robryk @robryk@qoto.org
I enjoy things around information theory (and data compression), complexity theory (and cryptography), read hard scifi, currently work on weird ML (we'll see how it goes), am somewhat literal minded and have approximate knowledge of random things. I like when statements have truth values, and when things can be described simply (which is not exactly the same as shortly) and yet have interesting properties.
I live in the largest city of Switzerland (and yet have cow and sheep pastures and a swimmable lake within a few hundred meters of my place :)). I speak Polish, English, German, and can understand simple Swiss German and French.
If in doubt, please err on the side of being direct with me. I very much appreciate when people tell me that I'm being inaccurate. I think that satisfying people's curiosity is the most important thing I could be doing (and usually enjoy doing it). I am normally terse in my writing and would appreciate requests to verbosify.
I appreciate it if my grammar or style is corrected (in any of the languages I use here).
Joined Nov 2020
In a way SBB is partially powered by hydro powerplants that can't be used for anything else: SBB has its own 16.7Hz grid because this is the train supply frequency. It's powered partially by sbb's hydro plants, partially by frequency converters (mostly rotating ones) from the grid, and has some amount of pumped storage. Alas, this update is about power bought from the grid, so it's exactly as you're saying.
Science museum is nice (and when you have questions they search for a staff member who can answer then and sometimes you end up puzzling things out together).
Novelty Automation is a small arcade with largely social commentary games by Tim Hunkin.
@whitequark would your headmate perhaps be willing and able to give a pointer to a reasonable point to start reading about this?
@aeva yeah, the spectrum is pretty nice. It's easier to validate that with a diffraction grating (e.g. a CD).
@jzillw I can't decipher worm color
I enjoy things around information theory (and data compression), complexity theory (and cryptography), read hard scifi, currently work on weird ML (we'll see how it goes), am somewhat literal minded and have approximate knowledge of random things. I like when statements have truth values, and when things can be described simply (which is not exactly the same as shortly) and yet have interesting properties.
I live in the largest city of Switzerland (and yet have cow and sheep pastures and a swimmable lake within a few hundred meters of my place :)). I speak Polish, English, German, and can understand simple Swiss German and French.
If in doubt, please err on the side of being direct with me. I very much appreciate when people tell me that I'm being inaccurate. I think that satisfying people's curiosity is the most important thing I could be doing (and usually enjoy doing it). I am normally terse in my writing and would appreciate requests to verbosify.
I appreciate it if my grammar or style is corrected (in any of the languages I use here).
Joined Nov 2020
