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by _moof 4y ago
Iceland emerged (is still emerging?) from the rift between the North American and Eurasian plates. Roughly speaking everything west of Þingvellir is on the North American plate, everything east on the Eurasian. I would've given it two
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by _moof 4y ago
This is only sort of true. While not having ADS-B Out does limit where you can fly, it is not illegal to fly a civil aircraft without ADS-B Out equipment. The following rules are the most relevant: If your aircraft is equipped with operable
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by _moof 4y ago
When you're dealing with one constituent of a gas mixture, it's partial pressure that counts, not the pressure of the whole mixture. If the proportion of oxygen in the atmosphere were to increase without a change in overall atmosp
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by _moof 4y ago
The "un" in unless isn't the negating prefix "un-"; it's the word "on" with a change of vowel. The etymology is "on less[er condition than]," e.g., "Abort the launch on less than the ro
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by _moof 4y ago
Here you go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_toxicity
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by _moof 4y ago
They mean fluid mechanics, materials, solid mechanics, thermodynamics, statics and dynamics, control system theory, etc.
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by _moof 4y ago
I update them when they actually change. The version and last-updated date are printed on the bottom left corner. (Not the date on the side; that's the volume date, not the chart date.) For example one procedure I use frequently has &q
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by _moof 4y ago
During the 2010 World Cup, Twitter crashed every time a goal was scored. It was a major motivation for the rearchitecture that changed it from a monorail to services. The rock-solid stability during the 2014 World Cup vindicated that effort
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by _moof 4y ago
That would be me. I use the electronics but I have some selected paper charts just in case. Saved my bacon once.
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by _moof 4y ago
The North American Olive Oil Association maintains a list of genuine olive oils. They send people into grocery stores to randomly buy a bottle of one of the listed brands/varieties and test it in their lab. https://www.about
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by _moof 4y ago
Tangential but it's not a good idea to turn a breaker back on until someone has figured out why it flipped and fixed the problem. (The problem is usually that you tried to run the vacuum cleaner, a hair dryer, and an electric kettle al
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by _moof 4y ago
Just so there's no confusion on this, the cell phone rule is FCC, not FAA. It's not about interfering with the aircraft, it's about causing problems with cell networks.
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by _moof 4y ago
Anything with a wall wart will have negligible current draw. You're way better off focusing on appliances and heating/cooling.
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by _moof 4y ago
The heaviest aircraft ever built, the AN-225, had a max takeoff weight of 1.4 million pounds. The cargo alone on a container ship is hundreds of millions of pounds.
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by _moof 4y ago
Quite a bit. The lift produced by an airfoil is proportional to air density. You can compensate by turning the rotors faster, increasing the size of the rotors, and/or increasing the angle of attack. None of these options are free and
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Ask HN: Is the tech industry out of ideas?
4 points by _moof 4y ago|12 comments
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by _moof 4y ago
It's an open letter. Did you expect an open letter not to be opinionated?
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by _moof 4y ago
SpaceX's involvement in those missions ends when the payload separates from the second stage. You'd be very disappointed if you went there hoping to feel like you were making a meaningful impact on climate.
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by _moof 4y ago
You won't find climate change work at SpaceX.
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by _moof 4y ago
Quick, everybody get on the roof and put your hands up!
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by _moof 4y ago
Sounds like our system has become unsustainable.
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by _moof 4y ago
Please enlighten us.
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by _moof 4y ago
Is that a necessary condition for sentience? Look, nobody knows what makes a thing conscious or not, and anyone who claims they do with certainty is talking out of turn. Is this guy being a bit silly? Yeah, I think so. But let's not pr
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by _moof 4y ago
Completely beside the point. It's exasperating to see an identical tangent on every discussion.
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by _moof 4y ago
Ok, Meta for sure. Twitter wouldn't be awesome but I'd take them over anyone else on the list so far. Edit: Oh, and then there's Palantir, Oracle, Salesforce... you know what, how about we just keep tech out of healthcare?
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by _moof 4y ago
Hard-pressed to think of any company I'd trust less with my medical records. Maybe Google.
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by _moof 4y ago
Half of Americans also believe in ghosts.[0] You'll forgive me if I don't take their predictions too seriously. 0. https://twitter.com/johenrich/status/1058820467723776000
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by _moof 4y ago
Indeed. And I can't help but notice that every discussion is rife with people singing the praises of psychedelics, but TMS is never, ever mentioned. If people were genuinely interested in alternatives to SSRIs for the sake of efficacy,
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by _moof 4y ago
I hope it sticks for you. For me it wore off completely after only three weeks.
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by _moof 4y ago
Psychiatrists are medical doctors. Psychologists are not (and can't prescribe medicine). There is a huge difference.

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