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by aardvark291 9y ago
In many ex-soviet bloc countries (e.g. the Baltics) and other countries with sort of 2nd-world level of development (Greece), railroads are terrible (either due to lack of infrastructure of inability of the government to maintain it) but bu
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by aardvark291 9y ago
Does this "$1B in revenue" include the $ that customers have deposited in order to buy cryptocurrency?
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by aardvark291 9y ago
Bob is out $1000 until he finds a "greater fool". The zero-sum aspect occurs if at some point all participants cash out.
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by aardvark291 9y ago
> As long as people bought bitcoin and ethereum, they probably will end up positive. This isn't possible - the bitcoin market is literally a zero-sum game. One person's gain can only come from another's loss.
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by aardvark291 9y ago
Adding a photo of the actual aircraft would also be nice. From the website it's hard to tell whether this is a real business that's currently in operation, or just a site mock-up. Have you actually started flying yet? I can'
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by aardvark291 9y ago
"I'm becoming more convinced that Bitcoin must be in a bubble." Well, what else could it be?
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by aardvark291 9y ago
»The G5 has three USB 2 ports, two FireWire 400 ports, and a FireWire 800 port. In my life I have never used FireWire to transfer data. I will probably go to my grave having never used FireWire.« Same.
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by aardvark291 9y ago
aren't "bitmapped" and "raster" pretty much synonymous?
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by aardvark291 9y ago
His thesis is from 1966, an era in which (1) it is likely that he typed it on a typewriter, and (2) he was still almost completely able-bodied.
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by aardvark291 9y ago
Didn't BeOS have some awesome database-like file system indexing and query system?
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by aardvark291 9y ago
That $100M clearly is dominated by the capital that is to be invested. The use of the verb "spend" is perhaps a slip indicating an opinion on the chance of positive ROI... "The company is spending about $100 million annually
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by aardvark291 9y ago
Indeed, the linked article doesn't say anything about lack of sanitation, and almost implies the opposite. »Imbruce, who's researched the Chinatown produce economy for over a decade, is the author of From Farm to Canal Street: Chi
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by aardvark291 10y ago
If you want a printed version: https://www.amazon.com/Thirty-three-Miniatures-Mathematical-...
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by aardvark291 10y ago
A methane molecule is 72 times worse than a CO2 molecule in terms of "global warming potential" over a 20 year time scale and around 7 times worse over a 500 year time scale). However, we put a lot more CO2 into the atmosphere tha
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by aardvark291 10y ago
That's true. As a pollutant, carbon dioxide is almost entirely innocuous, except for its behavior as a greenhouse gas. In that role, carbon dioxide is the most significant driver of global warming: https://en.wikipedia.org&#
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by aardvark291 10y ago
TLDR: * Because beer was consumed as a source of energy rather than as an alternative to water, and high alcohol content was favored, it seems like the answer is "Yes." * However, it's unclear whether early brewers could make
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by aardvark291 10y ago
That's an accounting detail.
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by aardvark291 10y ago
"six major political parties" Things are a bit different over there...
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by aardvark291 10y ago
> dark asphalt roof and direct sun would do it But if you were going for cooling, you wouldn't go for a dark asphalt roof.
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by aardvark291 10y ago
Looks nice. I like it. But what are the percentages next to your degrees in the education part, like "B.E. CSE 72%"?
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by aardvark291 10y ago
Yes; in fact they are preferred.
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by aardvark291 10y ago
Seriously. I have a cushy tech-job yet still drive the hatchback I bought fifteen years ago for $2000. Choices...
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by aardvark291 10y ago
> given that all our eggs are in the SpaceX basket. What do you mean here?
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by aardvark291 10y ago
In which case the value will reach $0. That's called depreciation...
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by aardvark291 10y ago
The power required to fly at constant altitude and speed is velocity multiplied the force of drag. Energy is consumed to exert a force over a distance, but we're not moving against gravity ("constant altitude"), so no energy
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by aardvark291 10y ago
The ozone layer starts at around 65,000 feet, which is about twice as high as where jets usually cruise.
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by aardvark291 10y ago
> drone size vehicle How big is "drone size"? https://www.amazon.com/DJI-Phantom-Aerial-Drone-Quadcopter/d... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-4_Global_H...
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by aardvark291 10y ago
> It goes to show how much energy just deals with drag in the current system. All of the energy used during cruise flight (straight and level, accelerated) goes to drag.
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by aardvark291 10y ago
> I wish the money would go towards lobbying the government 501(c)3 charitable ("non-profit") organizations are not permitted to lobby the government. https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/lobbying
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by aardvark291 10y ago
"One person could overview all code." Not sure that's true. Imagine reviewing the code of the Apollo Guidance Computer, just to take an example from the 60's. The stack of paper containing the source code printout is m

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