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- Comment on Traveling Salesman is NP-Hard, yet Uber Eats delivery route optimization algorithms exist 19 hours ago:
Actual difficult instances of TSP are pretty rare, and for something like Uber Eats, it’s fine if your route is 2% worse than the mathematical optimum. Traffic fluctuations probably matter more than having the shortest route.
There are many good heuristics for TSP that might not give you the optimal solution, but that will generally come pretty close. The Wikipedia article probably describes some of these.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 day ago:
Your own damn blog that you host yourself. We don’t like spam here.
- Comment on What is the best take your blood pressure to get the most accurate results? 2 days ago:
At the dr’s office the idea is generally sit down and relax for a few moments, if you have gotten exerted by walking up stairs or whatever. Otherwise there’s not much special. The main difference is they usually have a nurse take your blood pressure with a manual squeeze bulb device, using a stethoscope to listen to your pulse underneath the cuff. This is more accurate than using an automatic pushbutton monitor like most people use at home. The pushbutton monitors work somewhat differently and inherently lose accuracy from that.
I don’t know if it’s possible to take your own blood pressure with the manual gizmo. You might need another person to do it, and they have to know how. It’s not rocket science but it’s more complicated than pressing a button. There are online instructions and youtube vids showing how to do it, I’m sure.
It might be possible to build a fancier machine that does the manual-style measurement automatically, but it would be more expensive than the typical kind.
- Comment on is this something only introverts struggle with? 4 days ago:
Schedule a meeting in a conference room with the one you want to talk to. Just you and the other person.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 days ago:
You will need a fast ship to evade the border patrols. May I suggest the Falcon here. She did the Kessel run in just twelve parsecs.
- Comment on How can I create a Lemmy instance without coding or the use of Ethernet/router wiring? 6 days ago:
Cheap VPS. Look on lowendspirit.com for products and culture about them.
- Comment on What would the USA look like if it had Referrendums/Initiatives on both the Federal and State level? 1 week ago:
Gamed by special interests just like they already are in the states that have them.
- Comment on Could you grind up a loaf of bread back into a flour and make a new loaf of bread? 2 weeks ago:
If the bread is just stale you can restore it by wetting it and heating an oven or microwave.
- Comment on How long before I can sleep on my memory foam mattress? 2 weeks ago:
Yeah thinking back, when we got one here we didn’t literally take it outside, we left it in a room with the door closed and the windows open, so the fumes didn’t get into the rest of the house much. It stopped smelling after a few days.
- Comment on How long before I can sleep on my memory foam mattress? 2 weeks ago:
Leave it outside for 3 days to let the plastic smell dissipate. It will be expanded by then too.
- Comment on Is there a portable swamp cooler with a window hose like air conditioners have? 2 weeks ago:
Swamp coolers increase humidity not decrease it. You put water into them and the vapor goes into the air. AC is the opposite, it condenses water from the air and that’s why the drip tube is there.
- Comment on What vacuum should I buy for 66% carpets in 140sqft condo? Sub $500 2 weeks ago:
I got a used Dirt Devil MVP and it’s fine. Don’t overthink it. But, I prefer bagged over bagless vacs because of less dust and dirt exposure when emptying them.
- Comment on am i insane? 2 weeks ago:
Yeah see the doc, preferably one who works with people your age since this does sound like a somewhat amplified version of normal 18yo mood swings. The upswing sounds like so-called hypomania which is less intense and less dangerous than full-on mania (where you go mostly bonkers, spend all your money, and otherwise mess up your life). You may be able to work out behavioral coping strategies rather than suppressing it with drugs. But, again, see your MD, don’t listen to much to us Internet randos.
- Comment on Why do news articles and such call the governments of countries/groups of countries after the capital? 4 weeks ago:
It’s a type of figue of speech, called a metonym.
- Comment on Why are Maries Sues hated while Gary Stus are loved? 5 weeks ago:
As another example, think of the hate Wesley Crusher still gets decades after TNG. I dunno how Wil Wheaton deals with it.
- Comment on Why is a two-party system considered democratic? 5 weeks ago:
Yes for some theory about this, see:
- Comment on Multilingual people all must have experienced YouTube's f**kery with auto translation. Still no workaround? 5 weeks ago:
You can turn off captions, I thought. Uploaders can supply their own caption tracks if they want. Otherwise auto generated ones are available. They aren’t great but they can help.
- Comment on what is psychological definition of an ideal or good family? 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Why are Maries Sues hated while Gary Stus are loved? 5 weeks ago:
Yeah that sounds about right. It has its own fandom separate from the main HP fic fandom. So the posters aren’t always looking for the same things.
- Comment on Why are Maries Sues hated while Gary Stus are loved? 5 weeks ago:
Here’s a SIXTY THOUSAND WORD NEGATIVE REVIEW railing that much about how terrible a certain Gary Stu fanfic (HPMOR). I mean it’s insane. Lots of people don’t like HPMOR and even its admirers know it has errors and lots of cringy parts. The reviewer instead goes through the whole fic sentence by sentence finding things to complain about. Most of the complaints are correct but trivial, adding up to “so what?”.
Anyway it wouldn’t occur to me that Gary Stu is automatically loved. Lots of people hate HPMOR, I mean really hate it, but most do the sensible thing and stop reading after a few chapters, or maybe even read it all and then say “wow, that sucked” and go on to something else. So there.
- Comment on .world censorship? 5 weeks ago:
Turn it off completely. I opened a thread about it a while back when I tried to recommend WGM Jennifer Shahade’s book “Chess Bi tch” and both the title and link got censored. Not good. We aren’t kids here and if something needs removal, leave it to human mods and reports.
- Comment on Can Christians, Muslims or Jews worship or pray to pagan gods? 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on How do you think smartphone manufacturers will comply with EU's replaceable battery regulation? 1 month ago:
It sounds like the regulation is weak enough that the manufacturers won’t have to do much. I have to say batteries or chargers have gotten better. Batteries used to fail all the time, but they last much longer now. So people are less bothered.
- Comment on Are there any non capitalistic technology companies still around? 1 month ago:
When was the last time you saw a company managed by adults? That sounded like the issue in the original post
- Comment on Are there any non capitalistic technology companies still around? 1 month ago:
You don’t’t hide it from the group. You avoid embarrassing management in front of others.
- Comment on Are there any non capitalistic technology companies still around? 1 month ago:
No really, if you have 1 on 1s with your manager, that’s the right setting.
- Comment on Are there any non capitalistic technology companies still around? 1 month ago:
Generally in almost any setting, uncomfortable questions should only be asked in private.
- Comment on Is there a less stinky way to cook broccoli? 1 month ago:
Generally put 1 cup of water into the instant pot to let it make some steam pressure. I usuall put the broccoli on the little wire platform but putting it the water should be fine. Older models let you set the timer to 0 minutes which is fine too. Unless the stems are pretty thick, by the time the pot comes up to full pressure it’s ok to stop. Also, use the steam release button to let the steam out as soon as it’s time, so the broccoli doesn’t overcook.
- Comment on Is there a less stinky way to cook broccoli? 1 month ago:
I’ve never noticed a bad smell, but instant pot for 1 minute high pressure is quickest way to cook.
- Comment on Will LibreWolf be affected by Firefox's new Terms of Service? 1 month ago:
That is interesting. I wonder if it applies to the Debian package, which debian.org presumably compiles.