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Sagnac Effect(en.wikipedia.org)
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A lot of people do plant trees! I personally love the ideas of renewal behind having a tree grow from my remains. You might want to look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_burial
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That may be the case, but I appreciate it nonetheless - most posters are pretty good at avoiding jokes at the OP's expense, for example, which contributes to HN's relatively good community.
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Heck, even if it ends up being completely lifeless, IMO Europa is still one of the most exciting bodies in the solar system in terms of future potential - Between abundant energy from the Jupiter-Io flux tube, methane fuel from Titan, hydro
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by larkeith 8y ago
Huh, that's a good point - a large enough RTG on a data uplink cable would make its own way down through the ice, given time. There would be a lot of crosscontamination between the various ice layers and the lake though, so that's
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From what I've seen, a bit of reasonably mature humor seems acceptable, it's just multiple posts devoted to jokes derailing the conversation where it's frowned upon. I quite like this system, as it prevents Reddit-esque threa
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> For reference, Opportunity Rover has only traveled 45 km/28 mi in 14 years. That's actually much further than I expected - Curiosity has traveled 11 miles in 6 years, it's surprising to me that Opportunity has a faster a
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by larkeith 8y ago
(This is also where you can add exceptions to allow Javascript, or block it for specific sites if you'd prefer to leave it enabled in general.)
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Chrome for Android, though I've been considering swapping to Firefox, as I've heard good things about it - Chrome doesn't support any add-ons.
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I disabled Javascript in my mobile browser a year or so back for privacy reasons, and it's made my browsing experience much better - no more ads, subscription popups, or bloated pages that grind my phone's cpu to a crawl - and, of
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by larkeith 8y ago
See also this discussion from 23 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17430085
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For clarification, these recommendations were for Duck Boats in general; The entrepreneur in the headline designed a "stretch" duck boat, which was an extended version of a regular one.
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From the article: 'U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Chad Saylor confirmed that the Missouri duck boat was a “stretch duck.” He said the boat was last inspected on Nov. 29, 2017, and was found “fit for route and service.”'
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It seems like it might be feasible for a proxy war (like the one in Syria) to escalate significantly, to the point where multiple major powers are contributing manpower and materiel directly to the front lines; In such a case, it may be pos
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Nitpick: It's specifically surrounding major glacier outlets, not all of (or even a significant portion of) the landmasses. A complete surround would be effectively impossible.
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Air traffic alone accounts for about 3.5% of our climate impact [1]. How many major carbon emitters can you afford to ignore before a reduction of 90% becomes impossible? [1] http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc/aviati
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There's a company that makes kite sails for cargo ships, which have proven effective [1]. However, as the fuel costs are payed by the shipper, there is a lack of economic incentive for ship owners to purchase them. [1] https:/&#x
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by larkeith 8y ago
There's also currently a lack of incentives for ship owners to invest in emissions-reducing technologies, even if the cost per voyage is reduced - see SkySail's troubles [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x2
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"First, they should construct them in the outlet fjords of Greenland’s largest glaciers, like Jakobshavn. These fjords are often only a mile or two wide, and an underwater dredging project there would resemble successful large-scale ci
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I just block Javascript for Medium on my phone, which helps (though there's still an obnoxiously large top bar). The availability of a workaround doesn't excuse Medium's poor design, though.
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Anecdata: HN seems to prefer different content depending on the time of day - I tend to see more programming and software-related stuff in the late evening (PST), news in the morning/early afternoon, and general "interesting stuff
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Off the top of my head: The pessimist in me says it's so each of them can create a more complete user profile for marketing, advertising, and tracking. My more optimist side says that Facebook, Google, MS, and Twitter are all tech gian
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As I mentioned elsewhere, I could see it being something that new services are essentially required to support - if you can easily transfer your data between almost all services, the cost of using one that doesn't support the framework
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That's a really good point! I had been thinking of it in terms of something else a new service is expected to support before going live, but if they do support it it definitely should make it easier to get new users. I'd still be
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LinkedIn is owned by Microsoft, so they may already be in.
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As the web matures, I suspect better inter-service compatibility is necessary, and this potentially sets the stage for that. I'm optimistic for the future this lays the groundwork for, but am cautious with regards to this project speci
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Yes, but unfortunately credit card transactions get sold to third parties by the CC companies regardless, so it's quite possible Amazon gets to track me with that either way.
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I'm a lot less concerned about retail stores tracking me via cell signal, as it requires much more specialized hardware/software - meanwhile, it's likely feasible to modify extant in-store WiFi infrastructure to track that.
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Of note: "Because the district court erred in its application of both fair use doctrines, we reverse and remand, leaving for another day the far thornier question of whether standards retain their copyright after they are incorporated
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Huh, I wonder if that means you should disable WiFi discovery too. Never thought I'd be that glad to be in the habit of mobile data only (not that there aren't problems there too...)

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