Month: October 2024

Do lossless copies of the images from this group exist, for study, algorithm development?

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1278689162297491 – Solar Photography group on Facebook Valter Schemmari Do lossless copies of the images from this group exist, for study, algorithm development? These are jpg (lossy) here and I do not want to waste any time playing with encoded and lossy data. Any suggestions? Where there are videos, likewise. I do not have any
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My brother broke his neck at C2

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1032137652031543 My brother broke his neck at C2 and was completely paralyzed on respirator. Before him, my cousin broke his back and he could use his hands but not his legs I think is hands were not really functional. I tried to forget. Then a woman who translated a book for me, her new husband
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I did that so many times. But when I was young, the cameras weighed 300 pound,

https://x.com/RichardKCollin2/status/1844387574514606178 https://www.facebook.com/reel/1320813268885181 I did that so many times. But when I was young, the cameras weighed 300 pound, black and white and no recording or sharing. My uncle had a 35 mm camera but never let anyone use it. Because it was too expensive kids were not allowed, and the film took a long to
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When I have time, I simply work with the data from lossless sensors

https://x.com/RichardKCollin2/status/1844364999051051492 https://www.facebook.com/reel/1041287977274214 When I have time, I simply work with the data from lossless sensors and refuse to waste time on publication (lack of quality) pictures and (too trivial) “words about” things where most people never even try to work with the raw data. Because the raw data is all there is, the rest is
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I stumbled into a familiar but alien world.

https://x.com/RichardKCollin2/status/1844360449782874283 https://www.facebook.com/reel/899117728232649 I stumbled into a familiar but alien world. When I was little, my Dad and I would work on engines often. Then we went separate ways. I can still smell the oil, and even taste it. But this video, all I care about is “What is the weight of the engine?” What power,
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That population decrease for Africa, and perhaps other countries, was reasoned, informed and deliberate.

https://x.com/aeberman12/status/1843693670723457379 That population decrease for Africa, and perhaps other countries, was reasoned, informed and deliberate. Art, That drop for Africa from 1980 was a deliberate policy of the countries and international development community. I worked at Georgetown University Center for Population Research (1980, 1981, 1982) with USAID Africa Bureau to make 50 year population projections
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Talking to GPT about nuclear structure, my life and work, Internet Foundation, global conflicts

Part of  Richard Collins chat with chatGPT – atomic nuclear  forces, gravitation, Internet Foundation, life work, hopes possibilities, War. 9 Oct 2024 The chat was so large it exceeded the memory of WordPress and of ChatGPT I am just trying to save fragments You said: Now if we were writing computer programs or writing mathematical
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Global sharing has more impact than uranium, bombs or reactors

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1716737779166404 My Comment: Global sharing has more impact than uranium, bombs or reactors Changing global “education” to “global learning and sharing” on the Internet for all humans has more impact on human species survival than any amount of bombs or fuels. There are laser, beam and field methods now that can do it to 100%.
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