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by cr1895 9y ago
>I'm fairly certain there's no DAC already at this point. The iPhone still has a physical speaker, doesn't it? Therefore there must be one.
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by cr1895 9y ago
Some reasons: - (lack of) political will - abundance of cheap natural gas - lack of US expertise (compared to Europe, where offshore wind has existed for decades) - hurricanes
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by cr1895 9y ago
And bird deaths from cats and skyscrapers will be many orders of magnitude greater. This is well-reasearched, and it's not hard to find the journal articles on this topic. We need not guess.
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by cr1895 9y ago
Thanks for sharing. It's cool that you've found something you're so passionate about.
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by cr1895 9y ago
I mean this without any intention of belittling or suggestion that you should do otherwise, but why? Not that you need justify anything to me, of course. It's so fundamentally opposite to my experience, and I'm curious about what&
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by cr1895 9y ago
Solve what problem? If you make something gimbaled on a ship (pool table, for instance) you can prevent rotation, but not translation...at least not without some complicated active motion compensation system.
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by cr1895 9y ago
Yeah could be prone to high roll motion depending on the heading relative to the predominant waves. I'm guessing though that for whatever scientific purposes it would be submerged and not rolling/pitching at all.
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by cr1895 9y ago
Not in the 60s, as far as I'm aware. Same principles but widespread use of spars and semi-subs came later.
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by cr1895 9y ago
It can be dangerous. If you want to see something cool search for Ampelmann and Billy Pugh. I haven't been on an Ampelmann but I have transferred with the crane-lifted basket and it's really fun. But they sure as hell are not movi
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by cr1895 9y ago
Here's a gif of water particle movement that's happening in an ocean wave (in deep water; it gets weirder if it's shallow). http://funnel.sfsu.edu/courses/gm309/images/Owave.gif Essentially, mo
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by cr1895 9y ago
Hmmm...I'm not so sure they are exceptional. The upper section is rather light; no heavy machinery like an engine, no heavy tanks like fuel oil. They'd likely only flip during favorable sea conditions so the accelerations are kept
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by cr1895 9y ago
Because the instability of a submarine is precisely why this ship was conceived in the first place. From the wiki: "Development started in January 1960 after a conversation between MPL researcher Frederick H. Fisher and MPL Director Fr
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by cr1895 9y ago
>I also wondered a long time about why would an attorney defend someone which clearly seems to be a criminal. Because even the worst criminal deserves his due process rights, a fair trial, etc, etc; this is fundamental to our American so
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by cr1895 9y ago
>it took me a long time before I realized I needed glasses. I'm rather astonished how relatively poor my eyesight had become before even thinking I might need glasses. Boil the frog, I suppose.
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by cr1895 9y ago
>These people should have thought about their criminal actions before committing them. Who, precisely? Literally anyone who visited the website? You're projecting criminality where none exists.
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by cr1895 9y ago
Here's an explanation by Ken White: https://www.popehat.com/2017/08/14/department-of-justice-use... "DreamHost's brief illuminates the key issues: the search warrant is dangerously overbroad, a
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by cr1895 9y ago
The moorings would provide lateral and yaw stability, while the deep spar resists roll, pitch, and heave.
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by cr1895 9y ago
If we're talking about the spar-type hywind base in the video: Its catenary mooring system resists rotation of the turbine hull. How much so, I can't say. I suspect that by far the greatest rotational forces exerted on the structu
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by cr1895 9y ago
They have not. http://offshorewind2017.com/files/media-and-press/Offshore-W...
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by cr1895 9y ago
>(I already know no source or figure would satisfy you) Woah there. I'm not picking a fight with you. You make some pretty bold claims like "they deliver insufficient foundations." Tolerances for verticality, foundation po
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by cr1895 9y ago
>They have been drilling for oil with unmoored platforms for decades. Indeed, but this is still a rather different scenario. Drilling platforms engaged in drilling while under dynamic positioning are doing so under a quite reliable and r
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by cr1895 9y ago
There's still quite a lot of space for solar panels on land. Among the benefits of offshoring wind turbines is generally higher and more consistent wind speeds offshore, less nuisance due to noise, and the ability to construct larger,
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by cr1895 9y ago
>They deliver onshore turbine bolted to deficient foundations. They never reach their goals. (Yes I have worked a bit in the industry) As someone who presumably works a bit more than you in the offshore construction industry, I'd lo
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by cr1895 9y ago
Nearly three decades, even. Vindeby offshore wind farm was around in 1991.
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by cr1895 9y ago
Some thoughts: Yes, the marine environment is harsh. Corrosion is an issue. Maintenance is challenging. But these are not new problems: these are solvable (and solved) engineering challenges. The O&G industry has considerable overlap wi
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by cr1895 9y ago
>autonomous station keeping with thrusters in the base. This adds far more complexity and risk than you might expect. Redundancy, reliability, etc. all are vitally important. If one of several thrusters fails, and the environmental condi
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by cr1895 9y ago
Offshore wind can be competitive now, without subsidies. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/14/business/energy-environme...
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by cr1895 9y ago
Not quite...as it is still federally a Schedule 1 substance research is hampered.
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by cr1895 9y ago
Relevance?
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by cr1895 9y ago
It's a bit more than a simple tax return...there's also FBAR and ACA exemption. The penalties for screwing up FBAR are rather ridiculous, especially since the limit mandating reporting is so relatively insignificant.

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