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by agurk 6y ago
One thing that's not mentioned in this article (and it's too soon to access the original manuscript) is if they control for how markets change their products in response to the sugar tax. I've noticed after the UK brought in
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by agurk 6y ago
One point to bear in mind is that converted 747s don't have the option of a nose door and there are some disadvantages to converting vs buying a freighter variant [0]. A380s also have a greater volume than a 747 but not a radically hig
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by agurk 6y ago
I've come across different etymologies for this phrase. The first referenced use I've seen is from 1840 American humorist Seba Smith in her short story The Money Diggers when she wrote: “As it is said, ‘There are more ways than on
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by agurk 6y ago
It's worth nothing from the euromomo site that the latest data is from week 16 (it's currently week 18) and the top of the page says it was last updated in week 17. They also note on the page: > Week of study: 17, 2020.Must be
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by agurk 6y ago
That story, or at least a very similar one is documented on the the daily WTF: https://thedailywtf.com/articles/Special-Delivery I've no idea if it is true, but it makes for a funny story at least.
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by agurk 7y ago
From that NY Times article Denmark has an interesting shaped curve that might cause the casual observer to think it's been brought under control. Denmark were very good at testing widely initially and have subsequently changed the crit
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by agurk 7y ago
From the README file on the coronavirus-diary: Coronavirus Diary is a mobile application that allows users to record their medical status, location, and activities to an encrypted vault on their device. If the user experiences symptoms in l
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by agurk 7y ago
In Copenhagen there's a nuance that you're socially expected to wait at marked pedestrian crossings until they're green, but it's ok to cross the road yourself at points where there's no marked crossing (and therefo
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by agurk 7y ago
And to be more detailed, in any jet turbine, the compressor blades will create power as the energy spent compressing the air will be recovered when it's exhausted out of the tailpipe. So it's not quite correct to say they will pro
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by agurk 7y ago
That is a description of a turbojet - the earliest type of aero jet engines[0]. GP is referring to modern turbofans which are defined by having a bybass - i.e. air that is compressed and then expelled rearwards without passing through the m
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by agurk 7y ago
The jet in jet-engine refers to the fact it uses jet propulsion - i.e. producing movement in one direction by ejecting a fluid in the opposite direction. This means that lots of things are actually jet engines - rocket engines and water jet
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by agurk 7y ago
I assume it's proprietary (are there even standards for this kind of connector?). The charger body has two fixed pins inside a circular collar with two tabs on it that the tip is placed over then rotated 45 degrees to lock.
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by agurk 7y ago
When I got a new laptop this summer I researched what chargers were out there, as I was fed up with carrying the normal assortment of cables and chargers. I settled for another GaN charger - the Innergie Powergear 60c[0] which is a very dec
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by agurk 7y ago
The EPU on the F-16 is actually quite interesting itself and is a good fit for what is needed with 70s technology. Redundant systems are normal on aircraft and the F-16 has a particular need for hydraulic and electrical power as its inheren
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by agurk 7y ago
Ah yes, good spot! And I got to learn a new word[0] today :) [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axilla
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by agurk 7y ago
> The F-16 has a hydrazine APU, and I would not be surprised if the F-35 does the same thing. The F-16 has an EPU not an APU, i.e. an Emergency Power Unit vs an Axillary Power Unit. Lacking an APU is an exception when it comes to jet air
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by agurk 7y ago
Most likely they're working with very hazardous fuels and oxidisers like hydrazine[0]. Edit: it seems that the orbiter was upgraded to use hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide[1] from the somewhat less toxic hydrogen peroxide/JP-8 com
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by agurk 7y ago
There was a hn thread recently about detector vans[0] for those interested in a discussion on this. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20646743
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by agurk 7y ago
This article starts in 1919 but I would assume that wearing hats to protect one's head mechanically (opposed to thermally) has been a tradition since hats were invented. While the hat mentioned in the article is a definite milestone, I
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by agurk 7y ago
ngngngng's karma is a little over 1.5k. You're looking at their about field.
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by agurk 7y ago
An interesting fact about this aircraft is that as the wings are positioned behind the center of gravity of the plane they typically induce the plane to pitch down. This is in contrast to a more normal layout that will typically pitch up. O
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by agurk 7y ago
There are a variety of ways that age of something can be measured with two common examples in everyday life being people and cars commonly measured in years and kms/miles respectively. The metric chosen is one that adds value for under
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by agurk 7y ago
Those of us who've been here long enough will remember HN used to show the points for each comment next to the author's name. It would be interesting to know if anyone had collected any metrics relating to this and how it affected
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by agurk 7y ago
A good introduction is Eric Schlosser's Command and Control. For the points here the concept of one-point safe is the idea of if a nuclear device is likely to detonate in an uncontrolled situation. A good definition I found was[0]: &gt
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by agurk 7y ago
Are you using Xorg or Wayland? When I looked into it last there were issues in Wayland when you set the Xft.dpi clashing with things like GDK_SCALE. Like the GP I've hardly been using Inkscape recently as it's such a pain with the
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by agurk 7y ago
I read the wiki article[0] about this after reading the article and found it a lot more informative. It says just before touchdown "Fitch noticed the high sink rate and that the plane started to yaw right again, and pushed the throttle
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by agurk 7y ago
To be pedantic it's a Reliant Robin (Reliant being the brand). They actually are pretty stable vehicles, contrary to their reputation. For that clip you linked to it's like everything in Top Gear - staged for TV[0]. [0] https:&#x
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by agurk 7y ago
I lived in a flat in England in the early 2000s which kept getting letters from the BBC saying we didn't have a TV licence. The letters were sometimes more threatening for a period, then sometimes more reconciliatory. They were also ru
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by agurk 7y ago
In 2015 I was flying from Copenhagen to Helsinki with Finnair. I missed the flight after checking in, and they didn't unload my bag, although they should have. I was waiting in the lounge as it kept being delayed further and further, w
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by agurk 7y ago
That's the receiver and stock group for a Steyr AUG. There are complete examples in the top right corner. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steyr_AUG

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