Arjuna

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by Arjuna 13y ago
When the Space Shuttle program was decommissioned in 2011, the U.S. lost human spaceflight capability. We are at a point in U.S. history that is similar to the human spaceflight gap that existed between the Apollo program and the Space Shut
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by Arjuna 13y ago
Jeff is spot on in his blog post. To make an analogy, Dong Nguyen essentially tapped into the modern-day equivalent of Pac-Man Fever . In the 80s, it swept the world, to the tune of billions of dollars. It was the highest-grossing arcade g
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by Arjuna 13y ago
For those that aren't aware, check out the "/r/tabled" subreddit [1]. From the official description: "a subreddit for tables of recent threads from places such as... /r/IAmA, /r/InternetAMA,
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by Arjuna 13y ago
I'm reminded of this quote, attributed to the Cree Native Americans: "Only after the last tree has been cut down, only after the last river has been poisoned, only after the last fish has been caught, only then will you find that
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by Arjuna 13y ago
A "go bag"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bug-out_bag
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by Arjuna 13y ago
"And when Jobs (in the movie, but really a board does this) denied stock to the early garage team (some not even shown) I'm surprised that they chose not to show me giving about $10M of my own stock to them because it was the rig
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by Arjuna 13y ago
Just some encouragement here for you good people... You have to do the work. There is no one else that can do it for you. It is entirely up to you; actually, it has only ever been you, because it is you that rolls out of bed early to bring
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by Arjuna 13y ago
I grew up in WV. My parents are still there. Montani Semper Liberi I wanted to provide some information about the chemical that was spilled, which is being reported to be 4-methylcyclohexanemethanol. You may see it referred to in its shor
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by Arjuna 13y ago
It's egregious to edit a quote. After all, the very raison d'être of a quote is to convey that, "this is exactly and precisely what was said." However, here we have a case that, due to the editing of a quote (despite t
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by Arjuna 13y ago
For those interested, this type of activity appears to fall under the purview of Google's link schemes content guidelines, discussed here: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/66356
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by Arjuna 13y ago
Is there a drive that does the opposite? A drive that converts intermittent rotary motion to continuous rotation? From the perspective of a mechanical watch, there is a component known as the mainspring . It is a spring that stores energ
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by Arjuna 13y ago
Original poster here. I thought you good people would find the Geneva drive interesting. It is so simple and elegant; similar in spirit to the elegance of a beautiful algorithm. For further reading on the Geneva drive... don't miss the
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Geneva drive(en.wikipedia.org)
481 points by Arjuna 13y ago|71 comments
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by Arjuna 13y ago
Wow, I'm just now seeing this news. Initially, I had that sinking feeling set in... I mean, like you, I have been impacted by his story, his games (not just the Wolfenstein/Doom/Quake franchises... I'm talking Commande
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by Arjuna 13y ago
I agree. I am thinking to myself... this is the point we have come to? It is a prime example of the erosion of both common sense and constitutional rights: 1. This is an egregious fire hazard. I would love to see the fire marshal weigh in o
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by Arjuna 13y ago
If you want deeper insights on this specific issue, read the actual paper on the survey details [1]. A few excerpts from the paper: "While two in three office workers believe there is a clear line between when their professional life
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by Arjuna 13y ago
Until someone can explain otherwise, I defer to Dr. Feynman, who essentially tells us that probability is intrinsic to the universe itself, and our experience of reality. I love the line that says (from the quote, below), "Someone has
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by Arjuna 13y ago
I think the reason is two-part: 1. (From the original link): "Over the past few years, browser support for plugins such as QUAKE LIVE have dropped off significantly, causing problems for plugins to operate in a consistent and working
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by Arjuna 13y ago
Well said. From another perspective... I often look up at the night sky and think to myself: how many civilizations are gone, simply because they failed to have the vision to leave their home planet? A great line from a t-shirt: "Aste
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by Arjuna 13y ago
This whole story brings on such a lugubrious feeling. I mean, I guess we can chalk it up to human nature, but, patent system aside: How did we ever arrive at the place where we believe that everyone else must lose in order for someone to wi
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by Arjuna 13y ago
"Just like the big red STOP button you'll find on every table saw, drill press, etc." For those that like finding out, "What's the formal name for that?"... it's called a kill switch : https:/&#x2
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by Arjuna 13y ago
Was Viaweb First? http://www.paulgraham.com/first.html http://ycombinator.com/viaweb
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by Arjuna 13y ago
Just imagine the world of technology that blossomed from these 2 inventions: 1. John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley for the transistor . 2. Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce for the integrated circuit .
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by Arjuna 13y ago
They also did not list the 8-core configuration pricing. There appear to be a current total of 4 available core configurations: 1: 4-core 3.7GHz for $2,999 2: 6-core 3.5GHz for $3,999 3: 8-core 3.0GHz for ? 4: 12-core 2.7GHz for ?
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by Arjuna 13y ago
Another Mac Pro configuration [1]: Available in December at $3,999 6-Core and Dual GPU 3.5GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon E5 processor 16GB 1866MHz DDR3 ECC memory Dual AMD FirePro D500 with 3GB GDDR5 VRAM each 256GB PCIe-based flash storage [1] htt
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by Arjuna 13y ago
Nice estimation. I also don't fully understand how they arrived at 190 GW. For the purposes of a "back of the envelope" calculation to account for the entire capability of the Saturn V: Based on the 180,000,000 HP figure, we
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by Arjuna 13y ago
For those that are not familiar, the Saturn V was equipped with 5 (yes, you read that right)... five F-1 rocket engines. Each engine produced an absolutely staggering 1,500,000 pounds of thrust; that's a total of 7,500,000 pounds of th
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by Arjuna 13y ago
"the fine art of sticking to the letter of the law but totally bending the spirit of it" This is spot-on. One of the best examples in recent memory was the so-called "F Duct" that was featured on McLaren Racing's
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by Arjuna 13y ago
Phrases like, "The myth of burn out" and "Burn out is just a rationalization for giving up early" give me great pause. Burn out is real . It is dangerous, and even an overwhelming, driving passion for your work, you
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by Arjuna 13y ago
"Steam gamers, who are used to the input associated with PCs, will appreciate that the Steam Controller's resolution approaches that of a desktop mouse." [...] "The Steam Controller is built around a new generation of

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