alex_duf

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by alex_duf 9y ago
I'm sure it would be useful to have that technology around and I'm quite excited by the prospect of it, especially as the volume seems to be drastically reduced compared to ITER. But I'm wondering how relevant fusion is to re
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by alex_duf 9y ago
I somehow assumed everyone could do that. Another item to put on the super-power list.
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by alex_duf 9y ago
Isn't it a matter of speed rather than mass? If the xenon is ejected faster than the escape velocity, it seems like it would get off Earth's gravity. In fact I think it would have to be roughly twice the escape velocity since the
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by alex_duf 9y ago
>This also means that failure recovery will be quite tricky if possible at all Nowadays it's probably cheaper to send a new one than doing a whole Hubble like hot fix with a space shuttle
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by alex_duf 9y ago
Maybe the experience isn't rewarded because of said opinionated language? I mean someone can be right, but that doesn't give that person the right to be dismissive. Treating ignorance with disdain isn't going to make anyone s
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by alex_duf 9y ago
yeah but to each stage of a project its solution. If that works at that scale why not?
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by alex_duf 9y ago
Even then that would be quite a short term vision as if you accelerate reproduction you'll face many more issues.
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by alex_duf 9y ago
I'm facing a very similar problem. Same story as you, I would buy MP3 or pirate if they weren't easily made available. But the amount of research I would put in the music I was listening to was enormous, making me proud of my coll
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by alex_duf 9y ago
Yes, heartbreaking
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by alex_duf 9y ago
from the Moon I can see how it makes sense. From Earth I still have trouble to believe it would work. That being said I had trouble believing you could land two rocket boosters simultaneously so at worst I'm not surprised, at best it w
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by alex_duf 9y ago
probably a lot of smoke and noise, I'd watch it though
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by alex_duf 9y ago
Yes, that is exactly my point (but maybe a bit verbose and convoluted :) )
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by alex_duf 9y ago
This may be an overblown response, but I can't help to give my opinion about centralisation. I think the web is decentralised, but has never been that centralised. What I'm about to say is about the Internet in a broader meaning,
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by alex_duf 9y ago
I guess it depends where, but in both London and Bordeaux (where I live and where I lived), on a dual carriage way you never know if right lane is right only, or right and straight ahead. Equally, the left lane could be left turn only, or l
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by alex_duf 9y ago
I am fascinated by renewable energies, and I too hate the idea of mining more in order to manage our energy transition. However the massive difference with drilling for petrol is that petrol has a drill and burn lifecycle. You drill once, t
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by alex_duf 9y ago
I don't think the conclusion should be "Oh well let's just make sure to be careful about our avatars". It should be let's stop to be complete twats.
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by alex_duf 9y ago
given how frequent it seems, chances are that even a bot would have to handle that case...
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by alex_duf 9y ago
As a guy, both reading this article and the horrendous comments in this thread I kind of want to put a female avatar picture on my social media accounts. Just to see what it's like to be in someone else's shoes...
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by alex_duf 9y ago
> to the rude rejection Saying "Hi cutie" isn't exactly a polite or respectful way to start a conversation. Ignoring it is frankly the most polite way to deal with it.
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by alex_duf 9y ago
Only if your wage is compensating for the inflation, which according to that article wasn't always the case (-80% for the workers once adjusted to inflation)
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by alex_duf 9y ago
I hope there's more than Asimov's books. Like wikipedia or an archive of news would seem to be a meaningful way to express where our civilisation's at.
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by alex_duf 9y ago
I can imagine the effects of false positive on birds will be interesting to watch
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by alex_duf 9y ago
I think the day we send people to Mars, never mind the fact I'm living in Europe, I'll take a holiday and flight to see that rocket take off... I already missed the Saturn V going to the moon (wasn't born), there aren't
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by alex_duf 9y ago
Funnily enough a big bunch of future wind power will be controlled by oil and gas companies as in order to anchor your wind turbine in the deep sea you need the technology and knowledge that was developed by these companies in order to anch
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by alex_duf 9y ago
That's what openttd.org has been doing. When they grew in popularity they gathered to completely redraw new assets from scratch. It's a good way to kick start an MVP. Also the technology choice doesn't really matter, there&#x
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by alex_duf 9y ago
Just in case people wonder how ipv6 is doing: https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html
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by alex_duf 9y ago
Interestingly enough it seems to be poorly recognised in France. (according to my personal experience, would love to hear more feedback) I have two members of my family fighting to get diagnostic even though they both got bitten where here
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by alex_duf 9y ago
>prepare to spend a few years without cell phone reception, Internet, and a five-day weather forecast. Aside from the weather forecast the rest doesn't need any sort of satellite. It's incredible how many people still think mob
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by alex_duf 9y ago
>It already is, but based on the availability and popularity of buses, it's not likely. I guess it depends where. Here in London buses are everywhere. It's an interesting take on who's responsibility it is to provide trans
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by alex_duf 9y ago
Then there's hope as it's probably cheaper to have buses full of people than individual cars

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