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by ridgeguy 11y ago
Roberts Market in Woodside CA used to have an orange juice squeezer until a few years ago. It was really nice - I could toss in oranges (or grapefruit, or tangerines) and go home with delicious fresh juice. Don't know why they removed
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
In Texas, I guess every wind generator should come with a bitcoin miner that turns on whenever electrical load falls short of generated power. New revenue source for the utility!
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
They're also inexpensive and low-overhead. I'm glad to have the luxury of working in jeans and tee shirts. Cuts way down on ironing and laundry, frees up time.
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
Possibly because Murdoch noticed that Nat Geo's subscriber demographics skew towards older people with more money to spend? Maybe he thinks he can monetize the subscriber asset base better.
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
Only with regard to your first three sentences: It isn't wealth inequality or the existence of "insanely rich" per se, it's the ever-growing sector of Americans who are excluded from wealth and who no longer see any rea
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
I think rising wealth inequality is underestimated as a cause of suicide in the US. So many statistics indicate that financial stress is rising on the 99%, with no little change in sight. I suspect large numbers of American lives are being
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
Vinge's book scanning reminded me a lot of DNA shotgun sequencing(1). I wonder if that's what he modeled his method on? (1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun_sequencing
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
Interesting idea, sort of a strict liability approach. If I'm a superqualified, incredibly careful, good-guy explosives chemist, I still don't get to whip up a batch of Octol in my garage. The law deems explosives manufacture an i
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
Isn't the selection bias imposed by the humans who are developing the AI? If humans want an AI that can drive a car, it probably won't care about making money but it'll put Stirling Moss to shame. If humans want an AI that ca
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
Agree - rate of energy release is everything. A pound of hamburger releases about 1152 kcal, or about 4.8 megaJoules of energy when metabolized over a day or so after it's eaten. One pound of TNT releases about 2 megaJoules of energy i
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
I view current cryonics as a bit like playing the lottery. If you don't play, you will not win. If you do play, you have a minuscule but nonzero chance of winning. Over 30 years ago, I joined others to sit with a friend while he died w
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
Prions are quite difficult to inactivate. Table 2 in this paper: http://www.shea-online.org/Assets/files/other_papers/Prion.p... shows data on what seems to work and not. "Standard" autoclave proced
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
This was a lovely read, thanks for it. It's true they're no purists - computers, and I'm sure they're glad of modern dentistry, to name two anachronisms in their Victorian construct - but I think they're doing somet
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
If only we could ask Dr. Morbius...
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
For those who would like background on Karl Deisseroth, whose lab is involved in this work, I recommend this New Yorker article: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/05/18/lighting-the-br...
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
Part of the settlement would include a requirement that any change of benefit payments be approved only after a court review of the proposed change and an order to that effect. I think this would greatly reduce this kind of exploitation.
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
My experience of Modafinil is similar. I'm prescribed it for sleep apnea. It dispels the daytime somnolence and lets me function. It's been enormously helpful for me. At my 200mg dose, I've seen no changes in vital signs (BP,
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
For anyone interested in this topic, a company that seems fairly far along in developing a commercial solid electrolyte lithium battery is Sakti3. Of the higher-performance battery developers that I follow, they seem closest to commercial s
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
I got way fewer of these right than I would have hoped. It's clear that I need to update my understanding of the questions presented. I owe a debt to those who put this together. Thanks very much.
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
Probably nobody. Also, there are some exceptions to this rule to allow for basic research.
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
Somewhat OT, but I'd be interested in your thoughts. How serious are grid stability issues presented by solar PV (without storage) at high penetration rates (say > ~ 20%)? Important? Not? Thanks.
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
I'll second these picks as having lots of information wrapped up inside engaging writing. Ignition: http://web.gccaz.edu/~wkehowsk/ignition.pdf "Excuse me, sir...": ftp://www.fourmilab.ch&#x2
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
No, we can't use a patented method even if we don't sell stuff we make with it. From the USPTO site: "Patent infringement is the act of making, using, selling, or offering to sell a patented invention... http://www
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
Pretty much, as long as you're an employee. There may be exceptions if you're the owner of a business that you sell, or a member of a partnership that's dissolved, or part of an LLC that's being dissolved. Useful info on
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
Modeling indicates that a strip of stannene decorated with fluorine atoms at the edges may be a room temperature superconductor. Here's a link to pretty modeling pix: http://www.gizmag.com/stanene-topological-insulator&
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
One way this can happen is due to strabismus, which is a condition in which one's eyes can't converge on the same gaze point. It's often caused by problems with the extraocular muscles, which move the eyes. This reduces the b
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
Rooftop solar (more generally, "distributed generation") is growing rapidly and is expected to be a much larger electricity source than utility scale photovoltaic plants fairly soon, say by 2020 or even earlier. The following link
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
Self driving cars are the solution to a lot of things if your physical condition (age, other health issues) prevents you from driving in our car-centered culture. As our population ages, this will be an ever greater problem. Loss of mobilit
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
I don't think they're state-owned, but they depend on community and county (and maybe state and Federal) sources for funding. Depending on the community politics, libraries could face funding cuts for running exit nodes. If the li
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
Not FUD at all, "pure" or otherwise. Here's why: - Cars travel defined roadways having mandated brush clearance zones that diminish the likelihood of a vehicle crash/fire propagating into uncleared country. A fiery crash

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