bodhiandphysics

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by bodhiandphysics 6y ago
Just one thing to note about section 230. Amazon is protected from civil liability for content on Parler, but it is not protected from criminal liability. In practice the feds don’t go after isos from hosting criminal content (frauds for
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by bodhiandphysics 6y ago
It’s hard to put a company in jail... we still have to wait to see if there are charges against Boeing executives
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by bodhiandphysics 6y ago
Drones are dependent on an active satellite link to function. What happens if the enemy jams the satellite?
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by bodhiandphysics 6y ago
Almost not at all... something like 50 million so far for a program whose costs are probably in the low billions. Mostly spacex is paying for it with its capital raises
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by bodhiandphysics 6y ago
You don’t use wood for light... wood burns at too low a temperature to be good for illumination, since radiant energy goes as temperature ^4, so in general lamps are based on a wicked oil, which burns hotter, and produces far less smoke. I
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by bodhiandphysics 8y ago
He's not using unix... it's a plan 9 system, and there's no dictd in plan 9...
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by bodhiandphysics 8y ago
While Borobodur is many things, it is not Hindu. The friezes on the site are stories from the life of the Buddha (and his past lives) and the monument itself is capped by a large number of Buddhist stupas.
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by bodhiandphysics 10y ago
It's not a thermodynamic equilibrium. The system does not have maximum entropy, and so, eventually the spin crystal will decay. The problem is eventually might be larger than the age of the universe by a factor of some really really