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by foofoo55 7y ago
s/now/not/
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by foofoo55 7y ago
Minerals need to be in the ground before they can get into the plant. The depletion of soil & vegetable quality has been going on for years. This isn't the first study on the topic by a long shot. [1] [1] - https://ww
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by foofoo55 7y ago
> We consider systems like that to be totalitarian Who is "we"? Non-citizens of the USA are required to carry their immigration status documents with them, [1] and checkpoints within the 100-mile border zone (where 2/3 of
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by foofoo55 7y ago
Also see: https://vancouversun.com/news/world/smoking-gun-huawei-staff... So out of 25,000 employees, 11 came from a military academy and 100 have military or intelligence connections? How do those ratios compare
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by foofoo55 7y ago
We used the TRS-80 Model 100 at work to write software for Allen-Bradley Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs). PLCs were fairly new at the time, and when coupled with the TRS-80 in the field, many minds were blown.
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by foofoo55 7y ago
Just export the key from a current version and import it into the old version. Worked for me.
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by foofoo55 8y ago
I'm not a civil engineer, but I do know that a CLT (cross-laminated timber) building can get built faster because many parts are pre-fabricated panels. The University of British Columbia (UBC) built a 18-story wooden building (which i
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by foofoo55 8y ago
Excellent 1960's video demonstrating the AGC, which gives an indication of the thought processes and design rigor that were going on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6S-mmunKuo
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by foofoo55 8y ago
I remember National Geographic Magazine had an article on exactly this, and reach the same conclusion, a decade or two ago. I'm not a subscriber so I can't search their archives (anyone?). However, they do have a nice list of de
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by foofoo55 8y ago
Articles all state "from air" but half the system uses pyrolysis (high heat to gasify without flame) to extract water from biomass. See also comments on slashdot from someone claiming to be from All Power Labs, the gasifier suppli
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by foofoo55 8y ago
Seems like wheel-reinvention. There are already many companies providing machinery for large-scale optimized horticultural operations. I used to work with this one: https://www.visser.eu/ Notice the task-specific machines
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by foofoo55 8y ago
Are there awards for this sort of thing? If not, there should be. Such marvelous engineering and craftsmanship skills need to be recognized for the benefit of the individual and to inspire others.
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by foofoo55 8y ago
Related article from 1986, predicting such bugs, and listing a few: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1986-12-14/news/860403047...
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by foofoo55 9y ago
What if equity purchases were forced to occur more slowly? Such as being locked into that equity for a cooling off period before it could be sold? What about other ways to allow, if not coax, investors and corporations to think long term
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by foofoo55 9y ago
I also find them an eyesore, audibly irritating[1], and the documented bird deaths are awful[2]. But, I'll take them over coal any day. [1] http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.... [2]
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by foofoo55 10y ago
I would much rather drive an iterated vehicle than one based on a large swing or risk.
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by foofoo55 10y ago
Do you mean the Lightning add-on[0] that is now bundled with Thunderbird [1]? I don't know if it's available as a stand-alone app. I use Thunderbird but not Lightning. [0] https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird&#x
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by foofoo55 10y ago
Is it unsolicited when you post your issue on a public medium for all the world to see? I consider any such public announcement a direct request for the target's response and an indirect request for the public's response.
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by foofoo55 10y ago
The almost-smallest devices are powered by LoopOS(tm): while(1){ }
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by foofoo55 10y ago
"Buy-twice" methods like this further convince me that a stronger incentive is needed to ensure such junk is not manufactured but is integrated into what many are calling a "circular economy". I wish it was the responsi
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by foofoo55 10y ago
Using gpm=(hp x 1715 x efficiency)/psi and allowing for 90% pump efficiency along with max 1.93 hp continuous from a 15A 120VAC receptacle, we can simplify the pumping-water-with-a-North-American-receptacle equation to gpm=3000/ps
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by foofoo55 10y ago
Another solution [1] was on HN a while ago. Lower the cold eggs into boiling water, boil for 7-9 minutes for desired yolk, then plunge into ice water. We regularly boil 2-4 dozen eggs a week this way and almost never get a stubborn peeler
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by foofoo55 10y ago
It's fair in the context of her statement: > We give more easily to the people and causes we see All she is saying is that the amount of giving is correlated to the proximity, which you seem to agree with. It's just a statemen
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by foofoo55 10y ago
Wouldn't punishments of only jail time and big fines increase animosity from the shooter towards the birds and those protecting them? What about getting the guy to work alongside biologists and others caring for the birds for a while?
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by foofoo55 10y ago
A typical short phone call has a few items of back & forth equal to a good number of texts. So for text to surpass phone calls, I think the ratio needs to be much higher than 1:1, maybe something like 8:1. So the "death" dat
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by foofoo55 10y ago
Tesla could gets lots of quality data with the autopilot disengaged and running in a passive state such that the autopilot's calculations are compared to the human driver's actions. Any large variances (such as the autopilot want
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by foofoo55 10y ago
Though the times given in the article doesn't seem all correct, it seems there were several hours between her phone call and locating the vehicle. The police also "ping her phone" to locate it. My questions are: 1. Why coul
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Abducted woman called family from trunk(greatfallstribune.com)
1 points by foofoo55 10y ago|1 comments
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How Snowden Escaped(news.nationalpost.com)
20 points by foofoo55 10y ago|1 comments
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by foofoo55 10y ago
The 6 or so people I know who have seen the original Numberphile video responded with statements like "I'll never understand math", "that's just stupid", and "I don't get it". None expressed a g

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