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by jeffwass 7y ago
In this case, since all atoms form a ring, everything is symmetric within the plane so forces cancel out. So maybe it’s more stable than one would think, similar to cubane. But upon further consideration , the potential energy surface may b
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by jeffwass 7y ago
Why are they almost taboo?
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by jeffwass 7y ago
Object.fromEntries will be super useful, surprised it’s taken this long to become a native feature.
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Bedridden for 11 years until he cured himself(edition-m.cnn.com)
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by jeffwass 7y ago
Title should probably be updated to explicitly say it’s Alan Turing who will feature on the note.
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by jeffwass 7y ago
I’ve mentioned this before here, but I worked with an electrical engineer who until at least the late 90’s, possibly later, kept a Model 100 on his lab bench for testing serial port API’s on electronic systems he was building.
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by jeffwass 7y ago
I’m curious. Is their salary paid as X BTC per month, regardless of the movement of BTC? Or are they paid the BTC equivalent of Y USD (or similar currency) per month?
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by jeffwass 7y ago
Horton Hears a Who
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by jeffwass 7y ago
On YouTube it’s not just the presence of ads that’s the problem, it’s the type of ads. My kids were watching an obviously kids-themed kids-friendly YouTube video and were shown an ad for Walking Dead, with graphic scary zombies. My 4yo was
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US energy department rebrands gas exports 'molecules of freedom'(bbc.co.uk)
12 points by jeffwass 7y ago|5 comments
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The headline is accurate. In the scientific community, High-Tc superconductors typically refer to Type II superconductors, eg cuprates. And the “High-Tc” term means above temperatures relative to the usual elemental superconductor Tc’s, eg
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Israeli researchers brew 'ancient beer' with antique yeast(bbc.com)
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Exactly. And there’s a path dependence too, first movers to accept the pending disruption can be at a considerable advantage.
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Because powerful parties possess considerable vested interest in the current carbon-consumption status quo. Ironically many of these interests could realise the new opportunities of growth in the energy space instead of focusing on potentia
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Uber Trades Below Last Private Value in Rocky Start After IPO(bloomberg.com)
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by jeffwass 7y ago
I’ve lived in London the past decade and had problems with air pollution (got bronchitis a number of times in the last few years). Just today my GP suggested getting an inhaler. And I just found out a guy I work with got an inhaler last wee
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The surprisingly beautiful science behind how paint is made(edition.cnn.com)
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by jeffwass 7y ago
I’ve wondered about a similar approach myself, since singular words are often hard to recall when needed, and don’t convey the subtle difference in usage between synonyms. I also find repeatedly alternating between the foreign language word
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by jeffwass 7y ago
Very impressive photos. And curious to see because there’s no obvious lighting source. This one of the olive tree is a bit haunting, I can’t not see an Ent in the tree : https://www.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam&
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by jeffwass 8y ago
From the article’s first paragraph, which was in bold: “Thousands of emperor penguin chicks drowned when the sea-ice on which they were being raised was destroyed in severe weather.” And for some context on what ‘thousands’ means relative t
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by jeffwass 8y ago
When did this happen? I got my PhD in physics in 2008 and other than the introductory undergrad classes, all other classes (that I knew of, at least) were still taught using chalkboard/whiteboards. And I agree with a sibling comment on
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by jeffwass 8y ago
It’s a wider range than you think. Temperatures work logarithmically. The lambda point occurs at roughly half the absolute temperature of the boiling point. For comparison room temp is roughly 300K, and half of that is 150K or minus 120°C.
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by jeffwass 8y ago
>Now if you do liquify it, the real fun is it's a superfluid so it's going to crawl all over the inside of the container, it won't just stay at the bottom. Not true. LHe’s boiling point (at atmospheric pressure) is 4.2K. T
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by jeffwass 8y ago
Agreed. What really clogs up my notifications is when other people “like” a post I’m mentioned in. You get a few ‘runaway’ threads that pull on a few dozen people and every like becomes its own notification. A dozen people each liking a doz
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by jeffwass 8y ago
Very interesting article. And co-authored by one of the original artists of the Garbage Pail Kids back in the 80’s!
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There were bonds issued by Dutch East India Company https://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3433724
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by jeffwass 8y ago
Cyclists do the same thing. I’m primarily a pedestrian, and lately I’ve seen too many cyclists texting while cycling and blowing through red lights and zebra (pedestrian) crossings as well as riding on the pavement/sidewalks. This is i
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by jeffwass 8y ago
Nice blast from the past. I taught myself to code by typing these in by hand on my TRS-80. And trying to debug when something wouldn’t work. Back in the day when something didn’t work and you had nowhere to turn, you had to bang your head a
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by jeffwass 8y ago
How do you do this? Target language audio with English subs?
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by jeffwass 8y ago
This is super awesome but also super frustrating. I never knew this. So makes me wonder how many other cool ‘hidden’ features like this exist.

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