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by jccooper 5y ago
Seems that it's probably a fossil coral, the outer layer etched off by bog acids.
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by jccooper 5y ago
Non proof-of-work "mining" typically requires another resource. Proof-of-stake rewards you based on your holdings, so additional mining compute power doesn't help.
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by jccooper 5y ago
Rome and its environs are fairly quiet. Italy elsewhere has quite a lot of masonry construction that was destroyed by earthquakes.
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by jccooper 5y ago
Clothing production in historical contexts (including Roman) is usually a household activity. This mostly means it's done by women of all classes, if only perhaps as a show of virtue. A glove-making device, as a personal item, might sh
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by jccooper 5y ago
I don't know the numbers, but I do know they still do significant work in mainframes. They're even still designing their own Power processors for them.
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by jccooper 5y ago
They're fantastic for number entry. Touch typing for numbers basically requires one. Although really, I think for a machine like this it's more for gaming use. A 10-key also makes for a nice directional input.
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by jccooper 5y ago
Some papers are about an idea, but others (perhaps most others) are about results. And the results are very much dependent on the data and how you analyzed it.
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by jccooper 5y ago
Ceramic (and masonry) aren't great in tension, which is the main mode for boilers. And its brittle, so it'll go from okay to exploding pretty fast. So not a great engineering choice. But, I suppose, you can use a lot of it, so you
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by jccooper 5y ago
Romans had bloomery-made wrought iron only, which was a hand-made process of uneven quality, and made only in small batches. The role of carbon (and how to introduce it) was only vaguely known, so quality would vary. It would be quite diffi
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by jccooper 5y ago
Officially, it was switched because SLS is unavailable. The program had been trying to get away from it due to its enormous cost, but was only able to get this change through Congress when the inability of SLS to fly more than once a year b
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by jccooper 5y ago
The source of the website shows a nice simple accessibility section, with the content rendered in nice vanilla P and Hx and such tags, with the visual rendering a single easily-ignored SVG below. Presuming those two remain synced, it's
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by jccooper 5y ago
The Best Buy Insignia brand has some dumb models. (They all used to be, but now they have some "smart" models.) The Sceptre brand is similar. After that, you're into commercial displays, which are expensive but of good qualit
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by jccooper 5y ago
Even if it is true, windows and tires are cheaper and easier replacements than a cat.
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by jccooper 5y ago
That's approximately the same sort of operation as stealing the engine of a car. Not something you can do in a couple minutes with a battery powered angle grinder.
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by jccooper 5y ago
That section makes no mention of classification of the crime. It would be the same scenario felony or misdemeanor.
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by jccooper 5y ago
The world in which smallpox is a potential weapon. Part of the research was done by the Army. It is also effective against other pox viruses.
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by jccooper 5y ago
If you can get data, audio would not be the best way to transport emails; just send text instead. You could have emails relayed via SMS, either manual or automated. There are such relay services. (It'd get pretty expensive if you pay p
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by jccooper 5y ago
You don't think there's some benefit to working subscale hardware?
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by jccooper 5y ago
Sure. You can see plenty of black water all day long.
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by jccooper 5y ago
Hay is for eating (it's stored grass), straw is for other uses.
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by jccooper 5y ago
If you keep going down the page, you get actual narratives about the problems. For Australia, for instance, Australia Post has closed the office that handles incoming mail. New Zealand is more vague, but is basically turning down mail proce
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by jccooper 5y ago
Since it's not defined in the article, and I wasn't familiar with it, HGV = "Heavy Goods Vehicle". A cargo truck.
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by jccooper 5y ago
Sounds like a credit card chargeback to me.
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by jccooper 5y ago
Who says he's breathing from it? More likely he's breathing into it (like bagpipes) to keep it inflated. It's not likely to be perfectly airtight.
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by jccooper 5y ago
Props to the GNC team.
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by jccooper 5y ago
No; it would be illegal in every major market, which if nothing else all require some sort of on-board diagnostics system. OBD has been required in California since 1988. India just recently required OBD on everything.
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by jccooper 5y ago
The choice of distilled water in particular for a historic recreation is very strange; water makes a big difference. Unless there's reason to believe water in whatever part of France is very soft, a bottled spring water would have been
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by jccooper 5y ago
The building trades mostly go to the big box home centers just like the rest of us. In construction, most hand tools aren't high precision and are semi-disposable, so there's no reason to go above prosumer grade. There are some sp
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by jccooper 5y ago
Blue Origin isn't vaporware. They have engines, they have rocket bodies, they have tooling, etc. But they are, apparently, firmly in development hell, with no public indication of trying to change that.
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by jccooper 5y ago
Self-certification is normal for 506(b) activities (private offerings), but some level of verification is needed for 506(c) ("crowdfunding"). It smells like a 506(c) but they're claiming it's a "friends and family&q

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