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by wycx 10y ago
I don't know what the arrangements are for access for the books moved off site, but in my experience, when done right it is very convenient for researchers. My former university moved all the older science books and journals off public
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Vinylon, a synthetic fibre made from coal and limestone is a north korean specialty. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinylon
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by wycx 10y ago
RTEMS? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTEMS
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by wycx 10y ago
I do not think US mineral rights are much of an issue. Australia has similar, or perhaps worse problems with high cost intercity high speed rail. Every time a Sydney to Melbourne fast train is investigated, cost estimates are among the high
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by wycx 10y ago
For simple calculations when using a computer I suggest: http://speedcrunch.org/ For things with units: https://frinklang.org/ Since learning of it on hackernews a few months ago I find I use it frequently.
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The Amp Hour - Chris Gammel and David Jones from the eevblog talk to interesting guests about electronics Reconcilable Differences - As it says on the tin: John Siracusa and Merlin Mann try to figure out exactly how they got this way. Omega
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Thomas Frank on Listen Liberal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38JNg210L24 I also suggest the following talk by Mark Blyth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkm2Vfj42FY which concisely outlines the economic
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Isn't the market inefficiency to which you refer merely all market participants choosing to sell at inflated prices? In what scenario would universally inflated prices not be rent seeking? Erecting artificial regulatory barriers via lo
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by wycx 10y ago
Full text here: https://archive.org/details/IntroductionToQuantumMechanics_7...
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by wycx 10y ago
Do an image search for "subduction zone", you will get some images that show you what is going on, schematically in cross section. A simplified summary: New oceanic crust is created at mid ocean ridges, but since the earth is not
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by wycx 10y ago
Better technology did not make more better jobs for horses.
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because advertising?
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by wycx 10y ago
If we can't or won't find such an answer, we then have the question: how many lives are we willing to subsidize who are contributing, by our best measures, a net negative to society? If you are posing this question from the implic
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by wycx 10y ago
*no red tape Those three words are where things get complicated. In a general sense red tape is the difference between a laissez faire economy and a free market economy, if you mean government regulation when you say red tape. Though by red
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It would be more accurate to say: deepest minerals with hydroxyl groups found 1000 km down. Never at any stage will there be a fluid that can be described as free water at these depths. Breakdown of minerals with OH- such as hydrous ringwo
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by wycx 10y ago
The relevant quote from the CGP Grey video linked above: "Better technology makes more better jobs for horses" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU
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I wonder, to transition from a democracy with widely distributed production, to a non-democratic regime with concentrated production, without initiating revolution, is it necessary to prepare by destruction of community at the local level a
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I think Curtis' most underrated series is The Mayfair Set. It certainly planted a seed in me regarding interest in economic history. Not to mention, "We built this city on high yield bonds".
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by wycx 10y ago
Don't know about mainline, but there is some OpenWrt support for other boards with the MT7688 e.g. https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/seeed/linkit7688
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Some googling indicates that synchrotrons are not as desirable as EUV sources as I had thought. This article from ~2000 lays it out: http://digbib.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/volltexte/fzk/6606/6606.... Unsurprisin
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You don't need that many photons for a diagnostic imaging machine since they typically use hard x-rays (20-70 keV) that are very penetrating. Very soft x-rays/EUV is amongst the hardest regions in which to work as the photons are
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How much of that 100 million euro per scanner is for the light source? Low energy synchrotron sources can't be too far away from being competitive as a EUV source.
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Also cartesian coordinates. No one drew graphs until Descartes.
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What products does ST Micro have in the phone processor space? Wasn't NovaThor cancelled?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculus_Made_Easy
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To use different shell material they would no longer be coral. Breeding corals with different skeleton material is like trying to breed humans with a different skeleton material. For context: Many shelled organisms (cnidarians - corals, bri
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Anyone here worked at the Salk Institute? Are the buildings as good to work in as they are to look at? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salk_Institute_for_Biological_...
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...a new living room that looks like it is straight from http://fuckyournoguchicoffeetable.tumblr.com/
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Are any specialty steels (tool steels, etc.) made in Australia, or do we just make low carbon structural steel and a little alloy steel? When I call up steel suppliers and ask if they have any maraging steel, they just laugh at me.
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And here is the amusing context for that particular example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psEomYrj30U

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