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by zardo 5y ago
And they come out even more ahead if they stop buying classroom supplies.
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by zardo 5y ago
> Nor does it seem like an amount that can make a dent in the energy consumption problem of Bitcoin mining. If you make a dent in the energy consumption problem, doesn't the network automatically adjust to pop the dents out (increas
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by zardo 5y ago
> But some—a vehicle’s location, how specific components are operating at a given moment—is anonymized and sent to the manufacturers; This can't possibly be true can it? How could a single vehicle anonymize it's data before sen
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by zardo 5y ago
>You'd never have to change clothes again. This stinks
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by zardo 5y ago
It's just worth keeping in mind that by the standard used to call this planet Earth-like, we have four habitable Earth-like worlds in our solar system.
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by zardo 5y ago
Being the accepted term in the field doesn't it make it not click-bait. That just comes down to whether or not using the term in the headline baits people to click. The abstract refers to it as "sub-Earth", and a "Eart
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by zardo 5y ago
Terrestrial and rocky are both far better choices to communicate the concept.
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by zardo 5y ago
I've noticed big strides in making the site more annoying to use if you aren't logged in.
729.
by zardo 5y ago
Start constructing your views from a foundation of, "I'm a good person. The things I do are good."
730.
by zardo 5y ago
In my state vehicular manslaughter is still vehicular manslaughter, no matter how many miles you drive.
731.
by zardo 5y ago
That reminds me of the native boarding schools in Alaska and Canada.
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by zardo 5y ago
They do have higher standards for the drivers
733.
by zardo 5y ago
School busses have a regulatory carve out for pollution controls and seat belts. School busses are most dangerous new built passenger vehicles allowed on the road in the US with more than three wheels.
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by zardo 5y ago
One would think so. Presumably they aren't going to scuttle the ship if a mast breaks, but remove and replace it.
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by zardo 5y ago
I'm sure trailers make the trip. But are they pulled by one tractor the whole way?
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by zardo 5y ago
> Cab-overs have no other advantages That's not true. Lower overall length is an advantage for maneuvering in city streets and parking lots, which is why you see medium duty COE vehicles (mostly trucks but semi-tractors as well) in
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by zardo 5y ago
The most aerodynamic COE have higher drag coefficients than the most aerodynamic conventionals, the big flat front produces a large high pressure area.
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by zardo 5y ago
Are there any routes in Europe as long as the US coast-to-coast haul?
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by zardo 5y ago
The Chinese government is a large beurocracy, it contains many competing factions and interests.
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by zardo 5y ago
That seems to be the norm in the gulf kingdoms, everything is run by some despicable royal nephew or much less often, a niece.
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by zardo 5y ago
One thing practical effects shots have going for them is that at their worst it still looks like something physically there with the actors. CGI looks at it's worst like it's painted on top of the scene.
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by zardo 5y ago
>But saving money isn't the main reason we don't have practical effects. Saving time is the main reason we don't have practical effects. And not just time in general. The CGI could take more time to produce than the practi
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by zardo 5y ago
'The Thing' wasn't greenlit because it used existing IP with a guaranteed audience. It's just a short story that recieved two very different adaptations 30 years apart.
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by zardo 5y ago
It's not the fault of people deconstructing history today that a previous generation gave credit for the work of groups of people to the most famous individual involved.
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by zardo 5y ago
It needs to be boosted every month or so or it will be dragged down into thicker atmosphere.
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by zardo 5y ago
I'd rather neither. I've handled the latter by not installing a camera in the shower.
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by zardo 5y ago
Doesn't Tesla have beta software the driver can turn on with the name "Full Self Driving"? And isn't it intended to be used, "beta tested", on public roads?
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by zardo 5y ago
>but how much mass of the fuel is expelled to attain that force? (Force of five quarters at 1g)/(exhaust velocity) = (mass flow rate of propellent)
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by zardo 5y ago
> In the first video the author makes a lot of assumption around operating these things in the existing railways without changing how they are managed. It does not consider the cost savings and increased flexibility in having cars arrang
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by zardo 5y ago
The Soviet Union has achieved very little since 1991.

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