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zardo commented on 'Turbocharged' Mitochondria Power Birds' Epic Migratory Journeys quantamagazine.org/turboc... · Posted by u/rbanffy

jchw · 3 months ago

Using "turbocharged" as a metaphor for something being made faster seems reasonable enough to me. Not all engines have turbochargers, installing one makes it perform better by improving combustion, profit? Of course I'm not a car person so my understanding of an ICE is pretty surface level, but it seems like a decent metaphor.

I'm not sure most people knew what a turbocharger was to begin with.

zardo · 3 months ago

> Not all engines have turbochargers, installing one makes it perform better by improving combustion, profit?

There are many ways you can make an engine faster. To me the choice of "turbocharger" implies some parallel to the turbochargers actual function, extracting energy from a waste product to process input material at a higher rate.

zardo commented on British naval dominance during the age of sail lesswrong.com/posts/YE4Xs... · Posted by u/surprisetalk

bell-cot · 3 months ago

France ditched most of its senior naval officers late in the 18th century, for the "crime" of being loyal to the prior regime: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution

zardo · 3 months ago

The French army purged old loyalists and replaced them with young officers, but wound up more capable, not less.

zardo commented on Coinbase says hackers bribed staff to steal customer data, demanding $20M ransom cnbc.com/2025/05/15/coinb... · Posted by u/gpi

suzzer99 · 3 months ago

The median person does not have $10k sitting in a checking account that they can easily withdraw. My gut feeling is that the threat of kidnapping is a lot more serious in some countries. The US maybe not so much.

zardo · 3 months ago

> The median person does not have $10k sitting in a checking account that they can easily withdraw.

That's true, finding someone with 10k is not as easy as picking a person at random, but it is as easy as driving to the right parking lot and picking a person at random.

zardo commented on Baby is healed with first personalized gene-editing treatment nytimes.com/2025/05/15/he... · Posted by u/jbredeche

caycep · 3 months ago

I want to say, maybe it's better to say first human under proper IRB/regulatory compliance. Some rogue academic in China tried it a few years ago, if I recall, but with absolutely no oversight and he was pilloried. Also I don't think there is much details about what he actually did...

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/08/1178695152/china-scientist-he...

zardo · 3 months ago

The major difference is that was a hereditary change. So those changes could now diffuse throughout the species over time. As I recall it was a change that reduces vulnerability to HIV infection.

zardo commented on Tesla has yet to start testing its robotaxi without driver weeks before launch electrek.co/2025/05/14/te... · Posted by u/TheAlchemist

Vilian · 3 months ago

To rob a self driving bus you put a cone on front of it, try that with a bus driver

zardo · 3 months ago

Gaining access to a bus is pretty easy

zardo commented on GM's new turbo engine rewrites the rules of torque control-and locks out tuners carsandhorsepower.com/fea... · Posted by u/Anumbia

tlb · 3 months ago

The best way to lock out tuners would be for the stock ECU to provide as much power as possible.

Although with turbocharged engines, you can turn the power up to the point where longevity goes way down. Still, you could give people a power limit knob they could turn at their own risk to have access to the whole Pareto frontier of performance and longevity. That'd leave no room for tuners.

zardo · 3 months ago

To get the most power out of an engine you disregard emissions standards, the manufacturer can't do that without getting fines and recall orders.

zardo commented on Era of U.S. dollar may be winding down news.harvard.edu/gazette/... · Posted by u/gnabgib

starik36 · 4 months ago

I've been reading this news headline since I was a teenager. I am over 50 now. Why is this time different?

zardo · 4 months ago

This time it isn't we will fail in our efforts to maintain a strong dollar. It's, US policy is no longer attempting to maintain a strong dollar.

zardo commented on Sea snail teeth top Kevlar, titanium as strongest material (2015) cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/... · Posted by u/thunderbong

lazide · 4 months ago

Used to be, anyway. Now it’s a sure fire way to not get any gov’t funding in the US anyway. It’s going to be interesting to see how it all shakes out.

zardo · 4 months ago

You list a tenous military application instead.

zardo commented on Former Disney employee who hacked Disney World menus sentenced to 3 years databreaches.net/2025/04/... · Posted by u/aa_is_op

add-sub-mul-div · 4 months ago

They wouldn't be pointing to the fine print of a Disney+ trial if they had a murderer they could point to.

zardo · 4 months ago

They would. Someone hacking their computers and causing a death doesn't necessarily absolve them of liability, while a waver of liability could do exactly that.

zardo commented on How a yacht works: sailboat physics and design onemetre.net/Design/Desig... · Posted by u/stass

Zeetah · 4 months ago

I know nothing about sailing. I've been on a few sailboats. I love the idea of wind power - probably why I like flying remote control sailplanes.

I would love to volunteer on someone's race/sail boat to get some experience. I'm happy to take the ASA introductory course or ? course.

Any advice on how to move forward? I'm in the Seattle area.

zardo · 4 months ago

Start with dinghy sailing, there are few places in the area you can take a class, rent boats, and race. You'll meet people, and become a better pick for a crew member.

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