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sdkjfwiluf··on Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Likely a Massive Heat Source
but the same waves could be reproduced without gravity in an appropriate accelerating frame (e.g. in a rotating body at a Lagrange point) so gravity isn't _essential_, whereas it is for gravitational waves
sdkjfwiluf··on Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Likely a Massive Heat Source
what crappy naming! the essential mechanism is fluid-dynamics not gravity...how confusing
sdkjfwiluf··on Nasal Bacteria Pump Out a Potential New Antibiotic That Kills MRSA
or, the change in acidity from acid on the outside to alkaline on the inside provides a niche for these bacteria
sdkjfwiluf··on The Apple Goes Mushy Part I: OS X's Interface Decline
article misses the point that things change. it's a different world now and the metaphors need to change with it. the desktop is now the computer, so desktop metaphors make no sense. flat design looks clean and quiet, I don't miss the days of skeuomorphism.
sdkjfwiluf··on Water Out of the Tailpipe: A New Class of Electric Car Gains Traction
what about locally-produced electricity ? If an electric car recharges on locally-produced electricity along its journey then we can eliminate transmission losses
sdkjfwiluf··on Water Out of the Tailpipe: A New Class of Electric Car Gains Traction
firstly, upvote for doing the calculations!

I wonder what happens when you factor-in maintenance, safety and production costs

sdkjfwiluf··on Water Out of the Tailpipe: A New Class of Electric Car Gains Traction
and transportation. Hydrogen is a very inefficient way to transport electrons compared to wires.
sdkjfwiluf··on Water Out of the Tailpipe: A New Class of Electric Car Gains Traction
Hydrogen and hydrocarbon fuels are just sources of electrons. The beauty of a real electric car is the efficiency of going directly from stored electrons to power.
sdkjfwiluf··on Edward Snowden's New Research Aims to Keep Smartphones from Betraying Owners
please please do it!
sdkjfwiluf··on Fresh work on the mathematics of bicycles in motion
what was the conclusion ? it's not gyroscopic effects because they still balance with counter-rotating wheels, it's not trail because they can still balance with negative trail. Is it some of each of these effects, if so how much ? What else is involved ?
sdkjfwiluf··on When a crow dies, the other crows investigate the cause of death (2015)
On my way to work one morning I came across a raven funeral. I didn't know that's what it was at the time. All the ravens (Australian) were gathered broadly in a disk amongst the trees, there were about 20 of them, all quiet and quite still. I had a choice of routes, either through them or around them to the right, I chose the latter as I didn't want to disturb whatever they were doing.