#themetalscompany subsidiary #NORI and #Allseas gathered 4500 tonnes of #manganese #nodules by driving a pilot collector vehicle across 80 km of seafloor. apparently there’s an International Seabed Authority now to which they have to apply for a #mining permit ("exploitation contract")
#SRAM didn’t shrink in #TSMC’s new #N3E process
In 02014 #Amory-Lovins explains that #fusion #energy needs to beat not fossil fuels and fission, but renewables, which have become cheaper
Tom Murphy’s 02012 analysis of #fusion #energy, advised by Bob Hirsch: “In the end, it is unclear whether a fusion plant—even after the physics is tamed—would be economically viable, and attractive enough for investors to take on endeavors of this scale, complexity, and risk.”
Glyph Lefkowitz argues that interfaces should operate on collections, like #APL, not scalar values
social analysis of “best friends”
#nepotism is considered immoral when you are giving away what’s not yours. #ethics
a guy is allergic to his own orgasms, with flu-like symptoms: coughing, sneezing, runny nose, for 2–7 days. "Post-orgasmic illness syndrome" ("POIS"). #health #medicine
#3D scan of the bust of #Nefertiti made by the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection in #Berlin is now freed by a #FOIA request by Cosmo Wenman and Kristoff Ritlewski, under #CC BY-NC-SA
#selfhosting discussion
more #selfhosting discussion
how to do email #selfhosting
The #NIF achieved #fusion ignition
one of #Techdirt's longish series disagreeing with #Twitter, in this case about #Hunter Biden's laptop. #USA #politics