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by i_am_proteus 8y ago
This doesn't seem like an inherent flaw in crypocurrencies as much as a feature of an entirely unregulated secondary market (BTC to USD). Obvious counterpoint: a viable secondary market is a necessary step to adoption of a cryptocurren
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by i_am_proteus 8y ago
And further counterpoint: some guitar players like the sound of overdriving a tube power supply (the attack on a loud note reaches current limits for the p/s rectifier tube, dropping rail voltage, increasing harmonic content). Mesa &qu
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by i_am_proteus 8y ago
What this article doesn't mention is why vacuum tubes are still used in guitar amplifiers: The "distorted guitar" sound common in rock music is a direct result of nonlinear characteristics of tube amps (both the tubes themsel
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by i_am_proteus 8y ago
"Frequent user/loyalty" programs are, across sectors, implicit acknowledgement by companies that their products are indistinguishable from those of their competitors.
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by i_am_proteus 8y ago
The article appears to be approaching the issue from a leftist perspective and only telling some of the story. Here's some contrast: US manufacturing output has risen while manufacturing jobs have fallen. https://www.mercatu
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by i_am_proteus 8y ago
I will add: - While the products of the fusion reaction are short-lived, operating a fusion reactor will active materials in the reactor and create some longer-lived radioisotopes. - Unlike a fission reactor, which is loaded with months to
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by i_am_proteus 8y ago
A tokamak is a kind of fusion reactor, and basically the most prevalent. "100M degrees" (Kelvin) corresponds to 10 KeV (kilo electron volts), which is an important figure to exceed for D-T fusion. D-T fusion which is the kind of f
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by i_am_proteus 8y ago
As someone who operated marine VHF ("bridge-to-bridge") professionally for years, I'll say that these recordings sound perfectly intelligible. I imagine ATCs and pilots have a similar culture of "get the point across as
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by i_am_proteus 8y ago
Perhaps you consistently notice this because you drink one (or the other, or both) regularly and your sense of taste is calibrated. Anecdotally, I drink soda very infrequently, and can't tell the difference; both just taste "extre
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by i_am_proteus 8y ago
cf. the article: "There is increasing experimental evidence for the effectiveness of advertising in influencing people’s choices without their conscious awareness."
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by i_am_proteus 8y ago
I think it would be more accurate to say these things about fusion energy: - It is not viable yet, and probably won't be for decades, if at all - Funding necessary to explore fusion energy's viability is at least order of magnitud
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by i_am_proteus 8y ago
This is not a dumb question. The relationship was derived by some of physics' best minds in the early 20th century and requires an understanding of other physical principles and calculus to explain. I can't think of a concise&#x2F
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by i_am_proteus 8y ago
Two light things[+] are fused[++] into one heavy thing[+] The total mass of the (new) heavy thing is a little bit less than the total mass of the (original) two light things. There is some missing mass! That missing mass is converted into e