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   by splittingTimes 9y ago

   Since 2014 I can find 34 citations, none of which are an actual experimental realization of their scheme [1]. Anyhow, TL;DR: They theoretically propose the following experiment: First, accelerate electrons to just below the speed of light a
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   by splittingTimes 9y ago

   Exactely. China is playing the same game as the West has for at least decade now. Examples that come to mind [1,2]. === [1] https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/nov/20/mondaymediasec... [2] HBGary was
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   by splittingTimes 9y ago

   Isn't that your job as a founder to find and surround yourself with people that are much smarter then you in their given field of expertise? You as the founder should then coordinate the efforts of your different experts and handle all
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   by splittingTimes 9y ago

   Let me up the ante, not only can we detect single photons. A pioneering study at the interface of biology and physics found, that isolated rod photoreceptors of frogs are sensitive to differences in the light sources statistical properties,
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   by splittingTimes 9y ago

   She gave a wonderful talk at google in 2014 about the different ways humans conceptualize the understanding their surrounding world and how her thought process differs from that of non-autistic people. "The Autistic Brain: Thinking Acr
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   by splittingTimes 9y ago

   > For a big enough digital product, "hacking psychology" happens by default, more than intentionally... Totally agree. > ..arrived at through a sort of natural selection process. I am not so sure. This all well-known stuff a
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   by splittingTimes 9y ago

   Compared to the potential energy of lifted water mass in a dam, isn't the water also highly pressurized under that rock mass? Would that not need to be taken into account as well?
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   by splittingTimes 9y ago

   I saw a talk of the inventor a couple of years back. The test site they where exploring they wanted to build a rock piston with a diameter of 250 and a height of 500-1000m (cannot remember exactly, but it was in this order). Since they can
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   by splittingTimes 9y ago

   I would add gravity storage [1]. "The fundamental principle is based on the hydraulic lifting of a large rock mass. [...] Water is pumped beneath a movable rock piston, thereby lifting the rock mass. [Later] the water which is under hi
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    by splittingTimes 9y ago

    > Electrons interact with each other. In principle correct, but in the particular case of Cooper pairs (responsible for the super conduction) the el-el interaction plays a subordinate role. Actually, the Coulomb force is counter-producti
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    by splittingTimes 9y ago

    Previous discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3093323 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6596855
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    by splittingTimes 9y ago

    A recent computer-aided proof found the last remaining pentagon tesselations. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14746233
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    by splittingTimes 9y ago

    IBM did research back in the 90s on perseptually-based colormaps and how to best represent various types of data within the color dimensions of luminescence, saturation and hue [1]. For exmpale, they found that, (1) Hue was not a good dimen
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    by splittingTimes 9y ago

    There is an interesting article where a Google design ethicist explains how technology hijacks your mind [1]. TL;DR: Hijack 1: If You Control the Menu, You Control the Choices. Ask yourself: What’s not on the menu?, Why am I being given t
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    by splittingTimes 9y ago

    Privately using dwm [1] for many years now and never looked back. But having to working under a MS Windows 10 setup now, I was wondering: Is there anything equivalent for MS Windows? === [1] http://dwm.suckless.org/
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    by splittingTimes 9y ago

    Its called "The website obesity crisis" http://www.webdirections.org/blog/the-website-obesity-crisis...
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    by splittingTimes 9y ago

    Wholeheartly agree. Let me extend your list. In 2004, the United Nations' "High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change" analysed threats and challenges to international peace and security. Their top ten list in priorit
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    by splittingTimes 10y ago

    I remember there was quite some critique of the algorithms used in NR and why you should not use them [1]. Not sure if they fixed the issues in the third edition though. Some alternatives can be found here [2]. "It is naïve t
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    by splittingTimes 10y ago

    Redmine comes to mind: https://www.redmine.org/boards/1/topics/18986
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    by splittingTimes 10y ago

    Around 30 I started with surfing and dancing LindyHop. I should have done that 10 years earlier. Cannot stress enough how much more both activities added to my overall "outer" experience of life. The vibe, the people you meet and
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    Aks HN: How did you improve the quality of your code base?

    10 points by splittingTimes 10y ago|5 comments