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by Maursault 6y ago
The Sphinx's nose has been missing a long, long time.[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Sphinx_of_Giza#Missing_n...
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by Maursault 6y ago
Computer Science has nothing to do with computers, and for the most part, is no more science than mathematics. Computer Science is not programming, but instead a subset of mathematics. A computer is to a computer scientist what a telescope
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by Maursault 6y ago
> the thing that's the complete opposite of vacuum Solid matter is very nearly entirely empty space, and the vacuum state is not truly empty but instead contains fleeting electromagnetic waves and particles that pop into and out of
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by Maursault 6y ago
Tolkien said many times he despised allegory, but it is hard to ignore what could accurately be called the Christian rebirth of everyone's favorite wizard.
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by Maursault 6y ago
Faster than light was never the problem. Einstein's Theories forbid as fast as light, but say nothing about faster than light travel. Of course, one probably must pass y to get to x. Also, it seems pretty clear that Wolfram does not
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by Maursault 6y ago
Looks like I was simplifying. Uranium prices peaked around 2010 for $135/lb., and today is only $35/lb. The break even point for mining uranium is about $50/lb. So the problem in 2010 was that uranium was crazy expensive, but
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by Maursault 6y ago
Mac hardware traditionally holds resale value. The T2 chip threatens to turn that hardware into a brick once resold. So beyond that jailbreaking ultimately makes the user's data more secure once Apple repairs and releases a fix (likely
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by Maursault 6y ago
I'll respond to your straw man. It isn't about the energy within the thing, the exorbitant cost of Uranium is in mining and refining. No one said anything about coal, but it doesn't need refined, and is cheaply mined... but y
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by Maursault 6y ago
That just isn't the case. Nuclear (fission) has always been the single most expensive way to generate electricity, and the expense has only increased. Uranium is crazy expensive. Security is very expensive. Spent fuel storage effective
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This is argument from authority, but an exquisite one.
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I do not understand how something without any direct evidence whatsoever became lodged in the paradigm of science. Dark matter is not necessary to explain galactic rotation curves.[1] The original observation that spawned the idea of dark m