Brick fares much better to keep buildings cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.
Thermal mass is good when you have hot days and cool nights, like coastal southern California. Seattle too?
Which you won't find much of on the west coast because of earthquakes. It's been years since I've seen a brick house,
Concrete has the same problem as brick, but you see plenty of that. You just need to reinforce it to add tensile strength. The cost is not huge, but building from sticks is cheaper, and insulation against the cold is more important than thermal mass. Do you have concrete slab floors?
The whole first stage. This one was used for the Zuma launch in January, and landed back at the launch site. However it was not recovered today, which allows a greater payload.
Nobody ruled. The Morlocks lived *underground* and kept the machines working. They were descended from the working class, and the Eloi from the elite. The Eloi were only cattle in the sense that they were eaten:-)
Yes, they were actually the pioneer in the field, like Tesla. Where are they now?
Pioneer? They tried to adapt to the new technology but failed. The usual comparison is to Fujifilm, which did survive the transition to digital.
Will Ford be a Kodak, or a Fuji? While Ford is more adaptable and competitive than Kodak was, Ford has already been bailed out by the US government, and their main competitor GM went bankrupt.
True. You would only need like 3 of them to power a sedan.
Actually, you only need one. You don't use stirling engines for direct drive. It would be a series hybrid with battery, so the generator only needs to provide average or cruising power, not peak.
The radiators are only about 10 feet in diameter.
On earth, we would use conventional air-cooled "radiators", the same as for a petrol car.
On further investigation, the lakes are filled with DHMO. This known toxin has lead to thousands of deaths, including small children who have accidentally entered the lakes.
In Germany most jobs have a minimum wage. The imigrant would still get the same as the one who claimes he has lost his job to an immigrant. Working illegally is pretty difficult here...
Australia has minimum wage too, but lots of people on "student" visas are working illegally for less than minimum wage. Locals don't get those jobs because they will not work 10 hours when the books say six. In certain industries it is widespread (7/11, restaurants,...) , but yes, restricted enough that you don't hear many cries of "stealing our jobs". People know that skilled immigration creates jobs too. But in many sectors, it has driven down wages. Simple supply and demand. It can be good or bad, depending on your perspective.
That is just a more vulgar version of "basket of deplorables". The contempt by the privileged for those of the working class who do not have the same job protections. It may only be the least skilled losing their jobs to underpaid illegals, but with outsourcing and automation affecting the middle classes, you'd think they would sympathise a bit more.
Seems I have more mathematical insight then a lot of posters here.
You should give people more credit. We all see the obvious. It sounds like you are talking about old immigration screening tests in the United States? Clearly, and by design, these were not cognitive tests. My own country used similar "language" tests on immigrants they did not desire, but what has that got to do with anything?
One of the early uses of cognitive (IQ) tests in the US was to identify talented kids from minority backgrounds, and give them educational opportunities they would not previously have had. This continues today with the SAT tests, which are a lot fairer than the other criteria for college entry.
I'll agree that trying to rank countries or other populations by an IQ score is not particularly helpful, but you will find some very interesting data if you dig a bit deeper. On average, there are some more substantial differences in particular cognitive skills between, for example, Europeans and east Asians. Such as different strengths in verbal vs spacial tests. These appear to be at least in part a result of genetic adaptations to different environments.
I see what you are concerned about. It is a reasonable argument that such research can be used to justify racism. But I would point out that recognition of our differences does not cause racism. Rather, it was the other way around. People who started out racist attempted to twist science to justify their feelings of a racial hierarchy, and the mistreatment of those who were (for whatever reason) weaker. Trying to blame science, or hide results you do not like, is of no help to anyone.
Anyways, even if certain populations are lower in intelligence on average, it does not mean that all members of that population are lower in intelligence.
Wow, thanks for that mathematical insight. You deserve a Fields medal.
Using a comparative genomic study, we show that natural selection on genetic variants in the PDE10A gene have increased spleen size in the Bajau, providing them with a larger reservoir of oxygenated red blood cells. We also find evidence of strong selection specific to the Bajau on BDKRB2, a gene affecting the human diving reflex.
So yes, there is a genetic basis for part of the different abilities between races, and we are starting to find it. I wonder if National Geographic will one day be apologising for how racist they were to print this?
If with all the publicity from this stunt, he raises another $100mil, and then posts "AND THIS TIME IT'S REALLY GONE. SUCKERS!", I will pee myself with schadenfreude.
You think signatures are bad? Americans still use cheques - sorry, checks, and they actually get physically moved around between banks, and eventually returned to the writer.
Another thing: Americans still have pennies in circulation. Worth less than a Euro-cent! Its insane. Something costs 99c, you hand over a dollar (in paper money I tell you! not a coin), the clerk then says you need another ten cents because the 99c did not include tax, so you find a dime (almost worthless) and then get a penny in change. Which you drop in a tray. The country's payment system is incomprehensible.
On the plus side, because their banking system is so awful, they did invent the credit card. And sometimes the countries who invent things get stuck with a bad beta version, like NTSC colour TV.
I believe the cruise missile relies on air for cooling, and low flight for avoiding radar, neither of which are helpful for a satellite. Much easier to spot something against space than against terrain. It is big too. Stealth can only reduce the radar reflection so much. And by infra-red I mean long-wave emissions.
If the satellite was boosted into a distant orbit, that would be harder, but likely not useful for a spy satellite.
You could paint it black to hide from amateur optical observers, but what kind of stealth could hide a large satellite in low orbit from other states with radar and infra-red observation? It'd have to either hide on the moon, or in place of a known existing satellite that it swallows, with stealth making it look smaller.
But the chances of a $3bil project staying that secret from other states? Zero.
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> German EV companies are not capable of producing a similar vehicle at this time.
Clearly, Tesla'a Apple scientists are better than Germany's Apple scientists.
It'd be nice if one of the cameras was on the other end of the phone, so it can take 3D photos and video.
When I say "nice", I mean a novelty that will amuse us briefly. Like UHD.
Or, Tablets are booming! They are just slightly smaller, have LTE radios now, and can make voice calls.
My 5.9" phone does everything better than the old 7" tablet. I just hold it slightly closer.
Brick fares much better to keep buildings cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.
Thermal mass is good when you have hot days and cool nights, like coastal southern California. Seattle too?
Which you won't find much of on the west coast because of earthquakes. It's been years since I've seen a brick house,
Concrete has the same problem as brick, but you see plenty of that. You just need to reinforce it to add tensile strength.
The cost is not huge, but building from sticks is cheaper, and insulation against the cold is more important than thermal mass.
Do you have concrete slab floors?
I have always wondered how much is reused.
The whole first stage. This one was used for the Zuma launch in January, and landed back at the launch site.
However it was not recovered today, which allows a greater payload.
FFS, where did I put my popcorn!
Popcorn? I'm sure these is an over-bloated kernel metaphor in there somewhere. Where is our GNU Hurd micro-kernel?
The Eloi are cattle. The Morlocks ruled.
Nobody ruled. The Morlocks lived *underground* and kept the machines working. They were descended from the working class, and the Eloi from the elite. :-)
The Eloi were only cattle in the sense that they were eaten
Yes, they were actually the pioneer in the field, like Tesla. Where are they now?
Pioneer? They tried to adapt to the new technology but failed. The usual comparison is to Fujifilm, which did survive the transition to digital.
Will Ford be a Kodak, or a Fuji? While Ford is more adaptable and competitive than Kodak was, Ford has already been bailed out by the US government, and their main competitor GM went bankrupt.
True. You would only need like 3 of them to power a sedan.
Actually, you only need one. You don't use stirling engines for direct drive. It would be a series hybrid with battery, so the generator only needs to provide average or cruising power, not peak.
The radiators are only about 10 feet in diameter.
On earth, we would use conventional air-cooled "radiators", the same as for a petrol car.
Didn't you hear Ford plans to have sixteen electric vehicles (including hybrids, plug-in hybrids and full EVs) by 2022?
And Kodak had a line of digital cameras.
Which bank?
On further investigation, the lakes are filled with DHMO.
This known toxin has lead to thousands of deaths, including small children who have accidentally entered the lakes.
Or you think Putin would've pulled off his little stunt if the Ukraine were still armed with ICBMs?
If you mean the annexation of Crimea, then yes. ICBMs would have been about as useful as a hand grenade in a dispute over a taxi fare.
In Germany most jobs have a minimum wage. ...
The imigrant would still get the same as the one who claimes he has lost his job to an immigrant.
Working illegally is pretty difficult here
Australia has minimum wage too, but lots of people on "student" visas are working illegally for less than minimum wage. ...) , but yes, restricted enough that you don't hear many cries of "stealing our jobs".
Locals don't get those jobs because they will not work 10 hours when the books say six.
In certain industries it is widespread (7/11, restaurants,
People know that skilled immigration creates jobs too. But in many sectors, it has driven down wages. Simple supply and demand.
It can be good or bad, depending on your perspective.
Then it probably is because you simply suck.
That is just a more vulgar version of "basket of deplorables".
The contempt by the privileged for those of the working class who do not have the same job protections.
It may only be the least skilled losing their jobs to underpaid illegals, but with outsourcing and automation affecting the middle classes, you'd think they would sympathise a bit more.
Seems I have more mathematical insight then a lot of posters here.
You should give people more credit. We all see the obvious.
It sounds like you are talking about old immigration screening tests in the United States? Clearly, and by design, these were not cognitive tests.
My own country used similar "language" tests on immigrants they did not desire, but what has that got to do with anything?
One of the early uses of cognitive (IQ) tests in the US was to identify talented kids from minority backgrounds, and give them educational opportunities they would not previously have had. This continues today with the SAT tests, which are a lot fairer than the other criteria for college entry.
I'll agree that trying to rank countries or other populations by an IQ score is not particularly helpful, but you will find some very interesting data if you dig a bit deeper.
On average, there are some more substantial differences in particular cognitive skills between, for example, Europeans and east Asians. Such as different strengths in verbal vs spacial tests. These appear to be at least in part a result of genetic adaptations to different environments.
I see what you are concerned about. It is a reasonable argument that such research can be used to justify racism.
But I would point out that recognition of our differences does not cause racism. Rather, it was the other way around. People who started out racist attempted to twist science to justify their feelings of a racial hierarchy, and the mistreatment of those who were (for whatever reason) weaker.
Trying to blame science, or hide results you do not like, is of no help to anyone.
Anyways, even if certain populations are lower in intelligence on average, it does not mean that all members of that population are lower in intelligence.
Wow, thanks for that mathematical insight. You deserve a Fields medal.
What race would that be again?
The 100m sprint for one. When was the last time an Asian or white guy won the olympic gold medal?
and not heavy training from a young age?
RTF Study summary:
Using a comparative genomic study, we show that natural selection on genetic variants in the PDE10A gene have increased spleen size in the Bajau, providing them with a larger reservoir of oxygenated red blood cells. We also find evidence of strong selection specific to the Bajau on BDKRB2, a gene affecting the human diving reflex.
So yes, there is a genetic basis for part of the different abilities between races, and we are starting to find it.
I wonder if National Geographic will one day be apologising for how racist they were to print this?
https://www.nationalgeographic...
If with all the publicity from this stunt, he raises another $100mil, and then posts "AND THIS TIME IT'S REALLY GONE. SUCKERS!", I will pee myself with schadenfreude.
Also, traces of Illudium Pu-36.
Why don't Americans like wearing seatbelts?
You think signatures are bad?
Americans still use cheques - sorry, checks, and they actually get physically moved around between banks, and eventually returned to the writer.
Another thing: Americans still have pennies in circulation. Worth less than a Euro-cent! Its insane.
Something costs 99c, you hand over a dollar (in paper money I tell you! not a coin), the clerk then says you need another ten cents because the 99c did not include tax, so you find a dime (almost worthless) and then get a penny in change. Which you drop in a tray. The country's payment system is incomprehensible.
On the plus side, because their banking system is so awful, they did invent the credit card. And sometimes the countries who invent things get stuck with a bad beta version, like NTSC colour TV.
That missile has design features that solve both.
I believe the cruise missile relies on air for cooling, and low flight for avoiding radar, neither of which are helpful for a satellite.
Much easier to spot something against space than against terrain. It is big too. Stealth can only reduce the radar reflection so much.
And by infra-red I mean long-wave emissions.
If the satellite was boosted into a distant orbit, that would be harder, but likely not useful for a spy satellite.
You could paint it black to hide from amateur optical observers, but what kind of stealth could hide a large satellite in low orbit from other states with radar and infra-red observation?
It'd have to either hide on the moon, or in place of a known existing satellite that it swallows, with stealth making it look smaller.
But the chances of a $3bil project staying that secret from other states? Zero.