That reminds me of an NPR piece [0] discussing how a worrying number of people seem to be getting wrong/illegal tax-advice from "influencers" on TikTok etc. I'm sure a similar thing with insurance fraud either has happened or will happen eventually.
I just recently went through this nonsense sand that was just getting my money back after canceling on day 3 of their 7 day trial. it had been years since I last used photoshop, so I wanted to see what they had don on the generative side.their tactics from the perspective of someone in the maze is unflattering to say the least. they deserve this
Fundamentally, that's why you love HN. It's why I do, and anyone else does too. Even if you don't understand something, you are drawn to try, and that itself is a hallmark of intelligence. We come here repeatedly because it stays interesting, because it is always something new.
While interesting, this would almost be more interesting if it was discussing some of the other applications I a think of, such as photovoltaic cells. By converting IR light to visible light, they should be able to improve the efficiency of silicon-based PV cells.
Another application I can think of would be for greenhouses. By converting IR light to visible light, you can increase the amount of useful light for plants (and animals), increasing the photosynthesis (PAR) and plant growth. Mars comes to mind. Surely there would need to be a lot of refinement, but if it can increase useable light 2x, assuming the usable light increase occurs mostly 2 hours before dawn and 2 hours after dusk and dawn, and 2 hours after, for a 12 hour day, that's a 33% boost in efficiency. Half that to be conservative and ~15% is no joke, either
I’m not sure how I would measure this, but it doesn’t match my experience.
I have a Gen 3 WP PVS-14 that I use quite a bit. There is sufficient IR light outdoors pretty much all the time to see quite clearly with it, even with a new moon. The only time it’s difficult to use passively is if it’s extremely overcast. Even then, the tiny, weak IR LED on the device itself is enough to reach out to 50 yards or so.
A giant space film at the Lagrange point that upconverts (and down converts?) to only the photons that plants crave. Global warming and sunburns gone! Pollinators that see uv are done for, but we are going to kill them by accident anyway.
Edit: Also, put it in the windows of cars and houses and get rid of all the street lights so we can see stars again!
A guy I know used to get music from me because he knew I had quite a large collection. I asked him why he was going through me when he could just download it himself, and he said, "I can't turn it up on my stereo without it getting all staticky." He had a car stereo worth more than some people's homes. The key difference between my collection and the collections he was referring to that sounded so staticky was that mine was archival, constantly maintained quality, and his was Napster 56kbps-128. And that is why torrents inflicted a lot of damage to a previously somewhat high-quality only scene. From that point on, it was like wading through a Goodwill bargain bin. Thankfully, it has rebounded in the time since.
Why would Russia be concerned about a contract? Reminds me of a story on something like Unsolved Mysteries....lady had her husband killed because she was a christian, and thus, didn't believe in getting a divorce, and wanted to be with another man (his best friend.) And his friend went through with it...
Why should I have to pay money to a avoid incuring an incurable disease?
I can understand, possibly, possibly, fronting the cost. But, only while they sort out the details with the installers. The first contaminant to make it through on a federally recognized level...9 billion dollars in funding. Holy shit. And this is just getting started.
That's in addition to the up to 12.5 billion that 3M has agreed to pay directly to water providers through 2036. I didn't know there was a tort case, either. It finished last year.
33.5 billion dollars. I can't wrap my head around this. Seems like a significant amount for an equally significant problem that most people have never heard about.
And this is likely not nearly enough. This is shaping up to be a 100 billion dollar public health crisis / 3M offset.
Surely, I am missing several more broad funding allotments, this is just just getting started.
When I can't understand the scale of something, I tend to look at the size of the response. It's not perfect, but it's a start
> Given the US population of just over 333 million, its a but over $100 per person.
That's true but not everyone lives in their own complex.
A family of 3 will benefit from 1 installation.
An apartment complex with 500 people could benefit from 1 installation assuming the benefit comes from something installed at the base of the unit and then applies to all inner-building plumbing.
Warning: Insurance is not going to pay if YOU burn down your home /// even a little bit ///!!!