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by alkyon 2y ago
This is whataboutism. Isreal maybe is not my cup of tea, but at least they have some justification for waging their war because they were attacked first. So Israel with all its faults is not in the same league with Russia. Edit: typo
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by alkyon 2y ago
"Supply the country" is misrepresentation. He's not a baker. Microprocessors manufacrured by Baikal Electronics were used by military (however defective they were). I don't think it's persecution what Linus did, it
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by alkyon 2y ago
yes, exactly - this is my point
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by alkyon 2y ago
Maybe this is improvement in some areas, still I got spurious reasoning and inability to connect three simple facts: Yes, "el presente acta de nacimiento" is correct in Spanish. Explanation: "Acta" is a feminine no
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by alkyon 2y ago
I also failed to appreciate Consider Phlebas, on the other hand I liked Wasp Factory very much. Well, let us see Player of Games.
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A bolt of lightning struck my plane and I plunged 3000 m into a rainforest(theguardian.com)
8 points by alkyon 2y ago|0 comments
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by alkyon 2y ago
Good point, yet a universe could in principle be infinite, so it's still a theoretical possibility, however crazy.
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by alkyon 2y ago
The Gulf Stream is part of the AMOC.
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by alkyon 2y ago
One can imagine even a more crazy scenario than a stack of sumulated worlds: a strange loop simulation that would involve a cycle -- our universe simulating one of its parents.
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by alkyon 2y ago
Sack's spiral is a variant of Ulam's spiral, he discovered in 1963 using MANIAC II. Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulam_spiral
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by alkyon 2y ago
At least in communist Poland it existed. In 1985 or 1986 I was on vacation with my parents in Augustow and some lady mispronounced the name while ordering it in a state owned resort we stayed at, which my mother corrected immediately. This
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by alkyon 2y ago
What you mean is 18th century Britain (1700s)
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by alkyon 2y ago
It seems they already found a catalyst that could facilate reduction of perchlorates to chlorides with hydrogen in room temperature: "This catalyst is much more active than any other chemical catalyst reported to date and reduces more
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by alkyon 2y ago
Duplicate of my earlier submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40838917
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Scientists find desert moss 'that can survive on Mars'(theguardian.com)
11 points by alkyon 2y ago|1 comments
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by alkyon 2y ago
If it isn't the Moon but an asteroid of 100m radius then deflecting or breaking it apart is feasible. https://www.llnl.gov/article/50716/new-nuclear-deflection-si...
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by alkyon 2y ago
I haven't done any calculations but wouldn't they use nuclear warheads to deflect it?
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by alkyon 2y ago
I wonder if any mass could even colapse beyond Planck length? Maybe theory unifying quantum mechanics with Einstein's general relativity would have more definite answers.
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by alkyon 2y ago
In physical reality there is no infinity of anything* so Axiom of Choice is irrelevant for it. * Universe could be itself inifinite but locally everything is finite.
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by alkyon 2y ago
AC is an axiom (something assumed without proof) and not the result that would render mathematics itself inconsistent. Banach Tarski is not about AC, it is about existence of some pathological sets that have no measure. Edit: AC is generall
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by alkyon 2y ago
Maynard won a Fields medal, Tao is of course in the elite, but so is JM.
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by alkyon 2y ago
Typical Italian espresso relies on Robusta blends, so some bitterness is unavoidable in this case. 100% Arabica based coffee can be more palatable, depending on grinder quality, espresso machine, right grind size and some other factors. Rec
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by alkyon 2y ago
I wonder if an avantgarde Penderecki coffee would taste sharper compared to let's say Mozart type:)
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Ultrasonic Coffee(theguardian.com)
108 points by alkyon 2y ago|90 comments
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by alkyon 2y ago
A common misconception is that you need to make Anki a daily habit. Bad days (when I'm tired, stressed or have a headache) would cause me to fail quite easy words that I could otherwise get spot on. Even if I already started my reviews
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by alkyon 2y ago
It's worth remebering though that this was Stalin's plan to enlarge the Soviet Union (incidently also approved by the Western powers in the Yalta Agreement) at the cost of German territory. The expulsion of some millions of Poles
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by alkyon 3y ago
Strangely enough, he thinks The Man in the High Castle is not worth reading, so I wouldn't follow his advice blindly. It is highly readable for me, a PKD's masterpiece. I've reread it multiple times and each time it seems bet
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by alkyon 3y ago
Horizontally only;) But the article is well worth it.
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Coherent radio bursts from known M-dwarf planet-host YZ Ceti(nature.com)
5 points by alkyon 4y ago|0 comments
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by alkyon 4y ago
The best option is to opt for a prepaid package with all things included. Then it's not in their best interest in seeking cavities were there are none. Still they couldn't ignore any real one one if it needs attention - leaving it

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