Tl;dr: add bacillus bacteria and calcium lactate to concrete; when moisture/cracks develop, bacteria germinate and *excrete calcite*.
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"Imagine if we had concrete that magically transmutes moisture into limestone." Who even thinks that.
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@patrickc Make sure you read Stuff Matters. Awesome coverage of a ton of approachable material science. -
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@tobi Not sure. I expect so? (Most do, right?)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patrickc But, but Tyler Cowen said he heard AI is only being used for ad targeting. Contra http://www.osvresearch.com/learning-from-machine-intelligence-xv43o/ …http://www.datanami.com/2015/05/18/how-machine-learning-is-eating-the-software-world/ … -
@trengriffin@patrickc that's funny. AI is everywhere now.
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@patrickc just finished Stuff Matters; this was my fav part. Also, how recent so many discoveries (like new carbon structures) are! - End of conversation
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@patrickc please; link or it didn’t happen :)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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