Isoprenoid

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 21 hours ago

"Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

The Mad Lib type of writing.

"Today I learned that [enter service of company], they [enter bonus service/ product offered]."

It walks, swims and quacks like an ad.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Not sure why you're being downvoted, this is clearly an ad.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Some moron will give you an extra point on your interview

Why would I want to work for a moron?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

27% of 8 hours is approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes. That's about right.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe they didn’t know.

"Maybe they weren't aware of their surroundings while driving a vehicle."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

The vast majority of coding isn’t making something new, it’s using existing patterns and tools and arranging them to fit a specific use case.

I would argue that arranging something to fit a specific use case is making something new.

Ask any designer how difficult it is to get a spec sheet from a client and meet their expectations. We're expecting LLMs to suddenly solve this problem.

Llms may not be able to create a new framework or design pattern

Until they can do this, there is little threat to designers. There will be less grunt work, of course.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

The sad reality is that code is just a form of language, and LLMs are good at learning languages.

This is debatable. LLMs are prediction machines.

What use is prediction when you are trying to code something new?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

Only for a few, and only those who have a gift for it, which Paul claims he had.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

and a bible that says not to have too much sex

I'm not sure what Bible you've read. The ones I've read make no claim to "not have too much sex".

 

I want to build / design an RF amplifier that can boost the signal from an AMT-MW207 kit.

Design goals:

  • Boost the signal a couple of watts
  • AM signal
  • 525 - 1605 kHz baseband range

I've been searching for RF amplifier designs but many of them are too big (10's of Watts), or are hard to implement. It's been difficult trying to find something that can instruct me clearly. I'll have to take into account things like impedances and the like.

I have an electronics background, so if you can only point me towards a book or other resource, even that would be helpful.

I'm going to be checking out 'Experimental Methods in RF Design', hopefully it can point me in the right direction.

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I just finished listening to Iron War by Matt Fitzgerald. I loved the descriptions of the history of the event, the history of each of the racers, and their future after the race. It helped me feel amped for my own exercise sessions. Are there other books like this?

Excluding Matt Fitzgerald's other books, of course.

 

Maria Nattestad just dropped a new introduction to the field of bioinformatics.

Foundation skills for bioinformatics:

  • Python
  • Use the Command Line (e.g. Bash, scripts)
  • Statistics - p-values, multiple hypothesis tests
 

I've used Rosalind in the past to learn about bioinformatics. I solved about 17 of the problems, which is about 6% of the problems on the site.

I think it gave a decent mix of guided learning and letting you figure things out on your own. I would say having some background knowledge in biology and coding would be necessary. It doesn't do a lot of hand holding, but there is some.

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