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Swanson's Law(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by _Microft 2y ago|0 comments
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by _Microft 2y ago
This is sad but we can find some solace in that providing demand/an initial market by this, it basically jumpstarted the mass-production of photovoltaics, leading to price decline and thereby mass-adoption of solar power in my opinion.
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Perpetual Stew(en.wikipedia.org)
5 points by _Microft 2y ago|0 comments
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by _Microft 2y ago
There's a helpful animation of how a spike protein attachs to a cell and how it moves the virus closer to the host at the end of the article. It also visualizes the how an antibody attaching to a small section of the spike protein inte
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by _Microft 2y ago
Maybe this is just not the microcontroller you are looking for?
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Just 45 petrol cars sold in Norway in July as EVs hit 92 per cent of sales(thedriven.io)
3 points by _Microft 2y ago|0 comments
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by _Microft 2y ago
If you are as curious as I were what the card looks like, then have a look at this: https://github.com/a2fpga/a2fpga_core/blob/main/boards/a2n20... I always find it impressive how integrated our ele
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Fold-and-Cut Hat and Spectre Tiles(divisbyzero.com)
1 points by _Microft 2y ago|0 comments
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by _Microft 2y ago
This seems misleading? In that case you could as well argue that our food was made from pure energy (photons from the sun) which might make it sound like we had Star Trek replicators - which we obviously do not have.
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1px-wide font(old.reddit.com)
1 points by _Microft 2y ago|0 comments
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Nuclear power: no, yes, maybe, but not like this(berthub.eu)
3 points by _Microft 2y ago|0 comments
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by _Microft 2y ago
If that concerns you, then you might want to conduct the experiment with a „non-artificial“ light source. Use a candle that you wave your hand around to modulate the signal if you like. If you suspect that it‘s not visible light but infrare
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Together We Shine: Helping one billion people rise above light poverty(bigattichouse.medium.com)
1 points by _Microft 2y ago|0 comments
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Cosmological Constant Problem(en.wikipedia.org)
5 points by _Microft 2y ago|0 comments
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by _Microft 2y ago
If this is a comfort, GP, then check out this prediction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmological_constant_problem Single digit orders of magnitude off are suddenly not even so bad ;)
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by _Microft 2y ago
Unfortunately, this is not possible. Gravity-wave detectors are incredibly, incredibly more sensitive than what you might have expected. The only devices that are currently able to detect gravity waves are huge interferometers [0]. Light ge
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by _Microft 2y ago
If you are lucky, you can get these starting at 1,20€ apiece on AliExpress. Edit: yes, currently available for 1,29€ in the bundle sale ("Free shipping for three or more items"). Whenever possible, try to get the ones without pre-
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by _Microft 2y ago
I think they were rather saying that separating the functions of the device like input device, sound generation and output can have superior results because it becomes possible to combine different (and maybe better suited) parts. This make
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by _Microft 2y ago
Cover it and see if the signal goes away. Then take it to a dark room and shine light on it. If it goes from sound to silence in the first case and from silence to sound in the latter, you can be reasonably sure that light has an effect. If
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Tide-Predicting Machine No. 2(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by _Microft 2y ago|0 comments
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Turing-Ring(github.com)
1 points by _Microft 2y ago|0 comments
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My fingernails are my room keys [video](youtube.com)
2 points by _Microft 2y ago|1 comments
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by _Microft 2y ago
That's exactly the mirror that gives (D)SLR's the R ("reflex") in their name. It's in the path between sensor and lens and redirects the image towards the view finder. When taking a picture this mirror moves out of
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by _Microft 2y ago
They are advancing the film one frame at a time and are taking static images. There's a switch getting actuated that triggers image capture once the film has advanced. The first video in the article has close-ups of the process.
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by _Microft 2y ago
From the article: "To minimize jitter of the system, and to enable 22 shots per minute, the mirror must be moved into the permanent up position." This makes it sound like they are using an electronic shutter instead which circum
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Doramad Radioactive Toothpaste(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by _Microft 2y ago|0 comments
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by _Microft 2y ago
Maybe you find this interesting as well: https://www.windytan.com/2023/02/using-hdmi-radio-interferen...
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by _Microft 2y ago
This old comment by patio11 (Patrick McKenzie, the one behind „Bits about Money“ and the blog at kalzumeus.com) on this topic might be of interest: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10863978 It explains why companies ha
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by _Microft 2y ago
From the paper[0] itself: „This pollen can then be deposited on subsequently visited flowers, either by direct contact, or similarly through electrostatic attraction, because the pollen can equalize to the potential of the pollinator, and w
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"EchoSpoofing": exploiting email protection to perfectly spoof emails(labs.guard.io)
4 points by _Microft 2y ago|0 comments

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