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by gascan 8y ago
You might even say it will ultimately require at least 51% of worldwide electricity production, to ensure no actor (including nation-states) can suddenly on-line additional capacity to seize control. And then if that's true, one migh
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by gascan 8y ago
Right, but if you bend their trajectory, does the device doing the bending experience any net force? Edit: just learned light cannot be bent by electric or magnetic fields, I must have been thinking of radiation particles.
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by gascan 8y ago
Ok, if you shine it on the back wall one might expect the radiation pressure balances out and there is zero net force. What happens if you used a waveguide to turn it around 180 degrees to the front wall? Photons have no mass, so turning it
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by gascan 8y ago
This same story played out a hundred years ago in the USA, see the Colorado River Compact. I would initially guess it's a problem now for the rivers you mention because only now do these places have the capital & use for a dam. And
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by gascan 8y ago
There are of course the examples of chubby vs skinny preferences between cultures. But it's not just women. I'm also trying to remember- once skimmed a bit about a late-1800's/early-1900's European king of Austria&#
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by gascan 8y ago
Scurvy "was a thing" because for centuries they didn't know why it happened in the first place. A Scottish surgeon in the Royal Navy, James Lind, is generally credited with proving that scurvy can be successfully treated wit
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by gascan 8y ago
I'm not quite sure how to answer you. It really depends on how the drink was made. These chemicals can be so overwhelming they punch you in the nose and make it undrinkable (I've made a few of those), they can be virtually absent,
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by gascan 8y ago
they'll comment on different 'subtle notes of chocolate' in a product that is entirely made of grapes and yeast. This, at least, is IMO not a valid criticism. I make beer, and two easy examples are cloves & banana. Ferm
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by gascan 8y ago
1) depends massively on the fabric 2) also depends on the fabric, but usually you have to be pretty sweaty, at least to the wet-armpits level. Just think of the level where you will be depositing salt on the clothes. 3) Not often. If you do
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by gascan 8y ago
washing it as soon as possible after sessions That's just good practice in general, the salt & sweat come out easier when they haven't fully dried yet, and the bacteria won't have as much time to grow their numbers and
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by gascan 8y ago
The diet described in this article would only have been possible in relatively temperate climates with long growing seasons. Temperate climates, perhaps like the Mediterranean? Which is where most of the Templars lived?
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by gascan 8y ago
still okay with for some reason Sometimes reality gets in the way of ideals. Men, for example, are pitifully bad at lactating. Given initial conditions like that- things quickly fall into the familiar pattern.
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by gascan 8y ago
Not really, but a letter grade is lacking a critical feature of mpg- anybody with a third-grade education can quickly estimate the exact gasoline costs of operating a prospective vehicle purchase. How do you translate a "B-" to do
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by gascan 8y ago
Not paying people to take care of themselves is a conspiracy? Is paying people to take care of themselves, somehow the natural state of the world?
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by gascan 8y ago
Ironically, that makes it sound like Sydney is a great place for cable trolley. No engine whatsoever, works great on hills.
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by gascan 8y ago
Cars are more convenient; no one contests this point. But they come at significant cost, and these costs are also often opaque. People advocating for public transit are often motivated by things like walkable downtowns, more compact neighbo
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by gascan 8y ago
Electric buses and CNG buses are already here, and they are quieter. It might take some time for Sydney to retire old diesel buses, but they won't be that loud & fumey forever.
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by gascan 8y ago
Obviously, but I guess I don't see how that relates to the article at all.
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by gascan 8y ago
Another trouble is the builder doesn't have to pay for the energy usage of the property, and there's no well-established way for the buyer to estimate consumption like there is with mpg.
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by gascan 8y ago
Perhaps people who like good air quality
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by gascan 8y ago
If I was also required to have solar, I'd really be screwed... So, what do you do for electricity then? Most people developing rural property near where I live love solar, they can't get enough, as it lets them go off-grid and
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by gascan 8y ago
It may not be the cheapest solution. But it does accomplish some good things. It reduces attic temperatures (and thus cooling demand), and the ecologists I know observe that wind & solar farms contribute to habitat loss, while rooftop s
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by gascan 8y ago
Am I missing something here? Paying cash doesn't prevent the opening of fraudulent lines of credit in your name. Equifax et al don't particularly care if you pay cash, they have some form of record on you either way.
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by gascan 8y ago
I don't particularly care about the release cycle, but somehow they manage to add small features every iteration that attract me. Those sound pretty compelling. The Treble project is pretty darn exciting too, if only I had such a phone
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by gascan 8y ago
Maybe, but we at least need to buy time until we otherwise solve the problems using technology.
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by gascan 8y ago
Economies of scale is a perfectly viable strategy for legs that already have plenty of passengers. Busses are gas guzzlers compared to mopeds...
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by gascan 8y ago
> Squirrel mail is dead I didn't even know... crap.
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by gascan 8y ago
You could even say it might be the perfect ownership. Though I didn't believe it at first, podcasts have taken hold & don't look like they are going away any time soon, and you might even argue they are the future of public br
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by gascan 8y ago
MS Outlook, the heavyweight in the ring with every conceivable feature, has been running on my machine for days and is currently using 168MB.
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by gascan 8y ago
It tends to start out that way, yes. But eventually as you can better model risk, you can better customize premiums to each individual, until you eventually approach charging each individual their expected risk (loss * probability) plus ove

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