IMO the biggest issue is that instead of reviewing the code of your colleagues, you review some random generated stuff. You know what kind of code you can expect from your colleagues, not anymore. Also you expect that code reviews promote knowledge and consistency amongst the team and helps them to become better in programming. Not anymore either.
"Professor Philip Evans and PhD student Kenny Cheng were experimenting with high-energy plasma to make wood more water-repellent. However, when they applied the technique to the cut ends of wood cells, the surfaces turned extremely black." -> Yes, usually when you burn wood, you get charcoal. Also surface burning of wood is a popular method of wood treatment in the construction industry.
This is such a HN comment. Every single time some new tech is posted, someone here will make a comment assuming that the group of professionals working on it for years have overlooked some incredibly obvious take that they in all their wisdom came up with after a 30s skim of an article about it.
My bank is changing my MFA from SMS to mobile banking auth with each and every mobile banking app update. I tried to explain them to not do so, as when I break, lose my phone, it's quite easy to use a spare or get even a new sim card with the same number, but for anything else (buying a new phone, changing limits for cash withdrawal for a new phone, buying a ticket for public transport to a physical phone shop) I need the MFA code. Which I don't have of course. And surely I don't remember the unique 9 digit random identifier that is written on my bank contract to access mobile banking hotline. Shitlock.
Usually there is this thing called transmission in a car that effectively make the car able to accelerate enough for most of the situations. The only problem with having less horsepower than other cars is that the maximal achievable speed is lower. But for sure riding above 100mph is much more comfortable in other brands.
Low horsepower vehicles feel downright dangerous. Especially in the third world where executing moves quickly is very important. I suppose there is a way of driving that takes this into account but it feels so unnatural to me.
You cannot visit slate unless you accept the privacy policy. Which third partners they share the data with, and how to opt out? You never know, as you have to accept the privacy policy first before accessing the Third Party Partners page.
Do you prefer spreading the pollution over the vast area around the thermal power plants? Because that's the current alternative in most of the countries. Nuclear waste is treated securely enough for now in Europe, and future may bring us scientific development to resolve this problem in future.
You make it look like coal is the only alternative. Where is this coming from? Trump campaign train?
> Nuclear waste is treated securely enough for now in Europe, and future may bring us scientific development to resolve this problem in future.
No it's not. We have quite big problems with storage in Germany[1]. Other waste is stored next to the nuclear facilities who created it or on the road to and from La Hague where radioactivity is leaking into water and air[2,3].
Or hey, don't forget Sellafield where 2014 the employees have been asked to stay at home but everything is totally OK. Unfortunately nobody told that to the birds who were drinking contaminated water from open SFPs.
I believe that the article is demonstrating some point, and this point is obvious. It's not a scientific article, and even though author does not provide information about data source that doesn't mean that there is no data source.
