Comment Hidden information (Score 2) 56
The distinction is that chess has no hidden information. This is so different from poker. Pick another game as the analogy for memorization.
Comment Re: Phew Ukrainians are saved! (Score 2) 105
iPhones let you turn on airplane mode, then turn on WiFi, and will operate like you said. Not sure about other phones.
Comment Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa (Score 1) 143
Turns out it's some billionaire.
https://science.slashdot.org/s...
Comment Re: Thanks for posting with only four hours' notic (Score 1) 90
You havenâ(TM)t entirely misssed it, itâ(TM)s ongoing until moonset in Texas around 6:50.
Comment Is this story over 5 years old? (Score 1) 41
Seems like all the events are July through October 2012. Did any part of this happen recently?
Comment Foods beyond anything we've seen (Score 3, Funny) 98
Tokyo is preparing even weirder foods? I'd read about that.
Oh, floods. Boo.
Oh, floods. Boo.
Comment "Milestone" is a plaque (Score 1) 46
They made a plaque which reads:
The first atomic clock, developed near this site by Harold Lyons at the National Bureau of Standards, revolutionized timekeeping by using transitions of the ammonia molecule as its source of frequency. Far more accurate than previous clocks, atomic clocks quickly replaced the Earth’s rotational rate as the reference for world time. Atomic clock accuracy made possible many new technologies, including the Global Positioning System (GPS).
and posted it in a park in Washington DC near where the original work was done.
Comment Re:Bogus Health Claims (Score 1) 243
There's a difference in talking about a personal risk to an individual (diving, motorcycle, etc) and the shared risk of communicable diseases in a society (transfusion, sex, etc).
In the first case, sure, go nuts and potentially darwin yourself out of the gene pool.
In the second case, increasing the prevalence and transfer of communicable disease is irresponsible to wide group of people who have a right to voice a concern.
In the first case, sure, go nuts and potentially darwin yourself out of the gene pool.
In the second case, increasing the prevalence and transfer of communicable disease is irresponsible to wide group of people who have a right to voice a concern.
Comment Re:Why Spectate when you can Play (Score 1) 68
That whole competitive video gaming thing seems like one enormous scam targeted at gullible children. Seriously who the fuck are the mindless drones that basically play one gamer over and over and over and over and over, to bloody infinity.
Why do people spectate traditional sports? I don't do it myself much, but I get the impression it is to enjoy the skill of impressive players.
Do you let your heart bleed for traditional sports players? They're playing the SAME GAME over and over, so sad.
Comment Re:Whadda think, Bruce Perens? (Score 1) 195
And turn her into a penguin?
Comment Re:Nuclear ? (Score 1) 136
Everyone knows exactly what nuclear winter means. There can be non-nuclear causes but "blotting out 10% of the suns energy" is not as dramatic or concise.
In that case, the sun's energy would be LITERALLY DECIMATED.
Comment TMS vs TDCS (Score 1) 59
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) works a lot better.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
TMS uses a magnetic paddle to induce a current a couple centimeters away from the paddle. This allows for electrical stimulation within the skull that does not cross through the skull.
With direct current stimulation the current passes through your scalp and skull.
Why would you want to pass a current through your scalp and skull? It will cause potentially painful scalp twitching. You'll need to use a higher current because of the resistance of your scalp and skull. This is a cheap gimmick with many downsides compared to TMS.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
TMS uses a magnetic paddle to induce a current a couple centimeters away from the paddle. This allows for electrical stimulation within the skull that does not cross through the skull.
With direct current stimulation the current passes through your scalp and skull.
Why would you want to pass a current through your scalp and skull? It will cause potentially painful scalp twitching. You'll need to use a higher current because of the resistance of your scalp and skull. This is a cheap gimmick with many downsides compared to TMS.
Comment Thanks for the unit (Score 1) 539
So the whole tech sector is about 5 religion. And the US GDP is 17 religion. It's as good of a totally arbitrary unit as any, I guess.
Comment Why not magnetic? (TMS) (Score 1) 51
It's odd to see transcranial direct current stimulation instead of transcranial magnetic stimulation. Why would you rather have a current pass through your scalp instead of a magnetic field?
It feels like the infomercial for the abdominal electrode belt that would give you a six-pack. This is a step backwards towards cheap electrodes that are easily marketed instead of forward toward TMS that can stimulate a wider variety of areas without mildly cooking your scalp.
Comment Re:Might want to think about that... (Score 1) 470
Citation from another thread in this topic:
http://www.nature.com/news/201...
http://www.nature.com/news/201...
