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by black6 6y ago
I recall a story about him having the legs sawn off a grand piano so that he could lay with his head on the floor while playing to "hear" the notes.
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Live Coverage of NASA SLS Core Stage Green Run(nasa.gov)
2 points by black6 6y ago|0 comments
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by black6 6y ago
Why does the author feel the need to draw two comparisons to Trump in the first two paragraphs? Or detracts from what otherwise would be an interesting piece.
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by black6 6y ago
> We should all be seeing the same images of overcrowded hospitals Yes, like the picture of the Italian ICU which was dishonestly placed in reports by US journalists to show overcrowded, chaotic American ICUs. > Americans have suffere
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by black6 6y ago
> We're fast approaching a dystopian Snow Crash world of all-powerful corporations, and you people are cheering it along. Walmart is uniquely set up to become the first FOQNE.
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by black6 6y ago
Oh yeah. Along the same lines I also have a fond place in my heart for Buckminster Fuller's tensegrity spheres.
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by black6 6y ago
Yes. No line/transmission loss; direct heating from combustion.
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by black6 6y ago
At least the Ariane 5 is a proven launch vehicle. Artemis 1 is going to be the real knuckle-biter, if NASA defies all odds and meets schedule.
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by black6 6y ago
Betteridge's law came to mind when I saw the headline, especially when "We" is taken to mean Conde Nast and the traditional, gatekeeper media.
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Covid Deaths, by the Numbers(dvorak.substack.com)
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The lost tools of learning by Dorothy Sayers(gbt.org)
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by black6 6y ago
The Lofstrom Launch Loop[0] is less fanciful than a 5000 mph centrifuge slinging payloads into LEO. 0: http://launchloop.com/
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by black6 6y ago
It uses the ActivityPub protocol, so all someone has to do is spin up another instance in the fediverse (there are already many) if one gets taken down.
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NASA Contacts Voyager 2 Using Upgraded DSN Dish(nasa.gov)
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by black6 6y ago
Doosan is currently marketing a hydrogen fuel cell powered UAS. http://www.doosanmobility.com/en/
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by black6 6y ago
> There was the facade of “free elections,” but only candidates supported by the rich could ever get on the ballot. The government was completely controlled by the rich, as were the robotic security forces, the military and the intellige
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by black6 6y ago
The concrete-strengthening carbon-sequestering solution I'm interested in is adding graphene to concrete to increase compressive and tensile strength[0]. A team at Rice University has developed a simple means of producing "turbost
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by black6 6y ago
The idea of a “uniform” has been lost on the police and sheriff departments of the communities I live around. Two officers in the patrol car together will wear completely different outfits. One will be in the traditional blue uniform, weari
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by black6 6y ago
My Sheriff’s Department does not need an MRAP. My town’s police officers do not need to wear IOTVs. I prefer my local police forces to look like peace officers, not like they’re about to invade Grenada. The federal funding of municipali
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by black6 6y ago
I looked into coppicing/pollarding timber a number of years ago as a sustainable fuel sourve when I started research into modifying my truck to run on syngas from a wood gasifier. Not near as convenient as filling up a tank with petrol
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‘Cold Tube’ can beat the summer heat without relying on AC(news.ubc.ca)
2 points by black6 6y ago|0 comments
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by black6 6y ago
It’s similar to the anonymity offered online. People’s worst characteristics come out when their faces are hidden.
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by black6 6y ago
> we've spent over $17 billion on the SLS program so far, and it probably isn't as far along as Musk's SuperHeavy/Starship is. There is a nearly complete SLS core stage awaiting testing at Stennis Space Center. How fa
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by black6 6y ago
The time has come for a real wealth tax. http://www.cosmicweenie.com/wealth_tax.pdf
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Path of the Paddle [video](nfb.ca)
1 points by black6 6y ago|0 comments
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by black6 6y ago
Lead oxide is a catalyst to polymerization. For wiping down and protecting wooden tool handles it's nice to have the oil harden quicker at room temperatures.
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by black6 6y ago
You don't want it to smoke when cooking, because ingesting the free-radicals is generally considered unhealthy ;)
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by black6 6y ago
You want it to smoke when seasoning. That's an indication that free-radicals are being created which set off the polymerization of the oil and create the seasoning. Low smoke-point oils are more convenient because they start polymerizi
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by black6 6y ago
Linseed oil is the usual culprit. It oxidizes more readily than other oils at room temperature, and a pile of rags can insulate enough for the center to reach autoignition temperatures. The low smoke point for linseed oil also makes it well
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Four Months of Unprecedented Government Malfeasance(imprimis.hillsdale.edu)
1 points by black6 6y ago|0 comments

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