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   by hyp0 13y ago

   To be fair to him (and co-discoverer/recipient Robin Warren), it's one thing to notice something; another thing to prove it. And he proved it by drinking the bacteria himself. [ An interesting criticism of modern science is that b
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   by hyp0 13y ago

   aha! just as I suspected ... during 1951-1964, he published 16 papers, better than one per year. But, after his breakthrough, he eased back to 9, over 1965-2013... and only the first 3 look to be research papers (the remaining 6 seem to be
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   by hyp0 13y ago

   I've never seen a job ad for "idea people". Usually, idea people are made fun of, like Michael Keaton's character in Night Shift ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084412/quotes ) - or Scriber, in
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   by hyp0 13y ago

   I like Kurzweil's backtrapolation over non-transistor computing hardware [jpg] http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/PPTMoores... (IC, transistor, tube, relay, mechanical) His future pr
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   by hyp0 13y ago

   I've used Parcel Lockers twice so far, and got the fastest and most convenient delivery I've ever had, with 24hour access (you get a temp password for a temp locker - which also acts as a signature, for packages requiring that). H
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   by hyp0 13y ago

   I'm thinking this falls out as: we only see losses up to 20%, because for transmissions where it would be higher, it's not feasible, so not done, so we don't see it. I guess your scenario of outback solar powering the world w