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by sand500 3y ago
Does it have to be a sheet of material? If all we want to do is shade the earth, we could launch a few million KGs of glitter into low earth orbit or to the Sun-Earth L1.
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by sand500 3y ago
The article doesn't explain how these machines caused the deaths but the FDA announcement hints to it > A wide range of injuries has been reported in these MDRs, including cancer, pneumonia, asthma, other respiratory problems, infec
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by sand500 3y ago
Risks of this virus getting out aside, it would be invaluable to study and understand how a 100% lethal variant works. Even just knowing there exists a 100% lethal variant let's us be prepared in case one shows up from random mutations
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by sand500 3y ago
To add context, animals across the world have evolved independently to resemble crabs. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation
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by sand500 3y ago
I wonder if the next step is to have the surgeons and doctors in a central control room doing the surgery by robotic arm and VR headsets. This removes the time for surgeons to dress up and get clean.
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by sand500 3y ago
California let's you file state taxes for free through the state: https://www.ftb.ca.gov/file/ways-to-file/online/calfile/inde...
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by sand500 3y ago
Cash app let's you file both federal and state taxes for free. It was formally Credit Karma's free tax filing program that was divested after they were acquired by Intuit.
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by sand500 3y ago
What is the max power as per the USB-C spec and what is the max power the connector can handle?
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by sand500 3y ago
There are already a number of Android TV based boxes/sticks out there that are quite hackable. The only thing Chromecast adds is integration with the phone apps.
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by sand500 3y ago
> The aviation industry doesn't usually reduce incidents down to a single proximate or ultimate cause like that Correct. Folks here might be interested in the swiss cheese model: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x2F
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by sand500 3y ago
Runway incursion is a technical term defined by the ICAO: > Runway incursion. Any occurrence at an aerodrome involving the incorrect presence of an aircraft, vehicle or person on the protected area of a surface designated for the landing
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by sand500 3y ago
Even funnier is during the pandemic, we got adb over ssh so our desktops in the office could still connect to devices at our house.
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by sand500 3y ago
I don't get this one: Did you hear about the two satellites that got married? The wedding wasn't much, but the reception was incredible. Should the punchline be "out of this world"?
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by sand500 3y ago
Very cool, I visited Shinjuku station earlier this year and got lost in it more than once. Google maps does a decent job of giving walking directions through the station but finding my current location was difficult. I think something lik
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by sand500 3y ago
I really liked the backup on file save Dropbox does. I think this can be replicated by using a read only file system.
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by sand500 3y ago
What if we switched to higher less penetrating frequencies? We are now on 6GHZ and there is even a spec for wifi over 50GHz.
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by sand500 3y ago
Dont you have propagation delay in reverse too? Let's say you do turn off all the lights at the exact same time. The light hitting the telescope also travels at the speed of light.
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by sand500 3y ago
Can it not fall under the same bucket as golf cart or an oversized powerwheels
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Project Open Se Cura(opensecura.googlesource.com)
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by sand500 3y ago
I missed that, updated with a different brand.
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by sand500 3y ago
In 2017 I had an issue with my capital one credit card and went to a physical branch and they just said to call the main helpline. To the credit of the employee, he offered to sit with me while I was on the phone.
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by sand500 3y ago
Dumb TVs are still a thing https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1629173-REG/nec_e658_...
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by sand500 3y ago
Physically attaching something is probably really complicated and you need to make sure the junk doesn't rotate out of control as you burn to de orbit it.
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by sand500 3y ago
This is great for when the contaminant is oil soluble but not water soluble.
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by sand500 3y ago
What's with the coffee mug stains on the last page?
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by sand500 3y ago
I'm surprised to learn California has a few GW of batteries. Are these grid scale storage or people's houses feeding back into the grid?
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by sand500 3y ago
> DigiTimes believes the foldable could boost iPad shipments, sparking an uptick in otherwise shrinking global tablet sales. I'm guessing everyone who wants a tablet already has one and device upgrades are only every few years.
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by sand500 3y ago
How is this different from the existing spectrum allocation for wifi on 6GHz?
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by sand500 3y ago
My first thought was https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_stew
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by sand500 3y ago
I wonder if it's possible to do a sailboat that lifts above the water entirely and stays in ground effect.

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