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by bhousel 16y ago
Yeah, it's no small task, but definitely possible. Japan's electrical grid actually operates at both 50hz some places and 60hz in other places, so it's likely that they have the equipment somewhere that could be flown in by helicopter to ma
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Could nuclear US Navy ships provide emergency backup power to Japan?(message.snopes.com)
15 points by bhousel 16y ago|11 comments
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by bhousel 16y ago
The loss of power is actually one of the aspects of the situation that I find especially tragic. The USS Ronald Reagan is only 100 miles offshore and has its own nuclear power plant that could be tied into the local grid to provide emergenc
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by bhousel 16y ago
I've done a ridiculous amount of reading the past few days, and I still believe that nuclear power is probably the best source of power that we have available to us. But I didn't realize that keeping a reactor vessel (and fuel storage pools
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by bhousel 16y ago
This strikes me more as a political stunt by Merkel to rally the conservative base in Germany than anything else. Still, it doesn't surprise me that this is such a hot button issue right now. I've long been a supporter of nuclear power, bu
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by bhousel 16y ago
The pilots picked up the radiation while flying around the plant as it was venting steam. They didn't pick up that radiation at the aircraft carrier 100 miles away, so your assumptions about crazy high levels of radiation at the facility d
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by bhousel 16y ago
Interesting - this is the first I've heard about the Goiânia accident: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident
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by bhousel 16y ago
jotform.com is close to what you're looking for.. You get more entries but not 10x more. And their 'almost unlimited' version is only $50/month. Note that they also license their engine for surprisingly cheap (IIRC $250), so you could run
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by bhousel 16y ago
I'm legitimately curious, which fucking books do you think the author of the blog should read? For what it's worth, I initially dismissed your comment as a troll, but was motivated enough by your replies to click through to your profile and
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TechStars Doubling Down on NYC(observer.com)
1 points by bhousel 16y ago|0 comments
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by bhousel 16y ago
Wha? EDRM has loops built into it.. I admit that my understanding may be off, but it seems like ECA is just using the same EDRM model and iterating faster upfront. I feel that it's more of a vendor buzzword than a new way of conducting elec
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by bhousel 16y ago
For those that don't know, this is the model by which electronic discovery is generally conducted today: http://edrm.net/ It's over a billion dollar market and there are plenty of enterprisey vendors that have positioned themselves into e
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by bhousel 16y ago
There's nothing wrong with eating that kind of food, in reasonable proportions.
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by bhousel 16y ago
The Michael Pollan quote is actually: "Don’t eat anything your great-great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food. (Sorry, but at this point Moms are as confused as the rest of us, which is why we have to go back a couple of generations, to
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by bhousel 16y ago
You are basically right. There are companies specifically set up to allow employers to hire contractors but treat them as employees. Search for "Employer of Portable Record"
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by bhousel 16y ago
Strange, where I work the firewall blocked the site also, but calls it: "Dating/Personals".
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by bhousel 16y ago
"Technology changes. Don't be left behind."
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by bhousel 16y ago
Yes this is true.. Another thing that people don't usually consider is that any hot water system actually contains a gradient of temperatures, all the way from whatever your water heater is set at, down to almost room temperature where the
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by bhousel 16y ago
You won't like this solution.. But I think the most effective way to fix the site would be to delete everything and start from scratch as a referral-based invite-only site. There is a reason communities fork themselves as they approach Dunb
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by bhousel 16y ago
But sometimes crap is just part of the job (yes, even your dream job). If the choice is between spending effort to avoid it, and spending effort to improve it, I choose improvement. One of the top mainstream news stories today is about a t
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by bhousel 16y ago
I think it's a unfortunate that the Hacker News solution to experiencing even a little bit of annoyance at one's job seems to just be "find a better place to work". Not really trying to fight, you just touched a nerve. I've noticed lately
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by bhousel 16y ago
Can't upvote this enough.. Back when this came out, I shared the link on Facebook. It was interesting because I know a whole spectrum of very liberal to very conservative people among my family and friends. This exercise really opened a lo
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by bhousel 16y ago
Ah the great resume debate. In fact there are 3 kinds of resumes that are appropriate depending on job you're looking for. If you are applying for most jobs, the employer wants to know what you know . Get it all on one page in list forma
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by bhousel 16y ago
Lots of people still like to take notes on them...
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by bhousel 16y ago
Human-computer interaction? More of psychology than math..
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by bhousel 16y ago
I actually think Watson would be far more useful to lawyers than to mathematicians. With a little tweaking, he could probably even identify all the non sequiturs in your comment. Imagine a future where, in addition to checking your spell
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by bhousel 16y ago
I see a lot of stories today about how IBM is planning to adapt Watson technology for use in health care. I absolutely believe that Watson could revolutionize health care, but not in the way most people are suggesting. Despite what you see
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by bhousel 16y ago
Article is right, but for the wrong reasons. Watson would be a fun toy for helping doctors diagnosis mystery illnesses. But the amount of money that Watson could recover in insurance and medicare fraud would absolutely dwarf what he won on
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Borders bookstores filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy(bordersreorganization.com)
1 points by bhousel 16y ago|0 comments
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by bhousel 16y ago
People too lazy to read don't hang out here.

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