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  1. Re:who cares? on Scientists Find Gut Microbe That Survives Without Mitochondria (npr.org) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It means that we can expect to be able to create synthetic cells that have simpler energy systems and those systems could be exotic so that the cells could not survive outside of the laboratory. So this knowledge does in fact contain a very important insight that may profoundly effect how safely and cheaply we can make all forms of biological molecules, including drugs, on an industrial scale.

  2. But home environment is compounded genetics on Scientists Found 74 Genetic Variants Linked To Education Level (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Your genes come from your parents and those same genes influence how good a home environment they are able provide for you. Compounding interest rates can be small and still cause a balance to grow significantly over over time, the same goes for the effects of genes over multiple generations. i.e. Arguments that simply contrast genetics with environment are foolish because they are often intertwined with an accumulating, multi-generational, impact.

  3. Re:Next Up... on Sue Googe Uses Google's Font To Run For US Congress (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Before or after they read this book? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  4. During a mild Sunday, I'd hope so. on Germany Had So Much Renewable Energy That It Had To Pay People To Use Electricity (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    Id be concerned if they didn't have spare capacity during what looks like the lowest demand scenario short of a zombie apocalypse. The real issue is, how to they cope on a very cold, overcast, windless day when industrial and domestic demand is at it's highest? Also, don't they have a means of distributing power throughout the entire EU, geographically large single countries do this.

  5. Re:Tesla pollute more than regular gasoline cars on Tesla's Inherent Safety Saves Five Joyriding Teenagers In Germany (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    The "Little Brown book of Contemporary Trolls - volume 5".

  6. Re:What is the alleged crime? on Senate GOP Launches Inquiry Into Facebook's News Curation (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    The ex-employee has (potentially) defamed a very large (i.e. economically important) corporate entity therefore the truth needs to be determined and potential damages, to it's reputation and the value of shareholder assets, assessed. Try arguing with that.

  7. Re:F-35 on Combat Lasers To Be Added To US Fighter Jets (nextbigfuture.com) · · Score: 1

    A laser can point in any direction, and you can't dog fight with an opponent that has the option to hit you from any approach angle, while you are still kilometres away. i.e. If he can see you he can burn your eyes out long before you can punch him.

  8. Re:Nothing to see on Researcher Writes A Machine Language For The Universe (typepad.com) · · Score: 1

    So, the gibberant is aberrant?

  9. No, that would have to be based on String Theory. on Researcher Writes A Machine Language For The Universe (typepad.com) · · Score: 1

    One could form an automata from the patterns of virtual particle interactions in the vacuum, however that is still going to be a virtual machine running an arbitrary language and not something running on the "bare metal" (or strings) of the universe and according to the fundamental rules that govern string interactions.

    When we see claims such as those made by George Mobus we need to consider if they are nothing more than a symptom of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  10. Isn't it just a down-converter? on Disposable Lasers Created Using Inkjet Printer (dailymail.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    It needs a hight frequency coherent light source to cause it to lase at a lower frequency?

  11. A carbon price often hurts the poor the most. on Elon Musk: 'We Need a Revolt Against the Fossil Fuel Industry' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    If you can't afford the most efficient technologies, or even an energy efficient home, or you rent and there is no incentive for your landlord to improve the building, you will be far worse off if there is a price on carbon. It is a evil idea in practice, so unless the "tax" is parametric and proportional to your after tax income it should not be implemented. Why don't you go and kick a few poor people in the face Elon because that is as bad as what you are suggesting if you don't guarantee that they are economically protected from the fallout of your schemes.

  12. Re:Sail ships on Solar Planes Aren't the Green Future Of Air Travel (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    Done, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... good luck trying to fund building one.

  13. Re:Why not have nuclear powered planes? on Solar Planes Aren't the Green Future Of Air Travel (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    The plan is to have fusion powered aircraft and given Lockheed's reactor will be the size of a truck it should fit in large cargo and passenger planes. But you will have to wait a few decades before it is in civilian vehicles. Then you will have solar powered aircraft, but they will have their own little star on the inside. Old school fission power needs so much extra weight in shielding and support technology that it really isn't practical unless you are cruising the atmosphere of some other planet and you don't care if you radiologically trash it, i.e. it would be a good way of exploring a gas giant.

  14. David will now be known as Boaty McBoatface. on 'Boaty McBoatface' Polar Ship Named After Attenborough Despite Less Votes (bbc.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because having two Sir David Attenboroughs would be confusing.

  15. Meanwhile back in 1996 on Scientists Grow Two-Week-Old Human Embryos In Lab For The First Time (reuters.com) · · Score: 1
  16. Why not pay as you consume? on YouTube To Launch 'Unplugged' Online TV Service In 2017 (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Here is an idea, why not use one of those newfangled computer things to record the exact amount a person watches of any channel and just bill them for that (because they are logged in via their google account), with a real-time account balance indicator etc.? Why bundle at all? Why even charge for the first part of any given show, let people watch for free and get hooked or not, but at least there will be zero barriers to them finding what they like and then consuming it on a regular basis which will maximise the user base and therefore profits for the data supplier (YouTube) and the rights holders. Surely their business model does not rely on bundles and people paying for shows they don't end up watching?

  17. Follow your own advice to prove it is good. on Ellen Pao Launches Advocacy Group To Improve Diversity In The Tech Industry (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Why tell other people what to think when you can just do what you think everyone else should do, then if it brings you success people will emulate what you have done when you led by example. Share holders see advocates as a risk vector, where as experts with a proven track record are seen for their potential to grow profits and their advice is sought-after.

  18. Do I really need to explain why?

  19. Meat needs an immune system, or lots of chemicals. on Lab-Grown Meat Is In Your Future, and It May Be Healthier Than the Real Stuff (smh.com.au) · · Score: 1

    I can't see such meat ever really being "healthier" if it is grown in a soup of antibiotics and antivirals to compensate for the fact that real meat grows under the protection of an immune system.

  20. Good questions, it is an ethical minefield.

  21. Just say'n...

  22. "assimilation, so we are doing a spread" on UAE To Build Artificial Mountain To Improve Rainfall (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    WTF did I just read?

  23. You are just saying that because you have a huge student debt from Astronaut school and this tech will make you redundant, an Astronaught.

  24. I've said so for some time now, but... on Can Quantum Entanglement Create Faster-Than-Light Communication? (mit.edu) · · Score: 1

    There is a catch, I can know what the remote state is after I discover the local state, but how do I go from that to the point where I can induce the remote state by forcing the local state. Once I can do this I do indeed have a faster than light binary data link. Perhaps I do not need to force the local state if my particles have more than one entanglement and those states are correlated so that I can improve my chances of guessing one state by discovering another correlated property. This allows me to discard some pairs and resolve the state of others, with the binary data being encoded in those choices and not in the states of the particles themselves. Consider the following Chain of Entanglement (Q-chain) A[-1-B{-2-]C-3-}D There are relationships between the states of AB BC & CD there is also a correlation between AB & BC so that when we resolve AB we can better guess BC and therefore CD without ever resolving CD directly. If we then select a set of X Q-chains such that we have enough for our guessing to be statistically useful we can discard chain sets that do not have a value that corresponds to the value we wish to transmit.

    If I can do something like I have described above I could communicate via a faster than light link.

  25. Re:Wonderful! on Australia: VPN Users Aren't Breaching Copyright (abc.net.au) · · Score: 1

    Yeah mate no wucking forries, just use a service like this https://zenvpn.net/en/vpn-loca...