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frede

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    I was thinking more of something like mechanical watches - more expensive than a quartz watch and less accurate.

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    Comment #41421363

    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 graduat…

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    Comment #36882305

    It becomes easier when science can be millions of years ahead.

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    Comment #36882061

    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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    Comment #36881949

    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…

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    Comment #36881805

    It could be the phenomenon that has the astonishing competence.

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    Comment #36015738

    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 associa…

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    Comment #25914404

    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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    Comment #24919333

    Switzerland a notable exception.

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    Comment #23186431

    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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    Comment #23186382

    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 fe…

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    Comment #22009069

    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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    Comment #21862596

    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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    Comment #20298903

    Nitpick: the velocity grows linearly, not exponentially.

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    Comment #16205382

    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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    Comment #16007414

    Some British may not like it but the UK is a European country by geography, too.

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    Comment #15945127

    If you plotted the altitude with a function f(x), it's just the derivative f'(x) expressed in percent.

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    Comment #15836837

    How does a nuclear plant produce renewable energy?