elbrownos

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by elbrownos 5y ago
Atomic hydrogen definitely exists
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by elbrownos 6y ago
I love Xiaomi phones, I've owned a couple. But I wouldn't dream of using them without first replacing MIUI with Lineage OS.
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by elbrownos 6y ago
What makes you think cocaine is an MAOI?
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by elbrownos 8y ago
"You can lead a horse to water but you can't stop it from sticking Lego up its bum." Probably my favourite quote from the Inbetweeners.
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by elbrownos 8y ago
Another article says "Alice Eriksen, the granddaughter of the Little Mermaid’s original sculptor, Edvard Eriksen, revealed the installation to the public today. The mermaid “canstruction” will be on display to the public in the Carlsbe
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by elbrownos 8y ago
The "web" link at the top bypasses the paywall. Accessing the article from Google also bypasses the paywall.
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by elbrownos 10y ago
I didn't realise it's actually illegal for media to report suicides in NZ. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/80143183/New-Zealand-suicide...
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by elbrownos 10y ago
The Philippines even gets a mention in the Wikipedia entry on summary execution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summary_execution
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by elbrownos 10y ago
You forgot the Philippines. President Duterte has summarily executed nearly 2,000 suspected drug dealers and users since July 1st and vowed to execute 98,000 more. http://time.com/4462352/rodrigo-duterte-drug-war-drugs
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by elbrownos 10y ago
If you can put yourself in hospital with 48V then you deserve a Darwin award
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by elbrownos 10y ago
Google was deemed to have broken wiretapping laws when it scooped up unsecured wifi data while collecting images for Streetview. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24047235
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by elbrownos 10y ago
Actually it means "out of one's mind"
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by elbrownos 10y ago
> IMHO no other US company has been as bad at price gouging EU customers as Adobe. They gouged Australians even worse! http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/it-is-cheaper-to-fly...
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by elbrownos 10y ago
In the UK, most scampi (a crustacean) is actually monkfish tail.
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by elbrownos 10y ago
Not such a clever headline; the only people who say 'purposely' are toddlers and Americans.
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by elbrownos 10y ago
A hybrid plant isn't possible. Apart from both producing electricity from sunlight, a PV plant has nothing in common with concentrated solar thermal.
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by elbrownos 10y ago
Those sound like great reasons to use something sensible like a hydraulic ram to apply 1,000,000 lbf. Force = pressure x area, and neither pressure nor area is difficult to measure precisely. I can't see the upside of using 1,000,000
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by elbrownos 10y ago
We like to flatter ourselves that human flesh is super tasty and drives predators into a feeding frenzy. Why should it be?
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by elbrownos 10y ago
Sounds like an urban legend. DEF is 325 g/L urea. Urine is roughly 9.3 g/L urea. Not a great substitute.
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by elbrownos 10y ago
This is a great book. I found the section about the Crusades especially interesting.
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by elbrownos 11y ago
Not in the UK. December 2015 was the wettest month in recorded history.
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by elbrownos 11y ago
Most of the UK already can't think of anything worse than living in London, and you want to make it 5 times more crowded?!
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by elbrownos 11y ago
I don't follow. You're suggesting a good DAC can make crappy MP3 sound good over crappy earphones?
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by elbrownos 11y ago
Titanium allows an increase in dive depth but has no effect on speed.
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by elbrownos 11y ago
There are post-quantum cryptographic algorithms already, eg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersingular_isogeny_key_exch...
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by elbrownos 11y ago
https://www.lily.camera/
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by elbrownos 11y ago
It's satirical
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by elbrownos 11y ago
It's not that the metallic debris has caused the failure, but rather it indicates a serious failure has occurred inside the engine.
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by elbrownos 11y ago
The fibre in whole fruit and vegetables blunts the rise in blood sugar level.
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by elbrownos 11y ago
Can I borrow your debit card for a minute?

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