kalkulat

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[–] kalkulat 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

There is A LOT of radioactive matter below the earth's surface ... constantly generating heat.

"About 50% of the Earth's internal heat originates from radioactive decay. Four radioactive isotopes are responsible for the majority of radiogenic heat because of their enrichment relative to other radioactive isotopes: uranium-238 (238U), uranium-235 (235U), thorium-232 (232Th), and potassium-40 (40K)." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_internal_heat_budget

[–] kalkulat 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Didn't see that in the article, sounds interesting ... where can I read more?

 

"This road is long, and much of the map remains blank. The biggest problem is drilling miles through hot rock, safely. If scientists can do that, however, next-generation geothermal power could supply clean energy for eons."

[–] kalkulat 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Newton's classical observations have stood up well.

If anything, it's quantum that has been poorly treated by generations of explaining-away. The world of the tiny must be predicted with probabilities because there is no way for us to observe it directly. It's not rolling dice ... we -have- to.

While trying out models of what it's doing boggles our minds, our limitations mean we cannot decide whether it's really deterministic. Reality isn't limited that way. (Einstein was right.)

Some astronomers recently took a clever look for whether space is quantized into a 'froth'. They studied monochrome light from stars 18 billion light years away, at redshift z=2.34. They found evidence of quantization into froth in all that time. https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.06016

[–] kalkulat 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Came down from the hill

Still had to carry firewood.

Baking bread's more fun.

 

It is estimated that 4 billion tons of cement are manufactured each year. To speed up CO2 uptake, "instead of mixing calcium oxide with sand, they mixed calcium oxide with another mineral composed of magnesium and silicate ions. The heat catalysed an exchange of ions, forming magnesium oxide and calcium silicate: alkaline minerals that react quickly with acidic CO2 in the atmosphere." Far quicker than most concrete, anyway...

[–] kalkulat -2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Water scouring the surface? Or was it thousands years of wind-blown sand / dust? Dunes have ripples.

There is no water on Mars (not to be confused with liquid CO2) until somebody goes there and drinks some. Anything else is hoping for water to justify the $100billion price tag.

[–] kalkulat 3 points 3 weeks ago

I'd learn to speak zombie. Doesn't take long, it's mostly throat noises. And walk like a zombie, just pretend a horse kicked you in the ass yesterday.

[–] kalkulat 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

She puts on a good show ... does her promos ... then lambastes Californians because they didn't put out the fire with ocean water. Anyone who said 'Well, duh' to that belongs in her club ... the 'if I can talk really fast I must be smart' club.

[–] kalkulat 14 points 1 month ago

For me, any office apps. Never worked in an office, never wanted to. None of that stuff. Even if it's free, if it gets installed with the distro, it's the first thing that gets tossed.

[–] kalkulat 5 points 1 month ago

Lucky me, I go to sleep when I'm tired, wake up when I'm not.

[–] kalkulat 2 points 1 month ago

Rated 5.5 on IMDB. Cud see why in 15 secs.

[–] kalkulat 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Imperialism is different than taking the land outright.

Agreed. But a threat can be the beginning of a negotiation. Historically, the US wants the appearance of sovereignty to remain - even democracy if possible - just keep the right people in power.

[–] kalkulat 7 points 1 month ago
 

Article is a response to the paper:

“THE SUSTAINABILITY SOLUTION TO THE FERMI PARADOX”

https://arxiv.org/abs/0906.0568

 

Estimated heat energy in upper 10km of Earth's crust: 1 million billion Gigawatts

 

The period occured in 2024 between late winter and early summer. "Compared to the same period in 2023, solar output in California is up 31%, wind power is up 8%, and batteries are up a staggering 105%."

Link to the study PDF mentioned in the article: https://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/Articles/Others/25-CaliforniaWWS.pdf

One of the paper's cowriters is Mark Z. Jacobson, professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the atmosphere/energy program at Stanford University.

 

""Too often over the last decade, courts have dismissed lawsuits against the oil and gas industry by saying that the issue of climate culpability should be decided by legislatures. Well, the Legislature of the State of New York – the 10th largest economy in the world – has accepted the invitation...."

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Ideas after bus-driver death (www.thestranger.com)
submitted 2 months ago by kalkulat to c/seattle
 

"She was given a receipt that said 'plates destroyed.' But for the next four years, Ms. Koorey, 75, was entangled in state bureaucracy and caught in the zeal of “Star Trek” fans ..."

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by kalkulat to c/strangetimes
 

This great article begins with the best Fort bio I've seen, from an abusive father to travelling 30,000 miles when he was 19, to the book which brought him to considerable fame.

Damned if you won't like it!!

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Save Music, Save the Archive! (www.savethearchive.com)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by kalkulat to c/music
 

"The music industry has a moral imperative to keep its history archived, but we can’t trust it to do so. Old records are falling to pieces, and without proper digital preservation, they’ll be gone for good.

"Incredible music and culture is getting lost forever, even though we have the technology to preserve it."

 

"Earlier that evening, at 7:48 pm PT, Biesk’s son had released into the wild 1 billion units of a new crypto coin, which he named Gen Z Quant."

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