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by bitcurious 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_first_orbital_laun... This is a list of nations that have managed to put something in orbit. It contains 10 nations, and the ESA. The vast majority of nations do not have the c
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by bitcurious 9y ago
>And it's not as if we don't have hours of footage from those places at the same resolution already so whatever horse they're trying to keep in the barn has already bolted. That would suggest that public interest would not
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by bitcurious 9y ago
An accident might have been unavoidable, but fatality is the big question. The risk of pedestrian fatality jumps by ~4x between 30mph and 40mph.[0] So the question is - did the car start breaking as soon as possible? As an aside, that stati
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by bitcurious 9y ago
3. This also implies that even getting to driverless cars, Uber will only save 3.37 per hour, not making the business model viable, I would think. Should be higher. Insurance, energy and maintenance will be cheaper at the scale of Uber&#x27
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by bitcurious 9y ago
In the US I've seen flu shots offered at every CVS I've been to. I doubt CVS is the only pharmacy chain that does it.
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by bitcurious 9y ago
>I replace my daily shoes ~annually. I wear the same thing to work and at home. If you mean to say you have one pair of shoes that you wear daily, you should buy a second pair and alternate. This will allow your shoes to dry out between
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by bitcurious 9y ago
They use EasyList+EasyPrivacy but only websites that they judge as having intrusive advertising. You can't manually enable adblocking on any website, nor add for example "youtube.com" to the blacklist.
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by bitcurious 9y ago
>In just the five years between 2010 and 2015, the number of U.S. teens who felt useless and joyless – classic symptoms of depression – surged 33 percent in large national surveys. Teen suicide attempts increased 23 percent. Even more tr
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by bitcurious 9y ago
This study of memory loss in mice found that exposing them to light at about 40hz triggered gamma waves and reduced plaque formation. https://news.mit.edu/2016/visual-stimulation-treatment-alzhe...
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by bitcurious 9y ago
I would hesitate to attribute the decline to Big Brother when there is already a widely accepted hypothesis explaining both the increase and the decline. tl;dr: Lead exposure has been shown to stunt intellectual development and increase agg
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by bitcurious 9y ago
I read that putting the speedometer off on the side was done partially in the name of safety. Supposedly, it's easier for your eyes to switch focus between intermediate (center console) and far (road) distances. Not sure where I read t
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by bitcurious 9y ago
Where can one actually buy some? I have some BTC/LTC I'd like to trade for stellar but it seems all of the reputable exchanges that trade it are closed to new registrants. Any suggestions?
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