chillyconker

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by chillyconker 15y ago
Yes. Previously this role was played by carbon nanotubes. Even supposing we work out a way to manufacture graphene cheaply, it seems to me that there are lots of technical solutions to problems out there which remain undeveloped for lack of
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by chillyconker 15y ago
Indeed. I would say that in truth an astronaut's life and a bunch of money are incommensurable. The value of the article lies in showing that if agencies pretend to assign a certain value to a human life then they can become less inconsis
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by chillyconker 15y ago
Can we at least call them annoying? I for one find it exasperating how much time DVDs (and CDs) spend spinning up and generally clicking about whilst for some reason simultaneously freezing the rest of the computer. I bet most HN readers kn
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by chillyconker 15y ago
I'm not clear whether cold and excercise are capable of increasing the number or proportion of brown fat cells, or whether they just trigger activity in existing brown fat.
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by chillyconker 15y ago
Just a couple of observations from a (mostly) computer-illiterate person: The people who learnt to program computers in the 70s and 80s weren't taught at school by teachers, they taught themselves (maybe with help from friends). The OSes of
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by chillyconker 15y ago
I've read reports that messing with the body's circadian rhythm is bad for the health of the aging brain. Presumably this is to do with the secretion of the hormone melatonin, which I understand is affected by light. Whether natural light e
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by chillyconker 15y ago
The ability to write well co-evolves with having stuff that you want to say. Students don't get to choose their topics or when to write: they are acting under coercion, and those few who are relatively motivated remain anxious about grades.