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2 days ago
Analysis kxhShort selling Adani: how an obscure US firm profited from triggering the Indian giant's price plunge
Activist short selling is certainly controversial. But it’s not necessarily illegal nor unethical.
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3 days ago
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The Portable Door
A Stan Original Film. From a Tom Holt novel
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4 days ago
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By being an interruptible and steady baseload, the crypto mine could pull energy from the wind farm and prevent the need for curtailment when the wind was at full tilt.
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If the miners weren’t there the service would need to be procured from other potentially more expensive sources, such as commissioning grid batteries. Covid-19 Pandemic Pictures
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“The Texas grid is the fastest evolving grid in the USA because it’s an unregulated market, so people have an incentive to do things the entrepreneurial way.
So ... rather than store extra power in batteries, they throw it away mining bitcoin because that's cheaper than batteries. Makes so much sense...NOT.
Because Texas.
The state that people ended up getting charged tens of thousands of dollars because power generating companies didn't spend the extra money to make their generators able to work in the cold.
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5 days ago
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Pop-up urinals that can crush people? Who thought that would be a good idea?
Posted in: Man crushed to death by urinal in London
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5 days ago
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How Physicists Proved The Universe Isn't Locally Real - Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 EXPLAINED
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6 days ago
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Why More Physicists Are Starting to Think Space and Time Are ‘Illusions’
A concept called “quantum entanglement” suggests the fabric of the universe is more interconnected than we think. And it also suggests we have the wrong idea about reality.
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6 days ago
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6th cop suspended from Memphis force over Tyre Nichols killing
There's something different about Officer Hemphill. Can't quite put my finger on it.
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11 days ago
Analysis kxh
1.2-Million-Year-Old Obsidian Axe Factory Found In Ethiopia
An unknown species of human apparently mastered obsidian, something it had been thought only occurred in the Stone Age.
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12 days ago
Analysis kxh
This Species of Carnivorous Plant Evolved Into a Toilet And Is Now Winning at Life
Some species of carnivorous pitcher plant, Nepenthes, have switched from capturing and digesting insects to absorbing animal poop for their daily dose of nutrients – and it's a switch that's proving very beneficial.
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12 days ago
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‘Lachlan gets fired the day Rupert dies’: Murdoch biography stokes succession rumors
New book by Australian reporter Paddy Manning hints at Succession-style feud with ramifications for US rightwing politics
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2 weeks ago
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Musk ragequits Twitter Space meeting, then shuts down the Twitter Space, then shuts down Twitter Spaces entirely
After banning journalists from The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and elsewhere last night, Elon Musk hopped into a Twitter Spaces chat being held by other journalists discussing the bans. He…
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2 weeks ago
Analysis kxh
Digital Books wear out faster than Physical Books
Ever try to read a physical book passed down in your family from 100 years ago? Probably worked well. Ever try reading an ebook you paid for 10 years ago? Probably a different experience. From the leasing business model of mega publishers to physical device evolution to format obsolescence, digital books are fragile and […]
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2 weeks ago
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Supreme Court Allows Reddit Mods To Anonymously Defend Section 230
Mods tell SCOTUS that Reddit's special formula depends on Section 230 immunity.
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2 weeks ago
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Scientists still don't know why we have pubic hair
But they have some very compelling theories
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2 weeks ago
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Finding your essential self: the ancient philosophy of Zhuangzi explained
Zhuangzi was the gadfly of ancient Chinese philosophy. His paradoxical writings encourage a stance of therapeutic scepticism towards the world.
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2 weeks ago
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Studies recently have shown the black death was probably spread by lice and fleas
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2 weeks ago
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Muay Thai trainer's Apple Watch sparks full-blown police raid at gym
Police swarmed a Sydney gym after a trainer's Apple Watch mistakenly called police.
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2 weeks ago
Analysis kxh
ChatGPT pays Kenyan workers $2 an hour to review obscene content
AI generates ChatGPT’s output, but the test output used to build its safety system was reviewed by human workers based in Kenya who are paid a pittance. Some of the workers say what they̵…
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2 weeks ago
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Physicists have used entanglement to 'stretch' the uncertainty principle, improving quantum measurements
Examining microscopic quantum objects is exceedingly tricky, because their properties are connected to each other. But there could be a new method to measure them as accurately as possible.
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3 weeks ago
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Forget delays and lost luggage — the British Airways pilot who got sucked out of the windscreen is the ultimate travel nightmare
Between cancellations, delays and lost luggage, airline passengers aren't shy about sharing their "travel nightmares". But these misfortunes pale against the ordeal of the pilot who got sucked through the windscreen of BA5390.
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3 weeks ago
Analysis kxh
The snake clitoris has finally been found
You might be wondering: why was anyone looking for a snake clitoris in the first place? The short answer is that, well, men aren't great at finding clitorises in general, so of course the male-dominated science fields wouldn't even know where to start looking for one on a snake.
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3 weeks ago
I much prefer a touchpad but a touch screen would be a useful addition. The problem is keeping it clean.
Posted in: Apple may add touch screens to Mac computers
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3 weeks ago
I assumed it was small planes with piston engines that used gasolene rather than jet fuel.
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3 weeks ago
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Twitter Employees Escorted Out of Singapore Office
Elon Musk reportedly didn't pay the rent on time. The 22,000-square-foot office had served as Twitter’s Asia Pacific headquarters since 2015.