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by alehul 9y ago
Exactly. I'm saying that NASA's budget is an outdated metric to determine the American government's support of the space industry. I'm not proposing anything else.
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by alehul 9y ago
The other comment was correct that most of the pooled money will go to Bieber, however I feel there's a better way to frame it. Economically speaking, you can imagine if Spotify had 100 users paying 10 GBP each; 99 listened exclusively
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by alehul 9y ago
Sorry I wasn't more clear. This article is about government support of the space industry, and the parent comment stated "I'll believe it when NASA's budget is raised." My point is that the government can support th
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by alehul 9y ago
I meant that the government funding trickles down to SpaceX and OrbitalATK through NASA's contract.
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by alehul 9y ago
That's a good point, and you're right that NASA's budget will trickle down as support to privatized space companies. As progress in the industry moves forward, though, I expect we may find other forms of government support, s
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by alehul 9y ago
I'm merely pointing out that the government's support of the space industry shouldn't be characterized by NASA's budget. There are a lot of ways for the government to support an industry otherwise; an example being many
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by alehul 9y ago
I wouldn't characterize America's space industry by NASA's budget anymore. What about support of the privatized space industry, instead? It seems to be progressing faster than NASA did.
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by alehul 9y ago
So where do you suggest we draw the line between what state-sponsored news is allowed vs forbidden to do? Should we only forbid them from buying advertising? Why not forbid their reporting of news altogether? Also, I don't think people
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by alehul 9y ago
It was apparently $100k spent by RT to promote news stories. Why is it so unusual for a news company to spend money promoting news stories on social media sites? This is nothing out of the ordinary (including if a government did try small a
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Ask HN: What language should I learn first? Any specific resources?
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by alehul 9y ago
I think his intention in stating that was only trying to focus on the objective, informational debate at hand, and not devolve into complaints about him being a 'white supremacist', which people often use in debate to prematurely
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by alehul 9y ago
To be fair, Elon Musk has done a lot while 'manning the desk' for Tesla (he wasn't involved until after he led their Series A round). It's tough to distinguish who 'created' a company in situations like those —
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by alehul 9y ago
I agree Russia is the most likely perpetrator, but it's all circumstantial from the evidence I've seen, and there's clearly a large sociopolitical impact from this hack.. hence it's substantial enough to be framed for so
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by alehul 9y ago
Regarding the trustworthiness of 'three letter agencies', two of them (DoD, JCS) approved plans for another (CIA) to commit terrorism against American civilians in order to justify a war against Cuba [1]. They could ultimately hav
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by alehul 9y ago
National park infrastructure to access the nature requires funding, and thus the selling of access is inherent, so indirectly, yes. I see your perspective that it's different as the lumber companies are telling the government "Hey
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by alehul 9y ago
Everyone, this is HN. Please comment rather than downvote. I don't believe that OP is advocating for resource extraction over preservation. Regardless, however, the goal should be to upvote any polite and well-explained opinion, while
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by alehul 9y ago
The access to nature is sold, including at national parks [1], just as access to the resources is sold. In both cases, there's a market need being fulfilled; that's even more defendable for the resource extraction, as they're
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by alehul 9y ago
I think it's quite plausible and very interesting to debate. With that said, there is clearly interest at a political level, as stated by the author of this article. There's tons of research in the world which has been funded by p
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by alehul 9y ago
The SSN was never intended as a national ID. It was originally created alongside the Social Security Administration, to track what individuals put in and what they take out. People only received one upon becoming employed. Over time, the IR
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by alehul 9y ago
> "Airlines are allowed to oversell flights. When they do, they typically offer travel vouchers to encourage some people to give up their seats. They can also bump passengers - force them off the flight - but there are rules and nec
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by alehul 9y ago
Note: I disagree with the previous poster's 'guilt by association' ideology for reasons you posted. To be fair, I bet that Reddit would have an easier time than toll roads in identifying those criminals and banning them. With
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by alehul 9y ago
> The agency says it is reviewing spending on all projects that cost more than $100,000. Title of this article is somewhat misleading; it's actually even more serious, apparently.
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by alehul 9y ago
I'm definitely pro-capitalism personally, but I think a collection of books that offer a convincing argument towards another perspective would be well received in the HN community. You should consider posting some.
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by alehul 9y ago
I'd greatly appreciate an email as well. Email address is in my profile. Thanks!
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by alehul 9y ago
They'd be able to move their capital outside the country while still residing inside it, and enjoying the other U.S. benefits. Assuming those with the ability to move their wealth overseas would do so, the people most affected by subst
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by alehul 10y ago
How so? Technically & legally they can find out that the IP address belongs to you / your computer, and will investigate (not that it necessarily means guilt). I highly doubt that an individual who commits a serious crime over the
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by alehul 10y ago
A wifi network would likely involve a physical location with security cameras or some trace/hint on the network, although you make valid points there regarding how that could be inaccurate or useless. The individual hiding their own id
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by alehul 10y ago
I agree that it fails in some countries, yes, but to say it fails in a global context... The same argument could be made for the opposing viewpoint; police are more often legitimate than illegitimate, and on telephone company execs: if they
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by alehul 10y ago
That's a good point. Wifi seems different in that it's somewhat traceable when necessary, and the person or institution would likely help with that in cases of serious issues, unlike willingly putting your personal identity at the
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by alehul 10y ago
edit: please comment as opposed to downvote -- HN's value is civilized debate and information. I value privacy and support VPN use, but for some reason this seems different to me. Maybe something to do with a VPN being a company using

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