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Synthetic Biology Far-Out Vision of the Future(forbes.com)
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by blue_devil 7y ago
>>So our goal was to make an interactive doc that had the silly, sarcastic, collaged aesthetic of a vlogger video — and our central tech trick — using AI to tell you secrets about yourself — was designed to function like one of those
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by blue_devil 7y ago
At least the EU has a very good tool for grey area scenarios like this where evidence is still lacking either way: the Precautionary Principle. >>We conclude that, because scientific knowledge is incomplete, a precautionary approach i
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by blue_devil 7y ago
>>Little is known the effects of exposure to 4G, a 10-year-old technology, because governments have been remiss in funding this research. One thing's for sure: there _is_ paucity of research on this topic - judging by a brief sea
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by blue_devil 7y ago
The interviewee is _always_ more vulnerable than the hiring manager/employer. And the interviewee does _not_ have the luxury of finding out about whether the manager/team/company is "normal" by asking a bunch of eup
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by blue_devil 7y ago
>>The recourse to the EU's Precautionary Principle to stop the distribution of 5G products appears too drastic a measure. We first need to see how this new technology will be applied and how the scientific evidence will evolve. T
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Incidents and News in Aviation(avherald.com)
1 points by blue_devil 7y ago|0 comments
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Scientists find 13th century birch in low water level loch(bbc.com)
1 points by blue_devil 7y ago|0 comments
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EU imposes “interim measures” on Broadcom for anti-competitive practices(nytimes.com)
1 points by blue_devil 7y ago|0 comments
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by blue_devil 7y ago
Meditation can be a double-edge sword because it's an attention training practice. You can think of it as a torchlight - you learn to regulate the torchlight, but what comes in focus is still controlled by something else. The process r
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by blue_devil 7y ago
It's important to understand that realism is an "interpretation" stage. Before we get there, we selectively _attend_ to and process stimuli. It is at this attention stage, and usually for (personally) emotional stimuli that d
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by blue_devil 7y ago
Well put. Apple _pushes_ OS updates to OEMs/Telcos. Google _hopes_ the OEMs/Telcos _pull_ the updates.
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by blue_devil 7y ago
The lagging updates has nothing to do with users, it's a corollary of Google having strategically chosen to build a fragmented ecosystem, whereas Apple built their walled off garden. Apple can incentivise updates much better because th
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by blue_devil 7y ago
That is the point though - fragmentation on Android. Keeping an old device should not mean you get "stuck" with an old OS - I have the latest OS on my 2013 Macbook.
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by blue_devil 7y ago
Here're a couple videos about Prof Wolfe's method: Wheat Populations at Wakelyns Agroforestry Farm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDV_tLmeeFE The story of Wakelyns Agroforestry https://vimeo.com/2
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by blue_devil 7y ago
Or perhaps the new Mac Pro is a reincarnation of the Lisa cock-up.
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The 20 Firms behind a third of all carbon emissions since 1965(theguardian.com)
2 points by blue_devil 7y ago|0 comments
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by blue_devil 7y ago
Keep your dough warm and cosy by wrapping it up. Conversely, if you live in a hot climate, put your dough in the fridge so as not to overproof it.
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by blue_devil 7y ago
>>A very big issue is that they assume a linear correlation between transferred data and power use. Right, so they do have to make lots of assumptions (same as all reports I've seen that are trying to estimate carbon footprint) -
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by blue_devil 7y ago
>>No, I'm literally counting those requirements. Hence routers + server (+100% for overhead, like cooling). I would not say you're "counting", you're rather doing a back-of-the-envelope calculation with eye-ba
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by blue_devil 7y ago
You're forgetting about networks' and data centres' energy requirements. A recent report estimates currently use of the carbon footprint of digital technologies is about 4% of global emissions, and in a worst case scenario by
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Baking a Better Loaf of Bread(theguardian.com)
238 points by blue_devil 7y ago|144 comments
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Forever chemicals are in your popcorn and your blood(wired.com)
1 points by blue_devil 7y ago|0 comments
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Remote Beehive Monitoring(wired.com)
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Child Labour in Chocolate Companies' Supply Chains (Scorecard)(greenamerica.org)
5 points by blue_devil 7y ago|0 comments
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by blue_devil 7y ago
The worst part is most of this packaging is really high quality - I've reused paper bags and what not endlessly, it'd take ages for the stuff to fall apart. Mottainai.
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by blue_devil 7y ago
The Internet works fine for getting good information on fast-changing things - like programming. Otherwise, I'd stick to libraries (the book ones). Unfortunately, while we're staring at the "Miasma", the real miasma has
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by blue_devil 7y ago
Tried to find some source in Japanese - it seems like it's just ordinary paper actually: https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASM8144JVM81PLFA006.html Also will initially be applied to only 30% of the Kit Kats sold in
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by blue_devil 7y ago
Maybe someone on HN can get their hands on one and report back? Could be some kind of "oiled" paper, not sure.
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Searches of devices at the US border - legal muddle(harvardlawreview.org)
2 points by blue_devil 7y ago|0 comments

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