http://www.ulcos.org/en/docs/Ref03%20-%20Electrowinning%20-%...
'High purity iron was produced, with a current yield of 85% and a power consumption of 4.25 kWh/kg iron'
Far as I can tell, 1 GW for an hour would produce ~250 tons of iron."},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Denmark\u2019s wind farms generated 140% of the country\u2019s electricity needs yesterday"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"http://qz.com/450737/denmarks-wind-farms-generated-140-of-the-countrys-electricity-needs-yesterday/"}},"_tags":["comment","author_Gibbon1","story_9868331"],"author":"Gibbon1","comment_text":"I'm totally with this, the idea that no market for 'excess' electric will appear doesn't pass the sniff test. A paper I read discussed a pilot plant in the 50's that produced iron from sulfide ores. Certainly sounds like a process that can consume excess power without much trouble provided that situation happens frequently enough.
http://www.ulcos.org/en/docs/Ref03%20-%20Electrowinning%20-%...
'High purity iron was produced, with a current yield of 85% and a power consumption of 4.25 kWh/kg iron'
Far as I can tell, 1 GW for an hour would produce ~250 tons of iron.","created_at":"2015-07-11T06:25:22Z","created_at_i":1436595922,"objectID":"9868774","parent_id":9868618,"points":null,"story_id":9868331,"story_title":"Denmark\u2019s wind farms generated 140% of the country\u2019s electricity needs yesterday","story_url":"http://qz.com/450737/denmarks-wind-farms-generated-140-of-the-countrys-electricity-needs-yesterday/","updated_at":"2023-09-07T03:10:52Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"joezydeco"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["refq3"],"value":"There's a company called PilotsEYE.tv that sells DVDs of exactly this. It seems to be mostly European airlines participating, but they have some serious aircraft filmed in operation. They load the cockpit up with GoPros. Not sure but there might also be someone in the jump seat catching snapshots of the console displays as well.
This one of a Lufthansa A380's final approach and landing from FRA to SFO is a really nice one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3HKN-FWNq0
This one of a Swiss Air crew handling an A340 engine problem in-flight is a great watch as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEf35NtlBLg"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"The pilots of Instagram: violating rules of the air"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"http://qz.com/233165/the-pilots-of-instagram-beautiful-views-from-the-cockpit-violating-rules-of-the-air/"}},"_tags":["comment","author_joezydeco","story_8737166"],"author":"joezydeco","children":[8738566],"comment_text":"There's a company called PilotsEYE.tv that sells DVDs of exactly this. It seems to be mostly European airlines participating, but they have some serious aircraft filmed in operation. They load the cockpit up with GoPros. Not sure but there might also be someone in the jump seat catching snapshots of the console displays as well.
This one of a Lufthansa A380's final approach and landing from FRA to SFO is a really nice one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3HKN-FWNq0
This one of a Swiss Air crew handling an A340 engine problem in-flight is a great watch as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEf35NtlBLg","created_at":"2014-12-12T04:05:50Z","created_at_i":1418357150,"objectID":"8738511","parent_id":8738361,"points":null,"story_id":8737166,"story_title":"The pilots of Instagram: violating rules of the air","story_url":"http://qz.com/233165/the-pilots-of-instagram-beautiful-views-from-the-cockpit-violating-rules-of-the-air/","updated_at":"2023-09-06T23:02:26Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"itafroma"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["refq3"],"value":"Simon Singh also did a video on this topic for Numberphile[1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReOQ300AcSU
Numberphile a pretty interesting channel run by Brady Haran about all sorts of mathematics concepts: http://www.youtube.com/user/numberphile
Brady has a number of other, similar channels for physics/linguistics/astronomy/chemistry/etc.; most of them are linked from Numberphile's about page: http://www.youtube.com/user/numberphile/about"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Why is the number 1,729 hidden in Futurama episodes?"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24459279"}},"_tags":["comment","author_itafroma","story_6551552"],"author":"itafroma","comment_text":"Simon Singh also did a video on this topic for Numberphile[1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReOQ300AcSU
Numberphile a pretty interesting channel run by Brady Haran about all sorts of mathematics concepts: http://www.youtube.com/user/numberphile
Brady has a number of other, similar channels for physics/linguistics/astronomy/chemistry/etc.; most of them are linked from Numberphile's about page: http://www.youtube.com/user/numberphile/about","created_at":"2013-10-15T07:51:37Z","created_at_i":1381823497,"objectID":"6552042","parent_id":6551552,"story_id":6551552,"story_title":"Why is the number 1,729 hidden in Futurama episodes?","story_url":"http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24459279","updated_at":"2024-09-19T20:03:14Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"n8henrie"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["refq3"],"value":"For the last several years I've very happily used it over SMB to ZFS (with autosnaps) for this very reason, and wrote an AppleScript to automatically "verify" it every week or so.
Once or twice a year it gives a verify error (i imagine this is because a plug gets pulled halfway through a backup on one side or the other), and I just have to go find the last verified date, zfs rollback, and then re-verify. Afterwards it picks up where I left off, and the historical backups are preserved.
Wish it didn't require this extra effort in the first place, but much better than having to nuke and pave every time.
Even better, it's working great over Tailscale so I can even use it remotely. Only big hiccup I ran into was figuring out some ZFS setting about quota vs refquota (something like that) to have the Time Machine's (artificial) space limit match the ZFS quota so that Time Machine would prune the oldest backups appropriately (otherwise the ZFS snapshots took up an unpredictable amount of space and Time Machine would unexpectedly get out of space errors before hitting its space limit)."},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"A brief history of Time Machine (2024)"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://eclecticlight.co/2024/09/07/a-brief-history-of-time-machine/"}},"_tags":["comment","author_n8henrie","story_45804416"],"author":"n8henrie","comment_text":"For the last several years I've very happily used it over SMB to ZFS (with autosnaps) for this very reason, and wrote an AppleScript to automatically "verify" it every week or so.
Once or twice a year it gives a verify error (i imagine this is because a plug gets pulled halfway through a backup on one side or the other), and I just have to go find the last verified date, zfs rollback, and then re-verify. Afterwards it picks up where I left off, and the historical backups are preserved.
Wish it didn't require this extra effort in the first place, but much better than having to nuke and pave every time.
Even better, it's working great over Tailscale so I can even use it remotely. Only big hiccup I ran into was figuring out some ZFS setting about quota vs refquota (something like that) to have the Time Machine's (artificial) space limit match the ZFS quota so that Time Machine would prune the oldest backups appropriately (otherwise the ZFS snapshots took up an unpredictable amount of space and Time Machine would unexpectedly get out of space errors before hitting its space limit).","created_at":"2025-11-10T15:23:00Z","created_at_i":1762788180,"objectID":"45876837","parent_id":45876500,"story_id":45804416,"story_title":"A brief history of Time Machine (2024)","story_url":"https://eclecticlight.co/2024/09/07/a-brief-history-of-time-machine/","updated_at":"2026-03-05T23:00:59Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"zamalek"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["refq3"],"value":"> Relatively modern, capable tech corporations that understand that their code is an asset.
I strongly disagree with this. The more code you have, the more resources you have to spend maintaining it. There is a very relevant example close by in the post: the bit about Google having a clang-based tool that can refqactor the entire codebase. Great! Problem is, an engineer had to spend their time writing that, and you had to pay that engineer money - all because you have an unmanageable amount of code.
The real tech asset is processes: the things you have figured out in order to manage such an ungodly amount of code. Your most senior engineers, specifically what's in their heads, are an asset too."},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"The two factions of C++"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://herecomesthemoon.net/2024/11/two-factions-of-cpp/"}},"_tags":["comment","author_zamalek","story_42231489"],"author":"zamalek","comment_text":"> Relatively modern, capable tech corporations that understand that their code is an asset.
I strongly disagree with this. The more code you have, the more resources you have to spend maintaining it. There is a very relevant example close by in the post: the bit about Google having a clang-based tool that can refqactor the entire codebase. Great! Problem is, an engineer had to spend their time writing that, and you had to pay that engineer money - all because you have an unmanageable amount of code.
The real tech asset is processes: the things you have figured out in order to manage such an ungodly amount of code. Your most senior engineers, specifically what's in their heads, are an asset too.","created_at":"2024-11-25T23:38:18Z","created_at_i":1732577898,"objectID":"42241230","parent_id":42231489,"story_id":42231489,"story_title":"The two factions of C++","story_url":"https://herecomesthemoon.net/2024/11/two-factions-of-cpp/","updated_at":"2024-11-26T22:36:34Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"throwanem"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["refq3"],"value":"Also interesting in this connection is a meta-analysis [1] finding significant effect for propranolol, a beta blocker, in mitigating PTSD symptoms via a protocol of administration followed by trauma memory reactivation (colloquially, 'triggering'). The postulated mechanism is the drug's interference with epinephrine and norepinephrine binding sites, the effect being to reduce the experience of fear and anger associated with revisiting such memories.
Certainly this strikes me as entirely plausible, given my own experience of such memories. It does seem likely to further complicate the 'it's trauma if you think it is' model, considering the implicit organic correlate of trauma required for there to exist a mechanism of the demonstrated effect; the action of beta blockers is well understood.
[1] https://europepmc.org/article/nbk/nbk562942#rc1254.ref3 (free text)"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"What is trauma? The author of \"The Body Keeps the Score\" explains [video]"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJfmfkDQb14"}},"_tags":["comment","author_throwanem","story_39324820"],"author":"throwanem","children":[39336104,39336472],"comment_text":"Also interesting in this connection is a meta-analysis [1] finding significant effect for propranolol, a beta blocker, in mitigating PTSD symptoms via a protocol of administration followed by trauma memory reactivation (colloquially, 'triggering'). The postulated mechanism is the drug's interference with epinephrine and norepinephrine binding sites, the effect being to reduce the experience of fear and anger associated with revisiting such memories.
Certainly this strikes me as entirely plausible, given my own experience of such memories. It does seem likely to further complicate the 'it's trauma if you think it is' model, considering the implicit organic correlate of trauma required for there to exist a mechanism of the demonstrated effect; the action of beta blockers is well understood.
[1] https://europepmc.org/article/nbk/nbk562942#rc1254.ref3 (free text)","created_at":"2024-02-11T16:17:45Z","created_at_i":1707668265,"objectID":"39336015","parent_id":39324820,"story_id":39324820,"story_title":"What is trauma? The author of \"The Body Keeps the Score\" explains [video]","story_url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJfmfkDQb14","updated_at":"2024-09-20T16:24:35Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"sixthDot"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["refq3"],"value":"Docs look fancier. Well not always [1].
[1]: https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/ref/ref38x.png"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"RR \u2013 Railroad Diagram Generator"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://github.com/GuntherRademacher/rr"}},"_tags":["comment","author_sixthDot","story_38877399"],"author":"sixthDot","comment_text":"Docs look fancier. Well not always [1].
[1]: https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/ref/ref38x.png","created_at":"2024-01-05T13:16:55Z","created_at_i":1704460615,"objectID":"38878728","parent_id":38878604,"story_id":38877399,"story_title":"RR \u2013 Railroad Diagram Generator","story_url":"https://github.com/GuntherRademacher/rr","updated_at":"2024-09-20T16:06:09Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"mxmilkiib"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["refq3"],"value":""Intravascular volume expansion by salt and water intake: It is suggested that patients with POTS should be encouraged to have a daily oral fluid intake of up to 3 L/day and sodium chloride of up to 8 to 12 g"
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10065129/#REF63 -65
Yeah, I have allergic rhinitis that is arguably chronic, though I'm managing it much better with fexofenadine these past couple of years. Dust from cleaning/being in a space that I haven't had the head to keep properly clean most of the time (ASD/PDA), pollen, and most both cats and dogs :( Some apples can make my mouth tingle in pain for hours.
My colds used to always go down to become a chest infection, like 15-+10 years ago. I've the steroid inhaler I've been more consistently taking, again more recently.
I don't smoke anymore, but I vape weed (Dynavap).
I can have an asthma attack after running 40/50m for the bus, but I can dance sober for several hours on end, so IDK.
Edit: oh yeah, I just had nasal septoplasty and turbinate reduction the other weekend, and I get the anti-scar stints out this coming Sunday, which will be fun..!"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Chronic fatigue syndrome may have a post-viral infection origin"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-post-viral-infection.html"}},"_tags":["comment","author_mxmilkiib","story_37462208"],"author":"mxmilkiib","children":[37476202],"comment_text":""Intravascular volume expansion by salt and water intake: It is suggested that patients with POTS should be encouraged to have a daily oral fluid intake of up to 3 L/day and sodium chloride of up to 8 to 12 g"
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10065129/#REF63 -65
Yeah, I have allergic rhinitis that is arguably chronic, though I'm managing it much better with fexofenadine these past couple of years. Dust from cleaning/being in a space that I haven't had the head to keep properly clean most of the time (ASD/PDA), pollen, and most both cats and dogs :( Some apples can make my mouth tingle in pain for hours.
My colds used to always go down to become a chest infection, like 15-+10 years ago. I've the steroid inhaler I've been more consistently taking, again more recently.
I don't smoke anymore, but I vape weed (Dynavap).
I can have an asthma attack after running 40/50m for the bus, but I can dance sober for several hours on end, so IDK.
Edit: oh yeah, I just had nasal septoplasty and turbinate reduction the other weekend, and I get the anti-scar stints out this coming Sunday, which will be fun..!","created_at":"2023-09-12T01:54:06Z","created_at_i":1694483646,"objectID":"37476169","parent_id":37474064,"story_id":37462208,"story_title":"Chronic fatigue syndrome may have a post-viral infection origin","story_url":"https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-post-viral-infection.html","updated_at":"2024-09-20T15:06:07Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"xedeon"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["refq3"],"value":"> not at all the same thing; elon, like all people, is fallible. he's not an engineer and CEO and visionary and project manager and salesperson. he's just a salesperson who likes engineering and didn't finish his college degree.
Elon Musk obtained a B.A. in Physics and a B.S. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania, with concentrations in finance and entrepreneurial management. These degrees were officially conferred on May 19, 1997.
Sources:
1. Ron Ozio, Director of Media Relations at the University of Pennsylvania, confirmed Elon Musk's educational background.
The information can be found at: \nhttps://undergrad.wharton.upenn.edu/alumni-leaders/ | (Elon Musk, C\u201997, W\u201997) https://magazine.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/fall-2010/he-wont-...
2. Additional information about Elon Musk's education can be found at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elon-Musk#ref341081
It's fascinating how some individuals still spew blatantly false information online when it's easily verifiable. All for a lame attempt to dunk on someone."},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"SpaceX working with Cloudflare to speed up Starlink service"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://www.reuters.com/science/spacex-working-with-cloudflare-speed-up-starlink-service-information-2023-08-23/"}},"_tags":["comment","author_xedeon","story_37241836"],"author":"xedeon","children":[37245023],"comment_text":"> not at all the same thing; elon, like all people, is fallible. he's not an engineer and CEO and visionary and project manager and salesperson. he's just a salesperson who likes engineering and didn't finish his college degree.
Elon Musk obtained a B.A. in Physics and a B.S. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania, with concentrations in finance and entrepreneurial management. These degrees were officially conferred on May 19, 1997.
Sources:
1. Ron Ozio, Director of Media Relations at the University of Pennsylvania, confirmed Elon Musk's educational background.
The information can be found at: \nhttps://undergrad.wharton.upenn.edu/alumni-leaders/ | (Elon Musk, C\u201997, W\u201997) https://magazine.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/fall-2010/he-wont-...
2. Additional information about Elon Musk's education can be found at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elon-Musk#ref341081
It's fascinating how some individuals still spew blatantly false information online when it's easily verifiable. All for a lame attempt to dunk on someone.","created_at":"2023-08-24T01:51:36Z","created_at_i":1692841896,"objectID":"37244176","parent_id":37243559,"story_id":37241836,"story_title":"SpaceX working with Cloudflare to speed up Starlink service","story_url":"https://www.reuters.com/science/spacex-working-with-cloudflare-speed-up-starlink-service-information-2023-08-23/","updated_at":"2025-08-15T22:14:00Z"}],"hitsPerPage":10,"nbHits":40,"nbPages":4,"page":0,"params":"query=RefQ3&hitsPerPage=10&advancedSyntax=true&analyticsTags=backend","processingTimeMS":9,"processingTimingsMS":{"_request":{"roundTrip":15},"afterFetch":{"merge":{"mergeLoop":{"prepareNextHit":4,"total":4},"total":4},"total":4},"fetch":{"query":2,"total":3},"total":9},"query":"RefQ3","serverTimeMS":10}
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