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Soaring Toward Heaven’s Gate: The Last Jump of Graham Dickinson(theglobeandmail.com)
2 points by fmihaila 10y ago|0 comments
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Tesla hires an augmented reality/HUD expert for its Autopilot program(electrek.co)
2 points by fmihaila 10y ago|0 comments
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by fmihaila 10y ago
> Yes, two bodies create a gravitational wave that affects other bodies - but I don't see how those variations represent work - and they aren't observable on the two bodies themselves, so one wouldn't expect any effect upo
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by fmihaila 10y ago
> Not gravitational waves. Yes, gravitational waves. You are correct that in the case of the Earth, other causes will lead to its demise long before said waves would amount to any significant effect. But even in an ideal case where a sin
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by fmihaila 10y ago
Linear perpetual (unaccelerated) motion is the same thing as no motion.
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by fmihaila 10y ago
> Do planets ever stop rotating? Of course they do, on an appropriately long time scale. First they stop rotating around their own axis due to tidal forces, after which they lose the remaining kinetic energy to the gravitational waves em
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by fmihaila 10y ago
> A superconductor is sort of a perpetual motion machine for electrons, isn't it? It may seem like it, but no. As this link [0] explains, "A prime example is the superconductive metals, whose electrical resistance disappears c
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by fmihaila 10y ago
> Parent is probably referencing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_crysta Possibly, but that is not the meaning intended in the article, nor the usual meaning of the expression, so it's not relevant.
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by fmihaila 10y ago
> Well, perpetual motion is not impossible, obtaining energy from it impossible This is incorrect. From Wikipedia [0]: "A perpetual motion machine of the third kind is usually (but not always)[10] defined as one that completely eli
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New Clues on Why You Can’t Escape Cockroaches(wsj.com)
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by fmihaila 10y ago
> Is there likely to be some magic secret that allows one company to dominate self-driving cars [...]? I actually agree with you that this is not a given, but it wasn't clear from my phrasing. I should have started my comment with &
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by fmihaila 10y ago
Once you have a self-driving fleet sure, you can start printing money, but it makes no sense to sacrifice revenue today by starting an unsustainable price war long before the tech is ready. All this does is shorten your runway, and you do
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New Intel Tech Bridges Gap Between Fast Conventional Memory, Longer-Term Storage(wsj.com)
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by fmihaila 10y ago
> Are they converting ratings to thumbs up/down? What does a three-star rating convert to? It would convert to no rating.
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by fmihaila 10y ago
The way I understand their explanation is that users tend to view the act of rating as a stronger endorsement than it actually is. In other words, users think their ratings are more predictive of what they would enjoy in the future than the
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by fmihaila 10y ago
Well, it depends. Some other addictions, while they may consume parts of you, can on balance be more contained (if they don't kill you first). Video games, on the other hand, are sure to eat away inordinate amounts of that which you ca
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by fmihaila 10y ago
> One thing that's great about gaming as an addiction: it's very inexpensive. It can be extremely expensive in opportunity costs, unfortunately.
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Canadian church group denied entry to US over fears they would 'steal' jobs(theguardian.com)
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by fmihaila 10y ago
> As for sheer numbers, ask yourself: are there any industries where there are considerably fewer men than women? The answer is, of course, yes. Look at nursing. Do the men employed as nurses make less money on average than their women c
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Southern California offshore faults could produce M7.3 quake(news.agu.org)
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The CIA is using popular TVs, smartphones and cars to spy on their owners(washingtonpost.com)
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Canadian citizen denied entry to U.S. told she needed visa to get in(theglobeandmail.com)
10 points by fmihaila 10y ago|3 comments
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That Old Phone Trump Uses for Twitter Could Be an Opening to Security Threats(nytimes.com)
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WikiLeaks posts files it says are from the CIA’s computer hacking arsenal(washingtonpost.com)
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Facebook, Rushing into Live Video, Wasn’t Ready for Its Dark Side(wsj.com)
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Inventor of li-ion battery unveils breakthrough for fast-charging, 3x capacity(electrek.co)
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Newfound 3.77B-year-old fossils could be earliest evidence of life(washingtonpost.com)
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Scientists find direct evidence of a wing structure needed for flight(news.nationalgeographic.com)
1 points by fmihaila 10y ago|0 comments
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FCC approves first LTE-U devices(engadget.com)
1 points by fmihaila 10y ago|0 comments
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A health-care change that could prove catastrophic(washingtonpost.com)
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