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by octaane 11mo ago
Not possible according to the laws of physics. The closest you can get is a solar sail, but that's not "propellant-less" - photons are the propellant. If a company thinks they've broken one of the most fundamental laws o
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by octaane 11mo ago
I agree, but just a heads up: the front images for most scifi novels these days (and for the past few decades) have largely been out of the hands of the writer. The publishing house pretty much unilaterally decides on the cover for marketin
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by octaane 11mo ago
I have benefited so much from the versatility and reliability of VLC over the years. Congratulations, a very well deserved award!
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by octaane 1y ago
NYC will riot french style if ICE moves in en-masse
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by octaane 1y ago
You guys have it all wrong. There was only one candidate for the dem party, Here's the list: 1) Cuomo. Sexpest who has been accused by many women of some pretty shitty stuff. Also a member of a multi-generational dynasty, which is not
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by octaane 1y ago
To avoid mass casualties at the end of the runway - on the road, or the buildings that the runway points to. Check the layout on google maps. More specifically, V1 is the max speed at which you're about to take off, but you can still a
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by octaane 1y ago
You're 100% right, and that's exactly what I'm getting at - they hit V1 and were aware they had a serious problem, but couldn't abort. As far as the rest of my comment - watch the videos that I linked.
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by octaane 1y ago
Agreed, only the NTSB investigation will provide a full account. But if you look at where they were on the runway, they had passed V1.
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by octaane 1y ago
Unless you have a berm several dozen meters high with a 100 meter base, you ain't stopping something like this from a physics standpoint unfortunately. Many airports have this problem. The recent korean air disaster which echos this is
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by octaane 1y ago
This is probably the worst way a plane could go down. Maximum effect in term of damage. Cargo plane apparently reached V1 (go/no go speed) on the runway, and suffered a catastrophic engine failure. They passed V1, so they knew they wer
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by octaane 1y ago
This is probably the worst way a plane could go down in terms of damage caused. Maximum effect in term of damage. Cargo plane apparently reached V1 (go/no go speed) on the runway, and suffered a catastrophic engine failure. They passed
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by octaane 1y ago
Works really well! Switched over to them earlier this year, dropped Microsoft suite entirely, and it works just fine.
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by octaane 1y ago
You are completely wrong. Out of Africa is correct. Out of Asia is incorrect, and is outdated sino propaganda. Even the modern Chinese state admits that DNA evidence pretty conclusively points to out of Africa.
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by octaane 1y ago
Are you planning on allowing this device to work with Android? I'm asking because I can see on your website that it requires an iphone currently.
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by octaane 1y ago
https://archive.ph/lTnR7
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by octaane 1y ago
Important context buried at the bottom: "Passenger rail analysts said that it isn’t unusual for rail operators to pad their schedules when introducing new trains, especially if they will run alongside older ones. For example, during a
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by octaane 1y ago
I cannot overemphasize how epochal of a crisis this would be for human civilization - the gulf stream is pretty much the only thing keeping northern europe (The UK, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, parts of germany, the N
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by octaane 1y ago
No, the trial is closed to new participants. Check the company website to see if they are having international trials or are open to compassionate use.
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by octaane 1y ago
I can explain. BCG infects the actual epithelial cancer cells inside the bladder, triggering Th-1 response (production and release of cytokines by activated CD4 T cells). The cytokines induce an inflammatory response, which I turn activates
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by octaane 1y ago
For some cancers yes, for other cancers, no. Sometimes resistance to therapy is a matter of time, not prior lines of therapy.
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by octaane 1y ago
As an aside, the disappearance of insects is noticeable elsewhere. I'm a big fishing guy, have been my whole life. Many old-timers I know have commented on the lack of insects. We've all noticed that certain flies and lures have s
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by octaane 1y ago
You immediately bring the results to your doctor ASAP. They'll recommend follow-up testing since they want verification of third-party results and, well, are doctors and will know better about what to test for. If you do indeed have ca
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by octaane 1y ago
I actually know a little about this through my work. Cell-free DNA (CfDNA) Has been known about for a few decades, but has become more of a focus in recent years because of the advent of immunotherapies, which are often highly targeted drug
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by octaane 1y ago
My favorite theory that I've seen to explain these has been that they were a token showing the prowess/status of a metalworker or stoneworker - a kind of verifier of skill of the individual. In a mostly pre-literate society, where
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by octaane 1y ago
Sounds like they need to get the quality control down pat if only 1 out of 4 of the turbines achieved this goal - still a promising milestone, though.
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by octaane 1y ago
A big contributor to this, to me, is that this metric is skewed. People buying 7 games for 15 bucks as some humble bundle or other package deal isn't the same as buying 7 AAA games that all cost 60-70 bucks.
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by octaane 1y ago
Interesting find. As mentioned by other comments, there are other ways you can boil things and render fat than with ceramic containers. However, there are even easier ways. For example, you could simply dig a hole in the ground, fill it wit
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by octaane 1y ago
As I'm understanding it, it was primarily for grease, not soup itself. They certainly could have been making soup as well, but grease itself is a much more valuable product. It has utility for waterproofing, warmth (if you smear it on
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by octaane 1y ago
You can tell who did and who did not read this article. In it, sparrows are a metaphor for Koreans and their descendants who were displaced by the Korean War.
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by octaane 1y ago
Is anyone surprised by this? Europeans still vividly remember, and are reminded, of the cost of WWII. When the head of a company, no matter how trendy, sieg heils on stage (twice!) and then goes on to publicly appear at far-right german pol

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