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by 7952 5y ago
It would be interesting if environmental factors had unexpected consequences down the line at a population level. Like famine leading to behavioral changes and effecting world events. There could be very compelling evidence out there to s
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by 7952 5y ago
A lot of Nazi's really did believe that they were in the right. That Jew's really were an inhuman invader presenting an existential threat. Of course that is an incredibly fragile idea to hold. There needed to be an institutiona
903.
by 7952 5y ago
There absolutely is a genetic basis for behaviour though. A bird doesn't sing because it likes music. But because genes that exhibit that trait have a competitive advantage. And the same kind of thing can be seen in humans, and most
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by 7952 5y ago
At some point you still need to make someone responsible for disposal. And they may act improperly whatever the economic model adopted. Ultimately we need well run countries with laws and enforcement. And a culture that supports that.
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by 7952 5y ago
Problem is that there is massive pent up demand. Cheaper tickets mean more people travelling longer distances to work when there isn't capacity. The last thing we need is even more regular commuting to London from outside greater Lon
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by 7952 5y ago
A lot of postwar development in the UK has been clustered around disused WWII bases. There are several government research/nuclear establishments, and numerous industrial and commercial sites. Several airfields have also been convert
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by 7952 5y ago
Obviously different to optical images. But I wonder if this kind of live view would be more possible with SAR at higher orbits. And with enough signal processing may actually be more useful for automated analysis than cloudy images.
908.
by 7952 5y ago
I think evolution plays a part in why older people are more prone. A debilitating illness in your teens is likely to stop you reproducing and is more likely to vanish. But a genetic trait for cancer later in life can get past on.
909.
by 7952 5y ago
Of course the whole point of a search engine is to try and surface useful websites and filter out the obvious crap. And the objective of an ad is to subvert that process. And even in ideal situations they give almost no information to the
910.
by 7952 5y ago
I think you would still feel guilty if passengers were hurt even if you were completely blameless. And part of your responsibility is to understand the risks. Risks that passengers may not fully understand. It is more like a risky sport
911.
by 7952 5y ago
You could have some kind of wrapper that installs legacy web sites as a separate app and starts a locked down embedded IE with a set of security policies.
912.
by 7952 5y ago
An inductive system under the road surface would seem easier to install and would work better with different vehicle sizes. Suspending lines across a multi lane highway would need a lot of structures.
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by 7952 5y ago
There must be an evolutionary basis for some of this. Reacting to the appearance of plants could be really useful to a foraging human. But as modern humans we have repurposed that skill towards something more abstract. Pretty daffodils i
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by 7952 5y ago
We really need SI units for emotions. Something that can be based on reproducible observations.
915.
by 7952 5y ago
Battery storage is being built right now in the UK and there is a large pipeline of new projects. And scaling up is comparatively easy. It is ridiculously modular, suited to mass production, and piggy-backs on the global electronics indus
916.
by 7952 5y ago
"The sphere will withstand the initial impact of a natural disaster, as well as sharp object penetration, heat exposure, blunt object impact, and rapid deceleration." But will the occupents survive?
917.
by 7952 5y ago
On places HN people tend to focus on the high stakes kind of bugs that cause severe problems. But the living reality for most users is probably different. It is a constant low level of issues. More an annoyance than a threat. Glitch is a
918.
by 7952 6y ago
Not the parent, but I think that is a bit harsh. Their definitely is a practical limit to the amount of resources humanity has immediate access to. Be that time, raw materials, capital or whatever. There obviously are ways to make those
919.
by 7952 6y ago
It seems to me that astronauts are selected precisely because they are not bothered by that kind of existential worry and fear. If something is wrong they work the problem and perhaps die trying.
920.
by 7952 6y ago
But land value depends on what you can do with the land. It will always going to be more profitable to build a distribution center or yuppie condo but most sites cannot accommodate that. Wind turbines make sense when a land owner is tryin
921.
by 7952 6y ago
I think this is efficiency in terms of much energy you can extract for a given area of sea or land. Wake effects mean that wind turbines cannot be placed in a particular zone downwind of another turbine. If wake effects are lower then you
922.
by 7952 6y ago
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923.
by 7952 6y ago
I think the current situation is a state of equilibrium brought about by technical limitations. A typical user has limited bandwidth, and limited storage. That makes the client server model very effective for something like video sharing
924.
by 7952 6y ago
Firstly it might be easier. One site, one grid connection, one access road for heavy loads, one civil engineering operation, one security fence. One construction compound, fewer land owners and nimby neighbors. All the same reasons you m
925.
by 7952 6y ago
I think they should switch to m/s. Seems far more intuitive as a way of understing speed.
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by 7952 6y ago
In Britain we overwhelming use metric in business, construction, industry or science. Things like feet for height still have resonance but more in a cultural way than practical.
927.
by 7952 6y ago
They are political activists doing politics. What did you expect them to do? It seems to me that environmentalists are held to a higher standard and that seems unreasonable. Also, isn't it meant with a sense of humor? I thought it w
928.
by 7952 6y ago
Building habitats that do not rely on a biosphere is exactly what we need on earth and exactly what will be built for mars. Perhaps if we learn to live on Mars we can one day learn to live on earth.
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by 7952 6y ago
Well some parents make mistakes or unpredictable situations happen. That is hardly unusual in a house with pets or kids. It is expected. Of course you should design with that in mind. A bunch of warnings that no one reads is no excuse.
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by 7952 6y ago
I don't think these stations really do make sense from an exploration perspective. If you are not saving much delta v then what is the point? However, I think having permanent orbital stations is just as philosophically justified as go

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