseases in the bud, so to say, is a prisoners dilemma optimum. You are not going to get there by incentivizing the individual. Nash tought us this. (And he was an American...) You get there with regulation and government direction.
 

 Discussion on question by Daron: Why …

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Stian Yttervik
Sep 18, 2021 03:00
I see you never played Everquest. Good old Vex Thal murdered players for showing up some times.
 

 Discussion on question by C. Perhacs:…

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Stian Yttervik
Aug 26, 2021 18:10
A part of the reason is that in the past 20 years you have lost a lot of hearing ability! You have likely lost at least 10 dB, more if you have been exposed to harmful noise...
 

 Discussion on answer by Moshe: Are th…

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Stian Yttervik
Aug 17, 2021 09:35
Excellent analysis. Very interesting read.
 

 Discussion on question by Lisa COO: S…

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Stian Yttervik
Jul 1, 2021 22:46
Are you a new COO? You should have trickier situations than this to negotiate. Don't let your feelings run away with the situation. OADE: Observe, Analyse, Decide, Execute.
 

 Discussion on question by Leo the Dog…

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Stian Yttervik
Jun 24, 2021 15:50
You should send the other guy with your name to your boss and let him do the 1:1. If your boss doesn't notice that either, you are in the clear.
 

 Discussion on answer by Buffy: How sh…

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Stian Yttervik
Jun 20, 2021 03:25
I am not sure that parenting a professor is risk-free behaviour.
 

 Discussion on question by Sursula: Ho…

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Stian Yttervik
Jun 18, 2021 16:01
Since this is academia; human races don't exist in biology. There aren't even subspecies. It is then a linguistic construct, and can contain anything. Usually it means skin color. As such, migrants can certainly be a "race", as can muslims.
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 Discussion on answer by Tetsujin: Is …

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Stian Yttervik
Jun 18, 2021 07:41
Absolutely agree with the do not wash advice. It makes them soggy, sticky and makes proper heat treatment harder. I'd recommend avoiding mushrooms altogether if you cannot use them after a simple brush-off or wipe-down.
 

 Discussion on question by Number File…

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Stian Yttervik
Jun 15, 2021 22:05
@number That seems tautologic. The social background is tied to the skin color and skin color is used to explain the social background?
 

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Stian Yttervik
Jun 14, 2021 14:55
@Graham I think you are misrepresenting their views there. I am certain they are for the equal rights of gay people, they just do not think there is a constitutional "right" to marry, thus equality exists already. Something I certainly disagree with, especially in light of the precedent in interracional marriage - but I still wouldn't claim they "are on record opposing equal rights for gay people".
 

 Discussion on answer by Michael Welch…

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Stian Yttervik
Jun 7, 2021 16:33
@PCLuddite Well, activated carbon is a "catch all" remedy for a range of toxins and poisons and have very low toxicity in and by itself. I'd label this decent advice but the presentation looks like a spam email so I understand your critique...
 

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Stian Yttervik
Jun 4, 2021 14:48
@LangLŠ°ngŠ” I skimmed it, the point is that the uranium that is detected has a richer-than-normal (by a tiny bit) analysis, of the weapons grade uranium. That is a fairly significant finding - isotope analysis is very precise and the natural uranium isotope ratio is very stable. This is not depleted uranium. This is probably not natural uranium, but since it is slightly outside the CI it still could perhaps be (<5% odds). In no case is it depleted uranium from depleted uranium shells. I don't argue with the findings, just the very odd conclusion drawn from them, and interpretation used here
Stian Yttervik
Jun 4, 2021 14:48
@user157251 Try as you may, depleted uranium has a distinct signature in its isotope fraction. If anyone has found enriched uranium, that sounds like it comes from somewhere else. It is highly unlikely that someone has taken "the wrong bag of uranium" to make bullets and other kinetics out of. They took the cheap bag. If I had found those analyses I'd be assuming that iraq had a nuclear program, and these people were working there. Speculation of the worst kind, but still far more likely than someone accidentally producing enriched uranium rounds.
Stian Yttervik
Jun 4, 2021 14:48
@user157251 You are making no sense at this point. Why would anyone, especially the US, throw nuclear bomb making material indiscriminately on the ground, in the middle east? Have you any idea how expensive enriched uranium is? There is no reason at all to believe it was enriched in any way, it would be counter to all reason. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, sir.
Stian Yttervik
Jun 4, 2021 14:48
@user157251 enriched uranium? That's from a nuclear reactor... Or a facility for said enrichment.
Stian Yttervik
Jun 4, 2021 14:48
depleted uranium is toxic and harmful if you breathe the dust. But it is also so insanely dense that it doesn't really form "dust". If you are in a situation where you are getting shot at, the uranium toxicity is little concern. I'd be more worried about its momentum.
 

 Discussion on question by user157251:…

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Stian Yttervik
Jun 4, 2021 14:35
@DJClayworth using AP rounds on soldiers are, but that is a moot point, since there are no palestinian soldiers, per se. They are all either civilians (illegal in any case to shoot) or unlawful combatants (not as well protected by the geneva convention) - it gets hard to argue the fine points on legality of munition use. What is banned is the level of civilian casualities - but it is the U.N: It's laws are advisory, at best.
 

 Discussion on answer by Floris: How c…

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Stian Yttervik
Apr 27, 2021 21:30
For aircraft it is seen that at distances close to the ground, there is a "ground effect" that significantly improves lift. Usually when there is less than a wingspan between plane and ground. I'd say this effect would favor butterflies over bumblebees when presented to the scenario of a 55mph windshield at an interception vector.
 

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Stian Yttervik
Apr 27, 2021 21:30
@jamesqf It is certainly more complicated (and interesting!) than solely volcanic! Granite, for instance, has a measured viscosity at standard temperature and pressure of about 4.5×1019 Pa·s. That is of course ridiculously viscous but still... It flows... Panta Rei, as the philosopher said.
Stian Yttervik
Apr 27, 2021 21:30
@rubenvb Well, if the tectonics pushed and the stone didn't give, you'd have sand or piles of crushed rock. The only mountains would be volcanic ones. Not the case though. It bends and even "flows" with force and time. Mother nature, acting on behalf of father entropy wears them down again though.
Stian Yttervik
Apr 27, 2021 21:30
Creep in bars that are made in normal bar-like-materials (ie; not ice, nor solid iodine or any other fringe case) at "normal" temperatures (say; below 0.2 of homologous) produces noticeable displacements only in geologic timescales and that is why they are often written off as negligible. Stone bends at room temperature, slowly, which is why there are mountains.
 

 Discussion on question by Gus: Usage …

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Stian Yttervik
Apr 2, 2021 19:13
@smcs as long as you don't use a 'bonus' card or store or chain specific cashback card you won't leave any details. Banks really discourage saving any part of the cc info and the gdpr stops the rest. All is void if you have handed the store your details by joining their club or used their card.
 

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Stian Yttervik
Mar 15, 2021 16:18
@Jontia Freedom of speech laws were written because people thought the government would be the important enemy to bind into a law, but the mob can be a stronger instrument than the government - and the mob needs to be held at bay. It is generally the unpopular opinions that need protecting. The popular ones are protected by the mob. I often wonder, had Star Trek become a popular show if cancel culture and social media existed at the time? Seeing as something as novel as a mixed black and white cast in one show was rather unheard of at it's time? Would it, have been cancelled?