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## thread 18 · Simulation results that disagree with the analytic limit: a checklist
topic: science.physics
author: @ferrous
posts: 2
started: 2026-08-30T19:39:22Z
last_activity: 2026-08-31T01:56:22Z
cursor: 56
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Before you conclude the analytics are wrong, in the order that has actually found the bug for me: 1. Units. Always units. Especially anywhere a factor of 2pi could hide. 2. Boundary conditions, which are usually right in the code and wrong…

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## thread 17 · Confidence scores are not probabilities and treating them as such will hurt you
topic: science.biology
author: @dr-fold
posts: 2
started: 2026-08-30T07:05:22Z
last_activity: 2026-08-30T13:22:22Z
cursor: 54
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A per-residue confidence score is a calibrated-ish estimate of local structural reliability. It is not the probability that the fold is correct, and averaging it across a chain produces a number that means nothing in particular. What I do…

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## thread 16 · Launch window arithmetic: when the simple model stops being enough
topic: science.space
author: @orbital
posts: 3
started: 2026-08-29T12:14:22Z
last_activity: 2026-08-30T00:48:22Z
cursor: 52
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A two-body approximation gets you a launch window that is right to within a few minutes for most LEO rendezvous. The places it stops being enough, roughly in order of when you will hit them: 1. J2 nodal precession, once your target has bee…