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by phaemon 10y ago
Hi, there seems to be some mixed messages on the implications of this for the rest of the Larsen C shelf. Are we likely to see a collapse of the whole thing in the next few years, Larsen B style?
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by phaemon 10y ago
The graphic from the MIDAS project also has a picture of Wales to compare with :) They have their own brief blog post at: http://www.projectmidas.org/blog/larsen-c-ice-shelf-poised-t...
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by phaemon 10y ago
> I'm not sure what you mean by "doesn't typically save a configuration." It doesn't save a configuration by default. It gets the recommended resolution from the display and uses that. You can set custom resolu
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by phaemon 10y ago
It is not. Barter is not capitalism. Cottage industry is not capitalism. Google 'history of capitalism' and you'll see.
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by phaemon 10y ago
Heh, stop being so provincial. Not everyone on the planet fits into your simple-minded categories.
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by phaemon 10y ago
You didn't ask what problem astrodust had with them. You asked what's wrong with them. I told you one thing. If you want a private conversation, then HN comments are the wrong venue.
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by phaemon 10y ago
No I didn't, that was `astrodust`, not me. I was just providing an example of something that was wrong with them.
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by phaemon 10y ago
> Here we go. Tell me what's wrong with Breitbart? Every story they run on climate change is a pile of innumerate, scientifically illiterate crap? Those are the only stories I see from them as they get quoted for amusement value som
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by phaemon 10y ago
You think that because I'd like to see a basic income, care about renewable energy and income equality, that I must be living in the Silicon Valley bubble? Is that genuinely what you think?
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by phaemon 10y ago
> Join me next week for the exciting sequel to this post, "I've been tying my shoelaces wrong all these years". Probably. Use the Ian Knot: http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/ianknot.htm Seriously, spend
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by phaemon 10y ago
I suppose it was taken, but "Viki" would have been so much better a name.
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by phaemon 10y ago
> But how is "dark matter" not magic? Because the theory made predictions that were then checked. > instead of looking for a better theory, we decided the observation was wrong Except they didn't. They looked for a bett
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by phaemon 10y ago
> Granted, access is limited to "Watch Manager (Control)" FFS, are they deliberately choosing the creepiest sounding job titles to give access to?! Sure, it sounds fine when it's linked to the Fire Service, but it sounds d
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by phaemon 10y ago
The petition against this bill is at: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/173199
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by phaemon 10y ago
Ok, so this is actually a couple of blog posts explaining why the "Asterix: Latin Jokes Explained" site failed . I actually wanted to see the Asterix: Latin Jokes Explained" site itself (cos I loved those books when I was
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by phaemon 10y ago
I don't use Twitter, and I don't have much time for CNN. I was looking for a link to a scientific paper, but Snopes generally makes an effort so I suppose they'll do. The reef is very badly damaged, and if you'd said t
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by phaemon 10y ago
What is that opinion based on?
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by phaemon 10y ago
> The UK didn't really have mass shooting incidents all that frequently even before their bans. There have been major restrictions on handgun use in the UK since 1968, well before Hungerford and Dunblane. > but instead the politi
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by phaemon 10y ago
That's one, six years ago. Compare: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2015/oct/...
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by phaemon 10y ago
What about DarkTable instead?
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by phaemon 10y ago
The original `vi` was written on an ADM-3A terminal. If you have a look at the keyboard layout https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADM-3A#/media/File:KB_Terminal... You can not only see why Esc was easy to hit, but
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by phaemon 10y ago
That is such a lot of bollocks. :-) Go grab a guitar, twiddle about with the machine heads so the strings are randomly tuned, and start hitting the strings with a book. Absolutely no-one is stopping you from doing that (well, perhaps folk
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by phaemon 10y ago
Well, that there are 5000 employees suggests we don't have to worry quite yet. I'll panic when the headline is "Microsoft Forms New Zero Person AI Division" :)
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by phaemon 10y ago
I'm confused why you're confused. You pay for energy, not for power. You wouldn't pay the same for a kW delivered for 1 hour as you would for a kW delivered for a whole year, right?
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by phaemon 10y ago
Not so clear cut: http://www.nhs.uk/news/2016/07July/Pages/Study-finds-link-be... (the linked article talks about these various studies; have a quick read of it)
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by phaemon 10y ago
If you click the question mark it gives some details on the data. The temperatures are relative to a 1961-1990 average.
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by phaemon 10y ago
What tracking information are you referring to?
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by phaemon 10y ago
I don't understand. Could you give an example?
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by phaemon 10y ago
What gave you that idea? Radiative transfer is physics. That doesn't change because we're talking about planet earth. I would guess that most scientists involved in climatology have a physics background. Edit: for example, Ra
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by phaemon 10y ago
The calculation comes from the physicists who came up with it of course. Are you saying they were wrong? Do you have a link to a paper showing this?

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