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I'm not sure that's true. Operating in a radioactive environment makes every single task so much harder. When Russia can barely afford the time to teach its recruits how to shoot, …

If by "the same thing" you mean that Ukraine has requested the assistance of its allies to avoid being being coerced by Russia, then yes the same thing is happening. Why exactly wo…

A while ago there was a result that relates to materials science: https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.04135

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/harvard-boys-do-russ... American consultants were instrumental in organizing the massive selloff of state assets, and quite a few of them tu…

It has everything to do with Ukraine. The low gas storage levels were engineered to create additional leverage over European countries during the upcoming invasion. "The Internatio…

Apparently it has been done: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalanx_CIWS#Centurion_C-RAM

Tyson once said on twitter “An airplane whose engine fails is a glider. A helicopter whose engine fails is a brick.” Now it's not at all obvious why that's not true. But that's why…

> I cannot name a single "expert" who has attempted to calm people at all. That's odd, because here are some excerpts from President Biden's remarks on covid [1]. "THE PRESIDENT: G…

> population group x seems to be the source of this wealth Here's a fun thought experiment - if Jeff Bezos (actually Andy Jassy nowadays, but that just proves my point further) sud…

See for instance DALL-E: https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/

I don't think there's any chance moving most of that machinery on short notice, what with the incredibly small tolerances and clean-room conditions required in that industry. Here …

So you have to be strapped whenever you want to visit Starbucks? No thanks.

I failed high school algebra largely because I lost my glasses and was just trying to imagine in my head what the teacher was talking about. The adults in my life knew I had a pres…

I completely agree on your first point. I was going for a bit of understatement, but to be clear, doing any of that is firmly on the other side of many revolutionary breakthroughs …

Agreed. Skimming Humbird's analysis, he mentions concentrations of catabolites as a significant limit on cell density, and points out that their removal is usually the job of the k…

Having your children abducted and held for ransom. People wanting to kill you because they think you put microchips in their bodies through a vaccine. Not knowing if people you mee…

"___ is so essential, ubiquitous, and universally understood, that to change it for the sake of changing it seems both foolish and foolhardy." This quote is Elon Musk in a nutshell…

I'm not sure how to say this, but have you ever been to the sunset? There is nothing but space in large swaths of the city.

That cashflow problem can be addressed through bonds.

So if the hate brigades were being launched by a group with a long track record of bad-faith and abusive behavior, you don't think that should inform your decision making?

Okay, so we should not give exemptions to specific categories of people who are a priori assumed to be good. I think that's fair. Are you concerned that that's the situation in the…

I completely agree. Outside of these toy examples, there really is no way to know the complete truth. But I don't think we should give up on doing the best we can to recover as muc…

I'm not sure what you think a law would look like that is completely impartial. The very existence of a law represents a thumb on the scales of otherwise unconstrained human behavi…

That's not true at all. Context is the only way to make any useful judgements. A couple examples: Person A tackles person B to the ground and holds them there against their will. I…

I'm not sure I understand why you say that the position of the LDS leadership is an argument against causation. If anything that would seem to suggest that it's a a position relate…