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by csours 3y ago
Hmm. Can you image far infrared with lenses? Wouldn't the imager just "see" the lens? I don't see any mention of infrared in the article, so they may just be going for visible light
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by csours 3y ago
I think a "moonshot" requires some external motivation. I also think that Apollo was EXTREMELY risky by modern standards, and that risk was paid for many times in many ways.
723.
by csours 3y ago
Some people are confused about SEC involvement. As a reminder, the SEC cannot bring criminal charges. If someone gets arrested, Department of Justice decided to arrest them. > The U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan said it would ho
724.
by csours 3y ago
The internet isn't just competitive, it's a combat zone.
725.
by csours 3y ago
The internet has exposed us to more points of view than ever before. The internet has also prioritized stories that get more clicks. Clickable stories have certain characteristics, including easy to understand morality (blame THEM, it'
726.
by csours 3y ago
I wonder if the brine could ever be valuable enough to extract minerals from. I keep hearing about how many tons of x mineral is in seawater.
727.
by csours 3y ago
Not exactly "History" of technology, but there are sometimes various generations of components. Also the book is just amazing https://nostarch.com/open-circuits
728.
by csours 3y ago
I FINALLY started learning awk in the past couple weeks. I think I was intimidated because awk can be very terse, and there are some default actions that aren't clear when you first start looking at awk scripts. My other problem is tha
729.
by csours 3y ago
My favorite Irony of Automation: People think that automations solves problems, but in reality, you have to anticipate and solve problems IN ORDER TO automate.
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by csours 3y ago
Another factor is that 'private enterprise' gets to decide which customers they want to have. Meanwhile, government organizations cannot be 'run like a business' because they have to follow the laws that created them, wh
731.
by csours 3y ago
The word 'bandit' comes to mind. (Not endorsing the whole theory behind this, but I really like the word bandit to describe this kind of thing) https://twitter.com/profgalloway/status/1479131758780166147
732.
by csours 3y ago
I agree, but as a counterpoint, I don't think that deep sea submersibles should feel safe.
733.
by csours 3y ago
I get all my news from Holodeck sims
734.
by csours 3y ago
Mysterious Peril = Interesting Normal Peril = Annoying
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by csours 3y ago
My opinion that no one needs: We don't need more regulations on extreme deep sea submersibles. There are on average approximately 0 deaths per year, and fewer than 1000 users per year. This number is extremely unlikely to go up. On ave
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by csours 3y ago
Handling iron particulate is well-established technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZHpeBubb_M Note that this is about when it goes wrong, but also that it is usually due to cost-cutting measures.
737.
by csours 3y ago
Yes, and gasoline will evaporate, natural gas will disperse, etc. It's kept in a container until they burn it.
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by csours 3y ago
Yes. The JD Power Surveys can be VERY useful, but you have to understand the intent of each one, and you have to understand that it may not be what first comes to mind when you read the title.
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by csours 3y ago
On some vehicles.
740.
by csours 3y ago
I mean, it's also real https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WSKKolgL2U https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replika
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by csours 3y ago
Napkin math: Speed of light is 300,000 kilometers/second. At 60 hz, the wavelength would be 5,000 km. 1% of that would be 50 km. Imagine a triangle with 2 generators 100km apart, and a factory almost due south of one generator: ga ....
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by csours 3y ago
You just synchronize to wherever you are on the wave. Your offset will not be the same as your neighbors offset, but that's fine. Maybe imagine a line of buoys in the ocean as a wave passes.
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by csours 3y ago
Ew, you mean they have to talk to a human on the telephone? --- We built a whole application to manage a certain workflow between multiple systems, and our users kept using email instead, because it turns out that the users on the other end
744.
by csours 3y ago
This form of poetry is new to me.
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by csours 3y ago
> "In 2022, more than a decade after Brumbelow’s tests, NHTSA updated its rules. Even then, the agency acted only after the passage of a federal law directing it to do so." Not going to defend NHTSA here, but it's a good i
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by csours 3y ago
Related recommendation: Bobby Broccoli's documentaries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ett_8wLJ87U&list=PLAB-wWbHL7... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfDoml-Db64&list=PLAB-wWbHL7...
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by csours 3y ago
Haha, yes. I love it.
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by csours 3y ago
(2021) I'm currently dreaming up a ceiling fan replacement that has a much lower profile and also cleans the air with a standard furnace filter.
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by csours 3y ago
How many only knew because of increased testing? How many had mild cases? Were there any severe cases? In other news, being an expert in disease transmission does not make your immune system better.
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by csours 3y ago
When I'm cycling hard and I have to think about something like shifting or starting to go uphill and concentrating on that effort, I've noticed that I don't breath enough. I've also noticed that I breath differently stan

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