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Regarding the Physiology prize, maybe those crazy Georgian-period folks were onto something with tobacco smoke enemas used to treat victims of (near) drowning.

I'd extend that second sentence to "It's about a [someone or] something doing something [and making moneybags from it]." It's fine if you paint copies of artwork and keeping them at home or make pictures that copy their style. When you start selling the work or your services on that basis (of...

Rather than hypocrisy, I think that it's more of a class divide thing. We (the little people) are under the (mistaken - in their view - ) impression that all are equal under the law. Whereas they see a two tier (at least) system where rules apply to us and not them. It's a similar attitude to...

Wouldn't front wheel drive on gravel be at greater risk of losing traction? I agree with you on the concern of adding weight to the front. You don't want too much inertia on your steering wheel.

I agree that this polymer / device actively shifts heating from one point to another. However, a large number of uses of heat pumps as most people know them - AC units, freezers and fridges can all drive the temperature of the cool side below ambient. I'm not seeing anything in the article...

Might need to extend the list of "Next N Launches" - with the Falcon 9 cadence, the current list looks ahead only a few days.

If only you could hook up an alternator to the spin generated by the car dealership groups... You could generate enough power to charge many BEVs. I'd love to see more put into affordable ways of converting existing ICE cars to plug-in hybrids. Givingthem enough battery capacity for most runs...

Thinking of how those gets executed in the first place... Is autorun / autoplay still a thing for removable drives in Windows? It's been a while for me, but that was one of the first things to turn off on a new OS install.

Fair call. I stand corrected.

Can't see any mention of a change in implementation language. JavaScript should be left for frivolous animations in web pages.

We'll there's your problem!

If only... I assume that inevitable domination of the industry by SpaceX will be met by antitrust investigations and a subsequent break up into multiple companies. You know, to make the playing field "fair" again.

Good - I'd like to see the broken up pieces compete against each other. WhatsApp, for example, feels like it has stagnated for the last 7-8 years. I helped my partner migrate from an iPhone to a Pixel 3a phone a couple of years ago. Almost every app came across with all data... Except WhatsApp...

So this is to keep your phone cool while it's working hard to render games. i.e. It's going to be sucking hard on the battery. Why not have a power pass-through port as well so that extra power can be delivered to keep the phone charged? I imagine that it would be pretty difficult to include...

Though, once you got back from killing your grandfather you'd find Paula Myo waiting for you...

I like to characterise Bechtel as a company of contract lawyers that happen to build things. If you don't have the contract nailed down precisely, they will screw you over any way they can. Defects and mistakes they make will also not necessarily be fixed, but routed back to warranty...

Wow - the efficiency on those charing graphs is awful. I've assumed that the power numbers are averages and broken it down into 5 minute blocks to approximate the area under the curves... I got the following energy draws for each phone: Pixel 6: 25,500 mAh Pixel 5: 18,500 mAh Galaxy S21 Ultra...

My coporate nanny-ware-laden laptop can barely handle Teams with some 2d video feeds (let alone me trying to share my screen AND webcam at the same time). What kind of hardware specs is this going to require?

The best bits of the Bond movies are the opening fights / chases. String them together and you've got a great rainy afternoon activity.

Couldn't find a good photo of The Fonz flying over a shark so this will have to do.