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by Robotbeat 5mo ago
Yes, geologic times, so like 100 million years or more, not relevant to human life timescales. But even Venus has substantial atmosphere still, including substantial amounts of hydrogen still (with enhanced deuterium concentration due to th
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by Robotbeat 5mo ago
Untrue. You can actually mine the Venusian surface for metals. Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen (the vast majority of the elements used by life) can be extracted from the atmosphere, as well as sulfur. So from an elemental standpoint,
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by Robotbeat 6mo ago
Intentionally. Allowed the Soviets to administer the place when the Nazis finally left, as the Polish resistance had been crushed. Unforgiveable.
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by Robotbeat 6mo ago
Incredible to see just so many smiling, cheerful faces surrounded by utter destruction and death. The power of comradery, I suppose.
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by Robotbeat 6mo ago
Someone has a chart somewhere that shows responses in that subreddit getting more and more anti-conciliatory over time. I think it’s online misanthropy (measured by Reddit responses) increasing over time rather than it being objectively nev
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by Robotbeat 7mo ago
Kind of makes sense that stopping taking a drug that reduces heart attack and stroke risk leads to a return to the higher risk of before.
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by Robotbeat 7mo ago
I dunno, browsing McMaster-Carr feels like both shopping and creating at the same time. Typing is just choosing from the latent space something special, too. Could just be random words, or, even fewer, random grammatically correct sentences
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by Robotbeat 7mo ago
In my experience, it does actually work. Tesla model s had an issue with the flash memory endurance, and the NHTSA made them replace it. Which they did, and upgraded the 3G modem to LTE while they were at it. My 2013 Model S is still going
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by Robotbeat 7mo ago
Even copper has vastly lower resistance when cryogenically cooled. It's not a bad idea for some applications, and water cooling is already a good way to increase power density.
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by Robotbeat 7mo ago
I feel like people in these comments and commentators in general are just kind of ignoring the fact that the US produces more helium than Qatar, and in fact more helium than the entire Middle East combined, nearly 50% of the global total. T
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by Robotbeat 8mo ago
This isn’t accurate. FreeCAD merged the main changes from that fork (RealThunder) to fix (well, mitigate) the problem. That’s the big thing with 1.0. Although… as others have noted, this is a problem with basically all CAD packages, as on a
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by Robotbeat 8mo ago
No, “rare earth minerals” are referring to an exact section of the periodic table, referring to exactly 17 elements, like “lanthanide series” or “noble gases”. It is a technical term, not a descriptive one. Lithium is not in the list. You’r
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by Robotbeat 8mo ago
Lithium is not a rare earth mineral. Huge pet peeve. This is a technical term. It’s also not particularly rare.
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by Robotbeat 11mo ago
So if OpenAI stayed a non-profit, they'd be okay?
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by Robotbeat 11mo ago
So, the Golden Rule?
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by Robotbeat 11mo ago
I mean… what is the assumed replacement, then? Residual moral sensibilities from our obsolete judeochristian heritage?
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by Robotbeat 1y ago
Wait, DID they admit guilt? A lot of times companies settle without admitting guilt.
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by Robotbeat 1y ago
You underestimate how making something illegal can stop the thing in that country. Look at a place like Germany, blocking fracking and nuclear power and now reliant on Russian gas.
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by Robotbeat 1y ago
FWIW, this is the brainworm faction that fought the techbro faction and got them kicked out of the throne room. Think Russell Vought and the OMB, not Elon. Elon registered his disapproval of the huge science cuts in the President’s budget r
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by Robotbeat 1y ago
Nope, this is Russell Vought and the OMB. The anti-tech-bro group (the brainworm faction, courtesy of RFK Jr) that fought with Elon and successfully got him kicked out of the throne room. Elon registered his opposition to the huge science c
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by Robotbeat 1y ago
The satellite industry in the US is larger than ever, FWIW. Between Starlink, OneWeb, Kuiper, plus a gazillion startups like Astranis, K2 Space, etc, not to mention defense satellites, there has never been a time when more satellites have b
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by Robotbeat 1y ago
Then I’d count Overture, too, I guess.
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by Robotbeat 1y ago
Accurate
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by Robotbeat 1y ago
Neither of those parentheticals are acute.
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by Robotbeat 1y ago
I mean, the FAA changes regulations all the time without Congress (when people talk about regulators as a fourth branch of the government, this is what they mean). FAA is under the direction of the Executive Branch.
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by Robotbeat 1y ago
x-59 is Not active yet. Just taxi tests so far.
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by Robotbeat 1y ago
That’s only over land. They intend to go 1.7 (perhaps more) over the ocean.
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by Robotbeat 1y ago
So SpaceX could improve their numbers by hiring a bunch of people that do nothing but make useless PowerPoints.
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by Robotbeat 1y ago
Hours worked… making PowerPoints should hardly count.
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by Robotbeat 1y ago
Substack and Reddit are huge websites. What you’re talking about kills self-hosting. Ironically, your idea for regulating this reinforces the VC-driven Silicon Valley capital-intensive model and kills independent, community driven low/

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