It depends on how it was designed, and the operating conditions. Steam catapults have their issues too- making freshwater from saltwater occasionally has hiccups and contaminants can enter the steam system, causing corrosion and erosion. The advantage of steam is that the catapults themselves are mechanically fairly simple, the steam source is external so the hardware embedded in the deck isn't too complex. Electric catapults have lots of electrical hardware at the point of use, including many coils of wire, any of which can suffer an insulation failure and presumably put the whole catapult out of action, or at least degraded in output. The expense is also an issue as linear motors are more expensive and each full-size US carrier has 4 of them.

That's not unusual for military aircraft.

Several countries have been experimenting with selective breeding, actively going to find the corals which are doing well and then propagating those specific examples by hand. The programs have generally been very successful, and can be used to rebuild existing coral formations or create entirely new ones using a framework of rebar. Like any other plant or animal humans have meddled with, changes in the span of decades is possible.

The headline oversimplifies, it is more accurate to say the ice generates a voltage. It's an interesting phenomenon but not revolutionary enough to solve the world's energy problems.

Generative AI can be a huge timesaver but the people doing the task need to actually know how to do the task, if only so they can provide reasonable instruction to the computer. All these get-rich-quick clowns falling on their faces are trying to shortcut years of knowledge and experience. Knowing excel really well does not make one an accountant. And this is compounded by the fact that excel gives predictable output, which is not the case with generative AI.

GE already has a 68.7m 2-piece blade for several years now.

https://www.gevernova.com/news...

Well I have some bad news for you, GE already has a 68.7m 2-piece blade for several years now.

Customers don't like it at all but it seems to be OK. The 68.7 blade (including the single piece version) has some other issues but the connection hasn't been particularly troublesome, all things considered.

https://www.gevernova.com/news...

North Atlantic != world.

Scientists have found that a drug known to have profound effects on the brain can have profound effects on how people think and behave. That's not surprising in the least. Psychedelics were the most promising mental health treatments ever when they were discovered, psychiatrys equivalent of insulin and penicillin. Then research was shut down for over 60 years because some people enjoyed overdosing them for fun. It's no surprise to me that LSD and other drugs still do "things" to people and some of those things can be beneficial.

Irrelevant. I call my manager a cunt to his face at least once every in every 10 minutes of interaction I have with him. If I didn't, he'd probably get worried something was wrong. Whether or not this woman is telling the truth about her working conditions, any boss who fires someone for something as trivial as telling them they are a dickhead deserves a quick sharp boot in the hole.

I'm particularly fond of the Lustau, I think it's the best Irish whiskey with regard to quality for price. They're all good. Be careful with the cask strength :)

The program runs ads on their podcasts which are downloaded in other countries. I can't be bothered to VPN my way out of it I'm sure this at least covers server costs and a bit more.

I'm Irish. Jameson is a decent cheap whiskey. It's still cheap. As it happens, my mentioned preferred tipple, Redbreast, is made by the ssame company.

That's more down to style than price I think. Not familiar with Balvenie, did a quick Google and see it's an unpeated single malt, so I'd probably like it too; I mostly drink pot still whiskies, like Redbreast. I know people who love their Laphroaig, but to me it tastes like a mix of bog water and listerine. For someone who doesn't know whiskey, they'd probably be better off with something cheap like Jameson than either Redbreast or Laphroaig; they're probably going to pour coke into it anyway.

Climate denier science illiteracy is irrelevant.