Monthly Archives: June 2013

It's remarkable to think about how easy it is to loose institutional knowled…

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It's remarkable to think about how easy it is to loose institutional knowledge

We lost the knowledge of concrete for the better part of a millenium after the fall of the Roman Empire and we've only recently begun to understand how the rockets that sent astronauts to the moon worked less than 50 years ago. 
http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/04/how-nasa-brought-the-monstrous-f-1-moon-rocket-back-to-life/

Secrets of ancient Roman concrete could make modern structures more durable, cut emissions
It’s no secret that the Romans were better at producing concrete than we are today. Modern concrete begins to deteriorate after 50 years or so of facing the elements, whereas structures engineered…

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I just stumbled across this in my +Pocket reading list

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I just stumbled across this in my +Pocket reading list

I've been around the auto industry for close to three decades now including my time as an engineering co-op student. Like Angus MacKenzie I've seen a great many weird things happen. Very early in my career I even played an ever so small part in the abbreviated life cycle of M100 Lotus Elan that Angus writes about. Hopefully someday I'll have the opportunity to tell some of these stories.

Modern Times: Secret Business – Motor Trend Blog
Modern Times: Secret Business from Angus MacKenzie on January 9, 2013 at Motor Trend Blog. One of the advantages of having now clocked almost three decades as an auto writer is that the designers and engineers who were starting their careers the …


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What is it about being online that makes people think they can spout of whatever… 3

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What is it about being online that makes people think they can spout of whatever ridiculous shit pops into their pea-brains

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Just a taste of what I deal with on a per-video basis~

Welcome to being a woman on the internet (especially if you make videos on YouTube). Guys get the same shit, too, but women get it way worse.

I'm not gonna enable comments, because I don't need people's sympathy — but I will say this:

Just be a decent human being. If you've ever considered posting something like this, don't. And if you see your friends pulling this shit, do not let them get away with it. Unfortunately, silence is often perceived as approval by people like this. 

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If you were hoping congress might do something about the NSA surveillance state,… 1

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If you were hoping congress might do something about the NSA surveillance state, think again

They clearly don't care as half of the senate decided to get an early start on the weekend instead of getting a special briefing on the program.

More than half of US senators skipped confidential briefing on NSA surveillance
As anger continues to foment over the US National Security Agency’s controversial surveillance programs, a confidential briefing on the topic held Thursday was attended by only 47 of 100 US…

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I totally agree with this, I use Google Reader because I want an unfiltered news…

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I totally agree with this, I use Google Reader because I want an unfiltered news feed without intervention


Why Facebook isn’t the right company to create a Google Reader replacement — Tech News and Analysis
Summary: With speculation that Facebook might be launching an RSS reader at its press event next week, it’s important to think about why users loved the Google Reader experience. Hint: it wasn’t because Google Reader was social.

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Fortunately for electric vehicles, most automakers are choosing to stick to standards…

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Fortunately for electric vehicles, most automakers are choosing to stick to standards for charging connectors

This is the new fast charging standard for EVs
Just in time for the debut of the Chevrolet Spark EV and the BMW i3, BMW and GM have finished testing the new SAE-standard fast charge connector for electric vehicles.

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Excellent unanimous decision invalidating the patenting of natural genes 1

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Excellent unanimous decision invalidating the patenting of natural genes

Supreme Court rules that natural genes aren’t patentable, but synthetic ones are
The Supreme Court of the United States just handed down a landmark ruling today when it comes to the practice of patenting genes from the DNA of living organisms. In a unanimous 9-0 decision, the…


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