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Having things be complex and messy is hardly ideal, but I think Neil deGrasse Tyson's sentiment is important to keep in mind: The universe is under no obligation to make sense to y…

This talk by Hans Rosling may be what you are referring to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dymPP9RhPjw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dymPP9RhPjw A talk by Hans Rosling[1] on the subject. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Rosling

What does 'post human' mean? Unless we go extinct, we will always be humans, regardless of what species we evolve into. Our current species is "Homo Sapiens Sapiens", not "Human". …

As a fellow, certified autist (High Functioning Autism diagnosis since 2009), this article resonates with me on many points. Since the diagnosis, my life has improved 100 fold. Not…

They do in my (marginal) experience. I have found it to be a very common idiom to keep word definitions in these languages as short as possible. Probably for this very reason. You …

This is definitely one of my all time favourite games. The atmosphere and story are top notch. Good to see it being revitalized.

Not to mention the vastly better field of view and detail. Neither of which translate very well through a phone camera.

Not sure why you are getting down voted. These are all valid points.

Thank you! It seems my confusion arose from assuming this is a power generator, while it is a storage device.

As a completely non-technically-inclined person, can someone explain how this is intended to yield electricity as output? From what little I do understand, the enormous surface are…

Go would fit that definition quite nicely as well. It may be worth adding to your list of things to check out.

[unsubstantiated armchair physics ahead] One benefit of this approach I can see is that you don't, in theory, need transmitters and receivers to be in line of sight for a clear sig…

Having congenital Glaucoma, I've always had to live with the possibility of one day being blind. My left eye is already pretty much there. What has always fascinated me about sight…

I am guessing OP is referring to the ability to reliably orbit and land on comets (and asteroids). We can use them for manned way stations or construction platforms. Not to mention…

I'm thinking he means registering an account on the formspree site. So your form's `action` attribute doesn't require the inclusion of a plain e-mail address. Instead it gets some …

Given the current exchange rate, those 600 BTC would still net him $628,932.00. That seems like a pretty good deal. Granted, it could have been nearly $260 million, but I guess one…

I think this whole thing sits in the same boat with error handling and unit tests. Many folks tend to see these as something separate from programming. Some kind of side effect tha…