2026-08-25T09:57:01Z https://nostr.ae Tobin Baker https://nostr.ae/npub13dfyzfws9z2c3vmen5457mxql6dufu4xe2exwzfaxvqyg98x0hesrfedas https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqfj2da4keu6wdrwyyr2e99pxrsvgfmztlgf79w5nq7tk2marzujszyz94ysf96q5ftz9n0xwjknmvcrlfh38j5m9tyecf85esq3q5ue7lxpmr4ap In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy74njltg7cmwj6rd5kw2wmgekr4wkhfqv5me2y9fjmd2nn4dc76stlum8e'>nevent1q…um8e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the CDC&#39;s initial anti-masking guidance and subsequent reversal (within a couple weeks) was definitely not based on new scientific evidence coming to light 2026-07-31T00:34:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst9svrcpt6resyg5367u2m7leuqtl22jm2z2nqu7ufst82kzfj2fszyz94ysf96q5ftz9n0xwjknmvcrlfh38j5m9tyecf85esq3q5ue7lxm7d67d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyteygr6pesrtyd5e7vptg92puldepnz2q34vx6kt63ure4p5jxqs0yfm0y'>nevent1q…fm0y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the precise relationship between abstract &#34;observable&#34; operator eigenstates/eigenvalues and actual lab measurements still baffles me 2026-06-12T23:56:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfl0cjd9hyepqzj0p342c24v3l7lc2edl8fmjlueag9djy5ju0jmgzyz94ysf96q5ftz9n0xwjknmvcrlfh38j5m9tyecf85esq3q5ue7lx7yd9z4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfjs0f2l053cf8m8cq4lclscpexnnv5hppf9c4q8nh924vrxusgwgp7y9qr'>nevent1q…y9qr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>really dumb question: presumably measuring a neutrino&#39;s mass (however that is done) collapses it into a mass eigenstate (with measured mass as the eigenvalue), but what collapses a neutrino into a flavor eigenstate? i.e., how is flavor &#34;measured&#34; (and what does the eigenvalue mean operationally)? 2026-06-12T19:55:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxfds8dc5rhhx5lhadv8zp2j0zhpn7ctvf0w6ehu8vx07gwqccc6szyz94ysf96q5ftz9n0xwjknmvcrlfh38j5m9tyecf85esq3q5ue7lxxddjkn I really love designing tabulation machines here at IBM. Such cool technology. I&#39;m not really exposed to the sales side but hear there&#39;s a lot of demand from Europe, Germany maybe? Anyway, super-fun technology to work on. 2026-01-29T22:57:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswyfthpvjxulmlu70jez2qjfh4h6k3pgedxawczwsvqkx2j54z9fczyz94ysf96q5ftz9n0xwjknmvcrlfh38j5m9tyecf85esq3q5ue7lxpudyxt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz6xcd777a526d43nnl2la04r5f8q2rjk63nssw66pkep734cs33scu4lh3'>nevent1q…4lh3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>well he did protest the Obama admin&#39;s droning of a US citizen back in the day, and has called these &#34;extrajudicial killings&#34; and faulted them for lack of due process.<br/><br/><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/202275/rand-paul-donald-trump-caribbean-strikes-extrajudicial-killings">https://newrepublic.com/post/202275/rand-paul-donald-trump-caribbean-strikes-extrajudicial-killings</a> 2025-10-27T21:06:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswxhvzh775mnk5gkag58trst99ady9d329s0x05f2hrysxjt8ughqzyz94ysf96q5ftz9n0xwjknmvcrlfh38j5m9tyecf85esq3q5ue7lxlygl3d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxj7tkwm9g99488czk6hwdvtepup9ypct9k3k6r7wgank2fsn7d9q7tx0ej'>nevent1q…x0ej</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>unfortunately Rand Paul is an extreme outlier among the GOP (always has been a principled noninterventionist), so his response doesn&#39;t tell you much about the general &#34;conservative&#34; attitude to these extrajudicial killings. 2025-10-27T18:10:28Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy3v5m8gd2v6n7ze7p39n2urakl6pj3kwg4zrnxh3kzmtnmkxwv2gzyz94ysf96q5ftz9n0xwjknmvcrlfh38j5m9tyecf85esq3q5ue7lx23ge3v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxm8kdk85jlkt3se200pnvtu7965hm8dhu3463d4p5kru7ljpjxxcrhgm2s'>nevent1q…gm2s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>if this is subtooting the bombing, why do you think Harris would have acted any differently? 2025-06-22T04:06:00Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrptx6agtex6vv2hyjzkn72m85hx3wkkkyrhccfrv99jr75kgwpngzyz94ysf96q5ftz9n0xwjknmvcrlfh38j5m9tyecf85esq3q5ue7lx2dy0c2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsysytlr3rnnqvanjg4rzjnku2442xpd8cz4ccj6urjzgjp457xwvqdm75hd'>nevent1q…75hd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>granted, the intuition I&#39;m referring to is from 25+ years ago when I was learning diff geo, and I might well approach it differently if I were learning it now. 2025-04-14T20:42:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdjpsv9xhpv50sw4mvj3sydrxskphr9eekeajgumfj6mszkhayjcszyz94ysf96q5ftz9n0xwjknmvcrlfh38j5m9tyecf85esq3q5ue7lxxwu8qk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspt6v69fgwpyrymk3nq9p3smyjhxmm5rgqf4d2l9chw692pqaqwgcqde0uf'>nevent1q…e0uf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It may be less elegant than derivations but I find the equivalence class definition useful for building intuition for e.g. pushforwards of tangent vectors: I just imagine a representative curve through the source point mapped to another representative curve through the target point. 2025-04-14T17:46:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9e9plgqzc5fnnxlgccqj9vjwn3wq64exryad0meahmwsy2f7urtszyz94ysf96q5ftz9n0xwjknmvcrlfh38j5m9tyecf85esq3q5ue7lxxurnxx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszk984q7gu3s9snrqsrg5mrdswayz47aejp5ygy6uzqfr4rhc2lfqaqgh30'>nevent1q…gh30</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We need a general strike, but that seems like an impossible collective action problem. I suspect a general strike against just the big tech companies would be enough to get the oligarchs’ attention. 2025-02-10T02:10:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqhn6ldtg035v7rdj0yylhq9lmz3crhwm595980vg6rp5yqm7uwgczyz94ysf96q5ftz9n0xwjknmvcrlfh38j5m9tyecf85esq3q5ue7lxaxq6cd only now appreciating this wisdom<br/><br/><a href="https://www.yosefk.com/blog/profiling-with-ctrl-c.html">https://www.yosefk.com/blog/profiling-with-ctrl-c.html</a><br/> <img src="https://fd.discuss.systems/media_attachments/files/113/014/505/286/825/722/original/ef0ff742ffc46bc1.png"> <br/> 2024-08-24T01:55:07Z