wolfi1

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511.
Ignaz Semmelweis – pioneer of antiseptic procedures in medicine(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by wolfi1 7y ago|0 comments
512.
by wolfi1 7y ago
hypertension is a western disease
513.
by wolfi1 7y ago
are those ACE inhibitors also prescribed in China? I really doubt that
514.
by wolfi1 7y ago
well, coincidentally it was in the transition between two jobs (the presentation was not in the company itself)
515.
by wolfi1 7y ago
I once held a presentation titled "How come my boss is an utter idiot" and used "Parkinson's Law", "Peter Principle" and "Dilbert Principle" as source
516.
by wolfi1 7y ago
it is also invested in large companies, allegedly even was invested in a company which produced birth control pills [1]. But, considering, The Mormons only exist for about 200 years in comparison to about 2000 years the $100B are impressive
517.
The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid – One Man Against the System(rte.ie)
1 points by wolfi1 7y ago|0 comments
518.
by wolfi1 7y ago
In fact, they did see the writing, BMW for example developed the Hydrogen 7 [0], Mercedes Benz produced Fuel Cell cars[1]. What they didn't expect, was, that simple Lithium based batteries would take over. Obviously they wanted to reta
519.
by wolfi1 7y ago
there is no "central government". Ireland was not so long ago a receiver of large EU subsidies and at the same time permitted tax evasion. The EU Commission now ruled that those tax evasion schemes are illegal subsidies to the com
520.
New Plundervolt Attack Impacts Intel CPUs(zdnet.com)
11 points by wolfi1 7y ago|4 comments
521.
Is There a Crystal Lattice Possessing Five-Fold Symmetry? (2012) [pdf](ams.org)
45 points by wolfi1 7y ago|8 comments
522.
Sulfur Lamp(en.wikipedia.org)
64 points by wolfi1 7y ago|31 comments
523.
by wolfi1 7y ago
if the bug is known for 6 years I wonder how long the sprint takes
524.
by wolfi1 7y ago
i wouldn't worry about Zinc, men need 11 mg/day, women even less. The common battery, the Leclanché element, already consist of Zinc, but it is not advisable to recharge them (danger of explosion). In the 90s people even claimed t
525.
by wolfi1 7y ago
Emmy Noether had a comparable background and had her problems with academia, too
526.
by wolfi1 7y ago
if we are talking about female mathematicians don't forget Emmy Noether: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Noether
527.
by wolfi1 7y ago
then again you could use solar collectors for hot water and heating, eliminating the need for boiling with electric energy
528.
by wolfi1 7y ago
just inside the EU, if you are going anywhere outside it's going to be expensive again
529.
by wolfi1 7y ago
sCO2 is also used for the production of aerogel: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerogel
530.
by wolfi1 7y ago
one expert in ML told me once: unsupervised ML is a myth. I tend to believe him.
531.
by wolfi1 7y ago
this is in no way a piece about the GDR
532.
by wolfi1 7y ago
if you use it for combined heat and power the efficiency is far higher
533.
by wolfi1 7y ago
just as a sidenote regarding epitaphs, there is museum in tyrol, which collected funny epitaphs: https://www.tyrol.tl/en/highlights/museums-and-exhibitions/c...
534.
by wolfi1 7y ago
I don't know how long a pen lasts, but the insurance in my country pays about 40€ for five pens.
535.
by wolfi1 7y ago
if there is no natural intelligence around, you need an artificial one
536.
by wolfi1 7y ago
I remember IBM even handed out freebies of OS/2, I was quite a fan of it and its Scripting language REXX. Jokingly we pronounced Os/2 as "O - S - half"
537.
by wolfi1 7y ago
sounds like the Golden Screwdriver from IBM
538.
by wolfi1 7y ago
I wonder about the energy payback time or in that case rather the CO2 payback time. The CO2 released through production of silicon is not negligable (in fact for every silicon atom a CO2 molecule is released regardless of the CO2 released d
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by wolfi1 7y ago
there is some critique on previous papers[1] I would wait for an update from this blog to actually assess if these claims can hold water [1] http://lacey.se/2018/07/05/glass-battery-part-2/
540.
Is There a Crystal Lattice Possessing Five-Fold Symmetry? (2012) [pdf](ams.org)
1 points by wolfi1 7y ago|0 comments

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