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China takes a page from SpaceX and recaptures first stage of rocket to reuse it

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McDonald's is serving Fried Apple pie again for America's 250th birthday

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UFC to pay White House fighters in crypto issued by Trump company

theguardian.com
11 points·by tocs3·27 gün önce·5 comments

AP News: Dirtnado Sweeps Through Minnesota Farm

cdn.jwplayer.com
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AI Reproduction of Lin's Busy Beaver Proof

nickdrozd.github.io
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Banks and retailers run short on pennies as the US Mint stops making them

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tocs3
·12 saat önce·discuss
in the form of a highly cinematic video.

It looks "highly cinematic".
tocs3
·13 saat önce·discuss
I have seen both stars and satellites from suburbs and some urban areas. They are not very remote. There is a lot to see if you look. I do not like the light pollution but as it stands it is not the end of star gazing.
tocs3
·16 saat önce·discuss
I am wondering the same thing. I was reading a paper yesterday,

High-yield, green and scalable methods for producing MOF-303 for water harvesting from desert air

https://yaghi.berkeley.edu/pdfPublications/22ScaleUp.pdf

I might (one day) try to make some. I wonder a little about the useful life span and what sort of downside there would be to making / using this.
tocs3
·16 saat önce·discuss
When I see something about seven segment displays I think about one of my favorite YouTube videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTB5XhjbgZA&t=18s
tocs3
·22 saat önce·discuss
An interesting related discussion:

Will We Ever Find Alien Civilizations? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48860916

I listened to the podcast version (and was awake for much of it). There was talk of self-replication probes and if there is intelligent life out there where are the probes swarming all over the place.

In addition to the probes out to colonize the galaxy, many of these problems are likely (it seams) to spell trouble for any space economy. It would be interesting to solve some of the problems (and see real world [solar system] use) of the technologies / techniques.
tocs3
·3 gün önce·discuss
Interesting take on things but I think some of them are being young and not the smartphone or lack of.
tocs3
·7 gün önce·discuss
Another source.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01902-0

A blogger known as Student Geng, whose real name is Geng Hongwei
tocs3
·10 gün önce·discuss
Is there somewhere I can see the accuracy of forecasts? I have for years been wanting to be able to see how accurate my local (and not so local) forecasts are. Sometimes I think about compiling the data myself but it always seems to be an overwhelming task.. Also, I am not really sure how even to look at it. Has anything like this been done?
tocs3
·17 gün önce·discuss
Aren't they about the only game in town?
tocs3
·17 gün önce·discuss
do you have thoughts on what that looks like?

There is so much to be done and it is not going to be solved by any one thing. That in mind, something like an independent third party patient advocates / advisors would be great. It is hard to be an informed patient these days, Navigating insurance and paperwork is tough and getting second opinions is sometimes had.
tocs3
·17 gün önce·discuss
It is not in the article and I have no data to quote but I would think this would be a good "think of the children" moment.
tocs3
·22 gün önce·discuss
Well, at least majority gas-powered, as 1064 of its 1250 total horsepower comes from the V-8, with the balance coming from the front electric motor that enables it to leap off the line quicker than the gas-only ZR1.

It still needed a little electric help.
tocs3
·25 gün önce·discuss
Bob Cratchit had a hard time as a clerk.
tocs3
·26 gün önce·discuss
Works for me.
tocs3
·26 gün önce·discuss
It is just easy to not trust official predictions but of course "past performance is not indicative of future results". So we will see.
tocs3
·26 gün önce·discuss
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-21_Raider

Notice all the references to the B-21 are future tense.
tocs3
·27 gün önce·discuss
The lack of blinking might also be a deer in the headlights look.
tocs3
·27 gün önce·discuss
People prefer carrots to sticks.

I sometimes think those in the environmental movement have made a mistake with their messaging. It is too often "we need to suffer to save the planet". It could also be things like:

  "Why do you want to pay more to drive a giant expensive gas guzzling vehicle to work so that you can pay for a giant expensive gas guzzling vehicle to go to work in".

  "Why do you want to pay for extra electricity when conservation and efficiency will help save money for other things"

  "Single use items are thing you pay for time and  time again. Durable maintainable items you pay for once."

  "Throwing things in the garbage is like paying to store things forever (landfills are not free)"
It is true that there are, at times, good reason to do things that are not at the extreme of conservationism and environmentalism. If the messaging was a little more carrot than stick we might see more progress.
tocs3
·27 gün önce·discuss
We recently got an elevator for my mother, so pulleys.
tocs3
·27 gün önce·discuss
I have been using a straight razor for about 30 years. It is nice to not have to buy anything for it (but a little bit of a pain to sharpen).