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by hellgas00 12y ago
Does it lead to kids changing their dietary habits? I would have to guess not. If it did, would it be justifiable? The effectiveness of the product should be discussed first then the cost effectiveness of the product can be considered. Ther
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by hellgas00 12y ago
Yes, humans now have a better understanding on how the fundamental building blocks of the universe work. Has this directly affected your quality of life, no. Do you derive enjoyment from knowing that your fellow man now has a better underst
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by hellgas00 12y ago
>This device is designed to transmit everything it hears. There is no way to tell where that data goes and it may be difficult to determine exactly what it contains. Where it's possible to determine if your phone is sending unauthor
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by hellgas00 12y ago
The way you're using thermodynamics to support your point is wrong, you are asserting that the human body is a closed system, which of course it is not. A human will absorb and excrete carbohydrates,fats and proteins at differing rates
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by hellgas00 12y ago
I am aware that these facilities exist, the problem is geography. Unless you live near a ridge that provides 100m+ of head and consists of non-porous rock, it wouldn't be cost effective.
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by hellgas00 12y ago
It just takes a lot of water and space to make any meaningful dent in the power supply. There are hydroelectric storage facilities near Niagara falls but they produce something like 50MW for a very limited time. If you take for instance an
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by hellgas00 12y ago
You kind of jump around from point to point. If your hand is wrapped around a a source of electricity (Assuming that it's not static charge and can provide a current equal to the source voltage over your bodies resistance) I'm sor
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by hellgas00 12y ago
In a video Musk addressed this. The 18650 batteries are produced on such a large scale that they provide the cheapest source of prefabricated batteries on the market. I would guess that this would change once the Tesla battery production fa
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by hellgas00 12y ago
Not sure where this myth started, the idea that somehow AC is less dangerous to handle at high voltages over DC. Wall socket AC alternates at ~50Hz, that's an oscillation every 0.02sec, for perspective, the average human reaction time
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Disaster at Xichang(airspacemag.com)
3 points by hellgas00 12y ago|0 comments
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by hellgas00 12y ago
If you believe that the government should be manipulating immigration rates to interfere with the costs of labor in a 'free' labor market you really shouldn't call yourself a libertarian.
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by hellgas00 12y ago
Since the 1970s the Asian population as a percentage has grown more than 5x (greater multiple than all other demographics) You would expect that if the median age of a CEO is in the 50s the enrollment numbers of Asians back then (1970-80) w
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by hellgas00 13y ago
Have you read the reddit comment sections lately? I gladly support the HN community in ostrsizing the joke comments that don't add anything. If you want to have a good laugh browse reddit, if you want meaningful discussion stick with H
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by hellgas00 13y ago
This situation is more akin to Amazon building it's warehouse on UPS's land to get shipments out (for a fee of course). The prior situation would be if amazon shipped via US post to UPS, then UPS ships to destination. Ideally the
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by hellgas00 13y ago
This is already the case. Gas plants take very little time to start up and shutdown. Combining thermal storage with the solar plant allows it to act as more of a base load power system. I would guess the goal is allowing utility companies t
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by hellgas00 13y ago
How are private companies entrance into the rocket design market innovative? Changing the market model for rocket design is hardly innovation, SpaceX getting gov't and private contracts for things done previously, I don't think, i
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by hellgas00 13y ago
"Saturn V might have worked, but justifying costs of one program with historic waste of another is still an invalid argument in the context of cost of success." Did you read your comment? You can't justify your argument by br
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by hellgas00 13y ago
What a ridiculous comment. Large budget in comparison to what? So the scientists who have dedicated their academic lives to research are just in it for the money? Does NASA waste the $16.6 Billion they receive? The Saturn 5 was developed fo
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by hellgas00 13y ago
Tired that, my palm will touch the lower edge of the screen activating menu buttons. The only befit to the pinch and zoom method is the ability to rotate the map.
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by hellgas00 13y ago
I think one of the greatest and least talked about advantages of the electric car can be illustrated by the following graphs http://media.cns-snc.ca/ontarioelectricity/ontarioelectricit... The website displays Ontario's (Province in Canad
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by hellgas00 13y ago
It's a given that most bulbs are located on the ceiling, unless you have a fan to redistribute that heat to the ground you aren't feeling the warmth. Also, when lights are off you still need to heat the house. Unless you're using the bulbs
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by hellgas00 14y ago
You can actually view electricity production on an hour by hour basis in Ontario. After a big game finishes in Ontario, there is generally a spike in the production of electricity. http://media.cns-snc.ca/ontarioelectricity/ontarioelectric
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by hellgas00 14y ago
Not everybody who uses this website live within in the United States.
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by hellgas00 14y ago
If you're on the moon, combustion based engines wouldn't work, so there is that... A freak natural disaster isn't a great reason to stay away owning an electric car. Of course there are going to be places around the world where the adoption
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by hellgas00 14y ago
I believe these problems are already somewhat solved. The Chevy volt uses a hybrid system. Runs off electricity exclusively, with a small gas powered engine to charge the battery pack when need be. The backup engine can perform at its most
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How does your diet affect drive water consumption? [Interactive](guardian.co.uk)
1 points by hellgas00 14y ago|0 comments
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by hellgas00 14y ago
What's more redundant than having a copy of the file saved across every device you own. It's not like the information is lost if dropbox's servers go down for a short period of time. I've never had a problem with dropbox, so far in my eyes