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basicplus2on Bohr–van Leeuwen theorem – magnetism in solids is a quantum mechanical effect

The Pauli exclusion principle is just a fancy way of saying two electrons (later extended to fermions) can't be in the same place at the same time

basicplus2on Hospitals are suddenly short of young doctors because of visa ban

Maybe just maybe new young doctors should be treated (like not be worked to death) and paid properly then there would be plenty of people willing to take up the profession and there would not be a shortaage

basicplus2on Ex-Googler's startup comes out of stealth with simple, clever robot design

I prefer these...

https://boingboing.net/2016/06/08/the-amazing-shitty-robots-...

basicplus2on Cars and hygiene killed the middle-class hat

https://youtu.be/O2QJvc_SxFQ

basicplus2on Hydrogen didn't work for the Hindenburg, but can it be safely supplied to homes?

It will certainly show up all the leaks in the gas network!

basicplus2on Cars and hygiene killed the middle-class hat

People arn't wearing enough hats...

basicplus2on Curry Before Columbus

Curry is curry due to it containing tumeric, and tumeric is native to India.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turmeric

basicplus2on The Silence Is Deafening

DM = Direct Message

basicplus2on Weighing a Car with Tire Pressures

if you know the exact volume of the tyres and account for any temperature change this should be acurate

basicplus2on Weighing a Car with Tire Pressures

Except (as mentioned further up this post) when the side walls are in tension due to the air pressure within the tyre.

basicplus2on Forget Google, time to end the Visa-MasterCard duopoly

One option would be for people to start paying each other in gold.

basicplus2on Sensors detect rise in nuclear particles on Baltic Sea

"The composition of the nuclides may indicate damage to a fuel element in a nuclear power plant. RIVM has made calculations to find out what may have been the origin of the detected radionuclides. These calculations show that the radionuclides come from the direction of Western Russia."

https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&...

basicplus2on GW-Basic Source Notes

I thought other readers on HN would be interested to know about it as its seems a very strange result to me.

basicplus2on GW-Basic Source Notes

its the Duckduckgo android browser

basicplus2on GW-Basic Source Notes

on duckduckgo..

<Forbidden You don't have permission to access this resource.

Apache/2.4.29 (Ubuntu) Server at www.os2museum.com Port 80>

..But works in Firefox

basicplus2on Nanoplastics accumulate in land-plant tissues: study

Yes but their improvment of quality of life as absolutely nothing to do with them using plastic, which is what the subject of the conversation is about.

basicplus2on Nanoplastics accumulate in land-plant tissues: study

"the net quality of life benefits that plastics in general have brought to humanity"

The plastics production before the late 60's had virtually no impact compared to what followed. Quality of life when i was a child was just fine.

basicplus2on The largest cave owner in the U.S.

Article does not present any evidence of his size or the size of any other cave owners.

basicplus2on The Nova Scotia shooter case has hallmarks of an undercover operation?

RCMP - Royal Canadian Mounted Police

basicplus2on Britain has gone two months without burning coal to generate power

But how much, and what is the generation breakdown of power Britain gets from Europe?

basicplus2on Ubuntu 20.04 login loop after installing Chrome Remote Desktop

Is it an oxymoron installing chrome on Ubuntu?

basicplus2on Global Deaths Due to Various Causes and Covid-19

Would be good to see an "adjusted" version that keeps all other deaths at a level that would be most likely correct, and those deaths transferred to covid deaths, perhaps in a different colour

basicplus2on Researcher questions years of his own work with a reexamination of fMRI data

How deliciously wonderful.. we humans can still have some mystery about us.. i find this to be great news.

basicplus2on Weirdos in the depression

"When I was a kid, I used to walk around all day with crab apples in my cheeks. One in each cheek."

... A minute passed. "Why?" [Yossarian] found himself forced to ask finally.

Orr tittered triumphantly. "Because they're better than horse chestnuts... When I couldn't get crab apples," Orr continued, "I used horse chestnuts. Horse chestnuts are about the same size as crab apples and actually have a better shape, although the shape doesn't matter a bit."

"Why did you walk around with crab apples in your cheeks?" Yossarian asked again. "That's what I asked."

"Because they've got a better shape than horse chestnuts," Orr answered. "I just told you that."

"Why," swore Yossarian at him approvingly, "you evil-eyed, mechanically aptituded, disaffiliated son of a bitch, did you walk around with anything in your cheeks?"

"I didn't," Orr said, "walk around with anything in my cheeks. I walked around with crab applies in my cheeks. When I couldn't get crab apples I walked around with horse chestnuts. In my cheeks.

basicplus2on Norway health chief: Lockdown was not needed to tame Covid

Not a very useful article.. i cannot read the report as I don't speak the language and the graph shown is so low resolution i can't read it thus there is no evidence presented that i can agree to with as to what is written jn the article.

Can anyone help with this?

basicplus2on The Vintage Beauty of Soviet Control Rooms (2018)

And of course its always worth mentioning the MONIAC..

(Monetary National Income Analogue Computer) also known as the Phillips Hydraulic Computer

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MONIAC

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rAZavOcEnLg

basicplus2on The Vintage Beauty of Soviet Control Rooms (2018)

one is watching all the readings together which "make sense".

If one reading is out from where it should be relative to the others (for the given load/condition) it is investigated immediately so anomalies don't usually go unnoticed.

One gets a sense.. a feeling for the whole.. like a simulation running in your own head to feel whats going on as well.

basicplus2on Largest all-electric aircraft to make maiden flight

Article says nothing of the power source, and I could find nothing about it on any of the partners websites, but batteries are not going to get it very far...

"Electric flight is coming, but the batteries aren’t ready"

https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/14/17686706/electric-airplan...

basicplus2on The quest for fully automated robots is misguided, perhaps even dangerous

https://skugal.org/a-case-for-cooperation-between-machines-a...

basicplus2on Fauci offers candid advice to city leaders

Fauci.. the man who is at the centre of this mess

https://www.newsweek.com/dr-fauci-backed-controversial-wuhan...