skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The embodied energy (~= the energy used to produce) of the cardboard is much higher than that of mulch.

I’m not sure if the incremental energy to turn the cardboard into new cardboard (and transport it twice) is more or less than that of growing, mulching and transporting some scrap wood.

Anyway, that is probably the right computation to run.
> Fukushima, remember, had a triply-redundant (or whatever) power supply to ensure that cooling power could be provided even in the event of a simultaneous meltdown and grid failure. Oops.

Yeah, and then they installed the backups below where the main plant was, rendering them completely useless. Oops.

This was a human failure. Not a technological one.
If you ever visit Ashland, Oregon—famous for its Shakespeare Festival and chill vibes—you’ll have a chance to drink from their “lithia fountain” at the heart of downtown: https://www.trover.com/d/95b7-lithia-water-fountain-ashland-...
People don't want to invest in nuclear because nuclear disasters scare the shit out of them.
As Polish crypto-history goes, I still think I prefer the TURBOSLAVS
A major driver of this "cheapness" is weight reduction, which has been drive by CAFE and similar laws. It's a trade off. Want a transmission with enough meat in the casing to take replaceable bearings, or even enough to machine in a bushing? Adds weight.

Make that decision hundreds, maybe thousands of times and it all adds up. However, I agree that there are some obvious decisions I disagree with choosing the weight reduction.
Wile E. Coyote approves.
Which animal fats? Beef, for instance, is quite high in trans fat.
Story of how you got to coding and stories about challenges will tell you more about person for hiring than just resume.
I went through a couple of days in high school where I wrote in e prime only. wow that was a pain in the ass.
If it happened once what's to stop it happening again. Think about the type of people who design nuclear power plants. These are some of the smartest people on the planet and they still managed to make this terrible error.
Maybe they could.

But water is much better at carrying waste heat and the population centres demanding electricity tend to be close to rivers and lakes anyhow.
> By that time, renewables will have marched down their experience curves to an economic position that will likely be unassailable.

You're posting this and statements like it all over this thread without a lot of supporting evidence that indicates very strong probability of it happening. Hacker News currently has a highly-ranked article on the main page regarding how there are massive battery and energy storage problems, and this particular issue is raised weekly here and in the news.

Why are you so optimistic that seemingly significant blockers will be for sure eliminated in the short decades to come?
The blowup shown by Xia doesn't rely on point particles. It works just the same even for "small spheres". I didn't really make that clear.

Your thought is in good company though. Lots of physicists over the years have worked to remove point particles from the classical theories. This issue is that these fixes tend to end up fixing nothing (like with Newtonian gravity), or producing nonsense and contradictions elsewhere. A famous result in electragnetism, if we replace point charges with tiny charged spheres, we get solutions where particles accelerate exponentially without any external forces. Not at all obvious, but what the hell, right?

Anyway, to take a card from your deck and muse haphazardly, my guess is that these problems are extremely hard to avoid when dealing with a continuum. There is some interesting work on discrete theories, but I'm not all that informed about them.
I commented something like this last time I saw this sentiment on HN.

You forget, or I forgive you if you never knew, that google made really good apps on the old Windows Mobile. Google Maps was especially good on WinCE. Then Microsoft declared all Win32 apps dead in favor of a very half baked Silverlight runtime that didn't have such luxury features as sockets or scrolling that actually works. So if I were calling the shots on Google's end at that time, no way I am going to advocate for a massive rewrite onto a runtime that doesn't work well for a very small number of users.

Microsoft's own boneheaded actions killed Google's goodwill for its mobile platform.
Maybe. On the other hand, the human animal has a powerful capacity to decide that whatever it’s doing is the good and right and normal thing to be doing. After a month you’re just as likely to be completely acclimated as you are to be suicidal.

There’s also the element that when a stranger (or a subordinate) is watching you don’t just act busy — you act like you enjoy your job, you show off a bit. This is the kind of performance that soaks into the skin and becomes real.
Ok, let's say I decide to make this my cause. What can I do, concretely?
> rampant use of fungicides on crops is contributing to the surge in drug-resistant fungi infecting humans

Another looming side effect of mono-cropping — planting huge fields of a single, highly specialized cultivar with very low genetic diversity.

Many of these cultivars are reliant on huge amounts of fertilizer, insecticide and fungicide. They produce high yields when times are good, but come with massive vulnerabilities and large negative externalities.

There has been some movement in recent decades away from typical industrial agriculture toward more diverse planting and sustainable and scientific farming, which in the long run produce healthier soil, crops and environment. Sadly this is still fairly niche and not applied to the millions of acres of single crop areas around the globe, mostly because it’s still super cheap to pump fields for all their worth with cash crops.

Unless we adopt a more difficult path, we’ll be paying for our cheap calories in more ways than just algae blooms and drug-resistant fungus. But I guess the same could be said about everything, climate change et al.
Mention of both Y2K and 2038 in that article made me realize that we are now closer to the latter than the former.
...if the alternative is climate change continuing to worsen until renewable technologies (particularly energy storage and transmission) are up to par and scale, which one do you prefer?
HN seems to just be a bunch of armchair intellectuals arguing over semantics. Usually the top comment is just someone angry about something barely related to the article, as seen here.

I never thought I'd say this but even reddit seems to have more substantial conversations. At the very least half the comments aren't dead for some inexplicable reason.

There is also a very clear liberal and pro gov/pro corp bias here. I've seen many posters skewered alive for suggesting that the big tech companies deliver data to the NSA, etc.

I highly doubt this comment will be allowed to live.
No it is not. Tesla has the best batteries in production currently and they use the least amount of cobalt. They even have plans to stop using cobalt completely in future versions. But currently they have a battery that is 20-25% better in most metrics and uses the least amount of cobalt.
Thanks! That is truly fascinating. I have never encountered that idea of it being a consequence of the red-shift before but it does make sense. I wonder where that energy goes. Perhaps there is an ether after all? Seeing as Planck implies that nothing is continuous in this universe, then I wonder what the quanta of the redshift is? Perhaps time itself causes the friction. (I apologize for my layman's spitballing here but this universe is nothing if not fascinating.)

And by inflation, I was referring to the brief period shortly after the BB where the clumps of galaxies quickly separated themselves. Is that what you are referring to here, or are you referring to the general expansion of the universe?
> GPS is being modernized to use a 13-bit Week Number

If you want to dig into the details, this is one of the specification documents of the GPS signal [1].

"Figure 40-1. Data Format (sheet 1 of 11)" displays the layout of the legacy messages LNAV, while "Figure 30-6.Message Type 33 -Clock & UTC" displays the layout of the new CNAV messages. You can see that WN in the old message has 10 bits only, while WN_{ot} has 13 bits in the new message.

13 bits are a bit short IMO. It's 157 years instead of 20. Just puts the rollover into that uncanny valley where you forget about it too easily. Instead, IMO one could have extended it to 32 bits directly, which would be enough for 82 million years. In the CNAV messages, there are 53 bits of reserved space around, so it's not like that bits are super scarce, and if they are you could take from the reserved space.

[1]: https://www.gps.gov/technical/icwg/IS-GPS-200J.pdf
> limiting consumerism

If you solve this problem, you'll solve a problem much greater than energy consumption. This is not unspoken and unpopular, it is thought to be impossible given the human condition.

> decreasing population

Good luck with that one.
I looked quickly for fun, and Quebec/Newfoundland built 22855MW hydro in 20 years from 1971-1991:
http://www.hydroquebec.com/production/centrale-hydroelectriq...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchill_Falls_Generating_S...
Ringly. It was a well executed niche product that was priced at for-profit margins. Not sure why the company went under, but they did. As anyone with kids know, not everything needs to have a screen or be "smart" (aka pain in the ass). There's a lot to be said for simple, elegant functionality and long battery life. I'm sure that they could relaunch with a 10 person lifestyle company.
> and on IRC users tend to be more friendly and aware of each other's humanity.

I have been on IRC since 1993 but this is news to me.
Coming soon: If you’re not sober, you won’t be able to start the car
> So what happens to Africa when the old cars finally completely disappear?

The latest 2019 Land Cruiser (not the US luxury version) is nearly identical to the version sold 30 years ago.
How did NeXT fail? Apple bought them, and then released NeXT-based designs with Apple branding, down to the APIs! I only use a MacBook today because it's a NeXT derivative.
If you keep comparing nuclear to coal, you have declared yourself the loser.

You have to compare nuclear against the best alternative, not the worst. This is just kindergarten-level debate.
Culture Jam was one of the delights of the 20th centuries that as fallen away. Of course now we have no need for culture jam in the common case of mass communications, as it has well jammed itself
Why would a company pay people for their DNA, hmmm.
http://www.wave3.com/2019/04/01/residents-concerned-about-dn...
Corporations definitely have a culture, for better or worse. And it's not always just the sum of their employees'.
heh. me too. https://github.com/jakeogh/symlinktree/blob/master/symlinktr...
> Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan

Why would a former Beoing executive, who has had nothing to do with Beoing's space-related ventures in his 30 years there, know anything about orbital mechanics?

> the Pentagon stood by Shanahan's earlier assessment

Why would anyone at the pentagon who wanted to keep their job/position publicly release a conflict with a statement from their upper management?
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/ramsfilm

They have a Vimeo Apple TV app, or download the mp4 etc when purchased there
Nope not managed. Only the Shared MongoDB database is managed. Does not provide continuous backups although planned only snapshot backups at the moment. We intend to offer a managed shared offering for the other databases as well but not a priority as MongoDB was and still is the most requested database.
Unfortunately, they're playing both sides of the game.

If Apple would let you use their products anonymously, that would be a clear indicator they were on the side of privacy.

a couple pointed questions:

- do you know what apps on your iphone are doing? can you find out?

- do you know who they contact?

- do you know what technologies they are using? deep linking? ibeacons?

- can you firewall your apps?
80% of the antibiotics consumed in the US are used in animal agriculture[1]. 2/3 of infectious diseases in humans have animal origins. Along with horizontal gene transfer, antibiotic misuse in agriculture is overwhelmingly responsible for antibiotic resistance in the US.

As someone who often gets secondary bacterial infections from initial viral infections, I often have to fight with well-intentioned prescribers in order to get adequate treatment so I don't end up in the hospital a few days later.

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4638249/
These weren't big ones... to start.
While this may be true ( some currently successful sites are spin-offs from other sites ), often there is an orbiting behavior.

If the option is to successfully monetize a portion of the flow vs nothing, it may turn out to be a net positive for the subreddit admins.
I think I’m a target audience for something like this. I created a web app that uses Postgres and hosted it with elastic beanstalk. It was about $50/month so I took it down. $3/month is much more reasonable for my needs
On a slightly further tangent, a lot of take out places will serve your food in containers that you bring with you as long as their clean. If you're willing to break some perceived social norms.

You should absolutely try that at the tofu maker.
HEVC/VP9/AV1 Video Encoding on Intel Xeon Cascade Lake with SVT and Clear Linux
Royalties are collected because that's what the States are legally able to collect without interference by the Commonwealth.
It's worth mentioning that Apple Music is available on Android, and there's no reason to doubt the TV offering will be as well. News+ and Arcade are perhaps less likely, but the fact that Music is available on Android at all suggests that Apple are looking to make money from their services rather than use them as a lock-in tool.
Very exciting, would like to see an orchestration layer working with this.
I disagree wholeheartedly. Ham radio cannot limit itself to unencrypted communications in the modern era. Radio communication is no longer limited to electrical engineers spending thousands of dollars on big boat anchors, as it was in the mid 20th century. It's not a fringe activity anymore. Virtually every American has a cell phone, and we all use our cell phones every day, and our cell phones primarily make encrypted transmissions.

One of the stated goals in Part 97 is for amateur radio to "contribute to the advancement of the radio art". How is ham radio accomplishing that goal and contributing to the bleeding edge of radio science, when it's illegal to use a modern bleeding edge radio on the ham bands?

Encryption is a necessary property of modern radio communications. If ham radio wants to remain modern, it must allow encryption. Conversely, if we don't allow encryption, it will not remain modern.
Just did some research, you want this kind with the lock on 4 sides and a rubberized gasket: "Glasslock".

Square should be better than round.

These are 2 compartment, which sounds even better. This is the style you want:

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07CZPZ87F/
The T-series can have the CPU upgraded at least. I'm not convinced they're any more wasteful than desktops, which will need upgraded motherboards after some time.

Also, compared to non-computer electronic devices, I'd say ThinkPads fare well. Microwaves don't last 10 years anymore, for example.
It’s mainly diagnosed on repetition of talking points.

If it sounds like astroturfed content then it’s likely to be so, whether intentional or not.
US DOD was informed prior ASAT test & their non objection stems in we being their strategic partner.

It doesn't mean the number of debris in higher apogee or the their probability to cause harm is false(how ever low the probability might be). Anyone can verify the same, if they have the means.

NASA is answerable to public & that they did. Just like our ISRO is.

I see many, including media confusing between ISRO & DRDO in this context. DRDO was the one which conducted the ASAT test, even if ISRO was involved somehow it shouldn't be advertised; just like how NASA's involvement in any US defence related activity is contained.

The term 'peaceful space exploration' exists for a reason.
WSCC (Windows System Control Center) is a launcher/updater/manager for both NirSoft and Sysinternals. http://www.kls-soft.com/wscc/
France is phasing out its nuclear fleet and plans to have retired 1/3 of it by 2025.

Its only new NPP under construction, Flammanville, is 9 years over schedule and over 300% over budget. It is still not certain when it will open due to safety defects that are still being evaluated.
> The idea that people’s important opinions can be changed by some sort of silver bullet mega-argument is naive and immature, and frankly a great example of what’s wrong with discourse on the internet.

Even more naive and immature is the idea that conversations either lead to epiphany or do nothing. Comments are read several orders of magnitude more than they're responded to. You might not change that person's mind right now, but that kind of discourse is a part of how other people form or reinforce their opinions, and the OP might be more willing to change their mind in the future upon having other interactions and experiences that challenge their views, especially if someone has shown them a good-faith argument in the past.
There are some really good ones I haven't heard before:

>> You voice is always heard - NSA.

That made me chuckle.
Renewable energy is cheaper than nuclear, or will be imminently.

Proponents of nuclear tend to ignore the long-run costs associated with nuclear (eg. waste transport and storage), and the potential for cost blowouts due to acute disasters like Fukushima (estimated cost to taxpayers: USD $100 Billion).

The fact tax money is going towards Fukushima highlights another problem with nuclear power: the agency problem. The individuals and organizations that planned and built Fukushima are not directly shouldering the full cost of the problem it created. You can extrapolate from this to many other problems and risks associated with nuclear power, because the timeframe is long relative to the life of a human. If the average human lifespan was 200 years or more, maybe this would be less of an issue, but as it is now, profits now will inevitably trump responsibility tomorrow (and by tomorrow, I mean 30+ years from now).

There's also the risk of weaponization, which increases as the number of plants increase, particularly if those plants are built in countries which currently do not possess much technical nous. It's not a technology that should be disseminated, because the risks are real, and catastrophic in their consequences. If this sounds paranoid, Warren Buffett had this to say about the threat of cyber, biological, nuclear, or chemical attack on in the US:

"“What’s a small probability in a short period approaches certainty in the longer run. (If there is only one chance in thirty of an event occurring in a given year, the likelihood of it occurring at least once in a century is 96.6%.) The added bad news is that there will forever be people and organizations and perhaps even nations that would like to inflict maximum damage on our country. Their means of doing so have increased exponentially during my lifetime. “Innovation” has its dark side.

There is no way for American corporations or their investors to shed this risk. If an event occurs in the U.S. that leads to mass devastation, the value of all equity investments will almost certainly be decimated.

No one knows what “the day after” will look like. I think, however, that Einstein’s 1949 appraisal remains apt: “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”"

[Source: 2016 annual letter to Berkshire shareholders]
> all the planets also rotate on their own axes in a counter-clockwise direction

Actually, Venus is also an exception. It does not rotate the same way as Earth, Mars, etc. (The sun rises in the west there and sets in the east.) It also has an extremely long rotation period -- longer than the Venusian year.
Palm/HP Pre. Coming up on a decade since it was released, and it's still the best phone I've ever owned. Too bad about Palm and HP, though.
> Who is going to suddenly build these much cheaper nukes here, the Nuclear Power Plant Fairy?

There actually is a simple solution: follow UAE and let Koreans build standardized APR-1400.
Life hack: once you finish the pickles, slice up a cucumber the same way and top the jar off with vinegar. Maybe throw in another clove of garlic and a habanero. Let it sit for a week in the fridge. The fresh pickles have all the flavor of the original pickles with the extra crunch of fresh cucumber.
> anybody

The people that matter can't, that's their target.

By which I mean, other socialites.
You have no idea what happened in the marriage while poster stayed home doing nothing of substance for half a year
I'm born and raised in Chicago and have no idea why you think this would make any difference to anyone here. A hero is a hero.
The game Warframe uses IRC for its in-game chat. They've obfuscated the authentication though, so it's not possible to just login with something like irssi. I'm sure other games do this as well.
The thing is any new battery tech will have to be as good or better when introduced to stand a chance and lithium ion is not a standing target it also keeps improving. So someone working on new battery tech would need to target being at least 2-3 times as cheap and easier to produce 5 years from now if you look at the lithium ion cost trajectory.
Maemo was great. I still have an N770 and N810 kicking around.
There are two different issues we don't want to conflate. Encrypted traffic is a problem because once you allow it, there is no way to police abuse of the spectrum (in the same way you can tunnel almost anything over ssh). If you allow encryption, then the ham spectrum just becomes an open free for all.

The second issue is proprietary protocols. If the goal is to support experimentation and emergencies then all protocols used should be non proprietary so that all who want can learn and be involved.
I've always wanted to learn more about SDR especially when you think about just how many signals are present in the air. Thanks for the good introduction!
FYI, HN doesn't have DMs - you could put a throwaway email in your profile
> Acceptance Rate 16%

As the scandal proves, that was way too much. Either that, or they were kicking out deserving poor people to make room for the bribed kids.
I think mostly flavor. Canned soup is some nasty stuff.

Here's my entry into the efficiency menu:

Take a crockpot/slow cooker, throw in stew meat, frozen peas/corn/green beans, a lemon, an onion, garlic, sriracha, cut up a few potatoes and carrots, a can of chopped organic tomatoes. Cook for hours. Done. Probably 5 minutes of prep.

You could probably live exclusively on that. Low salt.
The issue isn't that they had flaws - it is that they had them despite the budget and man-hours involved showing 'they just didn't care' aspects.

Whereas the older ones did it with smaller teams and more constrained resources where seeking efficiency had some weird side effects - granted there were also plenty of 'shovelware' examples from the past.
same way you find subreddits: hang out in one you like and people will invariably mention others.