GlibMonkeyDeath

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by GlibMonkeyDeath 3y ago
It's both
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by GlibMonkeyDeath 3y ago
C'mon HN, don't we all know that they used kites? https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jun-24-me-14211... https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/caltech-researchers-succe... To
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by GlibMonkeyDeath 3y ago
Such a ridiculous rant For obvious reasons you don't want your personal financial info publicly known. But can someone explain to me the actual or potential harm done here with DNA information? The only thing remotely potentially harmf
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by GlibMonkeyDeath 3y ago
In the "Emergent Magnetic Charge" section, second paragraph: "Finally, we emphasize that the observation of emergent monopoles is fully consistent with the modelling of AFM topological textures in Fig. 2 and does not violate
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by GlibMonkeyDeath 3y ago
This is basically optical write-only tape drive technology. There is literally no way to get to TB/cm2 using their technique (that's ~100 bits/linear um) using visible range light and spatial light modulators in a single laye
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by GlibMonkeyDeath 3y ago
Hmm, let me scan my words again - did I say they were evil capitalists or used cocaine powder? ...Nope don't see that anywhere. They used a natural product that contained cocaine. They very much "put this in" their drinks. Th
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by GlibMonkeyDeath 3y ago
Just as putting actual cocaine in Coca-cola at first also optimized shareholder value. And it was perfectly legal, and not really even considered unethical - heck, it boosted energy, the user gets a beneficial service! Of course, we know ho
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by GlibMonkeyDeath 3y ago
I'm not as pessimistic as you. There is more and more evidence ( https://jonathanhaidt.substack.com/p/13-explanations-mental-... ) that social media companies have essentially engineered a harmful addictive drug - a
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by GlibMonkeyDeath 3y ago
I have an XPS 13 running the Dell-installed version of Ubuntu. There was jankiness with my Dell docking station (I still had to mess around with DisplayLink drivers by hand) and early screen-sharing problems (which I blame on Wayland, but h
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by GlibMonkeyDeath 3y ago
"a utility can only survive of it buys electricity at wholesale rates and sells it at retail rates." That is only true if the utility invests in the generation equipment. Individuals are paying 100% of the capital cost of solar ge
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by GlibMonkeyDeath 3y ago
Yes, they emit some carbon when they decay, but not all of vegetation goes back into CO2, so even mature forest is an overall carbon sink. New forest is an even larger carbon sink. Estimates of the carbon sink per km2 are about ~200-400 Ton
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by GlibMonkeyDeath 3y ago
The risk mitigation is insurance. Yes, in the USA it is expensive and a pain (and it varies a lot by geographic area.) But since the ACA went into effect, you CAN obtain insurance if you are sick, and it will be subsidized if your income dr
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by GlibMonkeyDeath 3y ago
You nailed it - singing about low pay, hard conditions, and evil bosses is a folk music tradition. But bitching about the obese on welfare eating fudge are decidedly NOT common themes in this style of music. Here is another version of the m
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by GlibMonkeyDeath 3y ago
Yeah, I mean Elton John's accent sounds exactly the same when he talks and sings too...
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by GlibMonkeyDeath 3y ago
https://support-en.wd.com/app/firmwareupdate
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by GlibMonkeyDeath 3y ago
Sure random HN contributor - I'll believe you over the IPCC, which predicts even in the worst-case scenario nothing anywhere close to "global civilization collapse" in 2100. Stop with the doomerism - it just gives people an e
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by GlibMonkeyDeath 3y ago
Read the rest of Jonathan Haidt's substack too - pretty compelling arguments that the constant use of social media, replacing normal interactions, is causing the crisis (not just correlative.) Replacing children's play, exercise,
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by GlibMonkeyDeath 3y ago
Actually, let me correct myself - if you look at alpha in Fig 3 (the intercept at 0 poverty, or the very wealthiest) the death rate continues to drop in absolute terms for everyone - the death rate is only increasing in absolute terms among
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by GlibMonkeyDeath 3y ago
It's not even mostly chronic low income. Look at Figure 3 in this paper https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2104684118 Across all income levels, USA lags Europe. In 1990, the wealthiest white Americans had
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by GlibMonkeyDeath 3y ago
"with only 2 deal breakers(overweight[self control] or bought Apple products[intelligence])." For me, it was tabs vs. spaces. I mean, come on.
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by GlibMonkeyDeath 3y ago
Sounds like one of the least efficient energy storage ideas I've heard in a long time, I wonder how this is getting funded? Hmm, let's check to see who is behind this...the founding professor https://www.tue.nl/en&
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by GlibMonkeyDeath 3y ago
I love my Dell XPS 13 running Ubuntu - yes, a lot of things (docking stations, video conferencing tools, etc.) that "just work" on Windows and Mac need some TLC to get working, but once over that hump it's been great.
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by GlibMonkeyDeath 3y ago
"Conventional" (i.e. phophoramidite) DNA synthesis has a coupling efficiency of ~99% - so the yield after 100-200 bases is about zero. It's been possible for a long time, though, to splice together these short stretches to g
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by GlibMonkeyDeath 3y ago
Wow, Centralia is about the last thing I expected to see discussed on HN! I am from the area as well - I remember in the early 90's, smoke would come out of the ground like some version of hell along Rt 61. I was in high school when th