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by frede 1y ago
I was thinking more of something like mechanical watches - more expensive than a quartz watch and less accurate.
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by frede 2y ago
This recent presentation from Kepler Airospace claims that Einstein was on the right track and a goes even further, stating that gravity can be manipulated through EM. I've graduated in Physics but not quite sure what to make of it. h
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by frede 3y ago
It becomes easier when science can be millions of years ahead.
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by frede 3y ago
If all major governments keep it secret, the conclusion would be that the phenomenon wants it that way. The US wouldn't be in charge. But apparently something changed.
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by frede 3y ago
There may not be much of a difference left then between machines and biologicals. Generations would alternate like a jellyfish does between polyp and medusa. No need for generation ships.
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by frede 3y ago
It could be the phenomenon that has the astonishing competence.
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Senators move to require release of US Government UFO records(reuters.com)
23 points by frede 3y ago|17 comments
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by frede 3y ago
In the country I work it goes like this: the employers are members of an IT association, once a year each employer sends over the anonymous salaries for each job title. The associations aggregates them and sends back the distribution, which
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Analysis of the Vulnerability Found in the Vaults.sx Smart Contract(eoscostarica.medium.com)
1 points by frede 5y ago|0 comments
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by frede 6y ago
The system survived the partitions, there was no widespread blackout. Further, the system is not organized by the EU, but the ENTSO-E and contains e.g. countries from North Afrika.
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by frede 6y ago
Switzerland a notable exception.
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by frede 6y ago
The forecasts from the IEA are my favourites, predicting a decline in PV expansion every year. https://www.pv-magazine.com/2018/11/20/iea-versus-solar-pv-r...
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by frede 6y ago
Energy is cheap, power is expensive - you can already get energy for free sometimes on the intraday market, but you still pay if you need delivery at a certain time and the grid fees for peak power consumption stay expensive. I am looking f
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by frede 7y ago
The research institutions would of course save money on the journal descriptions that could then be used to pay for open access submissions.
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How We'd All Die Instantly If The Sun Suddenly Went Supernova(forbes.com)
3 points by frede 7y ago|1 comments
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by frede 7y ago
Your neighbor will be fine. The taxes start at 160 g CO2/km. The Vitara has between 121 and 172 g/km.
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by frede 7y ago
Nitpick: the velocity grows linearly, not exponentially.
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Google discrimination case first brought by James Damore can proceed(mercurynews.com)
2 points by frede 7y ago|0 comments
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by frede 9y ago
It seems the grandparent (authored by Linus, too) in the email thread is not available any more. Did Linus delete it?
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SpaceX can't test fire its Falcon Heavy rocket due to the government shutdown(floridatoday.com)
338 points by frede 9y ago|222 comments
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by frede 9y ago
Some British may not like it but the UK is a European country by geography, too.
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by frede 9y ago
If you plotted the altitude with a function f(x), it's just the derivative f'(x) expressed in percent.
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by frede 9y ago
How does a nuclear plant produce renewable energy?
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by frede 9y ago
The thing about quantum theory is that it's not just about propabilities. The double-slit experiment, for example, cannot be explained by adding propabilities alone. Instead the wave function gets added, with the phase considered. This
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by frede 9y ago
For London it would also help to increase the density of housing. Large areas of the city are still built with Victorian houses.
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by frede 9y ago
From a landlord's perspective, they prefer if you do not spend more than 1/3 of your income on rent.
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by frede 9y ago
The air cools down when raising in the chimney because the air pressure decreases, leading to adiabatic expansion.
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by frede 10y ago
The physical theory is close to perfect, it's the interpretation that leaves room for questions.
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by frede 10y ago
One point of view is that the removal of the atomic increment is justified because the programmer cannot rely on the execution of the go routine that contains the increment. If you add an explicit call to the scheduler the problem is fixed.
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EC2 Instances (F1) with Programmable Hardware(aws.amazon.com)
1 points by frede 10y ago|0 comments

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