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721.
by beefman 4y ago
The record for yield per kg explosive is probably held by the W88 warhead and its variants. It was designed in the 1970s and first manufactured in 1988. It's close to optimal for a practical fission/fusion device. This article cla
722.
by beefman 4y ago
And the 2021 follow-up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLvjn60nuOY
723.
Charles Kuralt – Boonville, California (1973)(youtube.com)
1 points by beefman 4y ago|1 comments
724.
Exo and Henry Ford Health to Enable All Physicians with Point of Care Ultrasound(exo.inc)
1 points by beefman 4y ago|0 comments
725.
US Oil Consumption and Recessions(prienga.com)
2 points by beefman 4y ago|0 comments
726.
by beefman 4y ago
Human neurons can be a meter long.
727.
by beefman 4y ago
> Lessons learned from SQLite4 have been folded into the main SQLite3 product. Did decimal arithmetic make it?
728.
by beefman 4y ago
Collison and Cowen are asking the right questions but are unserious about finding answers. We need better data, a journal, forecasting competitions, etc. Podcasts and twitter cliques aren't going to cut it. Orthodox economics isn'
729.
by beefman 4y ago
I remember being really impressed by this 2005 demo of Microsoft's Sparkle interface builder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFTqhuL83QE which eventually shipped as Expression Blend.
730.
by beefman 4y ago
The original Meteor pitch was pretty great https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsi0aJ9yr2o Got them an $11M Series A from a16z, which was big at the time. But who's in this video? Geoff and Matt?
731.
Startup Plans to Launch Nuclear Reactor into Space for First Time in Decades(vice.com)
1 points by beefman 4y ago|1 comments
732.
Fed hikes its benchmark interest rate by three-quarters of a point(cnbc.com)
11 points by beefman 4y ago|0 comments
733.
De-commodifying the internet, block by block(hash.dev)
2 points by beefman 4y ago|0 comments
734.
by beefman 4y ago
About 10% as much as employees at FTX, apparently https://craft.co/ftx-exchange
735.
by beefman 4y ago
In fairness, this sort of transformation has taken place in every station of American life. My dweeb chemist parents regularly hosted and attended parties with their dweeb chemist colleauges. My wife and I have hosted 3 parties in the last
736.
by beefman 4y ago
Sorry if it wasn't clear, my comment doesn't just refer to aircraft but to all means of mass transportation, with units of USD per passenger mile. It's based on extensive analysis but is also pretty obvious when you think abo
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China's never-ending Covid lockdown story(newstatesman.com)
2 points by beefman 4y ago|0 comments
738.
To exit its zero-Covid strategy, China needs more transparency(scmp.com)
2 points by beefman 4y ago|0 comments
739.
by beefman 4y ago
For commercial jetliners? Yes, but they have a very high passenger:pilot ratio already. Also, the order is tens of thousands (for a typical transatlantic flight). Across transportation modalities, fuel costs are usually a minor contributor
740.
by beefman 4y ago
Transportation economics are dominated by the passengers per pilot ratio. Small vehicles aren't economic unless they are piloted by a passenger or an AI. AI piloting should be easier with aircraft than cars.
741.
Computer scientists crash the Solvay Conference(scottaaronson.blog)
2 points by beefman 4y ago|0 comments
742.
Simons Institute 10th Anniversary Symposium(youtube.com)
1 points by beefman 4y ago|0 comments
743.
China's FAST detects fast radio burst 3b light years away(chinareporter.news)
3 points by beefman 4y ago|0 comments
744.
I tried rubbing a database on a robot(hytradboi.com)
1 points by beefman 4y ago|0 comments
745.
Venus Life Finder: Scooping Big Science(centauri-dreams.org)
3 points by beefman 4y ago|0 comments
746.
Prime Unicorn Index Overview Report 2022-Q1(primeunicornindex.com)
2 points by beefman 4y ago|0 comments
747.
US seeks $4.3bn for uranium to wean off Russia supply(miningweekly.com)
6 points by beefman 4y ago|0 comments
748.
by beefman 4y ago
I grew up in the Lehigh Valley. I noticed this when I visited in 2016 for the first time in many years: https://twitter.com/clumma/status/1020403913592193024
749.
by beefman 4y ago
The "-state" part is the neologism. GP meant "solid tumors" or "solid cancers".
750.
Howabout a Pilot Project to Demonstrate Feasibility of Fully Renewable Energy(manhattancontrarian.com)
1 points by beefman 4y ago|0 comments

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