Jason M Lewis

Materials scientist (PhD) w/experience in microelectronics physics and fabrication, data systems and analytics, and medical data analysis. Alum: @MIT @UT_Austin

[Jason M Lewis @JasonMLewis3]

1/4) In the US, states with high vax rates had lower Delta COVID-19 cases, but vax rates have not correlated with Omicron cases as of Feb 14, 2022. This is consistent with reports that existing vaccines are not effective in preventing Omicron infections.

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Nice work. I had that exact case with a 33 MHz 486 with 8 MB RAM. I remember someone making fun of me because he thought that it was a ridiculous waste of money to buy that much RAM. The Gateway 2000 marketing materials used the word “curvilinear” to describe the rounded front of the case. I loved the case and dremelled out the ports in the back so that it would be compatible with a new form factor motherboard. That model also came with cool keyboard.

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@LunarCitizens I thought that it was $4.1 billion per launch.

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@luismbat Tough call. CGS are God’s units, but I like joules.

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@RDKLInc Is 1997 the version with Easter egg flight simulator?

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This matches my experience with Genie. I feel a little like a kid in a candy store with it. Sharing skillsets is clumsy for, but that may just be me while I learn best methods. Some people I’ve worked with claim that the LLM went through a very inefficient phase (months) of burning through tokens.

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The camera lenses protrude and press against any surface. I’ve seen scratches and chips in phones that do not have cases. Apple seems to make little effort to protect the camera lenses.

I REALLY would rather not use a case. The phones are always beautiful, and it’s sad to cover them with cheaply manufactured ugly and bulky plastic cases that look like they came from a bubble gum machine. Apple (and others) go through considerable effort to make them as thin and light as possible, only to add additional bulk.

I do not use screen covers. They do not provide rigidity. I make sure that i don’t place my phone in the same pocket as my keys and i don’t get scratches.

I reluctantly use a thin case on mine without a screen covers.

[Jason M Lewis @JasonMLewis3]

@TheBrianMcManus My Irish ancestors fled the potato famine and arrived in New Orleans. They settled north of lake Pontchartrain.

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@tw__astro I remember when the rings where first discovered by an flying observatory during a star occultation. It wasn’t even a direct observation like this photo. I’m curious about your equipment for this.

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I had a computer with one of the those. I only encountered a single application (a game) that benefitted from it. Reminds me of the “Mega Bass” buttons on the boom boxes at the time. I referred to those as the “Un-Suck” buttons on the boom box. The manufacturer added electronics to make the boom box sound sucky. You had to press the button to turn the suck feature off.

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Collin, I was flooded with illegal calls when I worked out of my house for a startup. I aggressively went after them and reported them to my state’s Public Utility Commission who took this seriously. The federal agency was a joke. The tough part can be figuring out who they are. They tend to hide their identity despite the law requiring 1) A valid phone number in the caller ID where someone answers the phone, and 2) The recorded message must state the business name. They usually know that they are breaking the law with their tactics.

I would talk to them in a friendly manner, state that I was busy at the moment, and request a phone number where I could reach them later. I would then report them via my state’s website for reporting violations. The state would send them a legal letter informing them that they were in violation and to send proof that they add added me to their Do Not Call list. They often hired a lawyer to respond. My state would then send me a copy of their respond. Technically, they should have always been fined, but the state merely sent a warning letter, which was better than nothing.

Telemarketing firms began training their callers to hangup if anyone asked for a phone number, especially the overseas callers. It’s been a few years since I’ve done this. Good luck!

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@RetroTechChris 4000 pages/cartridge. Cartridges used to cost about $70. They eventually crept to over $100. I was appalled at what they charge for wimpy cartridges for the newer models.

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I’m still running an HP Laserjet 5P that I bought over 30 years ago. I just replace the toner cartridge that last several years. It uses a parallel port (remember those?!), but a cheap USB-to-Parallel converter works flawlessly. It’s not very fast, but incredibly reliable. I seem to recall that it cost around $800 at the time. It’s turned yellow with age.

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@FischerKing64 I used to enjoy listening to Art. It seemed that the nuttier the guest, the nicer he would treat them so that they would open up and share their wackiest beliefs. “Oh, I didn’t realize that! Tell me more!”

I found the 9/11 conspiracy idiots to be annoying.

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One of the wackiest premises of the conspiracy theories is that explosives were planted AND the pilots were able to fly into the buildings exactly where the explosives were planted. So they planted explosives because they knew that flying a jet liner wouldn’t cause the buildings to collapse? Why not just use explosives and not include the high risk hijacking plan?

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My metallurgy/thermodynamics professor (Thomas Eagar) co-wrote a paper on this topic. The steel didn’t need to melt. The strength of the steel was still significantly diminished well below the melting point. Uneven heating also contributed to bending/buckling and weakening of the structures.

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By the way, extending this reasoning, one concludes that AI should be owned in large part by the public.

AI was trained on humanity’s collective work, and could not exist without it. We are massively undervaluing our cultural inheritance to allow the companies that trained on our data to claim sole ownership of the result. OpenAI, Anthropic, etc. did not build artificial intelligence, they assembled it, from a trillion pieces of work that other people did.

Some nations could, and probably should, pass laws requiring that some significant percentage of AI profits be distributed to the public, as a kind of licensing fee. Norway does it with oil.

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@sudoingX 12 TB: 2 TB + 2 TB + 8 TB.

I purchased the 8 TB as DRAM prices began to rise and people were predicting that SSDs were going to rise soon. I’m glad that I made the purchase when I did.

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Qwen3.8 27B does not have much of a sense of humor. Has anyone else tried that aspect?

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@0xAlgero I took his 18.03 class as an undergraduate. He was good all semester. It’s fun to hear his voice again.

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@NateSilver538 Check email, check the weather, peak at my To Do list,… close my eyes for a micro-nap… it’s hard when you don’t know how long it will be. Sometimes, I’ll have a parallel project t.