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by ridgeguy 10y ago
This looks different from Cleveland Whiskey. Cleveland accelerates aging by use of high pressure [1]. The technique reported in the NPR article uses ultrasound, apparently at ordinary pressure. The original journal article (pdf) is open sou
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
I agree. Version 2 was the absolute worst, v.3 is better, but still needs work.
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
The references are from about 35 years of work mainly in materials R&D, neurobiology, and energy storage technology.
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
Device is a MacBook Pro running Papers [1] to organize and read references. Works well with over 18,000 references and their pdfs in my database. [1] http://papersapp.com/mac/
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
This [1] indicates average doctors' income in the US is about $200K, and specialists' average is about $285K. That seems to exclude your statement "$500K/year is mid-range doctor salary...". [1] http://ww
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
Cost reduction of existing battery technology is all that's needed to make batteries widely useful for grid energy storage. No new chemistry needed, just economies of scale. This is happening in CA [1] and elsewhere. The trend will ena
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
The NYT article [1] about this says (para 2) that Thiel does have American citizenship. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/01/business/peter-thiel-new-...
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
If telomere length reduction correlates with aging, then the flight twin (Scott) aged less rapidly. Not everyone agrees that telomere length is a reliable aging indicator. Another really interesting result was in DNA methylation, a gene act
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
I'll underline the "need plenty of sunshine". We've planted tomatoes for 16 years (hope springs eternal) in the SF Peninsula hills and gotten nearly nothing in return. Our next-door neighbor has far better sun exposure,
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
There's modern precedent for the President's sending in Federal troops as part of law enforcement activities [1]. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0925.h...
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
I'll add: 7. Contribute money to organizations filing lawsuits against Trump's actions.
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
This is a real problem for critical infrastructure. As only one example, this makes it very cheap to damage thousands of power substations. These are usually above ground and unhardened. Substitute your own favorite critical infrastructure,
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
"DOES" are 'John/Jane Does". These are placeholders for potential defendants unnamed at filing of the lawsuit, but who may be added to the named defendant list later.
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
This seems to share at least some engineering commonality with a demonstration of the dynamic Casimir effect [1], in which an accelerated superconducting region functions as a moving mirror, generating microwave photons out of quantum vacuu
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
That would be "non-eligible" resources, of course. Sorry for the typo.
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
Thank you for expanding on your post.
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
Given that the US grid is highly interconnected, would this legislation require Wyoming utilities to avoid using renewable-generated electricity from sources outside Wyoming? This would seem to require that Wyoming's utilities isolate
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
"The few who do look into self-improvement are the same ones that have done it regardless of the economic condition of the lower class of their time..." Citation needed. Otherwise, it's not even anecdata. If your perspective
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
Most parents know this about their children, that their sacrifices may go unappreciated in full until their kids pass some ill-defined maturity/life milestones. They did it for you anyway, and doubtless on the whole, gladly. As another
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
A question from someone largely ignorant of Stoicism, generated by the last clause in your quote from The Enchiridion: How does a Stoic change his/her lot in life, given that Stoicism assigns choice of that lot to an externality? Or do
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
How fast grids can be fixed depends on what breaks. If large power transformers (LPTs) get fried, the lead time for manufacturing replacements can exceed 20 months [1]. They're so expensive that spares are not commonly bought or built.
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
Thanks for this, really enjoyed the video tour.
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
NaOH is a super cheap, common chemical. It's the principal ingredient in Drano and similar plumbing cleanout products. High concentrations of NaOH in water are strongly basic. It will corrode many oxide-based ceramics (like toilet bowl
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
From the Bloomberg article: "And if you're really lucky, you might be able to order a 2005 Sauterne from Château d'Yquem, the superior first-growth winery that was a favorite of Thomas Jefferson and is now owned by LVMH.&quo
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
Congrats on your PhD. Can you suggest any review articles for those of us who would like an overview of the current state of the art? Thanks!
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
I agree. I think it would be less expensive (but not cheap) to build definitive test equipment on Earth than in space. Space operations also might cause new types of artifacts. One such might be forces from induced currents due to spacecraf
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
From following EmDrive work a little, my impression is that nobody has the budget to do a high power setup right. Budget was a major limitation in the published NASA work. Also, some artifact sources (e.g. power lead/B field artifacts)
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
It's even bigger than that: ~ 6e23. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avogadro_constant
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
Helicopters do have sophisticated automatic flight control systems. A brief blurb describing some aspects: http://www.helicoptermaintenancemagazine.com/article/underst...
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by ridgeguy 10y ago
I've also had mostly good experiences on eBay as a buyer, but a couple of very bad ones as a seller. eBay's seller protections are non-existent, and I no longer use eBay for equipment sales. I do local sales (CraigsList or persona

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