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Violation of the exponential decay law discovered in quantum systems(phys.org)
2 points by scentoni 9y ago|0 comments
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by scentoni 9y ago
Basically they've made the first direct observations of what causes a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma-ray_burst I expect there will be a Nobel, not immediately but after years of accumulating statistics on man
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by scentoni 9y ago
You're misunderstanding the purpose of LIGO. LIGO is partly a physics experiment to confirm general relativity, like Gravity Probe B, but mostly an astronomical observatory. All astronomy before was based on electromagnetic waves (ligh
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by scentoni 9y ago
The resolution of our present gravitational wave observations is very low. Adding VIRGO to LIGO helps reduce the area of the sky to look in.
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by scentoni 9y ago
There is nothing about a superconductor that would trap a neutrino.
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by scentoni 9y ago
And given the difficulty of parking at Berkeley, that is probably lusted after more than the prize money.
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by scentoni 9y ago
A list zipper? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipper_(data_structure)
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by scentoni 9y ago
> Source? All the sources I look at say that Egyptian culture survived more or less intact until the Muslim conquest in the 300s. You should recheck your sources if they're telling you about Muslim conquests in the 300s.
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A literal elevator pitch(arstechnica.com)
8 points by scentoni 9y ago|0 comments
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by scentoni 9y ago
I love this--but no Monaco?
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by scentoni 9y ago
No.
162.
by scentoni 9y ago
Obligatory Robert Tinney Byte cover: https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1981-04
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by scentoni 9y ago
No, atrial fibrillation occurs in distinct episodes (imagine your heart occasionally having an epileptic seizure that lasts a few hours) and it can be difficult to get an EKG when you suspect something is wrong.
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by scentoni 9y ago
Hash? I wouldn't trust the folks at Equifax to know the difference between a one-way function, a cannabis concentrate, and a fried potato dish.
165.
by scentoni 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaternion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_algebra
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by scentoni 9y ago
Yes, as in about one million times more powerful than TNT.
167.
by scentoni 9y ago
M-x psychoanalyze-pinhead
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The power of deeper networks for expressing natural functions(arxiv.org)
3 points by scentoni 9y ago|0 comments
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by scentoni 9y ago
A sort of homecoming, since camelids originated in North America, and afterward spread to South America and Asia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel#Evolution
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by scentoni 9y ago
Try https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity_and_the_... instead
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by scentoni 9y ago
"Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, ... Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do." -- From Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer, Chapter Two, 1876. http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/learnmore/w
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by scentoni 9y ago
Red 7 is good for playing a few games over lunch. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/161417/red7
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by scentoni 9y ago
The "cube coordinate system" described here with a redundant third coordinate is similar to the Bravais-Miller indexes used in crystallography for hexagonal and trigonal crystals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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by scentoni 9y ago
Maybe something like SI(sqrt(1/(eps0 mu0))) = 299792458 m/s factor(sqrt(mu0/eps0),ohm) = SI(sqrt(mu0/eps0)/ohm)*ohm = 376.730 Ω
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Blindekuh: restaurant in the dark(blindekuh.ch)
2 points by scentoni 9y ago|0 comments
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by scentoni 9y ago
I like this, but would really like a convert-to-base-units function. ≫ sqrt(1/(eps0 mu0)) ->m/s sqrt(1 / (eps0 × mu0)) -> m / s = 299833000 m/s ≫ sqrt(mu0/eps0) ->ohm sqrt(mu0 /
177.
by scentoni 9y ago
Colonists from England, China, and elsewhere devastated the cultures of Australian, American, and Taiwanese aboriginal peoples in prior centuries.
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by scentoni 9y ago
Use vim to compose an abc file, then play it with software listed at http://abcnotation.com or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_notation
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Biggest X-ray laser in the world generates its first laser light(desy.de)
2 points by scentoni 9y ago|0 comments
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by scentoni 9y ago
I remember rhubarb and Icelandic poppies ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaver_nudicaule ) were among the few introduced perennials that prospered in Anchorage, Alaska.

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