JosephK

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by JosephK 10mo ago
>Calculus is an important part of the intellectual tradition handed down to us by the Ancient Greeks. No it isn't? It was discovered by Newton and Leibnitz. If they're talking about Archimedes and integrals, I seem to recall hi
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by JosephK 2y ago
It's less about population size, and more about ecological footprint of the population. Per capita, rich nations and rich populations within developing nations are the ones having the biggest ecological impact: https://overs
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by JosephK 2y ago
Share it here. I want to hear it.
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by JosephK 2y ago
The blog is updated regularly: https://jpaerospace.com/blog/
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by JosephK 2y ago
Try Alasdair Gray's translation.
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by JosephK 3y ago
That was marvellous. Thank you for sharing.
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by JosephK 3y ago
Is your offer invite code available to other randoms like myself? I tried to register on bsky months ago and still haven't been approved.
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by JosephK 3y ago
Nit-picking, but Witcher 2 is now legal in Australia. It was banned at the time because there was no MA classification available (something that has since been rectified).
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by JosephK 4y ago
Given their influence in the toppling of Australia's democratically elected prime minister in 1975, I'm not surprised.
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by JosephK 4y ago
Interesting idea, but wouldn't the ejecta from multiple impacts create a global cooling effect, which would be counterproductive to the intent of the project (i.e. a warm, high pressure area)?
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Monash University is launching a news wire service for academic research(theage.com.au)
1 points by JosephK 5y ago|0 comments
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by JosephK 5y ago
Notable that you can edit comments after posting, which makes the number of posts you can make virtually limitless.
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by JosephK 5y ago
Shat, though I notice Americans tend to use shit as both present and past tense.
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by JosephK 5y ago
Legend. Thanks.
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by JosephK 5y ago
False dichotomy. Animal farming takes up nearly 80% of global agricultural land. Switching away from livestock would reduce the need for land clearing, not increase it.
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by JosephK 5y ago
Extremely long call, but what are the chances this turns out connected to the raids on organised crime using the An0m app that started today?
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by JosephK 5y ago
Thanks.
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by JosephK 5y ago
Paywalled. Anyone got a tl;dr?
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by JosephK 15y ago
I suppose it would be asking too much to ask for some explanation of how Corley arrived at his "one in four" estimation? And when is a "hacker" a hacker, anyway?
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by JosephK 15y ago
Those are some fairly amusing location reviews by Google users.
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by JosephK 16y ago
I'd be interested to see the potential military and espionage applications of this sort of research.
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Ultra-light insect robots take flight(wired.com)
1 points by JosephK 16y ago|1 comments
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by JosephK 17y ago
Most Controversial American Covers of All Time.