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If you read the axes on that graph, you'll see that what it actually shows is not only physically impossible, it's physically nonsensical. It looks like someone plotted a smooth curve and then added the axes for what they wanted to claim, but they labeled the axes backwards. And even if you...

Closed-source software is a trade secret, not patented, so that's not really relevant.

That's a great solution for the tiny sliver of people who know what "firmware" is. But the vast majority of people have no idea what it means, and any explanation using that word might as well be a lecture on quantum physics. That doesn't solve anything for them.

Words like "support" and "warranty" used to refer to maintenance, specifically repairs or replacements when things break prematurely. The tech industry advertised "cloud" nonsense as a positive and then used that "cloud" nonsense as an excuse to unilaterally redefine those words to refer to a...

Chuck was specifically describing a frictionless particle scenario, since that's what dark matter seems to be. Of course, that means it would be invisible anyway, so not a great sightseeing opportunity, I guess.

That's a great explanation. Momentum transfer from faster to slower particles is a simple physical concept that averages out the speeds and therefore the orbital sizes. Makes me wonder: in that hypothetical case with zero total angular momentum, it seems like the sphere that eventually forms...

The OP was NOT equating dark matter with sterile neutrinos. They were simply including sterile neutrinos in a list of example particles that don't (or wouldn't, if they exist) interact through any force other than gravity. You misinterpreted the original comment as claiming than DM could be...

Cultists generally don't feel cognitive dissonance over any aspect of their cult. The recruitment process selects for that feature.

"Mistakes were made," says guy who made them

The idea that a non-profit organization must not make a profit is a result of the poor choice of terminology, and is such a prevalent myth that even some people who work for non-profits believe it. But it is absolutely false...

It's possible for it to be both.

FYI, gaslighting is not a good approach to children either.

Interesting. And probably the hundredth time I've learned the lesson that, in biology, the most obvious answer is rarely the correct one. One of these days, that lesson will stick.

Doesn't that suggest that those specific cancer cells and the tuberculosis bacteria might express one or more similar proteins on their cell membranes that are somewhat unique to those cell types, and so the antibodies developed due to the BCG vaccine bind to the cancer cells instead?

The spots were clumps of bacteria and the stuff that the bacteria produce. When the bacteria finally died, the immune system washed all that junk away.

No, you wouldn't. Training an LLM is insanely expensive and time-consuming. Doing it all over again every time a major advertising client wants to change their ad strategy would be a shortcut to bankruptcy, if it's even computationally possible at all. It's not even clear what they would train...

I would like to see an update to this analysis of the "quietly" headline trope: https://www.geekwire.com/2017/tech-news-sites-quietly-rely-word-create-drama-headlines-analysis-reveals/

I've been hoping someone would say this because I didn't have the mental energy to figure out a good way to word it. Thank you for taking the time to do so.

Making up lies for kids and letting them believe those lies until they figure it out years later when their brains are more developed does not help them develop healthy skepticism. It's more likely to cause resentment and paranoia. If you want to instill healthy skepticism, teach them how to...

Well, lately, it does feel like the monkeys are running the circus.