maskedinvader

can't find it on netflix usa

ants have the ability to lift 5000 times their body weight [1](tiny supermen if you ask me), assuming that helps in building wide bridges and countering the higher torque (during the intermediate steps) disclaimer: not a physicist [1]:http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/5970/20140210/ants-s...

previous discussion on another article about the same algorithm here -> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16466908

if you are going to bite the bullet and get this game, Id recommend the 2nd iteration of the game, think they call it Universe Sandbox^2 (squared) . Nicer graphics and speed improvements in the second version.Its got a steam VR version too for those with VR hardware.

ah the network effect. Same reason im still on fb. Diaspora is brilliant but I feel its never going to capture the imagination of the general public. Maybe we should all go back to blogging. - if only, sigh I get more and more depressed browsing my fb newsfeed (which I mostly do when I am taking a shit and run out of things to read)

Facebook did report the first decline in monthly active users (MAU), is this the turning point [1]? Ive always wondered if facebook would die a quick death or a slow crawl. Wonder who gains from this ? twitter resurgance ? dont think so, snap ? not so sure, time for google to give another go to push google+?

1. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/31/facebook-north-america-daus-...

ha me too, had to read a third time to see what the typo was.

not according to the Judge who cited Federal Law to determine he did incur 10.4 million in losses for the investors [1], it's complicated even though he did pay the investors back after they became suspicious. My understanding is this, say you leave your ferrari at the valet and the valet driver took it on a joy ride and returns it undamaged, you didn't lose anything, but the valet driver did break the law.

1. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-shkreli/pharma-...

going off on a tangent here, since you mentioned weather prediction, chance of rain % or probability of precipitation (pop) are computed not only for probability of rain in a given area but also for area of location that will receive the rain if any at all, ie 60% here expresses combination of degree of confidence that rain will occur in an area and geographic coverage of that rain. more details on the wiki entry here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability_of_precipitation

WOW, this is simple indeed, amazing how individual interactions shape collective behavior and form complex solutions.It would be even more fascinating to find out what the evolutionary path was that lead to this algorithm being picked from the presumably several similar algorithms. I am assuming similar interactions and simple instructions lead to fire ants in south america forming rafts during flooding as discussed here [1] , also it helps that ants can lift almost 5000 times its own weight [2]. Ive always been fascinated by ants and their social structure, first introduced to their amazing skills in Richard Dawking's 'The Selfish Gene' -[3]

1.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1380471/Survi... 2. https://entomologytoday.org/2014/02/11/ants-can-lift-up-to-5... 3. https://www.amazon.com/Selfish-Gene-Popular-Science/dp/01928...

I believe the answer to that is sometime in the year 2091 source : https://www.outerplaces.com/science/item/17804-elon-musk-tes...

tl,dr: twitter exchange between someone online and elon musk

@highqualitysh1t My only thought on this is "Why?"

@elonmusk Replying to @highqualitysh1t I love the thought of a car drifting apparently endlessly through space and perhaps being discovered by an alien race millions of years in the future

one counter to that is the big dipper, all most all major civilizations independently associated it with a Bear.

http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page11-2.h...

Next step lawsuits, hopefully Congress can enact a law to settle the issue once and for all.

just to clarify ? the question itself has merit ? no ? the description of the commander in chief however may not have shown respect, for which I accept your comment and take the downvotes on the chin.

There is no justice only the decision of those in power.

-do you really want that power to be in the tiny hands of an orange clown ? #justcurious

private member bill is a bill tabled by any member of parliament (known as MP in India) who is not a part of a executive branch or part of the cabinet of the ruling govt

I believe the difference between park and preserve/reserve is a park is an area typically not populated with laws protecting from light pollution while a preserve/reserve is an area that is populated with city/state laws protecting from light pollution. source- amateur astronomer who frequently visits star parties and interacts with IDA members

They inserted the binary code in the dna using CRISPR and CAS-9

well to be fair, they did beat everyone else to the market, when it comes to a decent speaker . you get what you pay for, and what you are paying for is with your loyalty to the amazon marketplace, the speakers on the echo / tap alone might warrant the prime day prices #sidenote

because the ip belongs to the company because presumably he developed it during working hours using the company's resources.

yes, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, Snapchat, Picasa, WordPress.com, Blogspot, Blogger, Flickr, SoundCloud, Google+, Google Hangouts, Hootsuite are all blocked according to [1] 1. http://www.saporedicina.com/english/list-of-blocked-websites...

Boggles my mind this is even allowed to happen, its one thing if he is a whistle blower judge with evidence for his claims, totally another if he has a history of unsubstantiated allegations against other judges. They better find him guilty of contempt of court throw the book at him.

this and parent comment is both sarcasm right ?

I recently read 'Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Gödel' by Rebecca Goldstein [1], I highly recommend it for those interested in learning more about his life and the proof itself.

1.https://smile.amazon.com/Incompleteness-Proof-Paradox-G%C3%B...

using incognito mode on firefox seems to work for me. I got a 'youve hit your 10 article limit' msg otherwise

someone from google working on photos, please make this happen. /hope

"We need better-quality studies to really determine if sitting makes people sick"

This. A thousand times this. I ask because as a programmer I spend roughly 10-12 hours sitting at work and roughly 3 hours at home, with maybe an hour of walking each day, and I would like to know if I am prone to aging and being sick more due to my sitting habit or its just wrong interpretation of data and there is no significant correlation.

story of my life !