eDISCO

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by eDISCO 7y ago
Most traditional generators (think CCGT, nuclear, hydro) run in synchronous mode. Which means the generators spins with rpm proportional/equal to the network frequency. For 50Hz that would be 3000rpm. When the total electricity demand
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by eDISCO 7y ago
Interesting proposition. 1. Why would your process be more cost effective and/or efficient than the commercially available processes for alcohol production? Surely if the magic sauce is the nanotube alcohol/water separation then c
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by eDISCO 9y ago
Previous discussion on HN about this article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7166207
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by eDISCO 9y ago
I was just wondering if we had technology available at that time for a self-sustaining mission that could last 350+ days, while supporting the crew of 3 (or 2?) and fitting the weight limits...
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by eDISCO 9y ago
There's a clever way to destroy data on SSD: just overwrite your (encrypted) hard drive encryption key, then even though the data remains, the key is lost forever. I think most modern SSDs come with the feature. More info in this quest
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by eDISCO 10y ago
I tend to use Gnome Do[1] as my launcher. I haven't observed any noticeable battery drain (on Arch) despite the fact that it runs in background. There's a neat comparison of different launchers available on Wikipedia[2]. 1: https
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by eDISCO 10y ago
"The non-designer's design book : design and typographic principles for the visual novice" - very easy to follow.
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by eDISCO 10y ago
It was obvious since the last referendum results were published that SNP will push for another referendum whenever they see that as politically benefical, this time riding on the anti-tories wave that partially helped the Brexiteers. And th
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by eDISCO 10y ago
I understand that the article is mostly PR, but to demonstrate effectiveness of the filter, why not also present null hypothesis, where no A/C is activated in the car and/or a common car A/C filter.
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by eDISCO 11y ago
Great idea. Reminds me of a sci-fi movie (which one?).
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by eDISCO 11y ago
I am using IFTTT to add rss feeds to Pocket, but this seems to be less complicated to use!
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by eDISCO 13y ago
You know it's finished when you are dead. (A bit rough interpretation of Sartre?)