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by dredmorbius 20d ago
The specific geological cause is not yet clear. We do know that a glacier substantially collapsed. What contributed to the amount of water in the debris flow isn't clear. Speculation , from trained geologists, is that the frictio
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by dredmorbius 20d ago
Two local villagers have been rescued from the Gyirong Port region, though it's not clear if they were at the port itself: < https://english.news.cn/20260827/a8eb0a7aedb34d9181793f5fbc0... > Otherwise China re
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by dredmorbius 20d ago
Not readily. The events, even with increased frequency, are relatively rare (perhaps a few times a decade), quite sudden, utterly overwhelming, and destructive to virtually everything in their path. The only assured safety practice would
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by dredmorbius 20d ago
Is there a text of this elsewhere? I'm hard-paywalled (archive.is doesn't seem to capture a copy).
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by dredmorbius 20d ago
Scrubbed bare from what I've seen to date of post-incident footage, though that's still preliminary.
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by dredmorbius 20d ago
From further information that's emerged: - The site captured in the video, the Gyirong Port border crossing between China and Nepal, was struck by the flood roughly seven minutes after the presumed avalanche thought to have triggered t
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by dredmorbius 20d ago
The potential drainage of glacial Lake Agassiz triggering the Younger Dryas period ~13,000 ya is another potential such event. < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Agassiz > < https://www.nature.com&#x
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by dredmorbius 20d ago
Based on video footage which has emerged, no.
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by dredmorbius 20d ago
The flooding of the Black Sea, OTOH, might have played a part in the Flood Myth, having occurred around 7,600 years ago (5600 BCE): < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea_deluge_hypothesis >
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by dredmorbius 20d ago
Even in the US you'll find states which ban the phrase "climate change" from state law, or scientific study of sea level rise. In regions profoundly at risk from both. "Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill that deletes clim
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by dredmorbius 20d ago
So, one of the most notably impacted locations to date has been the Gyirong port border crossing, noted in a couple of my earlier comments. Part of that is due to there being surveillance closed-circuit camera footage available, and there
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by dredmorbius 21d ago
Anticipation is one thing, effective response in the seconds before disaster strikes is quite another thing. This might not have been an absolute black swan, but even with foresight it is challenging in the extreme to avoid risk. I&#
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2026 Nepal Floods(en.wikipedia.org)
7 points by dredmorbius 21d ago|3 comments
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by dredmorbius 21d ago
As I've found for the past couple of decades, one of the best aggregate sources of information on major news events is Wikipedia. The flash floods in Nepal along the Trishuli River are only the latest such test of that heuristic. The
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by dredmorbius 21d ago
Fair point, though I'd give him a bit more credit. By pointing out both the necessity of the transition and the historically slow pace of such transitions, Smil is raising the pressure on achieving such a transition rather than enc
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by dredmorbius 21d ago
TBF: Smil is a technologist, not an economist.
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by dredmorbius 22d ago
Diabetes (as with much else) is a continuum. Many people are prediabetic, or experience periods of high or low blood sugar. There are also multiple types of diabetes, not just the generally-known Type I / II split, but gestational (af
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by dredmorbius 22d ago
An 8oz serving of milk (236 ml) has 12 g of carbohydrate. People tend to add single or double cream (1/2 & 1/2 or whipping / heavy cream, respectively, in the US) to coffee, both of which have less carbohydrate, and g
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by dredmorbius 22d ago
Out of curiosity, Type I or Type II diabetes, if you (or others) are aware?
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by dredmorbius 22d ago
Time acceleration is dependent on the gravitational flux. All objects within a given radius of the black hole (possibly modulo spin) would experience the same time dilation. Remote objects in the universe would not experience the dilatio
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by dredmorbius 22d ago
These are strictly short-haul transports, aiming for about 200km (125 mi) electric range, 800 km (500 mi) in hybrid mode with reduced passenger/payload load. < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_Aerospace#ES-30
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by dredmorbius 22d ago
Howso?
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by dredmorbius 22d ago
Yes, to the extent that mods will admonish what appear to be AI-generated comments: < https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastYear&page=0&prefix=tru... > Articles are a fuzzier area AFAIU: < https://n
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by dredmorbius 22d ago
"SA'd"? CBP: Customs & Border Protection
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by dredmorbius 22d ago
ADU: Accessory dwelling unit. < https://singlefamily.fanniemae.com/originating-underwriting/... >
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by dredmorbius 22d ago
Note that the frequently-used workaround for regwalled Twitter content posted to G+, xcancel.com, is itself a Nitter instance. HN mods may wish to take notice.
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by dredmorbius 22d ago
Unless they're shut down. G+ comes to mind. (Several billion profiles, tens of millions active. Shut down 1 Apr 2019. Yes, April Fools' Day.)
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by dredmorbius 23d ago
Yay no offtopicness‽
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by dredmorbius 23d ago
This is more akin to the person pushing a woman in front of an oncoming trolly, and the one tying her to the tracks before an oncoming trolly. The actions differ, the consequences are the same.
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by dredmorbius 23d ago
Two of the most notable recent status enhancement laws in the US have been DREAM (previously mentioned) and DACA (deferred action for childhood arrivals). Both were passed under and with the strong support of Democratic administrations. Bo

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