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In the case of Herbert Nitsch's accident, he went so deep that even the short bottom time was sufficient to cause DCS on the ascent with just the standard air he was carrying. N2 d…

This is also an argument that didn't sit well with me when I heard Guillaume Verdon / Beff Jezos on his recent Lex podcast state that the universe wants to produce more entropy, an…

It's true, though, and in fact 30% is a conservative estimate. The percentage of English words that come from French varies from 29% to 45% depending on whether you count derivativ…

> It's thought that you can avoid this by subbing out the helium for hydrogen, but nobody so far has been insane enough to try. It's reportedly been done very recently using a rebr…

And conversely, nobody loses to cancer. It's a draw at best, considering that the cancer dies with the host.

I find the controlled ditching hypothesis less psychologically puzzling, not more, for at least three reasons: ego, agency, and practicality. First, successfully ditching an aircra…

Not trying to evangelize you, but you may not necessarily see the value in gathering random notable ideas somewhere until you put in the effort of documenting them and then see the…

Tried your website on Chrome 108.0.5359.125 (Win 64-bit), and it displayed nothing but a teal background, until I turned off the Decentraleyes 2.0.17 extension (which was reporting…

Monaco is incredibly safe - undercover and uniformed police everywhere, ubiquitous video surveillance, few ingress/egress points, thorough filtering of cars coming in and out based…

Most Monegasques are by and large not millionaires, but they are indeed taken care of by the welfare state very very well. However, they barely make up 25% of the residents, so the…

Born and raised in Monaco here. The article paints a very incomplete picture, told from the minority standpoint of mostly wealthy socialites and residents. There are also about 50K…

Alameda was also a totally separate entity, until we found out it wasn't.

You could have made the same point without the first sentence. As per HN's guidelines: > Be kind. Don't be snarky. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community.

On r/gemini (named after the NYC-based exchange), it's a misconception that I see (and occasionally dispel) very frequently.