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by crottypeter 9y ago
Obligatory https://xkcd.com/1279/
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by crottypeter 9y ago
This is very telling even though it was like 1.5 miles... It should be the other way round "People drive to stuff, even though it's only 1.5 miles".
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by crottypeter 9y ago
On busy commuter trains those doors (between carriages) never close because there are people standing close enough to trigger the sensor at all times. As a result the train is noisy and draughtier than necessary.
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by crottypeter 9y ago
I use that button to close the door when I have finished using the train toilet. You have to race the automatic door and rush out before it closes on you. (Of course the button should be outside).
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by crottypeter 9y ago
Indeed, pedestrians need no license.
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by crottypeter 9y ago
That's what all the "non-Swedish physicists" thought.
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by crottypeter 9y ago
Decreasing charging time might not be as helpful as you think. Lets say a car can be fully charged in 30 minutes: So the driver shows up somewhere and parks in one of the EV charging spaces and plugs in his or her car. They are not going to
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by crottypeter 9y ago
29000 people != the whole planet I don't mean to say that it isn't terrible that any people die because of transport emissions ... but the alternative was to emit more CO2 ... we don't know the exact human cost of that ... bu
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by crottypeter 9y ago
Os X is Unix on the desktop
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by crottypeter 9y ago
I fail to see how higher NOx "endangers the whole planet" when under that mode of operation they were better on fuel economy (i.e. lower CO2 emissions, etc)
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by crottypeter 9y ago
But they stop on the zebra crossings! No regard for pedestrians ;-)
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by crottypeter 9y ago
No, in 5 or 10 years they will be replaced by new technically-illiterate people.
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by crottypeter 9y ago
Is it not possible to have stuff shipped to our workplace address. I've been doing that for years.
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by crottypeter 9y ago
Or people unlucky enough to land on a site that has adopted "in-field labels". Once those autofill, it's anyone's guess whether you have put the right data in.
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by crottypeter 9y ago
I think you have it back to front. Breakage on day 1 would mean replacement at $999...
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by crottypeter 9y ago
I don't know what a CAS is but I disagree that it is needed for "any serious math". Perhaps trig, calculus, differential equations, etc. aren't "serious" enough??
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by crottypeter 9y ago
You mean linkedIn?
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by crottypeter 9y ago
Yes, the front door will do fine /s
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by crottypeter 9y ago
Could do with a (2007) suffix.
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by crottypeter 9y ago
Your link is broken. It works if I remove trailing dots..
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by crottypeter 9y ago
Cantral steering is a reality in the Maclaren F1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_F1 granted this is not a mass-produced car either!
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by crottypeter 9y ago
1/10th of what you expected is close to nothing though.
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by crottypeter 9y ago
Doesn't sound very 'unlimited'
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by crottypeter 9y ago
A noisy place might not give the protection it appears to... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microphone_array
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by crottypeter 9y ago
I'm gonna echo GP >I haven't seen anyone attack the science. If there's a reasonable refutation out there, I'm all ears.
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by crottypeter 9y ago
> taxes and debt records Probably along the lines of "X owes me a beer!"
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by crottypeter 9y ago
> This way a lot less people would actually try to film the concert Youtube is already full of good quality concert videos free of charge. People still film concerts. I don't know how to 'fix' this.
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by crottypeter 10y ago
If you move back from the monitor or dim the brightness your pupils will dilate to let more light in.
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by crottypeter 10y ago
I think you underestimate the human ability to forget. Lots of people will decide to close their facebook account without thinking through the consequences (like that they used it to authenticate a dozen places).
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by crottypeter 10y ago
OP did get an email. It's mentioned on line 4 of the post!

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