manarth

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by manarth 3y ago
Why stop at robotic arms? Perhaps a flipper on the bonnet to eject cones? A water-jet to discourage anything remaining in front? A spike or rotary saw for the more challenging obstacles? Oh wait, I'm thinking of Robot Wars. My bad.
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by manarth 3y ago
Did they build it then paint it? Or paint it (the components, during fabrication), then build it, with already-painted components?
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by manarth 3y ago
It sold for £335,000 against a guide price of £325,000 to £350,000. https://www.smithandsons.net/auctionproperties/8-silverdale-...
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by manarth 3y ago
I'm Satoshi, and so's my wife!
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by manarth 3y ago
Depending on how quickly it "arrives", it might not just be the markets that are crashing.
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by manarth 3y ago
Also interesting that there are three directors linked with the associated companies, all named Jamal Ahmed: one born September 1978, another born March 1978, and a third born September 1999. Companies house is a goldmine of information.
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by manarth 3y ago
Interesting to see that Companies House struck off the company – just yesterday. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/c...
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by manarth 3y ago
> If they had a method to keep 382 bar of water dynamically out of the ballast tanks By filling the ballast tanks with 382 bar of air. The human-interior of the sub is maintained at 1 bar to avoid compression demands (hyperoxic seizure t
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by manarth 3y ago
Standard scuba cylinders are typically pressurised to around 230 bar, with a small proportion taking 300 bar as their standard working pressure (with margin for over-pressure). It's not too much of a leap from there to the 380 bar pres
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by manarth 3y ago
People sell bootleg alcohol which may be adulterated with methanol, and it's usually bought on the basis of price. The majority of alcohol is bought from reputable, quality-controlled sources, such as bottle-shops, supermarkets, and ba
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by manarth 3y ago
Adapters?
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by manarth 3y ago
Inland waterways often have very low speed limits (e.g. 5 knots). Typically to reduce the impact/erosion of the wash/wake of a vessel. I could see potential in large inland such as the Great Lakes though.
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by manarth 3y ago
The geology of Cornwall and Devon is underpinned by granite, so their foundations are, er, rock-solid. The east coast (Suffolk, Norfolk) is predominently sedimentary, and ready to dissolve away at the slightest wave.
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by manarth 3y ago
> it would have amortized better over the course of a four year degree "I got accepted into a one-year MEng program (technically 10 months)"
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by manarth 3y ago
A nice, solid, memorable rule, which works all the time. Just like "I before E except after C". Except when weird species seize their feisty foreign neighbours.
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by manarth 3y ago
> the channel and the buoy don't have port or starboard sides In the context of a channel, the buoys (marks) are coded port and starboard, coloured red and green, and shaped like a can or a cone respectively. When navigating a chann
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by manarth 4y ago
Whilst also being worse-performing? Take a two-stroke Moster 185 engine: 25 HP at 7.800 RPM, for a 15kg package. I'd be keen to understand how (if) this outperforms a typical two-stroke.
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by manarth 4y ago
Iain Banks, or Iain M Banks? I've never got on well with the Iain Banks novels, and devoured the Iain M Banks novels.
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by manarth 4y ago
Sure, and when they curl up on your bed – you've got yourself a free-energy nightlight!
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by manarth 4y ago
Cross-rail is a new underground metro line in London. During digging of the tunnels, they discovered interesting archeological remains, which included plague pits (where plague victims were disposed of). Portion Down is the site of a UK mil
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by manarth 4y ago
Most UK "person-to-person" bank transfers use the Faster Payments Service (FPS), which is usually more or less instantaneous. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster_Payments
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by manarth 4y ago
Engrave the address into the lens of a laser pointer, and embed the pointer into your hip. Obviously.
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by manarth 4y ago
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/01/fax-for-t...
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by manarth 4y ago
> would have to voluntarily accept to serve on the jury, it is by invitation rather than compulsion Jury service is compulsory in the UK. "most people would decline a jury summons if it was voluntary, mainly for the inconve
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by manarth 4y ago
> [he] defrauded his clients by misrepresenting the original cost of art works and subsequently overcharging them He bought low and sold high? Sounds a lot like capitalism at work.
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by manarth 4y ago
ML for cancer-diagnosis of image-scans? Identification of endangered species? Translating dying languages? I get the point you're making, and would add that some ML applications bring tangible benefits to humanity which are proportiona
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by manarth 4y ago
> "Define 'Courage'" > "This." https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/why-ask-why/
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by manarth 4y ago
1. Announce a ridiculous product. 2. Spark discussion / controversy. 3. Increase brand-awareness. 4. Profit!!
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by manarth 4y ago
MRI scans take longer, are often more uncomfortable for the patient (being in an enclosed, noisy machine), require much larger capital investment than an X-ray (and therefore supply is more limited), and have a higher cost per exam than an
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by manarth 4y ago
> "I had thought that TPB was blocked because of court orders. > So how come one ISP blocks it, and other doesn't?" The court order[1] had 6 defined defendants: - BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING LIMITED - BRITI

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