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ClottyJohnson 2 points ago +2 / -0
  • Claim that life arose spontaneously from basic organic molecules that somehow were able to replicate.
  • Detect an organic molecule on another planet.
  • "It can only be produced by life!"

Guys… I'm sorry but… I don't think I trust the science anymore.

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ClottyJohnson 2 points ago +2 / -0

Right - the distance you can communicate is mostly determined by the antennas (both ends) and the frequency. Modulation mode does play a part because some modes are more efficient than others, e.g. a good SSB transmission concentrates all the transmitted energy into intelligible vocal frequencies while AM wastes a lot of energy on a carrier wave and a duplicate of the audio. FM has superior noise rejection but very poor weak signal performance.

They get mixed up a lot though, because AM is used on the short, medium and long-wave broadcast bands and FM on the VHF broadcast band, so terms like "FM radio" or "the FM band" are used.

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ClottyJohnson 2 points ago +2 / -0

The "AA" in the yellow circle is the old logo for the Automobile Association (breakdown service, etc.). The statue on the top of the grill is the "Spirit of Ecstasy" on all (most?) Rolls Royces. Don't know about the others.

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ClottyJohnson 1 point ago +1 / -0

The whole thing just doesn't make any sense. Take avian flu for example. How does it make sense to kill millions of chickens to prevent them... dying? And it can't possibly be to prevent it spreading to wild birds, unless they're claiming this bird flu is some new invention from a lab, because bird flu isn't new at all. If it were going to kill all the wild birds it would have done so already.

The way nobody seems to even think about it, and just go, "oh dear, now we need to kill them," is the most terrifying aspect.

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ClottyJohnson 2 points ago +2 / -0

Eaven the naim of the weeb sit "tribel" is mispelt. What did you expat?

Oh no, I seam to be kitchen it two!

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ClottyJohnson 1 point ago +1 / -0

In the winter it's not so much "waste" heat, it's less work your heating has to do. (I know, gas is cheaper.)

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ClottyJohnson 2 points ago +2 / -0

Good LEDs are amazing and last a long time. Cheap LED products (basically most stuff at the supermarket) can be really, really horrible - poor colour rendering, ugly tint, flickering - and are more expensive in the long run because they don't last long (insufficient heat sinking, poor drivers, etc.)

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ClottyJohnson 1 point ago +1 / -0

Or a paraffin or butane stove. Much smaller, cheaper and more portable than a wood stove. More power. Controllable flame. No soot on pots.

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ClottyJohnson 2 points ago +2 / -0

I don't know who he is but he looks like a cross between Ben Shapiro And Cenk Uygur.

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ClottyJohnson 5 points ago +5 / -0

I think it's two things: they fear being misinterpreted as not supporting the current thing (see "he does not have the capacity...": can't possibly imply Russia has military capability, that would be far right!) And they're obsessed with appearing "intellectual". Short, concise sentences don't appear "intellectual". To them, long rambling sentences appear so, perhaps mimicking their favourite "journalist".

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ClottyJohnson 2 points ago +2 / -0

It's a washing machine, starting the spin cycle. You can hear it clunking around through the whole video. It's probably related to his lack of clothes.

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ClottyJohnson 3 points ago +3 / -0

All these people are involved in "philanthropy" and "charities" with the obvious purpose of saying, "how can I be bad? Wikipedia says I'm a philanthropist!" No surprise this is waved around now. I do wonder if it'll now lead to "investigating" some of these shady foundations (I put "investigating" in quotes because it seems like Durham & co. already know an awful lot more than they let on.)

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ClottyJohnson 2 points ago +2 / -0

Hopefully you don't mean you want government-run sites to be the only ones allowed.

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ClottyJohnson 15 points ago +15 / -0

Why would AF2 be travelling at 635mph, shattering its manufacturer stated maximum ability of 600mph?

Ground speed <> air speed.

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ClottyJohnson 6 points ago +6 / -0

by causing everyone that they speak with to be replaced by AI models that constantly agree and praise them

This already exists. It's called Reddit.

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ClottyJohnson 12 points ago +12 / -0

Tesla was founded by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning. Elon didn't name it, he just bought it.

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ClottyJohnson 1 point ago +1 / -0

Red sky 24/7, prepare for Armageddon.

(Well, it rhymes...)

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ClottyJohnson 1 point ago +1 / -0

I think originally "agile" was something along the lines of: let programmers just get on with programming and stop smothering them with management crap. Naturally, managers then enforced dozens of "agile methodologies" and procedures and other management crap.

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ClottyJohnson 2 points ago +2 / -0

The kind to avoid.

We should be thankful. These signs are very helpful for knowing where not to wander.

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ClottyJohnson 2 points ago +2 / -0

On the other hand, people who don't vaccinate their children are less likely to trust doctors.

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