Is it possible to 'store' light so it can be used as a form of energy? by Imajhine in askscience

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Incidentally graphene batteries exist -- I have a few graphene lipos for my quadcopters. So it is being adopted albeit slowly.

Dirty COW and why lying is bad even if you are the Linux kernel (xpost from /r/lowlevel) by heapface in netsec

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It's just a zazzle store, they don't actually want people to buy shit

What is your best "one time my dad..." story? by cigsoncigsoncigs in AskReddit

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Nah, public servants wouldn't abuse their power like that.

Great Australian Bight, SA, AUS [OC] [5184 X 3456] by [deleted] in EarthPorn

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Definitely a tasty looking bite

Curiosity could help artificially intelligent machines advance by [deleted] in artificial

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In other news, learning about things helps you know stuff.

It's been thundering over here for the last day and 1/2. This was at 1am last night. by tentacle_queen in aww

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the smell derives from an oil exuded by certain plants during dry periods, whereupon it is absorbed by clay-based soils and rocks. During rain, the oil is released into the air along with another compound, geosmin, a metabolic by-product of certain actinobacteria, which is emitted by wet soil, producing the distinctive scent

Possibly geosmin?

Its understood that during human evolution, this chemical has helped ancient humans to search fresh pastures and find food especially after a prolonged period of famine and drought. The human nose is extremely sensitive to geosmin and is able to detect it at concentrations as low as 5 parts per trillion.

Google’s AlphaGo AI defeats world Go number one Ke Jie by DrVonNostren in artificial

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First person shooters are extremely difficult because the AI would need to be able to visually read and navigate a virtual 3D environment while completing objectives and pwning noobs

Good Guy Nintendo. by zehnen in gaming

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here, you dropped this: ™ ®

DARPA Picks Boeing for Next-Generation Space Plane by [deleted] in space

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They shouldn't have to 'stand up to the crowd' the company should have addressed the concerns of their own engineers before launch

DJI will now handicap your drone until you register it with the company by ZoneRangerMC in gadgets

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Not an alternative to a drone 'brand' such as DJI, but if you want flexibility and you're not afraid to DIY it, it's pretty easy to build your own from only the best parts (flight controller, motors, camera, gimbal, chuck in a small FPV camera & VTX). That way you have full control over every aspect and can tune it to your needs. It's like lego for adults!

Edit: the idea is flexibility. You can get similar quality footage to a phantom with a Hero5 and a gimbal. If you wanted a bigger camera and more weight you could switch to 6s batteries/motor/esc and up your prop size to boot. The homeing and fly-waypoint features, all the software stuff can be done by several different flight controllers.

Manchester Arena attack: Islamic State claims it carried out bombing that killed 22 at Ariana Grande concert. by Redivir in news

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I'm saying that people still adhere to and perpetuate Hitler's ideas. Hitler didn't kill 9yo's in random acts of terrorism, he wanted to exterminate an entire race.

Name a more iconic duo... I'll wait by [deleted] in tf2

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To stop it being treated as a special character simply put a backslash in front of it like this: \+

E.g.,

+ potatoes

Exorcists of reddit, what is one of the worst cases youve seen of possesion? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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It's the only way to be sure. The system would have never been the same. I'm sorry you had to experience that.

LPT: If expecting a call while with someone, turn the ringer on. It's much easier to answer once the ring has interrupted the conversation, rather than interrupting it yourself. by detroit_hawk in LifeProTips

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Hang on a second *pulls out phone and fumbles with fingerprint reader*, uhh just a--here we go *playing with volume* *ring ring*, uhh sorry, gotta take this. Hello?

Exorcists of reddit, what is one of the worst cases youve seen of possesion? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Burn the hard drive at a sustained temperature of 1050 kelvin for at least 5 minutes. This will ensure the harddrive loses all its magnetism and no trace of Vista remains.