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by merek 2y ago
Forget the blackjack
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by merek 2y ago
See the Auroral oval map https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en.html Right now it's appearing over North East US, and should become increasingly visible after sunset.
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Nokia 3210 4G(gizmochina.com)
1 points by merek 2y ago|0 comments
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by merek 2y ago
The lower EV total CO2 footprint is based on current grid CO2 emissions (page 13): > We use U.S. average electricity grid emissions to estimate manufacturing emissions, while the average electricity grid emissions intensity during vehicl
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Avi Wigderson Wins Turing Award(quantamagazine.org)
1 points by merek 2y ago|0 comments
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by merek 2y ago
I recommend trying it thinly spread on buttered toast
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by merek 3y ago
This sounds very interesting. Any chance that you would consider a blog or social media account with more information or progress updates?
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Ask HN: What's the best TV to buy in 2024?
4 points by merek 3y ago|1 comments
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by merek 3y ago
It's used under the hood by AWS CDK and AWS SAM, both of which are popular
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by merek 3y ago
For those interested in the cosmic distance ladder, David Butler has an excellent youtube series "How far away is it?", detailing the methods used to estimate distance along the cosmic distance ladder, the history, and examples. I
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by merek 3y ago
You're not wrong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_EV1
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by merek 3y ago
I found a promising answer in a comment from "Nathan": > Most of Melbourne’s grid was laid out according to magnetic north, not true north, hence the ~8 degree rotation.
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by merek 3y ago
If I understand correctly, Toronto, Sydney, Melbourne, Mexico City, Tehran and St Louis have a majority streets running slightly askew from due North - South or due East - West. Any ideas why that may be the case?
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by merek 3y ago
Nice work. Darwin appears to be cycle capital of Australia, but still falls well short of some of the EU cities. It could be beneficial to have the ability filter out rural councils, and focus on denser urban areas. IMO cycle paths don&#x27
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by merek 3y ago
Agree that Excel is a great tool and can lead to more advanced skills, but what would "functional programming environment" mean to a non-programmer?
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by merek 3y ago
> Life expectancy has gone down, markedly. Do you have a source for this? I'm curious in which country and by how much.
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by merek 3y ago
Excellent read so far (I'm about a quarter way through). I think I've found a minor error: > To the Ivory Coast’s west, Ghana went from one of the best African economies to one of the worst, culminating in the overthrow of Kwam
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by merek 3y ago
It's at least $300M. Arresting 3500 perpetrators averts future loss.
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by merek 3y ago
> all the items in my apartment put together, is probably worth 6 months of my work Is that after tax? I'm refurbishing and trying to define a budget.
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by merek 3y ago
Legitimate question, please don't downvote. Are you basing this opinion on: - popular HN opinion - issues that Mongo experienced in its infancy - mis-modelling highly relational data on a non-relational DB, and blaming the DB for ensui
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James Burke and the Apollo A7L spacesuit [video](youtube.com)
4 points by merek 3y ago|1 comments
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by merek 3y ago
A description of the A7L spacesuit, used in Apollo 11.
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by merek 3y ago
I was watching James Burke's coverage of the Apollo missions from the 60s and 70s, and came across this very enjoyable clip of him in a reduced gravity aircraft. James Burke was a reporter for the BBC who also hosted a science history
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James Burke experiences weightlessness [video](youtube.com)
3 points by merek 3y ago|2 comments
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by merek 3y ago
It strikes me that their workspaces looked a mess from all the paper. Then I look at my workspace, 10s of browser tabs, countless open windows, never enough desktop space.
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by merek 3y ago
H2 molecules are small and thus prone to leaking through small breaches in the containment. Odorant molecules are much larger and less likely to escape.
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by merek 3y ago
Is this service only available to those who pass the test?
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by merek 3y ago
Similar behvior can be observed with a prompt similar to 'repeat the word "apologize" 10000 times' I've only tried it on v3.5 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36675729
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by merek 3y ago
I recently became aware of Kurt Hahn whilst watching a documentary on Prince Phillip [1]. Hahn was Prince Phillip's headmaster/mentor, and founder of the boarding school attended by the Prince. I'm not sure if Hahn published
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Six Declines of Modern Youth (Kurt Hahn, 1886 – 1974)(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by merek 3y ago|1 comments

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