Ankaios

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by Ankaios 11y ago
The important metric isn't the ratio of what we spend on the military to what others spend. It's something more like a ratio of the effectivenesses of the militaries, however you'd like to formulate that. I'd prefer a lo
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by Ankaios 11y ago
Quantity has a quality all its own, regarding both aspects.
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by Ankaios 11y ago
At least for my fields of interest, encyclopediae are never considered appropriate references for college student papers—Wikipedia is not exceptional in that regard. That said, Wikipedia is untrustworthy. It's a great way to quickly
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GE Ships Ready-Made Drug Factories from Berlin to Beijing(bloomberg.com)
14 points by Ankaios 11y ago|1 comments
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by Ankaios 11y ago
Any sale—not necessarily a fire sale.
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Russian Ships Near Data Cables Are Too Close for U.S. Comfort(nytimes.com)
59 points by Ankaios 11y ago|8 comments
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Walgreens Scrutinizes Theranos Testing(wsj.com)
2 points by Ankaios 11y ago|0 comments
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by Ankaios 11y ago
As adamrt said, this won't kill off spam. It might reduce it a bit, though. I keep thinking instead about something that works more like a refundable bond: To send a message to you, I have to include some amount. (I don't know how
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by Ankaios 11y ago
Thank you, Mr. Lessig. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10138724
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by Ankaios 11y ago
Yeah, there's loads of great analysis of lunar resource use from that era, and propellant for use beyond the Moon is a major motivation for the current interest in lunar polar volatiles. For them to act like the notion that lunar resou
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by Ankaios 11y ago
You don't necessarily need to be a US citizen. (Not speaking of SpaceX specifically, but commercial space activity in the US in general.) It's possible to get an "export license" which allows you to participate in ITAR-c
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by Ankaios 11y ago
“This is completely against the established common wisdom of how to go to Mars, which is a straight shot to Mars, carry everything with you,” de Weck says. “The idea of taking a detour into the lunar system … it’s very unintuit
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by Ankaios 11y ago
There's no need for a supercomputer. :) Trajectory calculations of that sort are relatively routine, even including the use of ion propulsion, and can be run on a desktop in a reasonable amount of time. (Not to say you can't come
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by Ankaios 11y ago
I expect that they will be acting in concert.
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by Ankaios 11y ago
The buck stops with the shareholders.
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by Ankaios 11y ago
They may not be revenue generators, but they can be profit generators, by reducing costs.
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by Ankaios 11y ago
And the inhabitants think that's a good thing. There have been moments when I could commiserate. Less shoveling.
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Russia’s Plan to Crack Tor Crumbles(bloomberg.com)
1 points by Ankaios 11y ago|0 comments
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by Ankaios 11y ago
Makes me wonder if any other tool chains / compilers have already been co-opted in the wild.
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by Ankaios 11y ago
If there's an issue you care about, call your congressional rep's office and ask to get on the schedule for a meeting. It might take a while, but you'll probably eventually get to talk with staffers. Be prepared when you talk
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by Ankaios 11y ago
Yeah, that's my understanding of the reasoning. If someone admits to doing one of those things, the US doesn't let them in. If someone denies it and the US catches them lying, it's one more justification to give them the boot
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by Ankaios 11y ago
Why do you think those questions are stupid?
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Judge’s Ruling Offers Peek into Private Equity’s Secret World(nytimes.com)
48 points by Ankaios 11y ago|24 comments
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by Ankaios 11y ago
If it makes you feel better, if you're interested in helping get people to Mars and elsewhere in the solar system, there are almost certainly more productive uses of your time than camping in Hawaii for a year. :)
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by Ankaios 11y ago
I think his agenda is great. (I might quibble about things like ranked-choice versus approval voting, but that's immaterial for the moment.) I just think he's going to have to govern while trying to achieve that agenda, and I susp
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by Ankaios 11y ago
If Lessig were to step down and hand power over to the vice president, then couldn't the vice president freely appoint a new cabinet? Lessig would have to govern until he finished enacting his agenda. That could take yea
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by Ankaios 11y ago
I think it's great that Lessig is interested in running, but I think the intent of being a single-issue "referendum president" is, to be polite, misguided. It's not actually the choice of the president whether a single i
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by Ankaios 11y ago
A kilocorn? Sorry, everyone.
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by Ankaios 11y ago
And accelerometers & gyros. Also processors & GPUs, as my uncle comment sent. All of these being cheap and high quality is why personal VR currently has a shot at happening.
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by Ankaios 11y ago
The academies are indeed open to "just anyone," but grades aren't the only consideration. Members of Congress have processes for requesting the nomination letters, and anyone can request one. There is strong competition for

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