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hchz
6y ago
cash values should be represented in fixed precision to maintain the integrity of the transaction and your book, while the prices for securities represent something different. In securities transactions, the quantity and quote are critical.
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I think you might lose for two reasons: - Conventional RF systems can function with very low latency. The signal processing chain for radiation detection systems is comparatively large, and can require correlation (or anti-correlation) and
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hchz
6y ago
I was disappointed with how much this missed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Satellite_Communications... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_(satellite) https://en.wikipedia.org/
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6y ago
You can actually hear some forms of Gertrude through the hull! I slept with my head right near the hull, and when we did a certain kind of op where it was in use, you could faintly hear what sounded like a home modem.
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hchz
6y ago
This sounds like a fantastically complicated way to restore ELF capability, which has already been deprecated.
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hchz
6y ago
It's not about making a pretty similar copy in terms of weight and balance. OP is asking about a weapon so superior it was viewed as magical. Let's think about this in terms of the standard engineering design-V: if you have nobody
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hchz
6y ago
It was a red queen's race that they lost by attracting too much attention. The original cadre of special warfare operators has been eliminated, and their escalation in violence and sophistication of direct action was emulated by others
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hchz
6y ago
Cartels have killed hundreds of Mexican government figures, including presidential candidates. I'm not sure the police chief of cdmx is a much higher profile target. A decade ago, Chapo was burning tractor trailers on all the major hig
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hchz
6y ago
Avoid=Pay
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hchz
6y ago
The cocaine, meth, and opium trade is more than enough to maintain the current situation. Marijuana confiscation at ports is down 80% over the last decade, but under the current administration (Mexican), violence has exploded to levels trip
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6y ago
Not only are the Zetas not full of military any more, they are fighting constantly between old school and CDN (when they aren't fighting golfos). The current organization is a shell of what it was.
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hchz
6y ago
Since the art of swordfighting is lost, you'd possibly engineer an incredible "long knife" that a professional swordsman would regard as unsuitable for combat or of mediocre value.
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hchz
6y ago
This is right on - understanding the equation of state, in extremis, is critical in characterizing the kinetics on the way to disassembly. The metallic phases generated during implosion don't exist in a power reactor.
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hchz
6y ago
This same failure most recently occurred at Sarov in the late 90's, killing one. https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1106_scr.p...
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6y ago
The valid criticisms of the accuracy of these studies are missing the forest for the trees. A major exchange would utterly cripple the global economy, destroy much of our electrical generation and distribution infrastructure, along with our
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hchz
6y ago
You'd need 100-200 acres of utility solar to propel a panamax at cruising speed.
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hchz
6y ago
That's fine, I can buy one every year for less than the cost of 100 clippers.
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hchz
6y ago
The largest bulk carriers would need to be replaced by almost 10,000 of the larger of these ships, and 400,000 of the smallest. There are no commercial ports capable of this transition. It's not technically feasible if it would take ye
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6y ago
Sailboats are complicated. Who's going to fund the development of an autonomous one of the above size? I can buy this ship for ~4M USD https://www.oceanmarine.com/detail.cfm?5280%2DDWT%2DRORO%2CG... Then transport 5,00
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6y ago
Eliminating or mitigating the use of bunker fuel could be impactful towards reducing harmful emissions. The use of conventional sailing power is not. In 2015 cargo ships transported 70 trillion ton-kilometers. The largest vessel here displa
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6y ago
Pakistani nuclear command and security forces are operated as cells isolated from the civilian government and regular army for a good reason. Executing a process covertly doesn't imply "security by obscurity".
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6y ago
OTC-traded contracts are just as formal. I’d say that these markets are generally more formal in practice due to the lack of retail actors who don’t understand the microstructure, sources of risk, or how to price their assets individually a