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by _Adam 9y ago
They didn't mention any battery specifications. Chemistry, capacity, weight, nothing. Just a wistful "300km'. That's a bad sign. Battery technology is the gating factor for electric planes and not even calling that out
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by _Adam 10y ago
What is concerning about the transition from goal-based protests to identity-based protests is that the segregation of people has always been at the root of many tragic events in the past. All genocides, persecutions, internments, etc. are
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by _Adam 10y ago
Depends. If he was expecting something else, a negative emotional reaction is easy to produce. Like if you were unveiling the iPhone prototype to Steve Jobs and you pull off the handkerchief and there's a turd lying there.
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by _Adam 10y ago
I can't judge this without understanding the context. Was his company paying for this work? Was he invited for a presentation to a university? Anyone who knows Miyazaki's films would have known he wouldn't like it. So if they
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by _Adam 10y ago
http://www.abc.net.au/site-archive/rural/reporter/stories/s3... Another great example of Aussie ingenuity! One farmer's way of dealing with the 2010 locust plague.
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by _Adam 10y ago
I'm a software engineer dabbling in mech design. I always do mental experiments and paper drawings, but I find that until I actual model it in SolidWorks I don't know for certain it will work. In your mind, do you see a "ment
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by _Adam 10y ago
Would love to hear the details
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by _Adam 10y ago
I find it sad to think that one day we will refer to the "Tusked Elephant" the same we way we now refer to the "Sabre-Toothed Tiger". Evolution may have found a way to survive humanity in this case, but it's reason
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by _Adam 10y ago
This is super cool. What motor does it use? I didn't know such a small, torquey direct drive actuator existed!
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by _Adam 10y ago
That tamed mink is absolutely relaxed. Such an animal would likely serve as an excellent pet, but the regulatory and cultural obstacles are almost certainly insurmountable. Even genetic evolution moves faster than our regulatory system!
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by _Adam 10y ago
Well yeah. If remaining silent was considered "good listening" then people would talk to walls.
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by _Adam 10y ago
It would easier in a newer car to interrupt one of the leads to/from the ECU, which is already located in the cabin. There's so many electrical systems in a modern car; interrupt just one and it's going nowhere.
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by _Adam 10y ago
The only "Randian attitude" towards the poor is that no one should be forced to help them. This case is mandating that shops help poor people regardless of whether or not they want. It's a clear violation of property rights.
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by _Adam 10y ago
Helped me! I can now clearly see the wrinkles in my mom's face (sorry mom!). Do you have any other similar methods for visualizing other stuff?
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by _Adam 10y ago
I'm sorry to hear you went through that. Did your abilities return once the course of antibiotics was completed?
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by _Adam 10y ago
I wonder if this style (molecular level) of self healing will ever prove viable on a large scale. It's interesting to compare it to natural self healing systems, which heal on a much higher scale (cellular). The obvious difference is t
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by _Adam 11y ago
I love the concept, but I want more details regarding the process I would use to modify my pet bacteria's DNA. To me the ideal biolab is: digital genome data in, organism(s) out. I know this isn't promising that, but I want to und
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by _Adam 11y ago
I think you've made a good point here. The article talks about emergent phenomenon, and how difficult it is to describe high level dynamics when one is simply looking at the components. A "story" is the way to convey the dyna
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by _Adam 11y ago
I don't know if it was intentional, or necessitated by the internal mechanics, but I find the layout of lenses to be visually unpleasant. It looks like someone took a camera and gave it chicken pox... Aside from that, this is a really
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by _Adam 11y ago
Dietary calories are actually kilocalories. 2500 kcal is approximately 3kWh..enough to run a thousand phones for an hour. What's impressive isn't the efficiency of the body's use of energy (electric motors are already pretty
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by _Adam 11y ago
The economics of solar panels in roads are horrible, given current technology. Here's an excellent engineering analysis of this exact project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOZBrHqTJk4
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by _Adam 11y ago
I don't agree that failure is absolutely necessary. I think success is generally more informative, because it gives you data about something that works end to end. If your rocket blows up on the launch pad, you just learned that you sh
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by _Adam 11y ago
This is unimpressive at best, and impractical at worst. Rather than ULA expending the intellectual effort to build the control and guidance systems needed to land the entire rocket as SpaceX does, they took the lazy route and added a few st
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by _Adam 12y ago
Interesting, and it makes sense. To summarize: 1964 theory: Allergies are caused by a misfiring reaction to generally harmless compounds that have a similar structure to proteins presented by parasitic worms. Medzhitov's theory: Allerg
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by _Adam 12y ago
Assuming this isn't an April Fools joke... This kind of interface creates a terrible user experience. I've seen them before, and they always suck. The main issue is that you remove all context from the interaction. I don't kn
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by _Adam 12y ago
Agreed, and that article doesn't even mention this relatively recent finding, which I think offers even stronger evidence of the importance of sleep: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-10-perchance-reveals-brai...
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by _Adam 12y ago
While I can understand Clint's concerns, I am very wary about his conclusion that his memory loss is a direct result of his stressful job. He doesn't mention if he ever saw a neurologist.. it's possible he had a "silen
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by _Adam 12y ago
Were you getting less sleep than normal? I have a theory (which is supported by a few papers I've read) that an extended period of reduced sleeping time can cause what we might call "brain damage".
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by _Adam 12y ago
Stupid. I don't understand their motivations - are they making such a huge amount of money from this? Lenovo doesn't stand out as much as they used to. Dell/HP/Apple make pretty great business laptops these days. If ever
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by _Adam 12y ago
Hmm. Interesting if this decision was ultimately responsible for Twitter's declining traffic. Perhaps the same will happen to Linkedin? Of course even if it does we won't have evidence of causation, but it's something to keep

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