was_a_dev

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   by was_a_dev 5y ago

   I did my Physics undergraduate at Durham, and was given this checklist as a first year. It is so surreal seeing it again on HN. I really enjoyed having a lab-book to organise all my notes through my degree. It took time to write notes our p
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   by was_a_dev 5y ago

   I'm ready to sink money into it. They just don't serve my part of the world
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   by was_a_dev 5y ago

   Now that was epik
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   by was_a_dev 5y ago

   I'd agree. It would be good to know what laptop OP bought. It would be nice to have a clear "avoid" brand list for poor trackpads
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   by was_a_dev 5y ago

   Publication link: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.12...
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   Scientists create matter from pure light, proving the Breit-Wheeler effect(bnl.gov)

   399 points by was_a_dev 5y ago|204 comments
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   by was_a_dev 5y ago

   Gun rights aren't important. We don't have guns
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   by was_a_dev 5y ago

   I can't comprehend how some artist manages to draw something like a gas cloud so accurately. In fact it is all impressive, maybe with the exception of Mars.
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   by was_a_dev 5y ago

   * in the US
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    by was_a_dev 5y ago

    That is, one plate remains stationary while the other is lapped against it, and then the opposite is performed Is it a strict requirement that one plate remains stationary?
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    by was_a_dev 5y ago

    British vernacular here: We used the word "hob"
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    by was_a_dev 5y ago

    The undocumented instructions pdf paradox
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    by was_a_dev 5y ago

    He found that around 97% of millionaires surveyed believed they were in control of their own destiny. Isn't this just a survivor bias, mixed in with the belief one own success is purely due to ones own actions.
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    by was_a_dev 5y ago

    I have my taskbar vertical on the left of my screen - so that will be interesting in Windows 11
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    by was_a_dev 5y ago

    two tiny gold spheres, each about the size of a sesame seed and weighing as much as four grains of rice This was the most infuriating part of the article. How hard is it to use SI units in a popular science magazine?
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    by was_a_dev 5y ago

    Huh, my first instinct was to remove further traffic lanes and add in a second dedicated bike lane
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    by was_a_dev 5y ago

    A 21 year old bug. At that point the developer creating the fix could have been younger than the open issue itself
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    by was_a_dev 5y ago

    It might need a stronger sun cream than that