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by lstodd 9y ago
I'm not a scientist. I can only post links and say "let's see, this might have some merit". The authors (or at least N. Gorkavyi) recently (12th Sep) announced a new paper (literally "it's in print" whatev
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by lstodd 9y ago
The math in the original article is more or less solid, no errors were found since publication in 2016. The EM-drive idea is an attempt at an experiment to prove/disprove that the math has any relation to the reality. edit: inventing u
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by lstodd 9y ago
There is also a recent hypothesis that doesn't require anything 'dark' > It is shown that reduction of the gravitational mass of the system due to emitting gravitational waves leads to a repulsive gravitational force that
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by lstodd 9y ago
I don't understand neither your objection to complexity, nor how to determine "the main part of mechanics" in a sufficiently complex game. What's the main part of the mechanics in DF? I play it for 7+ years and I have no
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by lstodd 9y ago
Cool. I'd nominate Dwarf Fortress for the geology and anatomy bits, and all the rest, though I hesitate to classify that.
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by lstodd 10y ago
Moving parts are too expensive, I agree. But nowadays one can just 3D-print a set of lenses that will match one's vision perfectly, and making it possible to just snap them in and out might be easier to implement than any alternative.
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by lstodd 10y ago
Um, since the thing is already sitting on one's face, why can't they do adaptible optics so that the there's no need for glasses/contacts? (or any need to peel out the contacts)? It's a problem solved long ago for b
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by lstodd 10y ago
Good night sweet prince. Jira and Confluence are epitomes of corporate red-tape molasses. Not only the process tends to get tangled to death in all the features everyone gets a bright idea to use, but even without them it wants just too muc
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by lstodd 10y ago
Volunteer Tu-144 restoration project http://77106.livejournal.com/
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by lstodd 10y ago
How are the data paths between camera and OBD module and the module and the phone app secured?
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by lstodd 10y ago
Aha! The OBD port connection isn't even necessary since it's a trip to the phone UI anyway. So why OBD?
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by lstodd 10y ago
What other data will it collect from the port and forward via the link to the phone and futher upstream through the app? I guess it can be said that the device needs to know when the car is in reverse gear. Personally I hate these rear view
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by lstodd 10y ago
You can not consider anything on a VPS secure. The host machine has it all, anyone who has access to the host can clone your entire VPS at will, RAM and all, what security are you talking about? (you can't be sure if you rent a physica