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by aeternus 8y ago
It's easy for us to past judgement in hindsight, but what is an acceptable failure rate? For Apollo, I believe it was around 7-8%. There's always going to be some risk, what you don't see is all the times those administrato
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by aeternus 8y ago
There have got to be other solutions for radio astronomy. Let's look at options like putting telescope relays at lagrange points, or in orbit of other planets where there is no spectrum interference. The black hole pic was cool, but y
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by aeternus 8y ago
I'd be interested to know which studies? While I agree that Amazon should pay their fair share, I find it hard to believe that there is a general loss of efficiency when privatized. Companies have strong incentives to reduce costs, whe
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by aeternus 8y ago
Sure, we should be encouraging reinvestment but how do you resolve the unfairness of companies that choose to reinvest themselves vs. pay out a dividend and allow investors to re-invest? Amazon benefits from many government-funded programs:
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by aeternus 8y ago
Why does it matter if the top is expensive? There can be 60+ floors all at different price points as well as a commercial space on the ground floor.
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by aeternus 8y ago
>if you can build lots of housing on the same surface area, the land would appreciate Optimally, however due to our property tax system, owners are taxed on any improvements which increases investment risk and provides a strong disincent
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by aeternus 8y ago
For homeowners and landlords in SF, voting for more housing is counter to their rational self-interest. It drives down their home prices in many ways: simple supply + demand, obstructed views, increased traffic, school overcrowding. Until
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by aeternus 8y ago
Exactly, there are so many articles showing how costly context switches are, especially for software developers. By saying hi in a separate message you are forcing the recipient to perform a completely avoidable context switch while also p
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by aeternus 8y ago
Although 'hacker' is often used as a positive term on HN, breaking into a company's production server is clearly illegal activity and should not be condoned. If Github deleted the account, they are simply acting in accordanc
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by aeternus 8y ago
The per-unit energy is the biggest issue. It's true that fire is a problem for batteries, but that is manageable with very small sensors and casings. There are many more systems required to deal with the many failure modes of internal
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by aeternus 8y ago
You also need to make sure you're doing the right "deep work". Sometimes, the problem was already solved by someone else, and there Slack can mean the difference between discovering that in a few minutes vs. a few days.
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by aeternus 8y ago
He's been pretty upfront about his date prediction abilities: https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-blames-missed-mode...
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by aeternus 8y ago
The FAA is currently considering relaxing this requirement.
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by aeternus 8y ago
My guess is that the driver had been yelled at by a biker in the past. I've seen bikers chew out drivers, or yell profanities many times in SF. They sometimes/usually have a good reason to do so, but that kind of behavior just b
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by aeternus 8y ago
A better solution would be to take the total amount spent on that senior citizen property tax discount and instead give it to all seniors in the form of a general tax credit. You don't need a strange form of property tax to help out s
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by aeternus 8y ago
Pinterest is more like a hoarder that buys multiple properties along your city's main street so that tour guides have no choice but to drive by. And adding -pinterest is like requiring everyone to pull down their window shade each time
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by aeternus 8y ago
The example is far from what most would consider paycheck to paycheck. It includes significant retirement savings (maxed 401k, full life insurance, contributions to college fund).. in addition to owning a home. Not to mention the significa
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by aeternus 8y ago
I would also be careful about saying it 'works' for the renters. I know multiple people that are subleasing rent-controlled apartments in SF. The actual renter lives well outside of SF, and sublets the apartment at slightly below
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by aeternus 8y ago
>If the rent is too high why not just give people money and let them spend it on rent? This doesn't work because the money will go straight to landlords. Rent prices simply increase across the board. There's even an argument t
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by aeternus 8y ago
Use a land value tax, and update it frequently. If rents are going up in an area, then the land value is increasing and taxes should go up accordingly. This also removes the disincentives around making property improvements. It makes litt
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by aeternus 8y ago
I've been able to get quality suggestions without disabling search and watch history. Youtube is just using ML algorithms so it's only going to be as good as the data you give it. Actively downvote and choose "Not Interested
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by aeternus 8y ago
That's not necessarily true. Amazon may provide cheaper distribution/shipping thereby reducing the end-user price even though the supplier is paid the same. Amazon is also increasing the overall reach of each supplier thereby inc
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by aeternus 8y ago
The economy is not a zero-sum game. If you look at the amount of value created by Amazon, it vastly surpasses that 30 billion. Amazon has driven down the price of goods substantially and made a huge variety of products available worldwide.
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by aeternus 8y ago
> From 05:40:42 to 05:43:11 (about two and a half minutes), the stabilizer position gradually moved in the AND direction from 2.3 units to 2.1 units. During this time, aft force was applied to the control columns which remained aft of ne
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by aeternus 8y ago
Icing is a possible culprit. Most likely covering the static port which will cause incorrect pressure altitude and airspeed. >the First-Officer mentioned Master Caution Anti-Ice.
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by aeternus 8y ago
I'd really like to see an analysis of the total number of passenger-minutes that are spent waiting in TSA lines. Divide that by the avg human lifespan and compare it to the number of people killed or injured by a terrorist attack. Whe
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by aeternus 8y ago
It is an interesting question. For the FAA, there is at least data that the number of fatal accidents has decreased, but it's hard to say for sure if that is due to the FAA. http://planecrashinfo.com/cause.htm
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by aeternus 8y ago
Diversification does not guarantee returns here. The majority of companies in their portfolio are likely to be worthless. A $400 million venture fund is often lucky to own 20% of a 'unicorn' $1 billion company, and they would ne
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by aeternus 8y ago
So you're saying the Lyft investors took a significant, almost irrational risk, but should not be rewarded for that?
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by aeternus 8y ago
True, however many people are likely expecting this to happen and there are now many more methods to perform arbitrage on Bitcoin That could soften this, it is more likely to be priced-in well before the actual event.

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