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811.
by SECProto 6y ago
Reorienting requires the use of main engines. You want to relight them only once, to ensure that the header tanks and the "downcomer" remain full. Additionally you want to burn off as much speed as possible with the bellyflop, so
812.
by SECProto 6y ago
In addition to the other comment (a lot more engines in the first stage of a full stack than the test hopper), there's also the impact of mishaps - an exploding fully fueled full stack would have dramatically larger impact than the par
813.
by SECProto 6y ago
It's just a want, not a need, so I haven't looked any further (just keep the occasional eye on the amazon price). May become a need (or at least, a financially-justifiable want) a few months after the google photos storage limit s
814.
by SECProto 6y ago
> SSD prices are amazing They've been pretty much flat for the past 18 months. I've been wanting a 2TB SSD since 2018 and I've been watching the price sit stagnant at ~$250 canadian since june 2019 (dropped from ~$600 in t
815.
by SECProto 6y ago
I'm guessing they used quotes around "exfiltration" because, per your link, the word is used as a near-synonym for data theft.
816.
by SECProto 6y ago
I tried Linux recently (Ubuntu, I believe it was 19.10 but might've been 18.04 lts). Within minutes of booting I was searching for answers to questions that one should never have to ask (specifically, it was something to do with sound
817.
by SECProto 6y ago
I grew up with electric, and I've used gas a fair bit in my adult life. I feel like if I could choose only one, induction would be the winner for almost everything. The one exception I can think of is my wok - I'd have to start us
818.
by SECProto 6y ago
I consume ~30kg per week of petroleum for my (quite fuel efficient) car, or 1500kg petroleum annually. I consume maybe somewhere on the order of 2kg per week (100kg/yr) in the form of plastic packaging, toothpaste, rubber, asphalt, etc
819.
by SECProto 6y ago
Right, I guess I haven't tried (nor wanted to try) to go to the theatre since roughly January. Missed that part of your original post.
820.
by SECProto 6y ago
How can one check what one's usb-c port supports? I have a Lenovo yoga 920 (I think that's what it is... Got it as a warranty replacement for a different device). I have a usb-c to HDMI adaptor from the first device and it doesn&#
821.
by SECProto 6y ago
Then you should read A Fire Upon The Deep by Vernor Vinge!
822.
by SECProto 6y ago
Are those American or Canadian dollars? Or like HK dollars? Although concession prices are high, I've definitely never seen them that high. Or was $20 the price of ticket and popcorn+drink?
823.
by SECProto 6y ago
> This is true, but some portion of road maintenance costs is independent from vehicle-caused wear-and-tear on the actual road surface. Possible formula to account for all the variables: annual tax = F * (A + [B C {D^E} ] ) A = constant
824.
by SECProto 6y ago
> Fructose is the monosaccharide and is the problem Glucose is also a monosaccharide. "sugar" (table sugar, maple syrup, etc) are mainly sucrose, which is one part fructose and one part glucose (joined together, into a disaccha
825.
by SECProto 6y ago
> When people talk about sugar like this they are talking about fructose. Bringing glucose into it confuses people I believe people are actually usually talking about sucrose, which breaks down into equal parts fructose and glucose v ear
826.
by SECProto 6y ago
I'll be a bit blunt here: you read each sentence/tweet then scroll down a bit. Twitter isn't the best medium for everyone, but while you or I might prefer a HN link to a blog post, the twitter thread will have much broader re
827.
by SECProto 6y ago
Noting that I don't use winamp, and haven't since I found foobar2000 back in ~2004... I would not even notice that as an issue. The last time I had a .WAV I needed to play was in Windows 95.
828.
by SECProto 6y ago
or ublock origin, or outline.com
829.
by SECProto 6y ago
Covid-19 isn't a "common type of flu" either. The diseases I mentioned were certainly widespread and endemic. And they're all different types of virus.
830.
by SECProto 6y ago
> I would consider an illness "eradicated" if the vaccine is no longer regularly given Fair enough. I would consider a virus eradicated when the general population gives zero thought to it, and effectively no one dies from it.
831.
by SECProto 6y ago
> (like we have for literally every single fatal illness) Smallpox. And if you consider within the borders of a given country, a dozen others (polio, measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox).
832.
by SECProto 6y ago
If you set twitter feed to "the latest tweets as they happen" (as opposed to "show top tweets first"), you don't get the "so-and-so liked this tweet" etc in the main feed. Combine that with turning off ret
833.
by SECProto 6y ago
I mean, the reason I have never seen a wildfire is because they are exceedingly rare in my local biome. Nothing to do with artificial wildfire prevention.
834.
by SECProto 6y ago
I see a lot more natural electricity (lightning, monthly) than I do natural fire (wildfires? Never)
835.
by SECProto 6y ago
Browsers feeling snappier is sort of like cell phones being thinner, at least for me. There is a threshold below which it just doesn't matter to me, and browsers and phones have been there for a few years.
836.
by SECProto 6y ago
So having containers and pop out video available nowhere is preferable to them being available on desktop but not mobile?
837.
by SECProto 6y ago
I visited the city for the first time last year and noticed some issues, but my main thought was wondering if affordable housing is widely available, not sewage transport/treatment. (Knowing, of course, that affordable housing is not a
838.
by SECProto 6y ago
They work under that exemption, but by having an algorithm that preferentially shows certain material to each user, they are exercising editorial control. Worse, the editorial control is a black box from the outside.
839.
by SECProto 6y ago
> Shipping goods is one major source of CO2 and other pollutants, as most ship engines are way dirtier than any car engine. This is only kind-of true. Ship engines are dirtier in the sense that they produce worse NOx/SOx (causes of
840.
by SECProto 6y ago
In my local newspapers growing up, the "letters to the editor" section was always populated by the local nutjobs writing inflammatory screeds. Hypothetically, the letters had stirred a lot of discussion, and my local paper decided

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