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Re:Inside the Dynomak: A Fusion Technology Cheaper Than Coal
on Thursday November 27, 2014 @09:30AM (#8667391)
A positive energy balance was achieved in 2013.
http://www.nature.com/news/laser-fusion-experiment-extracts-...
For only a hundredth of a second, and not even remotely economically viable yet. But it's a step in the right direction.
Re:1k minecraft
on Tuesday November 25, 2014 @05:03PM (#8660002)
Same for me on Iceweasel 31.2.0 on Debian
Re:How the World’s First Computer Was Rescued From the Scrap Heap
on Tuesday November 25, 2014 @09:08AM (#8657747)
Zuse Z3? Babbage's Analytical Engine!
Re:Ask HN: What's the biggest problem of this world that we need to so...
on Monday November 24, 2014 @09:59AM (#8652619)
Inequality and lack of social mobility.
It's mind boggling how uneven wealth distribution is in some countries.
Re:This is the proof that the 1% have been running the show for 800 years
on Sunday November 23, 2014 @12:43PM (#8649306)
Those serf-like structures disappeared in the 15th century.
Re:Things I still can't do in November 2014
on Sunday November 23, 2014 @08:10AM (#8648679)
The equivalent of taxes on alcohol and cigarettes would be a tax on unhealthy food, not a tax on unhealthy people.
Re:Things I still can't do in November 2014
on Sunday November 23, 2014 @05:40AM (#8648380)
Some of those already exist, and some of those should never exist.
Re:Settling in Tibet required a Western import
on Saturday November 22, 2014 @03:37PM (#8646585)
Because the real present is constantly moving. To prevent confusion several sciences use 1950 as the present, so if somebody quotes an article where something is radiocarbon dated as 80 years BP, you don't then have to look up the age of the article.
Re:Doxxing defense: Remove your personal info from data brokers
on Thursday November 20, 2014 @11:48AM (#8636631)
There's no significant link between prison sentences and crime rates.
If there was, Norway would have a high crime rate and the US would have a low crime rate.
Re:Webcam hackers could be watching you, watchdog warns
on Thursday November 20, 2014 @03:31AM (#8634830)
The first time I heard about this was around 2005. It's amazing that it's taken this long to become news.
Re:5 Most Embarrassing Software Bugs in History
on Sunday November 16, 2014 @05:11AM (#8613863)
"The Pentium chip's math error (1993)"
Pretty sure that's a hardware bug.
Re:Places Where Women and Girls Can Learn to Code
on Thursday November 13, 2014 @10:09AM (#8601847)
It puts many people off to discover they're the only one of their gender in the room. That creates a self-reinforcing problem.
Projects like those linked above help break that circle.