qndreoi

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by qndreoi 4y ago
He wrote a book finally published in 2020 called "The Pursuit of the Pankera", that featured the main character living in a fantasy version of this house in the same city.
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by qndreoi 4y ago
There's a website for that: https://www.caiso.com/TodaysOutlook/Pages/supply.html#sectio...
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by qndreoi 5y ago
It seems they could have put a sentence on the bottom of the screen "There is no credible evidence for Trump's claim of a stolen election." Takes approximately zero effort to solve the problem.
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by qndreoi 5y ago
"IIRC, all vaccines were 100% effective against "hospitalizations" and "death" (severe)." Very close to 100%, but not quite. In US state of Ohio, 2.8 million vaccinated, 14 hospitalizations from breakthrough ca
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by qndreoi 5y ago
Same thing seems to be happening to Great Lakes freighters crossing UP of Michigan over land.
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by qndreoi 5y ago
Vietnam and New Zeeland have had no flaws. They don't preach, but could be an excellent example of how to do right. https://ourworldindata.org/covid-exemplar-vietnam-2020
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by qndreoi 6y ago
I think the Greeks had it right when the original Olympians competed naked. Running and swimming require no equipment at all, skaters need nothing more than boots, throwing sports need no clothing. Let us see who is best without technology.
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by qndreoi 6y ago
The dude buries the lede in the last minute of the interview. Part two should be really interesting.
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by qndreoi 6y ago
In US State Ohio recently, the benchmark for restrictions was changed to the number of people hospitalized for COVID in the state. When it fell below a threshold, bars and restaurants were allowed to stay open later.
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by qndreoi 6y ago
Interesting idea. I think if you put perfectly reflective mirrors inside a Dyson sphere larger in radius than Earth's orbit, the photons would bounce around until they hit the Sun, Earth, the Moon, Venus or Mercury. It seems before too
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by qndreoi 6y ago
You can't reflect all the energy of the sun onto the earth with a mirror or a lens. Put a one million mile wide source 93 million miles from the earth. The photons from the left side of the sun will reflect off the mirror about 1/
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by qndreoi 6y ago
2nd law says heat flows from hot to cold. Mirrors are passive, temperature of target, (Earth), must be lower than surface temperature of source (Sun).
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by qndreoi 6y ago
The sun has surface area of 6 x 10^18 m^2. Earth has surface area of 5 x 10^14 m^2. Earth can not be bombarded by more than the ratio of these to numbers with solar radiation using only mirrors. <<1 percent.
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by qndreoi 6y ago
Author doesn't speak of lasers. Author says to use mirrors. The sun takes up about 1/2 degree width as seen from Earth. This limits the focus you can get using mirrors. (see 2nd law of thermodynamics) You could put solar panels on
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by qndreoi 6y ago
It may, but source says "You will need: Means for focusing a good few percent of the Sun's energy output directly on the Earth.", then posits using mirrors to do this. Mirrors could get Earth to something approaching 5800 kel
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by qndreoi 6y ago
"Cooked in a solar oven You will need: Means for focusing a good few percent of the Sun's energy output directly on the Earth." Mirrors don't work that way. Mirrors can't focus to a black body temperature higher tha
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by qndreoi 6y ago
Texas just isn't prepared for these kinds of temperatures. They had natural gas pipelines freeze up. "Temperatures are low enough to trigger so-called freeze-offs, when wells shut down because of liquids freezing inside pipelines.
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by qndreoi 6y ago
1) Billionaires would love if the poors were distracted. 2) Religious bigots would be upset if Gays or Muslims or atheists were ever happy. Thus fact two will prevent the first group from getting their way.
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by qndreoi 6y ago
AS Mencken said: "Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy." Too many people would be upset if we had a fantasy land where people they don't approve of could be happy.
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by qndreoi 6y ago
RTK is certainly handy. Autosteer would be a neat addition.
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by qndreoi 6y ago
Fewer users, they are countable
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by qndreoi 6y ago
Author asks for "Strava for reading". Goodreads already has this functionality. You show off which books you have read, rate and review them, and set goals for books read per year, then compare with your 'friends'. The i
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by qndreoi 6y ago
With gerrymandering, the ruling party will pack voters in districts by party. Instead of competitive districts, one party districts are formed, and more extreme candidates win primaries. That's how you end up with really objectionable
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by qndreoi 6y ago
It seems that gas stations would not work during a power outage. Santa Ana winds cause lots of edge case problems.
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by qndreoi 6y ago
Hence the last part of the question, "Why?" I doubt even someone with a PhD in an unrelated field could bullshit the experts in fusion research.
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by qndreoi 6y ago
Inertial confinement or magnetic confinement? Which is a dead end? Which is the more promising path forward in 2021? Why?
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Carl Sagan's questions for aliens. (1996)
2 points by qndreoi 6y ago|4 comments
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by qndreoi 6y ago
"YInMn Blue’s appeal stems in part from its high opacity, which means you don’t need to apply much of it to get a good coating." This! I've noticed that blue exterior house paint, even with an expensive primer, just doesn&#x2
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by qndreoi 6y ago
Read Silvia Moreno-Garcia's _Mexican Gothic_ and you'll never think of fungi the same way again.
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by qndreoi 6y ago
I think the next stage of stimulus money should be tied to getting the shot. Say $500 for each person, (any age or citizenship status), who gets the first shot, and $1500 for the second shot. This would get money circulating in the economy,

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