lxskllr
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There's a company called Hitler Enterprises that makes capacitors, apparently.
I don't imagine they are very popular given the name and logo lol. Can't find them on Digikey or Mouser, and I'm probably on a list now.
So apparently these guys were quite accurate in their calculations, relatively speaking. Wikipedia suggests there is an assumption that some kind of mechanical device had to have been used due to the accuracy.
en.wikipedia.org
Bematist - Wikipedia
As long as the height of the people measuring the distance is the same, the distance traversed by one step should measure roughly the same.
Right, they would have had to standardize it.
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Manhattan generally is sinking 1-2mm per year from the incredible mass of all of the buildings. And some places, the rate is twice that.
KMFJD
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Indonesia's capital Jakarta is sinking: How to stop it
As Indonesia's capital and most populous megacity, Jakarta needs rapid solutions to tackle the problems of land subsidence and sea-level rise.
seems like childs play compared to Jakarta's almost 2-5 cm a year
IronWing
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Maybe they shouldn’t have kicked out the Dutch; they know how to deal with sinking land.
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So, one inch is 2.54 cm. That makes the rate between 1 and 2 inches in Imperial measurements (long live the British Empire . . . say what now?)Indonesia's capital Jakarta is sinking: How to stop it
As Indonesia's capital and most populous megacity, Jakarta needs rapid solutions to tackle the problems of land subsidence and sea-level rise.phys.org
seems like childs play compared to Jakarta's almost 2-5 cm a year
Braznor
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This article is nothing more than slander against hundreds of millions of people.
It is illegal to perform surgery on Octopus without anesthesia in my state due to their intelligence.
nakedfrog
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I drove someone's car that had one of those installed, it was really touchy about what it considered sudden acceleration/sudden stops.
Mr.IncrediblyBored
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Amazing. This being Australia I assume that thing is both poisonous and extremely aggressive.
KMFJD
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Captante
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I'd rather just pay the slightly higher rate.
KMFJD
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Boeing's Sustainable Flight Demonstrator with NASA is now the X-66A
Boeing & NASA begin detailing the attributes of the truss-braced X-Plane that aims to lay the foundation for replacing the 737 in the 2030s.
theaircurrent.com
experimental planes are always cool to see, we might finally get a replacement for the 737 (which first flew in 1967)
Red Squirrel
No Lifer
Vladimir Komarov a Cosmonaut who knew the Soyuz 1 capsule was unsafe flew on it anyway because if he refused, they would just send another colleague and he did not want to essentially be the cause of his death, so he went on it anyway, knowing he would probably die.
Some of his last communication can be heard in this footage:
Some of his last communication can be heard in this footage:
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You engineers are gonna luv luv luv this.
Integral control in evolution. Really fascinating.
A “Window Into Evolution” – Mathematicians Uncover Universal Explanatory Framework
Mathematicians have uncovered a universal explanatory framework that provides a "window into evolution." This framework explains how molecules interact with each other in adapting to changing conditions while still maintaining tight control over essential properties that are crucial for survival.
scitechdaily.com
Integral control in evolution. Really fascinating.
KMFJD
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Iron Fuel Shows Its Mettle
The plentiful metal could be a carbon-free fuel and store energy long term
spectrum.ieee.org
Iron fuel! Interesting concept with some interesting problems.....
It has an energy density of about 11.3 kilowatt-hours per liter—better than gasoline.
Burning iron powder produces heat that can be used directly or converted into electricity by a steam turbine, leaving behind iron oxide, or rust. This can later be reduced—that is, the oxygen can be stripped away—back into iron powder. “You can think of iron fuel as a clean, recyclable coal,” says Bergthorson.
Iron oxide can also be reduced to iron using hydrogen. Hydrogen is already a carbon-free green fuel if produced by splitting water using renewable electricity. But it is also an ultralight, voluminous gas, so it must be converted using high pressures and extreme cold into liquid, which then has to be stored and transported in special containers. Iron, by contrast, is already moved in dry containers for a lower cost.
lxskllr
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Interesting, but they skipped the part about the blast furnaces and mining. That stuff doesn't come free in any sense of the word.
Red Squirrel
No Lifer
BC has food trucks... for drugs.
dailyhive.com
Now crackheads can relive the childhood memories of running after the ice cream truck!
The Drugs Store selling MDMA, cocaine, and more to open in Vancouver today (PHOTOS) | News
A mobile store aiming to provide a safe supply of drugs to whoever wants them is opening in Vancouver this week.
dailyhive.com
Now crackheads can relive the childhood memories of running after the ice cream truck!
Captante
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Prices look a smidge high to me lol!
(pun intended!)Seriously if I WANTED an 8th of decent blow RIGHT NOW I could (allegedly!) get it within the hour for around $100 right down the street ... less $ with a little planning ahead. (delivered too if I wanted lol) "Crack/smokeable" cocaine I could get even faster and cheaper.
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