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China's Connected Car Collapse Is a Warning for the American Market(thedrive.com)
11 points by toss1 2y ago|2 comments
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by toss1 2y ago
Ya, if your "asteroid" is a subatomic particle in the quantum regime, maybe. But the impact of one such particle, even ultra-high-energy cosmic rays, can be safely ignored. Everything of asteroid size, or on the Torino Scale [0]
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Pregnant shark tracked off Bermuda–then tag pings inside bigger creature(miamiherald.com)
4 points by toss1 2y ago|0 comments
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by toss1 2y ago
Exactly!! There a uncountable millions of examples, and you're right, anywhere efficiency counts, which is pretty much everywhere.
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by toss1 2y ago
>> That embeds so many assumptions about the economy and where GDP comes from YUP. Of course there is a strong correlation between energy use and GDP growth; it takes more energy to produce more stuff. But ultimately, what produces m
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Trump threatens to send Meta's Mark 'Zuckerbucks' to prison if reelected(theregister.com)
2 points by toss1 2y ago|1 comments
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by toss1 2y ago
"Extra large quick-release battery" solves that (presumably recharge spares while it operates)?
848.
We created a new account in Telegram and started looking for a job in Estonia(threadreaderapp.com)
90 points by toss1 2y ago|40 comments
849.
by toss1 2y ago
No, it has everything to do with it. Every 'free' market is regulated. There is no such thing as a totally free market. The essential point is that "The Free Market" is a bullshirt concept. The closest thing to a totall
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Unitree Launches G1 Humanoid Robot with 3D Lidar and Dexterous Hands for USD 16k(circuitdigest.com)
1 points by toss1 2y ago|2 comments
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In Russia, questions swirl over arrest of Telegram boss(bbc.com)
9 points by toss1 2y ago|0 comments
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Arrest of Pavel Durov, Telegram CEO, charges of terrorism, fraud, child porn(decripto.org)
733 points by toss1 2y ago|829 comments
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by toss1 2y ago
>>management refused to accept ... that the situation was different Yes! Seems that the compliment of Uniqueness Bias is Normalcy Bias. Two cliffs to fall off of on opposite sides of the path. Makes me wonder how a similar study on
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Printed electronics material can store 1,000X more charge than current forms(phys.org)
1 points by toss1 2y ago|0 comments
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by toss1 2y ago
Yup. Here in USA, Citizen's bank, iirc a subsidiary of Royal Bank Of Scotland, has had a bug for years that prevents me from changing my password. The only way to do it is via a series of tech support calls, despite the fact that they&
856.
by toss1 2y ago
And yet many computer programmers and hardware developers, with or without any kind of license or certification, write or design systems that are critical to life and limb; everything including medical systems, airplane systems, automotive
857.
by toss1 2y ago
>>Most robots require kill buttons or estops on them so that a human can shut them down. If a customer ever feels the need to hit that button, then the people who have built and sold the robot have failed. They have not made it operat
858.
by toss1 2y ago
Let's be clear about this; credit where due: this is NOT simply "The US Government". This is a Biden administration initiative; the latest step in consistent hard work to free US residents from corporate "heads we win,
859.
by toss1 2y ago
Nice study! My conjecture on why astrology persists despite not working: it is the refinement of two very human traits, ambiguous statements and confirmation bias. Astrologers can leave just enough ambiguity in their statements so it seems
860.
Scientists drilled holes in a plane wing to reduce sonic booms. It worked(scmp.com)
2 points by toss1 2y ago|0 comments
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by toss1 2y ago
Just a suggestion, but I've found that at least here on HN, it matters less what do as how you do it. When things are presented at "Here's this solid discovery", people will pretty quickly ask for proof; they want backu
862.
by toss1 2y ago
Thanks for the tip, I'll check it out! I'm not asking for care or free help, but when one publishes a statement claiming to have helpful info but no details or links, it will usually lead to interested people asking for more. T
863.
by toss1 2y ago
I am also definitely interested in any info (including anecdotal and/or unproven), but was unable to find any searching your website. Any more specific links or hints you can post? TIA
864.
Cell-Free Bioactive Scaffold Supports Cartilage Regeneration-Large Animal Joints(genengnews.com)
22 points by toss1 2y ago|14 comments
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by toss1 2y ago
Umm, spread across 330 million people in the US, $6.7 billion would amount to a UBI of about $20 per person. Since it's over a decade or so, that's about $2/year/person. Hardly enough to even be noticed, let alone make a
866.
by toss1 2y ago
>> less reliable/continuous/predictable access to material things, meaning they would rationally seize immediate opportunities rather than taking the risk of a larger future opportunity THIS — the environment definitely chan
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Habitual stone-tool aided extractive foraging in white-faced capuchins (2018)(biorxiv.org)
32 points by toss1 2y ago|8 comments
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Deepfake Scammers Fail to Infiltrate Ferrari After Exec Got Suspicious(msn.com)
4 points by toss1 2y ago|1 comments
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by toss1 2y ago
Ha! yup, heard that a looong time ago, but not from any racer. Having qualified for racing licenses and won championships in several types of racing including road racing, it's actually more complicated than that; you're looking
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by toss1 2y ago
Can you publish details (or a link thereto) to solidify the prior art? IIRC, not only the fact of success but also the methods used must be published to establish prior art. One of the best ways to do this may be to file a Provisional Pa

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