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  1. Re:Long Sleepers on Six To Eight Hours of Sleep Best For the Heart, Says Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    You change the pressure conditions on the heart. The human heart has four chambers - two to push arterial blood through the body, two to pull venous blood from the body. Fail to move around enough and you end up with some chambers growing too much muscle and enlarging, while the other chambers will lose strength. Usually this means that the arterial side of the heart gets larger so blood is pushed at higher pressure through the body while not being pulled back up from the legs, leading to swelling and other problems like infections.

  2. The AT+CPIN and AT+CPIN2 commands is used to enter the PIN codes used to unlock the SIM card and modem equipment. Once you have access to the SIM Card, you get caller lists. Proactive SIM cards now have their own menu systems and UI built in. AT+CKPD emulates the keypad. AT+CPBS and AT+CPBR allow access to the phonebook lists of callers and called numbers.

    https://www.arcelect.com/GSM%2...

  3. Maybe they have been replaced by USB dongles. But the command set is the same:

    https://www.developershome.com...
    https://www.sierrawireless.com...
    https://www.sparkfun.com/datas...

  4. Re:Uhm, duh on It's Not Technology That's Disrupting Our Jobs (nytimes.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's been happening for centuries:
    A programmable punch card loom replaced the need to have a group of four or more artisans spending weeks making one garment, and where no two were perfectly identical. The punch card operator just needed to make sure that the thread reels never ran out and even that was automated. That led to the Luddites. One that battle was over, looms could be powered by waterwheel power, then steam engines, then by electricity. Punched cards were replaced by electronics and then digital media. It only takes one Photoshop artist and a technician to operate 15 digital looms.

    Automated traffic lights replaced the need for traffic police. Automated elevators replaced the need for elevator operators. Automated telephone exchanges replaced the need for telephone operators.

    We had the Wapping dispute where print workers refused to modernize. They had left it so late to catch up, that by the time the management wanted to introduce new technology, those print shops consisting of copper drums, boilerplate and teams of men adding and removing metal print would be replaced by a commercial laser printer running PostScript and no-one was needed to convert journalist shorthand into metalwork. Their jobs had been vapourized overnight. This was before the internet so they couldn't retrain as web page designers.

    In the 1990's, there was the goal of the "paperless office". By using high resolution large screens, there was less need to print documents out. The other advantage was that they could flatten management structures by going from a 1:3 ratio of directors:managers:supervisors:engineers down to a 1:10 ratio. Those managers either took retirement or moved into the financial industry.

    The next phase is that engineers want to focus on one particular skill or set of skills, while project managers like to push engineers "outside their comfort zone" so that no one person is irreplaceable. That just leads to engineers choosing to be freelancers and contractors so that their duties are tied down in writing and they don't get nudged out of the way as new employees arrive.

  5. It's not just cell phone modems. PCMCIA cards for laptops have the same set of AT commands. Same with satellite modem cards that would allow a PC to connect with the various satellite networks. This makes the development and porting of device driver software easy. You just take a basic functionality driver and add the extras you need like support for SMS, reading cell phone tower/satellite signal strengths, making and ending calls, switching to data mode.

  6. Re:Big Cloud Providers - Not Amazon on Is Amazon Rigging the Bidding For Massive Government Contracts? (vanityfair.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course they could ... they would just sub-contract out the contract to AWS.

  7. Re:Alas, it won't get past the anti-nuke hysterics on America's Energy Department Works With Bill Gates To Test Mini Nuclear Reactors (washingtonexaminer.com) · · Score: 1

    To build a full-size multi-mega-watt nuclear reactor you need insurance cover against potential damage to the surrounding environment should there be an accident, enough concrete to guarantee that a direct hit by a jumbo jet won't cause a nuclear explosion. That alone makes a reactor unprofitable.

  8. Re:Flying cars already exist on Japan Wants To Bring Flying Cars To Its Skies (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    But you need to stop someone from flying their car into the sky, landing into someone elses garden, nicking their property (smartphones, watches) beside a swimming pool and then flying off again. There's enough grief and aggro with tour helicopters flying over other peoples gardens.

  9. You need sleep in order for the body to flush toxins out of the cellular tissues through the lymphatic system and into urine or perspiration. Cells just usually dump their waste products outside their membranes for the body to clean up. If the body can't get rid of these toxins, it wraps them up in lipid layers and stores them in fat cells until they can be removed. Vegetables have enzymes that help break up these toxins. Anything with lots of fatty chemicals will clog up your lymphatic system which in turn causes other problems like infections and a reduced immune system. That's why health clubs usually offer massage services - that's a way of clearing the lymphatic systems.

  10. Like bumble bees. They are not exactly the most aerodynamic shaped compared to birds, wasps or hornets. But since they spend all their travelling between the hive and nectar producing flowers they can refuel while collecting nectar.

    Compare that to a blobfish that just floats above the ocean bottom and just takes a bite at all the detritus that falls from above.

  11. The creative person might claim to have invented a new algorithm which is something the rest of the industry uses. The degree taught person might use the one and only way they were taught all those years ago. Continuous learning is the important thing. New algorithms and methods are always being published.

  12. Re:What could possibly go wrong? on Facebook Wants To Use Machine Learning To Make MRIs Faster · · Score: 1

    Nvidia were using neural networks to help denoise the use of monte-carlo methods to implement global illumination methods in ray-tracing. Normally, the resulting image will look a bit grainy like classic film movies. But using the DNN, they get to keep texture detail while removing the noise.
    They've had similar successes with modelling CFD. Using DNN they were able to get vast speedups while improving accuracy over classic Navier-Stokes equations. That suggests there is some other mathematical model that should be used.

    But with a medical image, what might be considered "noise" pixels could be tiny fragments of metal or glass. Normal reconstruction is done using GPU's or muli-core CPU's.

  13. Re:a cheaper solution on Google Just Put an AI in Charge of Keeping Its Data Centers Cool (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Our cats would seek out the laptop keyboards, behind a desktop PC, on a hot water bottle and any chair that someone had just been sitting on.

  14. Re:Thermostats vs an actual solution on Google Just Put an AI in Charge of Keeping Its Data Centers Cool (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    There are privacy regulations and law that relate to the security of personal data across networks and the location of servers.

  15. Re:apocalypse may be boring on Staff At Gatwick Airport Use Whiteboards After Flight Information Screens Fail (bbc.com) · · Score: 0

    Rocket-ships to Venus will be the solution.

    In the UK, there are what are called "sink estates" where no-one has worked for generations. They live off benefits, and start families in their teen years. The fathers usually die off due to drug addiction or alcoholism.

  16. Re:Can't you just... on Man Sues Over Google's 'Location History' Fiasco, Case Could Affect Millions (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    The M8 and M9 motion processing chips operate even if the phone is switched off.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    "The Apple M7, M8, M9, M10, and M11 coprocessors collect, process, and store sensor data even if the device is asleep, and applications can retrieve data when the device is powered up again. This reduces power draw of the device and saves battery life.[14] In addition to servicing the accelerometer, gyroscope, compass, and in M8 and later coprocessors, barometer, the M9 coprocessor can recognize Siri voice commands from the built in microphones of the device.[15]

    The M-series motion coprocessors are accessible to applications through the Core Motion API introduced in iOS 7, so they do, for example, allow fitness apps that track physical activity and access data from the M processors without constantly engaging the main application processor. They enable applications to be aware of what type of movement the user is experiencing, such as driving, walking, running, or sleeping.[16][17][18] Another application could be the ability to do indoor tracking and mapping.[19] In iOS 10, the motion coprocessor is used to implement raise to wake functionality reducing idle power usage."

  17. Re:Nvidia sleeps well at night. on Nvidia Unveils Powerful New RTX 2070 and 2080 Graphics Cards (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    You can get way lower than that. Some manufacturers of 3D TV's were running promotions and selling 48" screens at $450

  18. Re:Hmmm...I think not. on 'Americans Own Less Stuff, and That's Reason To Be Nervous' (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    If you work abroad, or change rented apartments and homes regularly, then it makes sense to put belongings in storage which can be accessed regardless of where you are, while just keeping belongings you need to be with you to a minimum.

  19. This is the best page I found so far:

    http://www.cruisemapper.com/wi...

    This image has a graph of consumption/speed

    http://www.cruisemapper.com/im...

    Fuel capacity is 3500 to 4000 tones of fuel with about 50/60 gallons to the mile, and 250 tonnes/day.

  20. For cruise liners, the Azipod directional thrusters are electric powered and consume 20 Megawatts each in order to drive the huge bronze propellers.

  21. Re:Turnabout is fair play on Recruiters Are Still Complaining About No-Shows At Interviews (kyma.com) · · Score: 1

    That's what happened in the UK. Back around 2001, at the dot boom crash, Vodaphone closed down one of their large research labs. Recruiters reported that thousands of graduates were firing thousands of jobs at thousands of agencies. The whole market was swamped. Employers were instructed to make it their priority to find work for these graduates, so they "promoted" other engineers into management, who then went back to university, retired or moved into another department). Combine that with offshoring, the increase in international students, and various initiatives, there is now a shortage of "senior engineers".

  22. Re:Black hole job advertisments on Recruiters Are Still Complaining About No-Shows At Interviews (kyma.com) · · Score: 1

    I've had the same problem. It's happening because various individuals have been able to get access to email transactions. I removed my resume from every job board and recruitment agency that sent me search engine results. Then when I sent my resume direct to various companies, within days I'd received a cascade of contacts from Linkedin and on my email accounts from recruiters who suddenly wanted to contact me with jobs in areas I never want to work in. They would claim to have found my resume on a job board.

    One company kept badgering me with their whole team. I'd keep blocking each recruiter that tried to contact me, and someone else would pop up. I'd block them too. Went through the whole team until only the CEO was left. Then he contacted me. I directly confronted him about monitoring my email. Never heard from him again.

    Sometimes, they get triggered by keywords, or even words that contain keywords as substrings. That leads to a lot of pain and argument if it is something you did over 20 years ago and never want to do again.
     

  23. Re:My peers on Recruiters Are Still Complaining About No-Shows At Interviews (kyma.com) · · Score: 1

    Some recruitment companies are actually owned by particular corporations and ecosystems, so they will try and funnel engineers in particular directions - so they will pass you over for that local engineer position, while try and punt you over to that senior position that megacorp or megastartup hasn't been able to fill for years in big city land. A lot of recruiters now seem to have come from second hand stores or pawn shops.

    Smartphones seem to have a problem with sending messages if a draft message has been created and not sent. All subsequent messages that are queued to be sent just get stuck.

  24. Re:The true cost of mining on Nvidia Is Giving Up On the Cryptocurrency Mining Market (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Only because every single bank started printing or even just making handwritten currency notes in order to keep their customers happy due to the high inflation of the economy. Which was being caused by banks printing currency as fast as they could In the end the solution to the hyperinflation was to issue a new standard set of bank notes and stop the banks from printing money.