Mark Mennell
@mark_mennell
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Official photo of Sony's Linux Kit released for the PlayStation 2 in 2002.
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While still an extremely low possibility, asteroid 2024 YR4's impact probability with Earth has increased from about 1% to a 2.3% chance on Dec. 22, 2032. As we observe the asteroid more, the impact probability will become better known. More: https://t.co/VWiASTMBDi
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As far as I am concerned the mask 'debate' is over. They work.
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Nature Medicine - A study of 246 individuals with seasonal respiratory virus infections randomized to wear or not wear a surgical face mask showed that masks can significantly reduce detection of...
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Shape-shifting octopus sighted in deep waters in the Pacific
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Help fight #coronavirus using your spare CPU and GPU cycles by joining @foldingathome.. (hopefully I'm not mining somone else's bitcoin)
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#COVID19 can end globalization as we know it. Long supply chains--especially those dependent on an unstable #China--no longer make sense. Goods should be made close to consumers. See: https://t.co/YlKpPsOemN.
#CoronavirusOutbreak #ProximityManufacturing @TheNatlInterest
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I 'm not dramatic person, but odd numbers are growing on me... #amithebaddie #darkside (I still love you even numbers ❤️)
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For many, when they think of black holes they think of' Interstellar'.
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Kip Thorne looks into the black hole he helped create and thinks, “Why, of course. That's what it would do.” This particular black hole is a simulation of unprecedented accuracy. It appears to spin...
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"We call on the Government of #Zimbabwe to find ways of engaging with the population about their legitimate grievances and to stop the crackdown against protesters" - @UNHumanRights spokesperson.
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"Is it possible that we are mistaken all this time in supposing electrons are particles, and that actually they are waves?"--Nobel Laureate Clinton Davisson, pioneer of the quantum double slit experiment, born OTD 1881.
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Given that neural networks run well with sloppy <= 8 bit precision, I wonder what kind of analog or optical computational arrangements could outperform digital hardware.
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