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   by VBprogrammer 6y ago

   It's actually a much more interesting question than you might expect. Lots of modern appliances could run perfectly on DC of around the RMS voltage. For example the most modern fridges rectify the incoming mains to drive a brushless DC
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   by VBprogrammer 6y ago

   Tangentially related, mealworms have been studied and found to be able to eat a diet including polystyrene with no ill effects.
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   by VBprogrammer 6y ago

   A couple of the early people really having their money doubled would probably do wonders for spreading the scam as fast as possible.
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   by VBprogrammer 6y ago

   I find it interesting that there were at least 100 people who both had enough money lying about in BitCoin (or at least, where able to figure out how to buy bitcoin on short notice) who intersect with the group of people who will fall for s
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   by VBprogrammer 6y ago

   His channel has only been running for a few months and I think he's still finding his style. I too prefer it when he sticks to describing the prototypes and what he tried to get these things to work. None of that takes away from the fa
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   by VBprogrammer 6y ago

   I have never installed tiktoc myself but I've never seen anything approaching information, nevermind disinformation. Isn't it all silly dances set to irritatingly catchy music and funny animal videos?
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   by VBprogrammer 6y ago

   I think those are just designed to show some attempt at compliance; muddying the waters of any future regulatory action. Perhaps because their business model is unsustainable without pervasive tracking.
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   by VBprogrammer 6y ago

   I'm not sure where you are getting that frequently is proportional to voltage. Voltage in a synchronous generator is controlled by varying rotor excitation current. Frequently is controlled by varying the power to the prime mover. But
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   by VBprogrammer 6y ago

   Perfectly safe is a long stretch. As originally installed they had numerous design faults, the control rods operated too slowly, the carbon tips of the control rods could locally increase reactivity when they were being inserted, the reacto
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    by VBprogrammer 6y ago

    One way of thinking about it is that nuclear power is the only type of power we have at the moment where all of the negative externalities are baked into the process. I really want renewables to work but so far grid scale batteries just don
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    by VBprogrammer 6y ago

    One interesting approach is to convert the hydrogen again into ammonia (nh4). It's easier to store and is a very useful industrial feedstock in its own right.
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    by VBprogrammer 6y ago

    One thing I like to remember is that there are still 10 RMBK reactors in operation. Fundamentally the same design as the reactor 4 at Chernobyl. In fact, one thing a lot of people don't realise, the 3 other reactors at Chernobyl were r
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    by VBprogrammer 6y ago

    They are designed to be operated at much higher temperatures because the use gas as a coolant where they can effectively use natural convection to remove decay heat.
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    by VBprogrammer 6y ago

    I went through a phase of reading about nuclear power and in particular the nuclear accidents. It feels like we kinda got to the Comet¹ stage of Nuclear power and gave up. We still learn lessons from each accident, for example Fukushima has
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    by VBprogrammer 6y ago

    I get what you are saying but I also think the parent has a point, if it was that easy to do an end run around the scanning (accidentally or otherwise) then it's not really suitable for auditing external parties. For your internal team
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    by VBprogrammer 6y ago

    I'm not sure how the military work when it comes to currency requirements. For private and commercial pilots it's certainly the case that they sometimes have to conduct flights (or at least, conduct specific procedures) purely for
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    by VBprogrammer 6y ago

    Only on paper. Let's face it if the pilots weren't flying intercepts they'd need to be flying training missions. Anyway, the sunk cost of buying, maintaining and operating fighter jets is so high that the marginal cost of a m
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    by VBprogrammer 6y ago

    > I always use the example of masons whenever people complain that computer programming is hard work. Laying bricks is hard work, and not all that easy either. I have worked some pretty tough summer jobs. Working in a garden centre it wa
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    by VBprogrammer 6y ago

    I think it's reasonable to assume that most companies will have a different attitude to work from home after COVID-19. Whether that translates to 100% remote is an option for anyone who asks for it I'm not completely convinced. If
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    by VBprogrammer 6y ago

    Using a 200hp (or whatever it is) engine to power a 7kw generator is unlikely to be particularly efficient. That would be better suited to an engine in the 15hp range. Fine for occasional use but you'd be better with a real generator i
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    by VBprogrammer 6y ago

    It's not something you should do deliberately for sure. Because he wasn't able to move his body weight on the bike the bike had to lean even further than any other rider so he was often very close to the edge. He also always had t
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    by VBprogrammer 6y ago

    Your comment reminded me of a motorcycle racer I knew who was paralyzed from the waist down. He had a few funny stories about coming off his bike and having his legs broken and bent like a pretzel. The track martials would come over and jus
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    by VBprogrammer 6y ago

    I was hoping to see some kind of commitment to return any profits from ads which are later decided to be hate speech, or close to hate speech, to worthy causes. In fact it doesn't really address the "Facebook profits from hate&quo
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    by VBprogrammer 6y ago

    > Which outside of a few details like bilingual signs or legislation, is more aspirational than reality. You could say the same for Wales. Not sure if they are included or excluded traditionally. On a slight tangent, it makes me giggle t
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    by VBprogrammer 6y ago

    Young parent here. Not a chance in hell I'd be taking part in that exercise. The only possible way would be to take a weeks holiday and that's just not going happen. At least they are open about it. It is probably a fair indicatio
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    by VBprogrammer 6y ago

    Thanks for sharing your experience. I found it interesting. It's a shame, because realistically the last 20 years should have been a golden age for small music production. You can now produce professional quality music with nothing mor
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    by VBprogrammer 6y ago

    You are probably right, he could probably make more from it if he put in more effort but it's mostly something he does for fun. I remember the days when people would go full-time on YouTube with less subscribers than that.
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    by VBprogrammer 6y ago

    I'm not sure how much you know about Barcelona but it's an ancient city who's history can be traced back through to the Neolithic period with very narrow streets designed before motor vehicles. It's not really compatible
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    by VBprogrammer 6y ago

    Another thing I found interesting is that he earns $800 / month from a total of about 3 million listens. I wonder how this compares to the royalties from a radio play from a popular local radio station? Comparatively, my dad has a mode
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    by VBprogrammer 6y ago

    Maybe being able to mark something as a guilty pleasure which would exclude it from algorithmic use - and ideally from showing it to your friends on facebook if they still do that!