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by toss1 2y ago
Wow - great illustration indeed!
872.
by toss1 2y ago
Yup! Also applies to cars on intersecting roads especially at odd angles; if it's staying in the same spot in the windshield/side window, one of you needs to change speeds or you'll have an unscheduled rapid disassembly at th
873.
by toss1 2y ago
Another tip for falling objects (although this applies only on the descent phase, so more for objects falling from cliffs or building above you): If when looking up, the object has an apparent motion (left/right/back), it won&#x27
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A Silicon Valley exec had $400k stolen by cybercriminals while buying a home(nbcnews.com)
10 points by toss1 2y ago|3 comments
875.
by toss1 2y ago
Yup. I submit that this sort of threat poisons the well and makes security worse for everyone, including those making the threat (but it's a bit of a commons problem because the worsening security is industry-wide, but for the threat-
876.
by toss1 2y ago
True, but it seems more than possible that we could self-regulate to minimize the harms done More on point, it is absolutely critical that we self-regulate, because if we fail to do so, eventually, nature WILL regulate us into oblivion. Our
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MOSFETs on NASA's Europa satellite can't handle space radiation; mission at risk(tomshardware.com)
3 points by toss1 2y ago|0 comments
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by toss1 2y ago
Yup, the big advantage the article cites for space based power is 24/7 availability vs the daily cycle on the ground, but that is so easily solved by batteries which are also on a rapidly declining cost curve. While I tend to like spa
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"It takes 2 hours to orbit at the surface of any object made of rock"(iflscience.com)
2 points by toss1 2y ago|1 comments
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by toss1 2y ago
Yes, generically, cutting costs in the abstract is not screwing workers. But when you got workers to sign up to work for you under Deal-A, and then you start reducing the workers' pay without their consent, you are screwing the workers
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Researchers discover a new form of scientific fraud: 'sneaked references'(phys.org)
137 points by toss1 2y ago|44 comments
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by toss1 2y ago
Yes, what I found excellent about this explanation is how the system is actually dynamic, but NASA treated it as static. In the reference good design, the single O-Rings must dynamically seat against the outermost surface from the forces in
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Russia Leverages AI-enhanced "Meliorator" software for foreign malign influence(cyber.gc.ca)
78 points by toss1 2y ago|42 comments
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by toss1 2y ago
I'm not suggesting it is happening, the article is. I'm pointing out that whether or not the mgt is trying to screw the workers, the opaque approach with the "Communications Team" generated only suspicion about both what
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by toss1 2y ago
Yes, while some components are binned based on mfg quality, most key components of race or supercars are not merely differentially binned from the econocars. This is especially true for critical components like the drivetrain, suspension,
886.
by toss1 2y ago
Yup. Even worse, there is also a "Golden Hour" in emergency medicine [0]. It is the first hour after a traumatic injury in which treatment is much more effective ay saving your life. It's extremely important to get a person
887.
by toss1 2y ago
Good point but not such a great great exsmple of spurious cost differences. The Ford GT is a top race-spec car putting out 660 horsepower and capable of speeds around 220 mph, while the econocar Fiesta tops out at 112 HP and would be lucky
888.
by toss1 2y ago
YES. If Shipt is actually trying to incentivize better performance, it seems the best way is to be completely transparent about the rewards algorithm. "Short high-value trips are now somewhat de-rated, and trips requiring more effort
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Plate Tectonics May Occur on 0.003% of Planets and Be Key to Intelligent Life(universetoday.com)
15 points by toss1 2y ago|2 comments
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by toss1 2y ago
I'm also against no-benefit backroom deals, but who ekse is qualified to develop and deploy st scale such a project? Of course it is likely that some Moderna execs know some Senators, but the same is surely true for Pfizer and every o
891.
by toss1 2y ago
>> ...sacrificed our oil independence on the alter of climate change? That's just counter to the facts. The US is now producing oil at greater rates than ever, is a net exporter, and now produces more crude oil than any country,
892.
by toss1 2y ago
It's one thing to guess, or conjucture a hypothesis. It is another thing to track down all the data, do all the calculations, and actually provide confirmation for the hypothes, and put it out there for others to confirm or not-confirm
893.
by toss1 2y ago
Tennis also changed irrevocably when they changed from wooden to composite rackets.
894.
by toss1 2y ago
So sorry to read of your loss, and the painful way it goes. Sadly, this is just one of millions of descriptions of why the phrase "Slow as death" exists. Generally, life really does not want to give up, and the process is indee
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by toss1 2y ago
From what I've read, the logical formulation is indeed "could not care less". But the correct formulation is a shrugging question "I could care less?", with the implication that the care-meter is already pegged at
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by toss1 2y ago
thx! I worked on making the headline comprehensible in 80chars, and made sure the link to the original paper was in the article if people wanted to easily find that level of detail.
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by toss1 2y ago
At, finally an answer that makes sense —Thx! I'm sure adding a bit of kevlar in the rods would solve that problem, but modeling will still be difficult...
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by toss1 2y ago
>>if moisture gets to the steel rods, the reinforced concrete beams crack. Exactly; and the crucial intermediate step in there is the moisture causing the steel to oxidize, the iron oxide increasing the volume of the rebar, and thus p
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Princeton engineers create new oyster-inspired cement 17X more crack-resistant(engineering.princeton.edu)
91 points by toss1 2y ago|31 comments
900.
by toss1 2y ago
>>" all states are authoritarian" If you believe that, you believe in rendering language meaningless Authoritarianism is on a spectrum, and there is a MASSIVE difference between very authoritarian states like Russia and Ch

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