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Memoir on Inventing the Confocal Scanning Microscope(web.media.mit.edu)
2 points by rex_lupi 3y ago|0 comments
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by rex_lupi 3y ago
...."thanks to us".
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by rex_lupi 3y ago
The problem isn't plastic, the problem is everyone throwing it onto the oceans. And blaming the "third world" isn't gonna help
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by rex_lupi 3y ago
Microplastics is hardly the only concern about plastic nets. In garbage patches, nets are a major constituent. Marine animals, small and big, get strangled in the nets. Marine animals indirectly consume plastic nets which doesn't get p
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CIA Contributions to Modern Technology(cia.gov)
65 points by rex_lupi 3y ago|64 comments
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We Ruined Status LEDs; Here’s Why That Needs to Change(hackaday.com)
107 points by rex_lupi 3y ago|122 comments
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by rex_lupi 3y ago
I get your point, but meaning of the word "eco-terrorist" is kind of the opposite
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by rex_lupi 3y ago
> stop having kids I wonder if such major personal and individual sacrifices are actually worth it, and if at all effective, when we leave those handful of companies which spew massive amounts of CO2 and other pollutants into the environ
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by rex_lupi 3y ago
Too clichéd
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by rex_lupi 3y ago
>Globicatella Wonder if they discovered the genus from a certain cat named Globi
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by rex_lupi 3y ago
This is an interesting bit: > While it might seem astonishing that so many longest-lasting light bulbs have been so infrequently turned off, this is the precise reason for their longevity. Most of the wear and tear that leads to burnouts
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by rex_lupi 3y ago
Ah. I'm very familiar with a lot of recipes here. Even have a few of my own (inventions? hacks?) which I guess would make a good good addition to this cookbook.
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by rex_lupi 3y ago
And yet, even with all your "years of training, education and experience", the said for-profit publisher is writing such low- quality science journalism articles. It's been only weeks and the article in a maliciously dismissi
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by rex_lupi 3y ago
Nature is now just whining cuz one arxiv publication got everyone excited. That's what it feels like after reading this poor quality article published by nature
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by rex_lupi 3y ago
After going through the article, I'm absolutely surprised that one can publish such low effort (oped) articles on nature.com; perhaps lazy me should also give it a shot. Didn't care to check the author's credentials: if he is
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by rex_lupi 3y ago
Do you know how snakes "eat"?
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by rex_lupi 3y ago
Make sure its written in rust
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by rex_lupi 3y ago
Absolutely. I can personally attest to the fact that $5 soldering iron is good enough for most common (non-smd) jobs. I've seen people do smd soldering with a big chisel tip, even a soldering gun, but it takes training. But I get OP&#x
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by rex_lupi 3y ago
Absolutely, Came to say this.
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by rex_lupi 3y ago
The prof who taught us computational chemistry during masters basically said 90% of published results cannot be trusted and most people in this field don't really know what they're doing. Results can look seemingly good and stil b
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by rex_lupi 3y ago
I mean, from the circumstances it seems quite evident they believe in what they're saying. Fyi they've been working on this material since 1999
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by rex_lupi 3y ago
Cowards can have heart of gold too
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by rex_lupi 3y ago
I nearly lost my habit of reading novels, and it's been quite some time since I indulged in fiction. Recently, I decided to try Dostoevsky. I'm currently engrossed in Crime and Punishment, and I'm going to finish it today. ab
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by rex_lupi 3y ago
Corporations controlling the existence of an entire species. Sickening.
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The Broken Economics of the Oceans(youtube.com)
2 points by rex_lupi 3y ago|0 comments
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by rex_lupi 3y ago
So I just learned about this custom from this post, and after an hour, I've started watching the Midsomer Murders, and a reference to this tradition pops up. You know, like you learn a new word, and suddenly the word starts popping up
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by rex_lupi 3y ago
>The primary application is surveillance Literally, bugging
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by rex_lupi 3y ago
- Magpie Audio Sherlock Holmes - Bitesized audio classics
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Marine Mammals and Sonar(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by rex_lupi 3y ago|0 comments
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by rex_lupi 3y ago
Indian here. I've heard stories from my father and grandmother, who grew up in rural India of how there used to be so many of them(The white-rumped ones), everywhere, back in their times, up until 20-30 years ago, when all of a sudden

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