Google is unleashing a technology that will be replicated in one or two years everywhere.
Even if Google didn't do it, it's only a matter of time before you'll see it everywhere. Whether you like it or not, this kind of technology is just going to happen.
Global climate models have the advantage that they average the temperature for entire world for an entire month to output a single data point. That cancels out a lot of the chaotic details. A hurricane is a local phenomenon, and we're interested in a lot more fine detail which requires getting knee deep in chaos.
Microsoft's solution uses FPGAs. That's even more generic and inefficient. Neural net processing requires fast multiplications as well as memory access, two areas in which FPGAs are not particularly good.
Shooting someone in the heart IS oxygen deprivation
Loss of consciousness is caused by the sudden drop in blood pressure in the brain. That happens instantaneously. If you've ever stood up too quickly and started to get light headed, you know the feeling, except it would be quicker and more extreme.
The waveforms themselves are DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT thus THE SOUNDS ARE DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT.
This is only true when the frequency is low enough that you can hear the higher harmonics. You tried some low frequency waveforms, and are blindly extrapolating your intuition to higher frequencies. Physics doesn't work that way.
Which means that a smooth input sine wave is approximated by a jagged "staircase" waveform
No, before the signal is sent to the ADC, the digital hardware first recovers the sine wave at higher sampling frequency. If you were to subtract the original sine wave from the output, you'd get only very soft white noise (at least 100 dB below signal) which would be impossible to hear in any normal listening environment.
while that quantization will typically capture (most) of the (average) human's hearing range, it completely discards higher-frequency tones whose harmonics may still be audible,
No. If you can't hear a 24 kHz pure tone, you can't hear it either when it's the 2nd harmonic of a 12 kHz fundamental. A 12 kHz sine wave will sound exactly the same as a 12 kHz triangle or square wave.
Fat takes longer to process into a form your body can use
Note that you can improve the body's capacity for processing fat by eating low-carb for a while. This will create bigger pathways for burning fat, allowing you to exercise at higher level while burning more fat. This can be an advantage is long duration exercises because the fat stores are much bigger.
your body will note it gets excess energy and convert the sugars to long term storage
In humans, the pathway for de novo lipogenesis is actually quite restricted. You'd have to eat a huge amount of sugars before there's a meaningful amount converted to fat.
More commonly, people eat a mix of macronutrients, i.e. a meal that contains both fats and sugars, like a pizza. The body will give priority to burning the sugars, and will store all the fats. Ideally, after the worst of the sugar peak is dealt with, the body should go back to burning the fats that were stored before, but if you're not used to burning fat, you'll notice your energy will go down, and get a craving for another snack.
That’s a very unscientific approach - with your feelings - and I doubt it will appeal to many on this forum
I know. Quitting cigarettes also doesn't appeal to many smokers. I understand it can be hard to replace doritos, pizzas and jolt cola with real food, but it's still the best option.
I’ve personally lost 16kg over the last 16 weeks to get into amazing shape, and I can tell you that I did it by learning to count calories
Most people who lose weight counting calories, will gain it back when they lose motivation. Been there, done that. Now I'm keeping my weight in the healthy range without any effort, by not counting calories, but restricting myself to real food.
Most people eat far too many calories each meal/day, regardless of the source or types of calories.
True, but the best solution is not to count the calories. It's better to avoid types of food that are designed to be addictive, and then just follow your natural hunger signals. Avoid processed foods, especially those made with sugar and seed oils. Eat real food that your great grandmother would have recognized.
An "empty carb" is a pure carb, not accompanied by vitamins, minerals, fibers, or other micronutrients. Granulated sugar is an empty carb, but so are pure starches.
Carbs are useful for energy, but they are not required for good health. Your body can synthesize all carbs it needs.
Difference is that Bitcoin is easy to trade around the world, whereas shipping serious amounts of precious metals is a bitch. If the paper value deviates too much from the real value, it will be easy enough to arbitrage.
Even typical short term variations of 0.1% in incident irradiance exceed all other energy sources (such as natural radioactivity in Earth's core) combined)
Which is irrelevant. Just because there are even smaller sources of heat, doesn't make the 0.1% swings any more important.
Within the relatively narrow band of EUV wavelengths, the sun’s output varies not by a minuscule 0.1%, but by whopping factors of 10 or more
Whatever this effect is, it can't be big on a global scale, because we don't see any significant 11-year period in the Earth's global temperature. And, actually, since the 1980's, the output of the Sun has been decreasing a tiny bit, while surface temperatures have gone up to create new record highs. The correlation just isn't there.
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Google is unleashing a technology that will be replicated in one or two years everywhere.
Even if Google didn't do it, it's only a matter of time before you'll see it everywhere. Whether you like it or not, this kind of technology is just going to happen.
But if you don't evacuate and 100 people die in the storm, then there'd be an outrage too. It's impossible to win.
You missed the important part where GP claims this process would take 5 minutes, where I said it would be instantaneous.
Yet all the climate models agree very closely?
Global climate models have the advantage that they average the temperature for entire world for an entire month to output a single data point. That cancels out a lot of the chaotic details. A hurricane is a local phenomenon, and we're interested in a lot more fine detail which requires getting knee deep in chaos.
Microsoft's solution uses FPGAs. That's even more generic and inefficient. Neural net processing requires fast multiplications as well as memory access, two areas in which FPGAs are not particularly good.
Commit suicide, problem solved.
Sure, but let me have a mask and a small tank full of nitrogen. That's not going to happen right now. Current prison system does not allow suicide.
The 28nm chip was the first TPU, not this latest version.
Microsoft also tried to do music players and phones differently.
Shooting someone in the heart IS oxygen deprivation
Loss of consciousness is caused by the sudden drop in blood pressure in the brain. That happens instantaneously. If you've ever stood up too quickly and started to get light headed, you know the feeling, except it would be quicker and more extreme.
Life in prison with no possibility of parole. That is 1/4 the cost, much more humane,
I would rather die instantly than be stuck in prison for the rest of my life.
The waveforms themselves are DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT thus THE SOUNDS ARE DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT.
This is only true when the frequency is low enough that you can hear the higher harmonics. You tried some low frequency waveforms, and are blindly extrapolating your intuition to higher frequencies. Physics doesn't work that way.
Sorry, meant to type DAC, not ADC.
16kHz square, triangle, and sine waves all sound definitely different
I don't believe you've actually tried this in a blind test, where you've been careful to compensate the volume to keep energy in fundamental the same.
Which means that a smooth input sine wave is approximated by a jagged "staircase" waveform
No, before the signal is sent to the ADC, the digital hardware first recovers the sine wave at higher sampling frequency. If you were to subtract the original sine wave from the output, you'd get only very soft white noise (at least 100 dB below signal) which would be impossible to hear in any normal listening environment.
while that quantization will typically capture (most) of the (average) human's hearing range, it completely discards higher-frequency tones whose harmonics may still be audible,
No. If you can't hear a 24 kHz pure tone, you can't hear it either when it's the 2nd harmonic of a 12 kHz fundamental. A 12 kHz sine wave will sound exactly the same as a 12 kHz triangle or square wave.
Fat takes longer to process into a form your body can use
Note that you can improve the body's capacity for processing fat by eating low-carb for a while. This will create bigger pathways for burning fat, allowing you to exercise at higher level while burning more fat. This can be an advantage is long duration exercises because the fat stores are much bigger.
your body will note it gets excess energy and convert the sugars to long term storage
In humans, the pathway for de novo lipogenesis is actually quite restricted. You'd have to eat a huge amount of sugars before there's a meaningful amount converted to fat.
More commonly, people eat a mix of macronutrients, i.e. a meal that contains both fats and sugars, like a pizza. The body will give priority to burning the sugars, and will store all the fats. Ideally, after the worst of the sugar peak is dealt with, the body should go back to burning the fats that were stored before, but if you're not used to burning fat, you'll notice your energy will go down, and get a craving for another snack.
That’s a very unscientific approach - with your feelings - and I doubt it will appeal to many on this forum
I know. Quitting cigarettes also doesn't appeal to many smokers. I understand it can be hard to replace doritos, pizzas and jolt cola with real food, but it's still the best option.
I’ve personally lost 16kg over the last 16 weeks to get into amazing shape, and I can tell you that I did it by learning to count calories
Most people who lose weight counting calories, will gain it back when they lose motivation. Been there, done that. Now I'm keeping my weight in the healthy range without any effort, by not counting calories, but restricting myself to real food.
If all the calories got turned to ATP, there wouldn't be an obesity problem.
Most people eat far too many calories each meal/day, regardless of the source or types of calories.
True, but the best solution is not to count the calories. It's better to avoid types of food that are designed to be addictive, and then just follow your natural hunger signals. Avoid processed foods, especially those made with sugar and seed oils. Eat real food that your great grandmother would have recognized.
An "empty carb" is a pure carb, not accompanied by vitamins, minerals, fibers, or other micronutrients. Granulated sugar is an empty carb, but so are pure starches.
Carbs are useful for energy, but they are not required for good health. Your body can synthesize all carbs it needs.
Once wall street gets involved the paper value WILL BE the real value.
Nope. Most bitcoins are being held by people who got in early, and couldn't care less about wall street.
No true investor will tolerate 20-30% weekly swings. Gamblers trying to get rich quick, on the other hand...
If both gamblers and true investors walk away, volatility will automatically slow down.
From a human point of view, any natural cycle that affects climates where we live must be handled in the same way as any manmade cause
A 400,000 year cycle can be handled in a slower way than a 400 year one, though.
Difference is that Bitcoin is easy to trade around the world, whereas shipping serious amounts of precious metals is a bitch. If the paper value deviates too much from the real value, it will be easy enough to arbitrage.
This is well known, yes. Just because the effects are logarithmic doesn't make them insignificant.
Even typical short term variations of 0.1% in incident irradiance exceed all other energy sources (such as natural radioactivity in Earth's core) combined)
Which is irrelevant. Just because there are even smaller sources of heat, doesn't make the 0.1% swings any more important.
Within the relatively narrow band of EUV wavelengths, the sun’s output varies not by a minuscule 0.1%, but by whopping factors of 10 or more
Whatever this effect is, it can't be big on a global scale, because we don't see any significant 11-year period in the Earth's global temperature. And, actually, since the 1980's, the output of the Sun has been decreasing a tiny bit, while surface temperatures have gone up to create new record highs. The correlation just isn't there.
Also, if the planetary cycles are measured in hundreds of thousands of years, they wouldn't be changing the climate from one decade to the other.