Interesting that the fire in the fireplace seemed to have no effect. This post gives a pessimistic estimate of 25,000 (pm2.5 I believe) in worst possible conditions and 2-3 orders of magnitude better (25-250?) under ideal conditions. Interesting that you found essentially no effect. Maybe good conditions/a flue with good draw reduces it to essentially zero?
It seems like your measurements for the candles match theirs as well "a spike to around 50-200 with particles hang in the air for 3-5 hours". Obviously, an airtight lid (as they suggest) is not possible for Hanukkah candles (or the matches themselves), but I would be curious to see how running them under water or using... (read more)
I think I misspoke slightly here. I have the MK III and it appears to be the MK II that is available as a kit. Not sure what the differences are.
I’ve experimented quite a bit with piezos on percussion. The only thing I’ve found remotely decent was the Zeppelin Design Labs Cortado MK II. I’ve used it with a LP Laptop Conga (attached with blue tack). If you slide your hands at all you get a lot of whooshy white noise, and you can get noise from jostling the cable, but otherwise it sounds pretty much like a normal microphone minus any room ambiance. Apparently they also use them under basketball courts for TV broadcasts.
It’s a bit on the expensive side but they have a much cheaper DIY kit version if you are at all handy with electronics. It does require phantom power.
As the EA Forum answer notes, I am late to the party on this one...
I see that there has already been some discussion of Scott's post here where xarkn argues that it enforces division and tribal warfare.
Scott Aaronson makes the argument that an Orthodox vs Reform analogy works for AI Alignment. I don't think I've really heard it framed this way before. He gives his takes on the beliefs of each group and there's a lot of discussion in the comments around that, but what's more interesting to me is thinking about what the benefits and risks of framing it this way might be.
Perhaps the reform option gives people a way to take the arguments seriously without feeling like they are aligning themselves with something too radical. If your beliefs tend reformist, you probably like differentiating yourself from those with more radical-sounding beliefs. If your beliefs are more... (read more)
I came here to say separate blankets too. Employed this approach not 2 weeks ago with 5 and 8 y-o. Eventually 8 y-o decided he wanted to sleep on the floor, which worked out great as well with a folded up bed spread under him. With their lighter bodies, kids need a lot less padding under them than us adults - thought you might have to sell them on the idea a bit. We’ve built cozy nests in an open closet before as well, too good effect.
I also get an error for boston-effective-altruists. "Content unavailable Click here to try again." Perhaps a box needs to be checked to make it publicly available?
Yes. I heard back from them this morning and they recommended contacting the orgs who are doing the trials directly. I googled and called a couple and they both said they are closed to adults now. Only enrolling children and adolescents. I imagine it's a lot easier to sign up adults for this type of thing...
Huh, I called this morning and the guy I spoke to said it isn't Pfizer doing the trial. They said I had to call the other (Austrian?) number on the page, or email info@valneva.com. I did the latter.
Does anyone know how/when the $3500 get returned if he doesn't win? Is it automatic through ActBlue? I'd like to set myself a reminder to follow up.