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Particle that only has mass when moving in one direction observed for first time(phys.org)
2 points by toss1 2y ago|2 comments
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by toss1 2y ago
It is being done in Africa, a 4000-mile wall south of the world's largest desert, the Sahara, called the Great Green Wall. Some references below. Pretty amazing stuff. [0] https://www.bbcearth.com/news/five-ways-t
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The largest open-source dataset of car designs, including their aerodynamics(news.mit.edu)
316 points by toss1 2y ago|116 comments
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by toss1 2y ago
It's the actual headline shortened to the HN 80-char limit The point of the article is not that it is a random cable, but that the pen-testing cable would pass normal 2D x-ray analysis, and required a CT scan to really identify anyth
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USB-C cable CT scan reveals sinister active electronics(tomshardware.com)
26 points by toss1 2y ago|12 comments
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How does the brain interpret computer languages? (2021)(arstechnica.com)
1 points by toss1 2y ago|0 comments
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World first carbon-14 diamond battery with potential lifespan of 1000s of years(bristol.ac.uk)
6 points by toss1 2y ago|2 comments
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by toss1 2y ago
"currently" is doing some heavy lifting there (right proper to state it that way). Is there an enforceable claim that Kagi will never store such info? The making an account for searching linked to govt-verifiable payment and ID da
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by toss1 2y ago
>>Never heard of it Neither had I. It sounds like a major part of their plan, to just behave as a silent process that can always be re-booted through whatever changes the device goes through. Best to keep that sort of thing obscure.
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The Crypto Plot Against America's Gold Reserves – US_Gold_Reserves=>BTC=>Whales(prospect.org)
2 points by toss1 2y ago|0 comments
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by toss1 2y ago
I hadn't thought of it in terms of evaluating programmers, but I can say the best definitely spend real effort on good naming conventions for their projects. I was once at a conference where Bjarne Stroustrup was speaking, and after th
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by toss1 2y ago
Indeed, good qstn. The sun is emitting light at roughly the spectrum curve of a (non-ideal) black body at 5778°K [1]. The 'black body' curve is the idealized electromagnetic spectral emission curve of how every body 'glows&
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by toss1 2y ago
WOW, I did not know that. It always seemed barn raising events were a very effective and efficient way to build community infrastructure. But a death or crippling per barn is a damn high cost in blood!
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by toss1 2y ago
ok, so a quick check of submarine cable maps shows around two dozen from England across the channel (ignoring those to the Nordics and North America) Would a pair of cable sets replace all of that? That's a lot of data, routing, and r
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by toss1 2y ago
Yup, I was in one of those situations. Working for a building renovation contractor who I liked and respected, we'd done several jobs on roofs, but low flat porch roofs, maybe 10' up. No problem. This one project was on a barn w
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by toss1 2y ago
It's a metaphor; I didn't actually smell any smoke (but didn't stay around either). But I guarantee those pads were momentarily very hot. Thanks for your concern, but no, the car's braking capability was fully up to snu
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by toss1 2y ago
>>The systems “are headed the right way,” says Greg Brannon, the director of automotive research at AAA. They may have some promising data, but from what I've seen driving 2019 and 2021 model vehicles from Ford and Mazda, they ar
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Chinese ship investigated over 'sabotaged' Baltic Sea internet cables(telegraph.co.uk)
4 points by toss1 2y ago|0 comments
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by toss1 2y ago
Yes, there is fiber infrastructure in the Channel Tunnel [0]. I'm pretty sure that while any one good link is vastly better than zero links, no one link is sufficient to carry all traffic from/to the British Isles? [0] https:&#x
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by toss1 2y ago
Yup. Contrary to popular belief, large or dominant businesses like regulation, as long as it favors them. Beyond regulatory capture to explicitly write regulations favorably specifically to the capturing companies (as Musk is doing), just
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Undersea cable between Lithuania and Sweden damaged(lrt.lt)
5 points by toss1 2y ago|0 comments
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Tesla gains on report Trump team plans federal self-driving vehicle regulations(reuters.com)
5 points by toss1 2y ago|4 comments
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by toss1 2y ago
Just because it is not publicized does not mean it is not happening. Most military operations do not take along journalists, and are not reported to the press. Some are even secret. That said, there is a limited amount that can be done in
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by toss1 2y ago
They do already, but do need reinforcement. >>"“We put in place a National Maritime Information Centre in about 2010 and we needed a Joint Maritime Operations Coordination Centre alongside it, because we said very firmly we have
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by toss1 2y ago
Substantial Russian activity also near UK, raises concerns that Russia would cut off UK. [0] Russian ships ‘plotting sabotage in the North Sea’ [1] [0] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-unde
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UK undersea cables worth £7.4T a day under 'real threat' from Russia(independent.co.uk)
9 points by toss1 2y ago|0 comments
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by toss1 2y ago
Seems the senior managers & senior workers/producers should be spending some of their time and resources to develop AI training systems including coursework, simulation rigs, coaching, etc. to accelerate and reduce the load of trai
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by toss1 2y ago
If it is an influence operation, the people who want to wield influence pay the bills. Already the point of X/Twitter (large Saudi funding, likely to help prevent another Arab spring type event in their country), and the point of the h
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by toss1 2y ago
good thought, depends on the battlefield environment?
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by toss1 2y ago
Paradox as old as recorded time: Being ready for war prevents war : Being unready for war invites it. It's really simple: If you are leading an expansionist state, who are you going to attack first? The neighboring village/fiefdom

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