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An scientist who likes to code. Currently in New York City.

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blog.google 3mo ago

Create, edit and share videos at no cost in Google Vids

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www.theverge.com 7mo ago

Disney accuses Google of 'massive' copyright infringement

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workspace.google.com 10mo ago

New easy ways to create and edit videos with gen AI in Google Vids

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threadreaderapp.com 1y ago

Recently I was targeted by an sophisticated (Google) phishing attack

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www.wheresyoured.at 1y ago

Requiem for Raghavan

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blog.google 2y ago

Workspace announcements from Google Cloud Next '24

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workspace.google.com 2y ago

Google Vids: Online Video Creator and Editor

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www.nytimes.com 2y ago

Room-Temperature Superconductor Discovery Is Retracted

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techcrunch.com 3y ago

Twitter’s new homepage logo is doge-y

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developers.googleblog.com 3y ago

Palm API and MakerSuite: start prototyping and building generative AI apps

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www.ft.com 3y ago

Gene therapies may cure disease but can we afford them?

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www.google.com 3y ago

Google search counts down to Ethereum merge

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www.theverge.com 5y ago

Google Workspace Smart Canvas Features

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store.google.com 8y ago

Google Pixel 2

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dao.consider.it 10y ago

DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) Proposals

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espn.go.com 10y ago

Sixers' GM Resignation Letter [pdf]

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bitcoinfees.21.co 10y ago

Bitcoin transaction fees

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github.com 10y ago

Meatier – A Meteor alternative

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medium.com 10y ago

The Death of React Hot Loader (2015)

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www.indiegogo.com 10y ago

ProseMirror is funded

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www.firebase.com 10y ago

Announcing Lower, Simpler Pricing

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www.dreamspark.com 10y ago

Microsoft Azure for DreamSpark

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www.hopesandfears.com 11y ago

Killing them with cuteness: the origins of Anonymous' ISIS-Chan

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next.dotcloud.com 11y ago

Next dotCloud – improved platform and pricing

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www.vaultofsatoshi.com 11y ago

Vault of Satoshi Is Shutting Down

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dolphin-emu.org 11y ago

Dolphin Progress Report: November 2014

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theroot.ninja 11y ago

Sunshine – bootloader unlock recent Motorola and HTC phones

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pipeline.corante.com 11y ago

Peter Thiel's Uncomplimentary Views of Big Pharma

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devopsu.com 12y ago

Shell Scripts vs Ansible: Fight

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forums.dropbox.com 12y ago

Free 1GB Dropbox space with Mailbox app (iOS)

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Later down the page, Wolfram issues a challenge: "It’s been years now, and I’d really like to see SMP run again. So here’s a challenge. This is the source for a C program encrypted like the SMP source code..."

Just wanted to call this out in case anyone wanted to try decrypting it :).

This paper is in Scientific Reports, which is published by Nature but is not regarded as a top-tier journal. It has an impact factor of 5.5 vs. 41 of Nature.

But I would say that "selling the science" occurs more often for high-profile journals because the authors need to convince the reviewers that the paper has a significant impact. Papers in more field-specific journals tend to write conservatively.

That was the argument before Snowden, but we now know that the government passively records and stores as much information as possible on anyone. So they can build a secret file on anyone should they feel like it. And they'll use every piece of information at their disposal (private family life, shopping and travel habits, what websites you browse, what media you consume, etc.) to profile you. Ever download a copyrighted file or view pornography? That will be used against you.

True, but looking at the trend in energy density improvements in Li ion batteries, it's linear and seems like it would take more than 2 years to achieve a 2x improvement: http://www.batteryuniversity.com/images/parttwo-55h.gif

The problem with reducing the mass of the non-Li portion of the battery is that all of the practical candidates for the anode are metal oxides (e.g. Co, Fe, Mn oxides). Unless the whole metal oxide motif is replaced, you can't really achieve significant mass savings. There are research groups and startups working on alternate anode and cathode materials but there are tradeoffs in power density and safety. Also given that these approaches are still in the research phase, it'll take at least a couple of years before they reach commercial testing.

I agree with others here who recommend learning how to code.

But instead of chasing the latest trends in frameworks, I would recommend learning ruby on rails instead. It's a mature framework that is still very popular. Learning it instills good principles that you carry over when learning future frameworks.

The best way to learn rails is: https://www.railstutorial.org/book

It's written for absolute beginners. Work through the entire book, and you'll have a good foundation for web development.

The Electric Car 11 years ago

True, but there's at least one really expensive component of electric cars that needs replacement every 8 to 10 years: the battery. I think the current price is about $10000 for the battery if you order from Tesla in advance.

Maintenance and repair costs of a gasoline vehicle over 10 years can be less than that.

Energy 11 years ago

Because this stuff already existed in the ground (just not as concentrated), is not as toxic as radioactive waste, and can be recovered and reused. Nuclear waste generates new highly toxic substances that are extremely dangerous. And even after the waste has "decayed", the products are still toxic (just not radioactive) and last forever.

Energy 11 years ago

Just collect and store. They can be purified and have commercial use. Otherwise, since they came from the earth in the first place, storing it back in the earth doesn't change the amount of toxins we have in the ground.

Energy 11 years ago

Well, the difference between chemical toxic waste is that there are accessible methods for making it non-toxic. It's just a matter of cost. For example, toxic organic and inorganic compounds can be thermally decomposed. For organics, you create elemental carbon. For inorganics (containing metal ions), you can reform the metal and collect it. Acid/base waste can be neutralized. You can't really do that for radioactive material except trying to accelerate the decay. And while chemical waste can often be handled with standard safety measures, radioactive waste is just too dangerous to work with.

I see your point. I think one needs to consider both the danger of the waste and the amount of it generated. Then try to find a good balance.