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Re:FDA: Antibacterial soaps could pose health risks on Monday December 16, 2013 @03:34PM (#6917621)
Why are they doing this now? What has changed?
Re:AngularJS 1.3: a new release approaches on Saturday December 14, 2013 @06:14PM (#6907534)
If the documentation is so bad. Are there any books available that would help?
Re:US military reveals laser can down drones, mortar rounds on Friday December 13, 2013 @11:29AM (#6901352)
Wouldn't it change all modern warfare? Aren't mortars a big part of all land battles?
Re:The microhydro plant on Friday December 13, 2013 @10:32AM (#6900984)
Thanks for all the answers? So I'm wondering couldn't we do a lot more hydroelectric in the US by running pipes alongside rivers?

Why do large hydro electric projects always use dams? It seems like a dam wastes a ton of land creating a lake?

So is this a box spring? Or more like a futon? Maybe add something on up your site that has a cross section picture?
Re:Coinbase Raises $25 Million From Andreessen Horowitz on Thursday December 12, 2013 @01:38PM (#6896173)
Very good point. But I still think the bitcoin ecosystem is missing a foolproof way to securely store bitcoins in the way that US dollars have a bank.

Paper wallets can get lost or stolen, A lot of online wallets get hacked, and DIY encryption doesn't seem like a great way to go either, especially for grandma.

I'd happily pay a fee to coinbase in exchange for some kind of insurance against them being hacked.

Re:The microhydro plant on Thursday December 12, 2013 @12:56PM (#6895873)
What is all of the piping and canals for? couldn't this just be built right next to the water way?
Re:Coinbase Raises $25 Million From Andreessen Horowitz on Thursday December 12, 2013 @07:50AM (#6894144)
Would it be possible for CoinBase to have some kind of FDIC like insurance? It seems like that's the biggest problems with bitcoins these days is that there's no safe place to store them.
Which part is generating the keypairs? Is it bitcoin specific?

I'm curious how it's done. I'm thinking to code up something where people can have a small amount of bitcoins donated to every URL they visit. If it ever caught one if could be a way to fund content instead of ads.

If the Falcon Heavy can send 14,000 kilograms to Mars [1]. How much warmer could 14,000 kilograms of this gas make mars? Anyone able to calculate?

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_Heavy

Re:Project Marilyn Part I: Non-Patented Cancer Pharmaceutical on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @02:24PM (#6889958)
This page isn't working? http://www.indysci.org/details.html
What if instead of going to charity, the bitcoins went to the visitors of the page?

That way it could be self perpetuating?

How did you code up the handling of payments? Was this easy to make?
Cool idea! I get an internal server error when I go here: http://btcbutton.com/queue
Re:The main trick in machine learning on Monday December 09, 2013 @08:00PM (#6878286)
And a follow up question, what would an example of a brain over fitting something it learned?
Re:The main trick in machine learning on Monday December 09, 2013 @06:01PM (#6877711)
How does the brain generalize to data it hasn't seen before? Any theories?
Re:The Copenhagen Wheel [video] on Saturday December 07, 2013 @08:43PM (#6868617)
Yes but does the equivalent of a Copenhagen wheel exist for a car? That sir is my question.
Re:The Copenhagen Wheel [video] on Saturday December 07, 2013 @07:52PM (#6868465)
Would t be possible to design something similar for a car wheel?
Re:Diet Drugs Work: Why Won’t Doctors Prescribe Them? on Thursday December 05, 2013 @10:34AM (#6854866)
Couldn't another part of the problem simply be lack of marketing for these drugs?

Everyone is aware there are goto drugs to toenail fungus and restless leg syndrome from all of the commercials. Shouldn't drugs like these that apply to even more people be all over the airwaves?

Re:Diet Drugs Work: Why Won’t Doctors Prescribe Them? on Thursday December 05, 2013 @10:32AM (#6854847)
Would anyone be able to give or link to a summary of the four drugs it mentions? How would a person evaluate which would be the best one to try?
Re:Diet Drugs Work: Why Won’t Doctors Prescribe Them? on Thursday December 05, 2013 @10:28AM (#6854823)
I've been looking for a way to make vegetables like brocoli or green beans palatable. What's your secret?
Re:The simple fix that could heal the patent system on Thursday December 05, 2013 @08:57AM (#6854353)
Sorry, dumb question. What's a direct link and why can't you submit them?
I thought the purpose of this type of funding was to fund the idea stage, so you wouldn't need traction yet.
Any advice for someone in the early idea phase? What steps would one do before applying to this?
Re:I will not hack on your codebase for free in an interview on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @08:58AM (#6846832)
A whole day is a little excessive but other wise that's exactly what an interview should be. I'd like nothing better than to see the actual code I'd be working with and see how I work together with others on the team.

In fact I once passed on a job offer because they wouldn't let me see the code until I accepted.

Re:Fuel Fix » New data show ‘meteoric’ rise of Texas oil on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @08:19AM (#6846628)
Where did the increase come from? Is it fraking or technology related?
Re:SES-8 – Falcon 9 GEO Transfer Mission on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @09:02PM (#6844531)
I updated my question to explain it better I think.
Re:SES-8 – Falcon 9 GEO Transfer Mission on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @08:31PM (#6844460)
Edit: I'm going to try to rephrase this whole question since it got so unpopular. (I also said moon when I meant sun)

Lets say we fly a rocket up to earth sun L4 at a really slow speed. When we reach L4 we fire retro rockets to slow down as to not overshoot.

It seems to me that we never have to reach a high speed to stay in space at that point. The two bodies would be holding us there?

Is that correct? Is there a certain speed to fly out to L4 which uses less fuel than speeding up to 8km/s like you would need to stay in space orbiting earth?

Re:Launch a Water-Propelled Satellite into Deep Space on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @08:14PM (#6844405)
But couldn't a version be built on the same principles that has higher thrust?

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