Yeah, this used to be called the dollar theater, like back in the 90s. You could watch older movies for 1/4th the price of a new release. There were entire theaters that just did these older release movies all the time.
Do you have any idea of the volume of material we're talking about here? Further, the amount of minerals they're talking about in this volume of tailings is miniscule, and there is no reasonable technology to extract that small of a ratio of minerals out of that volume of material at this time.
This is just a geologist pointing out that as some mine is processing the actual valuable thing they are in business to mine (and that they are mining in that specific area because that thing is concentrated there enough for extraction), there is some tiny amount of other stuff passing through. Whether or not that other stuff can be reasonably extracted is doubtful, and would be totally specific to that mineral as well.
An analogy is you've got some giant bulldozer out on a beach shaping and smoothing out the sand, and someone says "Hey, there's some coins in that sand, if you can figure out how to get them out while you're pushing that sand around".
Do they spend an additional two weeks then verifying that all that information is correct and not hallucinated, or is it enough that the information, real or fabricated, is simply presented in a well-written manner?
If a client then acts upon that tax advice and it costs them millions in fines or jail time, is the tax advice company liable? Must not be...
For comparison, the F-35 program has an annual budget of $12 billion. That means, 11.7% of the annual F-35 program was saved as a one-time reduction in overall contract expenditures.
So your argument is the F-35 program is very expensive, so let's not bother cutting waste anywhere else in the government? If you aren't a politician or part of the bureaucracy you're missing your calling.
Any diversification of production for a company like Apple is a good thing, for a plethora of reasons. It's hard to think of a counter argument by anyone (that isn't Chinese) that the phones should be exclusively made in that country, for sale in the US and abroad.
I'd prefer a China made phone, to reduce the chances of getting a phone with manufacturing defects
Do you inspect the plants in China or something to be so certain their process is not reproduceable in other countries?
Fortunately, I'm not in the market for a phone this year.
You do realize the phones being sold this year are still mainly made in China, and over time more will be made in India, thus you have that ass-backwards and should be wanting to purchase an iPhone ASAP.
I'm really surprised the market stayed so bullish on Nvidia for so long. GPUs are just a temporary stop-gap measure to run AI models, as it is the best generic, off-the-shelf hardware for that purpose when the boom began.
Purpose-built chips for running AI inference (like Groq) blow GPUs away, both in performance, and more importantly, power efficiency. Unless Nvidia is taking this surge in money and using it purely for R&D on entirely new non-GPU AI hardware, this bubble is going to pop for them in a massive way when GPU sales go back to being driven by graphic rendering.
Well what type of aircraft are they flying? Maybe have them fly something slower / simpler like a Cessna to start with?
The NeuroLattice Protocol
Core Idea: Instead of trying to stop plaques or tangles after they form, this therapy rebuilds damaged memory pathways by creating an artificial “scaffold” in the brain.
How It Works:
Nanofibers are injected into the bloodstream. These fibers cross the blood-brain barrier and assemble into a lattice-like framework around neurons.
The lattice releases targeted neurotrophic factors (synthetic proteins that encourage neuron growth).
A wearable “memory synchronizer” headset provides low-intensity pulsed light and ultrasound stimulation, guiding the brain to reconnect old memory circuits onto the scaffold.
Over time, the scaffold dissolves, leaving behind reinforced natural connections.
Result: Plaques and tangles no longer block recall because the memories are “rerouted” through strengthened alternative pathways. Patients regain not just memory but clarity and personality.
Alright Bill, all done. How about you send me an email and when I forward it the $1 million will get transferred into my bank.
the single largest self-promotion operation in Wikipedia's history.
That they know of. I bet there are even larger ones that were better hidden.
A desire for self-improvement?
I can think of a thousand other ways I would seek out self-improvement besides learning another language. But maybe that's just me. I already have the ability to communicate in at least one language fairly well, so there are many other things I would rather learn than a parallel or alternative language to also communicate with.
Not to have a neon sign proclaiming you to be a tourist?
Just how many languages and countries are we talking about here? There are quite a lot. Unless we're talking about permanent residency, in which case you will learn the language faster and better taking classes in that country from native speakers.
It would be surprising if it wasn't shedding more heat than it receives from the sun:
Yeah, you'd think these astrophysics would have done some math on this or something. The mystery is actually the opposite of what you think, which is that Uranus does not emit as much energy as expected, as compared to other gas planets.
An additional mystery is that the emission of energy is very uneven geographically across the planet (deviating by as much 85%), and it also varies from season to season.
Why wasn't this a Monty Python skit???
The reason is simple. They are used to consuming much more of their information in text form, particularly when communicating. You can read much faster than normal speech rate. So listening to someone actually speak the words is like slow motion. Those of us that grew up having to use the telephone (as in, you know, to talk to someone on the phone), or carrying on conversations in person, were conditioned to that speed, so we don't perceive it as slow compared to reading - they are just two different things.
Now... the younger generations can't hardly carry on actual conversations with people because they are so out of practice and barely learned the skill (I'm talking on average - not all are like that). Have you ever had a voice-only phone conversation with someone under 20? It's weird and awkward, because they don't know the subtle communication cues and timings that make that work when you can't see the other person. The rare times our kids call us voice-only they are saying "Hello?" before we can even answer the phone.
I have a similar issue but somewhat backwards from that. I'm a fast typist, and still use an actual keyboard for most of my messaging and text entry (like this comment on Slashdot). So my handwriting absolutely sucks because I want to try to write information as fast as I can type it.
He just wanted to make Slashdot headlines twice in one week. He must be starved of attention.
"No problem is so formidable that you can't walk away from it." -- C. Schulz
