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by maciejw 6y ago
For reference I would like to post a link to an attempt of modern reinterpretation of traditional Polish tango by US-born artist Mika Urbaniak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERqzrkDSnsY
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by maciejw 6y ago
What blows my mind is how humble and optimistic that post is. I think the author is still a little bit sceptic: he was well prepared and after initial success he executed perfectly but still: what are the odds? Good luck!
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by maciejw 6y ago
I like the rebooted X-com series but in my opinion this "pod" system really kills the atmosphere of the original game. No more shots from the dark, no more searching for enemies, and no more throwing grenades blindly in hope of ta
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by maciejw 6y ago
Yeah. Articles like this one is why I started following HN religiously. I would understand "analog computer" as some form of a proportional controller - like PID, but with ID terms set to 0: https://en.m.wikipedia.org&#
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by maciejw 6y ago
Byng's fate seems to mirror a bit a history of Thucydides, an Athenian general who lost Amphipolis to Spartans and was sentenced for exile because of that. The sentence pushed Thucydides to create one of the greatest historical works o
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by maciejw 7y ago
I also liked the article. I lack theoretical knowledge to determine if the system that is affected by gravity can still be considered "isolated" as per 2nd law of thermodynamics. I think this is not really relevant here, as the ar
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by maciejw 7y ago
I live in Poland which is one of the notorious coal using countries (roughly 0.5% of world's population and 1% of world's CO2 emissions). For Poland this list of coal power plants is not complete - it does not contain smaller CHP