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by ridgeguy 8y ago
Have not read beyond the headline, so apologies if (as is likely) I missed a critical point. However: This seems likely to cause those who don't want or can't fit into the rated society China is building to emigrate. The more crea
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
Legal protection of trade secrets gives the trade secret owner the right to sue if someone steals the secret. So if employees of Coca-Cola conspire to steal the (trade) secret formulation for Coke, the company can sue them for damages. Ther
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
The U.S. patent office disagrees with you and notes that the U.S is obligated to protect trade secrets [1]. The Coca-Cola company and defendants Williams and Dimson might differ, as well [2]. [1] https://www.uspto.gov/pate
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
Yeah, even though it's a time lapse, it conveys pretty well the fact that the ISS is going 5. miles. every. second. If I left my home right now at that speed for San Francisco (~36 miles), I'd be ready to park in ~ 7 seconds. Most
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
There's more to IP than trademarks and patents. You skipped over trade secrets.
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
The article discusses experiments in dogs and notes that the effects lasted from 3.5 to 18 months, so temporary in those tests. Elsewhere, it said that this specifically activates temperature sensitive sensory neurons leaving others (touch,
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
Thanks for posting your experience. I use a full face mask (Resmed thing). It has one hose connected to the center of the mask. I'm able to sleep on either side (side sleeper by preference). My pillow doesn't interact with the cen
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
I'm the greater insomniac in my household, so I was the one to note my wife's snoring and breathing cessations. She felt fine in the morning. A sleep study showed her PO2 levels dipping as low as 76. She's a CPAP user now. I
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
This might be a function of the particular lab. Yours is the first suggestion I've heard of that possibility. I've had two overnight lab sleep studies. During the first I registered less than 5 minutes of sleep. Nobody suggested g
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
CPAP with humidifier user here. About nondistilled water: My humidifier has a heated metal plate in the bottom of the tank. Its temperature is set on a humidifier scale of 1-8, plate temperature increases from 1-8. Evaporation of nondistill
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
Your insurance coverage can vanish in a moment. A current anecdote.. I live in a neighborhood of ~80 small lots/homes a few miles west of Palo Alto. Since Oct.1, nine of our neighbors have had their fire insurance policies terminated i
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
This is really cool. My friends and I are greatly enjoying it. Thanks!!
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
The pie 'tin' was probably aluminum - maybe sheet steel, if it was one of the robust types. Aluminum and acids usually react fast, with evolution of hydrogen. I used to use that reaction to top off balloons (already partially infl
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
What if a more useful definition of age isn't your solar revolution count, but (mitochondrial function, concentration of tau in your prefrontal cortex, degree of autoimmune attack on your joints, reaction time, etc.)? Then age starts t
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
But low turnout may frequently be due not to apathy, but to inability to get to the polls. I think this differentially affects the working poor, whose employers may deny them compensated time to vote. They're poor and can't take a
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
Anecdotal data point from one who's old, by chronological criteria. I can't say I feel wiser than I was at 25 or 50. Different, definitely. I'm still unclear what constitutes "wise". But as I age, I increasingly see
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
Yeah, I agree. Reed switches might even resonate with music played through laptop speakers. This needs a no-moving-parts magnetic sensor.
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
I'll knowingly violate HN's rules to say that's a Vogon conclusion.
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
>There’s a level above exploitation where you value other intelligent life and cherish it. That sounds like a hope/belief, not a fact. There may be levels of regard for intelligence that are below pets. See, for example, "To Se
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
It's stochastic. Could happen tomorrow. We got lucky in 2012. [1] [1] https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/2...
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
If beam-steering antennas are used in 5G handsets [1], the handset will beam-form a more narrow, higher ERP antenna pattern to improve transmit and receive performance if a body part gets between handset and base station. This would increas
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
Physical switch could be done with a very small magnet behind the lid surface and an opposed micro-reed switch (or other magnetically actuated on/off device) buried behind the body surface. No surface penetrations, no exposed moving p
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
Seems at least plausible. Comet Rosetta's perihelion was August 13, 2015 [1] and there was a big outgassing event February 2016 [2]. Takes time for heat to propagate through stuff. But yeah, I'd rather it was due to radiation pres
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
Medical technology: pacemakers, drug infusion pumps, digital x-ray and MRI systems ("nope, no lesions on your lungs"). Industrial materials fab: change raw materials in critical alloy mixtures; mess with annealing time/temper
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
This site identified a print that's been in my wife's family for over 80 years. Very cool, thanks.
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
Perhaps we could mandate a shutdown of Facebook and Twitter 1 week prior to elections. This wouldn't impede citizens' ability to exercise their first amendment right to speak, as there are many, many other outlets for citizens&#x2
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
Just so. Twenty minutes of a designer role-playing an assembly tech installing those components (with the mindset of trying to fail) might have gotten us a "this can only fit one way" result.
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
This protects only against use by health insurers. If you're applying for life insurance, and you've had genetic testing done (like 23 & me), you have to reveal that fact and provide the results if asked. [1] [1] http:/
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
Backwards installation of G-switches crashed the Genesis probe on its return to earth [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_(spacecraft)#Mishap_In...
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by ridgeguy 8y ago
Yeah, this is design practice in other industries as well. If you're assembling a process gas delivery system, you'll find that pressure bottles containing fuels (H2, CH4, etc.) have left-hand threads in the delivery valves. Oxidi

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