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  1. Re:This does not scale well on First Ever Plane With No Moving Parts Takes Flight (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    A long, long time ago when I was learning EE from an even older textbook I recall something about capacitance.

    There were no large volume capacitors at the time the author was at university. The book discussed the oddity of the farad unit. Theoretically one could have made a one farad capacitor with the best materials but would encompass most of the Empire State Building in volume. That always stuck with me. Today you can buy a one farad 12v capacitor off amazon about the size of a water bottle, but have width to height ratios remarkably similar to the Empire State Building.

    The point to remember is that limitations imposed by theoretical physicists are tentative at best. Remember, physics without empirical evidence isn't science and isn't necessarily reflective of reality.

    so the wings need to be designed with alternating layers of insulator/conductor material (fiberglass/tinfoil/epoxy?) so that they can help store energy but also coated with a fuzzy electrostatic accumulator for regenerative air braking. solved.

  2. Re: Dinosaurs had feathers on A Massive Impact Crater Has Been Detected Beneath Greenland's Ice Sheet (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2

    you are describing debate, not science. What is to be gained by supporting an erroneous conclusion?

  3. Re:Russia Comedy Channel on China, Russia Are Listening To Trump's Phone Calls, Says NYT Report (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    Why is it okay if Donald Trump does it?

    Because what could they possibly hope to gain?

  4. Re: Virtue signalling on California Has a New Law: No More All-Male Boards (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    They're not saying 50%. And CEO's, if anyone, can be delicate unlike those comparisons of big strong jobs so far removed from even white collar stuff. Not a good comparison, can one be too psychopathic or even not autistic enough?

  5. If I were in a position to worry about deep fakes I would pre-emptively release a deluge of preposterous fakes to amuse and inform (and promote). Like you suggest - adapt

  6. PC's BIOS contains code that allow security mechanisms to be bypassed, code injected, formatted, and even become hijacked with alternative OS'es. I'm glad they are discovering this for us but it's not that scary - to me the news is that this is undocumented.. assuming they googled the results.

  7. Re:He is not wrong tho on Trump Accuses Social Media Firms of 'Silencing Millions' (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    regardless of your opinions, he is right. of course they have the right to do so, but people are being silenced

    He is right that people are going to have to [learn how to think for themselves], with or without 'censorship', bias, internal conflict and whatever..