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Why Do Hipsters Steal Stuff?(gwern.net)
15 points by privong 4y ago|13 comments
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Grap: A Language for Typesetting Graphs(lunabase.org)
3 points by privong 4y ago|0 comments
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by privong 4y ago
> Nobody knew at the time that Hubble was literally a KH-11 class telescope, but one pointed the other way. The mirror size and the ability to be carried in the shuttle was probably to get some synergies out of those two projects. Along
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Lincos Language(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by privong 4y ago|0 comments
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Small, sharp tools (2014)(brandur.org)
61 points by privong 4y ago|18 comments
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by privong 4y ago
It's an impressive technique. Direct imaging finds planets that would be unlikely to be identified via other detection techniques (such as measuring the wobble in the parent star's radial velocity or measuring photometric eclipses
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by privong 4y ago
> Exoplanets are too far away and too small to image directly. If you mean resolving details of the exoplanet, then yes that is currently true. But we have imaged exoplanets directly, meaning taken an image of a star where one can also s
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by privong 4y ago
The Cycle 2 General Observer proposal deadline will probably be late this year or early next year (I forget exactly when). Anyone can apply, and proposals are reviewed by scientific panels after submission. The Cycle 1 documentation, includ
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by privong 4y ago
> Like there is even a downloadable app that you use to plan & book time If you mean the APT (Astronomer's Proposal Tool) this tool was originally developed for Hubble Space Telescope proposals, and has been in use since at leas
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How Is the National Information Infrastructure Like a Prison? [mid 1990s](alumni.media.mit.edu)
2 points by privong 4y ago|1 comments
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Poll: Is Large-Scale Climate Geoengineering Inevitable?
8 points by privong 4y ago|29 comments
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by privong 4y ago
Yes, it will be done to buy time for carbon sequestration techniques to mature
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by privong 4y ago
Yes, but it will be too little, too late
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by privong 4y ago
No, there is not the societal or political will
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by privong 4y ago
No, we do not have viable geoengineering technology
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Uxn Tutorial(compudanzas.net)
3 points by privong 4y ago|0 comments
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by privong 4y ago
> Spacecraft could theoretically be used to extend the baselines but the volume of data to be transferred is prohibitive with current spacecraft comm tech. Space-based very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) has been done at lower frequ
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by privong 5y ago
This newer HN post includes an anchor link to a specific section of the page about COVID impacts, but it's the same page/text.
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by privong 5y ago
Some comments from ~10 days earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29570640
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Detailed footage reveals what triggers lightning(quantamagazine.org)
193 points by privong 5y ago|26 comments
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W(h)ither POWER8(talospace.com)
1 points by privong 5y ago|0 comments
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FSF Adopts New Governance Framework for Board Members(fsf.org)
2 points by privong 5y ago|0 comments
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Smart Contract Bug Results in $31M Loss(schneier.com)
3 points by privong 5y ago|1 comments
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The Demons Haunting Thermodynamics(physicstoday.scitation.org)
1 points by privong 5y ago|0 comments
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by privong 5y ago
They could've made the information more obvious, but there's some info in the comments on the trailer: https://vimeo.com/392233458#comment_18576653
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The Father of Digital Life(nautil.us)
1 points by privong 5y ago|0 comments
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A Turing Machine(aturingmachine.com)
3 points by privong 5y ago|0 comments
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by privong 5y ago
My favorite has been a stovetop toaster (e.g., [0]), when I've had a gas range. It toasts bread of varying sizes, no need to worry about bread or bagels getting stuck inside it, no dials, it folds up for storage out of the way when not
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Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s: Briefing(nationalacademies.org)
1 points by privong 5y ago|0 comments
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CRediT – Contributor Roles Taxonomy(casrai.org)
2 points by privong 5y ago|0 comments

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