Merad

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by Merad 11y ago
Your hypothetical is missing the part where the rocket pods tear the B-52 apart and a flaming ball of debris falls to earth. You see, to accelerate straight up (or nearly so) your thrust must be greater than your weight. To get enough acce
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by Merad 11y ago
This is good advice, but if you're fairly confident that you're really going to get "into" quadcopters I recommend starting with something larger like the Syma X5/X5C. They're more expensive (~$50) but far mor
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by Merad 11y ago
People already have the option to carpool, and rarely choose to take it. I don't really see that changing due to SDCs...
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by Merad 11y ago
Sorry, I think this is just totally disconnected from the reality of the average American who lives outside of a major urban center. 1. Mom, dad, and kid all need to go to work/school at roughly the same time. If they all have a 15-2
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by Merad 11y ago
I don't know about the B-29 system in particular, but gyroscopic gunsights used on most WW2 fighters were fairly straightforward. First, you set a selector on the sight to the wingspan of your target (usually there would be presets fo
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by Merad 11y ago
> you can probably have a working board for about five bucks that'll run rings around an Apple II or a vintage PC. Hell, you can do even better than that. Assuming that CHIP ( https://www.kickstarter.com/projects&#x2
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by Merad 11y ago
Attempted murder requires proof of intent to kill. It would be tough to sell that to a jury.
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by Merad 11y ago
Eh, you're making the wildly incorrect assumption that everyone lives in the middle of a major city with quality public transport. I would guess that 75+% of Americans either have no access to public transport or the public transport
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by Merad 11y ago
But, isn't the lifetime of the battery pack significantly lower than the (presumed) lifetime of the actual car? If your Model S stays on the road 20 years but requires 3-4 battery replacements, that's several big hits against its
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by Merad 11y ago
The worst part is when you search for a question and find one obscure topic several years old asking the same question. Then you realize you were the one who asked that question years ago, and you never found an answer.