fexl

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I've been programming since the '70s. I'm very experienced in C, but most of my work since 1998 has been in Perl. HEY! I hear you laughing back there, but it is possible to write beautiful code in Perl. I'm also working on rewriting everything in Fexl.

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Comment · 3 years ago

I've noticed that LED bulb packages say they'll last several years, but so many of them die after just a year or so. I should start tracking this precisely, but I've just gotten the sense that they often die prematurely.

Comment · 5 years ago

I got that impression too, but it does say "But the path he has chosen involves one of the toughest problems in battery science, which is how to make an anode out of pure lithium or sodium metal."

I suppose that implies he's trying to make an anode out of pure lithium or sodium, but you never know with science journalism.

Comment · 5 years ago

"When the battery is discharging ... positively charged ions shuttle from the anode to the cathode"

I thought that electrons shuttle from the anode to the cathode.

Comment · 5 years ago

I never understood the animus against saving. Saving just means you have produced more than you consumed, and I admire that.

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Comment · 11 years ago

I opened the "Summary for Policymakers" listed right on their home page, and it popped up a PDF titled "AR5_SYR_FINAL_SPM-1.pdf". That's where I searched on the word "vapor" and found only one occurrence -- inside the word "evaporation".

I guess the "for the Physical Science Basis" report is something different that I haven't found yet.

Comment · 11 years ago

Yes I understand that effect, and it makes sense that higher temperatures might cause more CO2 to come out of solution, as in a bottle of soda going flat more quickly at room temperature than in the refrigerator.

That said, I am not certain that the recent dramatic spike to 400 ppm of CO2 (from what I've read) could be entirely caused by the fairly moderate temperature rises measured in recent years.

Comment · 11 years ago

I searched on the words "vapor" and "vapour" and found nothing. I also search on the word "water" and found nothing relevant to my question.

Comment · 11 years ago

Sorry, I can't click through to that article -- when I dismiss the pop-up, the tantalizing "Climate Shock" headline disappears.

I do say that all humans require energy to survive, and more efficient forms of energy require capital in the hands of innovators.

I'll be happy to read the article if you can give me a link that functions better for me.

Comment · 11 years ago

Are there any data on water vapor concentrations? I ask that because I have read that the contribution of water vapor to the greenhouse effect is perhaps two to four times greater than CO2.

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