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by Cogito 10y ago
Aren't these orthogonal concerns, mostly? There is no reason you need cul-de-sacs in order to have large lots. In fact, it's often easier to have more usable space in a grid system because you aren't dealing with as many cu
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by Cogito 10y ago
Offtopic: not sure if you're aware, but wrapping text in * will make it italicised on HN. For example, this text is wrapped .
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by Cogito 10y ago
I'm all for "fundamental arguments" as you call them, but they are probably the least interesting arguments imaginable. Their only claim to being interesting, from my point of view, is because they tend to arise as the last b
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by Cogito 10y ago
For what it's worth, there is some strong evidence that Elon penned this post himself - not that it is clear from the post itself. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/771446048262946816 > Finishing Autopil
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by Cogito 10y ago
Lock makes sense to me, even if I don't think it is the best description. There are two water levels, high and low side of the lock. The lock smoothly transitions you from one level to the other. A media query without the transition wo
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by Cogito 10y ago
There were three aspects to fixing the landing, to my understanding. Legs keep it oriented, give a stable platform, and cushion the initial landing. Top thruster pushes it into the surface, damping any bounce back from the impact. Harpoons
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by Cogito 10y ago
Ahh of course, I was being silly. 3x9 === 1 mod 26, so I think you are right in saying it was encoded with ROT01. The decoding is ROT25 == -ROT01, which is what I was thinking about. It's fun to be pedantic but it's better when
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by Cogito 10y ago
I should have been more clear - I don't think the article was saying there was a 'gay aspect' (insomuch as a definite homosexual aspect) at all, I was just using the parent comment's language to contrast what was claimed
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by Cogito 10y ago
The author quotes numerous original sources from the time that commented on the 'gay aspect' of macaronis. They make the argument that this commentary, in particular caricatures, were a driving force behind the macaroni's cha
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by Cogito 10y ago
pedantic, but isn't that ROT25? I helped beta test blackbox, was really fun and the developer was fun to work with for the few pieces of feedback I had.
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by Cogito 10y ago
For the July one: Always go first. Assuming the table is symmetrical around only one point, the centre of the table, place the first coin on that point. Every move after that place your coin in the location directly opposite the last coin p
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by Cogito 10y ago
I hope that the market is able to support all of them, and we see robust competition. From what I can tell, streamers have no issue streaming on both twitch and youtube, and it mostly comes down to content restrictions as to which they use
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by Cogito 10y ago
"You're such a pussy" or "Don't be a pussy" can definitely be used in a derogatory fashion, especially in groups in which social status is dominated by masculinity. It can mean, for example, variations on &quot
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by Cogito 10y ago
For those coming later: A Generation Lost in the Bazaar (2012) https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2349257 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12251323
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by Cogito 10y ago
For problem 3, you can start as follows: (1) The points of the polygon are inscribed on a circle. [given] (2) Construct a triangle on each side of the polygon with the centre of the circle from (1) as the third point. (3) Each triangle from
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The Tao of Notch – Beyond Twitter(escapistmagazine.com)
1 points by Cogito 10y ago|0 comments
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It feels like you are shifting the goalposts here, but I potentially misunderstand your original objections. In your first comment, you say that "maybe the babies had just completely forgot about the experimenter and his wrapped-up han
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by Cogito 10y ago
I have, it's a pretty fantastic view! What I'd love to see is that view for the entire launch and landing, in real time instead of sped up. I didn't think about it, but you're right in that the view wouldn't be grea
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by Cogito 10y ago
My favourite part of this landing was the on-board camera view of the landing burn. Hopefully they will release the entire on-board footage, would be really interesting to watch the launch from the rocket's perspective.
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Second Landing of Falcon 9 First Stage at Landing Zone 1(youtube.com)
33 points by Cogito 10y ago|9 comments
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And lots of extra info and discussion at https://spacexstats.com/live and the SpaceX subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/4t2umd/rspacex_spac...
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by Cogito 10y ago
Question 4 was fun :) Not sure what technique they wanted you to use, but it was easy to work back from the desired outcome, keeping track of the current IOU balance and the bet that would leave you in the desired position. I assume the ear
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by Cogito 10y ago
Calling atheism a religious belief is as disingenuous as describing science as a religion. It is possible to be religious in your science-based beliefs, but that does not make science itself a religion. If someone believes something only
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by Cogito 10y ago
How does this fit with the assertion that there is no evidence that the supernatural interacts with the natural in any measurable (and hence meaningful) way? It seems related, but stronger: "I don't know if there exists supernatur
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by Cogito 10y ago
Spoiler spoiler alert: you can however lock two carts to each other, though it is a bit of work! I never tested more than two, but the geometry of the situation would make it moderately difficult.
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by Cogito 10y ago
We were taught in high school, ~15 years ago. I remember wondering how it was actually performed. The story was told as a long line of men walking from on end of the island to the other, killing any aboriginals they found in the process. Ta
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by Cogito 10y ago
I should have changed my post to reflect that I think my second argument is the stronger. The subtitle was removed, and I have seen this as common practice (choosing either main or subtitle) in the past - though typically by the submitter.
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by Cogito 10y ago
I think the sanitisation of the headline is in keeping with the spirit of the following guidelines: If the original title begins with a number or number + gratuitous adjective, we'd appreciate it if you'd crop it. E.g. translate
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by Cogito 10y ago
For those interested, the article is actually called "What Numbers Could not Be" (many references have "What Numbers Cannot Be" so maybe it was published under both names at some point?) There is a copy at: http:/&
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by Cogito 10y ago
TheVehicleDestroyer (who makes FlightClub) actually commented [1] to say that the 12G is an error due to how he models the deployment of the landing legs. The actual force would have been closer to 5.1G [1] https://www.reddit.com

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