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by ddeck 5y ago
From $500K to $30MM. It's listed at the bottom of the page along with 3+ years operations, high margins, simple business, unique, and ethical.
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by ddeck 5y ago
For those interested in hearing about his theory/work, Sean Carroll (theoretical physicist) did a very long podcast with him about it. I'd highly recommend Sean's podcast in general for those interested in physics topics and
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by ddeck 5y ago
>How much of the cost of a flight is fuel? In terms of flight operating costs (FOC) per hour, about 16-36% according to the numbers for a 737-500 across for Continental/United/Southwest a few years ago. It's very depende
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by ddeck 5y ago
You wouldn't call your local farmers market a 'wet' market because it isn't. Wet market is the standard English term for a market that sells live animals, typically seafood. They are full of tanks and water filled bucket
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by ddeck 5y ago
In HK most people refer to it as BioNTech these days, despite the government's confusing use of the official name "Comirnaty". The government description seemingly tries to credit Fosun with its development: "mRNA techn
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by ddeck 5y ago
Pfizer (and Fosun) is also the distributor, ran the trials, and handled much of the public/regulator/media facing communications. As such, the Pfizer branding is not surprising. Production is a multi-step process involving both Pf
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by ddeck 5y ago
Indeed. Australia and New Zealand have the highest incidence rate for melanoma in the world. Ozone depletion plays a role, but interestingly, the Earth is also closer to the Sun during the southern hemisphere summer, resulting is ~7-10% gre
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by ddeck 5y ago
>I have definitely left the computer while cruising, forgotten about the flight If the reporting is credible, that's not what was found: "the track wasn’t really a track — rather, it was a series of brief clips lasting no mo
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by ddeck 5y ago
As another commenter noted, it depends on your air, but a decent HEPA filter (H13/H14 etc.) will last a very long time if you remove the coarse dust first with a prefilter. The prefilter is typically a lot cheaper and is replaced more
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by ddeck 5y ago
>Dropping O2 from 30% to 29% Dry air is ~21% oxygen by volume.
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by ddeck 5y ago
>What sort of lawsuit might they bring against a university whose researchers deliberately inserted malicious code into software that literally runs a good portion of the world? I am also not a lawyer, but aside from any civil action,
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by ddeck 5y ago
The trades themselves (time and sales) are available to paid subscribers of various data services, but not identities. Only insiders/significant holders are required to disclose their identity. A search for "historical tick data&q
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by ddeck 5y ago
That article is currently being discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26781440
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by ddeck 5y ago
If 1 person rides a motorcycle and 10000 people drive cars, then the absolute risk of motorcycle accidents will of course be lower, but that doesn't mean they are lower for the person riding the motorcycle vs an average car driver.
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by ddeck 5y ago
The data was intended to back up the GP's point, pointing out the growth in the underlying population of those diagnosed very closely mirrors the growth in number diagnosed.
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by ddeck 5y ago
> > in the US, the number of people with Parkinson’s has increased 35% the last 10 years > 10 years ago, the oldest U.S. baby boomers were reaching 65. Now, they are reaching 75[1]. The numbers do match up rather well. The US p
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by ddeck 6y ago
https://outline.com/KGVKhy
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by ddeck 6y ago
Non-U.S. chip manufacturers using American chipmaking equipment, intellectual property or design software require a license to sell to entities subject to US export controls. As such, TSMC is subject to them. Huawei was TSMC's number 2
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by ddeck 6y ago
You may not prefer it, but I don't think it's moronic; it was a design choice. Whatsapp messages pass through their servers, but do not remain there. They are effectively sent from the sending device to the receiving device. This
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by ddeck 6y ago
It's a bit of effort, but you can use Calibre (+ dedrm plugin) to backup your kindle content. https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre
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by ddeck 6y ago
Correct, October 2016. Suggest updating the title. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2976749.2978408
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by ddeck 6y ago
They are trying, although not there yet. There is also the capacity issue: TSMC has 28% of the semiconductor market under 40nm, Samsung has 10%. As a foundry, it's ~55% vs ~17%. Add in UMC and a few others and it's 64% Taiwan. Def
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by ddeck 6y ago
Agreed. Hostile site also - even after selecting "order your pcbs" and creating an account, it won't provide pricing without uploading gerbers. My last JLCPC order was $2 + $4.84 shipping for 5 pieces (82x54mm) and was delive
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by ddeck 6y ago
It's an archive page, but that's pretty much what the website looked like in 1999: https://web.archive.org/web/20171230005844/http://www.nytime... https://web.archive.org/web&#x
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by ddeck 6y ago
>Falun Gong is a notorious cult Regardless of whether this is true or not, I fail to see how it in any way justifies the level of persecution (extrajudicial imprisonment, torture, killing, organ harvesting etc.) endured by the group:
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by ddeck 6y ago
Wind generated about a quarter of German electricity in 2019, but there seems to be growing public resistance to new onshore farms and growth has fallen dramatically. The article below gives a reasonable overview of the causes: https:&#x2F
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by ddeck 6y ago
There are a variety of lubricants, but it is believed that the primary contributor to the problem is the organophosphate (Tricresyl phosphates - TCP / e.g. Durad 125[1]) added as an anti-wear additive. TCP is a known neurotoxin: &quo
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by ddeck 6y ago
HEPA is a bit of a loose term. It generally means 99.97% efficiency for 0.3 micron sized particles at some particular airflow. 0.3 micron was chosen because as noted by another commenter below, high efficiency filters typically filter bette
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by ddeck 6y ago
NO2 and other acidic gases are typically filtered using activated alumina balls impregnated with an oxidizing agent such as potassium permanganate or sodium permanganate. There are residential air purifiers available that use this in combin
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by ddeck 6y ago
>The UK pays a £500 incentive to anyone who gets covid-19 Not exactly anyone. In addition to being told by the NHS to isolate at home based on a positive diagnosis or close contact with one, you must be: - Currently employed or self-em

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