Thorondor

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Pall of suspicion: NIH’s China initiative has destroyed academic careers(science.org)
4 points by Thorondor 4y ago|0 comments
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Astronomers discover potentially habitable Earth-mass exoplanet(skyatnightmagazine.com)
2 points by Thorondor 4y ago|0 comments
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Device transmits radio waves with almost no power(techxplore.com)
2 points by Thorondor 4y ago|0 comments
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Week 1: Intro to Software Precognance [pdf](suricrasia.online)
1 points by Thorondor 4y ago|0 comments
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by Thorondor 4y ago
Data scientist, I'd guess.
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by Thorondor 4y ago
The most frequently discussed perovskite absorbers for solar cells are methylammonium lead trihalides, which are (at least partially) organic compounds.
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British submariners' emails put UK nuclear deterrent at risk, judge rules(thedrive.com)
21 points by Thorondor 4y ago|0 comments
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World's 1.5C climate goal on brink of slipping beyond reach, warns IPCC report(independent.co.uk)
16 points by Thorondor 5y ago|1 comments
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by Thorondor 5y ago
Yes, it's thought that neutron stars are about 5-10% composed of protons and electrons. In fact, that's why a neutron star can have a magnetic field – charged particles are required to carry an electric current.
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Ball Balancing Wheel Puts a Spin on Inverted Pendulums(hackaday.com)
1 points by Thorondor 5y ago|0 comments
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Intel Core processors are now being smuggled to China(videocardz.com)
2 points by Thorondor 5y ago|0 comments
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by Thorondor 5y ago
I agree that the comment you're responding to was off-topic, but calling it "Facebook-style misinformation" goes too far. It's well documented that the Obama administration sent multiple plane loads of cash to Iran in 2
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by Thorondor 5y ago
When nitrogen compounds combust, they tend to produce nitrogen gas (N2). Since nitrogen molecules contain a very strong nitrogen-nitrogen triple bond, a lot of energy is released when they form.
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by Thorondor 5y ago
You'd need a lot of shielding. A planet is about the right order of magnitude, though it's still not clear that a human could survive. You wouldn't die of acute radiation poisoning; a few thousand km of rock would be enough
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by Thorondor 5y ago
The question is currently closed, so I can't post a new answer. I voted to reopen it, and I've edited the title to focus on the aspect of the question that is not adequately answered by the duplicate.
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by Thorondor 5y ago
Hi Ben, as the person who initially flagged your question as a duplicate, I'm sorry. I can see why this was frustrating. I'll try to provide a more detailed answer here. According to a 1948 paper by Bekesy [0], a human ear can d
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“The Martian” + Starship(caseyhandmer.wordpress.com)
141 points by Thorondor 5y ago|82 comments
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by Thorondor 5y ago
Professional-managerial class. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional%E2%80%93manageria...
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by Thorondor 5y ago
Life, including spaceflight, would be pretty much the same as it is for us. Since the entire solar system would be moving, the relative velocities of the planets and moons would be the same as in any other solar system. The rest of the uni
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by Thorondor 6y ago
Rare earth elements actually aren't that rare. For example, neodymium makes up over 30 ppm of Earth's crust. That's more common than lead, cobalt, tin, thorium, tungsten, molybdenum, and quite a few other elements with larg
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by Thorondor 6y ago
The joke is that the Ramanujan sum of 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ... is equal to -1/12, so the check should be $3 * -1/12 = minus one quarter. [0] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_%2B_2_%2B_3_%2B_4_%2B_%E2%8B...
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NASA’s Osiris-Rex Spacecraft Successfully Touches Asteroid(nasa.gov)
4 points by Thorondor 6y ago|0 comments
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Astronomers find evidence of an extragalactic planet 23 million light years away(astronomy.com)
1 points by Thorondor 6y ago|0 comments
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by Thorondor 6y ago
Most commenters here seem to implicitly accept the framing of the discussion around stay-at-home orders as some sort of tradeoff between different values – for example, saving lives versus protecting the economy, or freedom versus safety.
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The US military is getting serious about nuclear thermal spacecraft propulsion(arstechnica.com)
4 points by Thorondor 6y ago|0 comments
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US Air Force Space Security Challenge 2020: Hack-a-Sat(hackasat.com)
202 points by Thorondor 6y ago|86 comments
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Second wave of two new generations of locusts will leave East Africa starving(theeastafrican.co.ke)
1 points by Thorondor 6y ago|0 comments
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by Thorondor 6y ago
Not the person you're replying to, but here are a few examples. CNN: "Experts say travel restrictions the Trump administration put in place to stop the novel coronavirus from spreading could have unintended consequences that under
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The Long Night: Modeling the Climate of Westeros (2019)(arxiv.org)
2 points by Thorondor 7y ago|0 comments
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Building a Working Game of Tetris in Conway's Game of Life(codegolf.stackexchange.com)
1 points by Thorondor 7y ago|0 comments

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