capekwasright

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by capekwasright 4y ago
Ward Maps in Cambridge, MA?
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by capekwasright 4y ago
This is an Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC) advisory: https://www.fly.faa.gov/adv/adv_otherdis.jsp?advn=28&adv_dat...
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by capekwasright 4y ago
It's a little awkward, but it makes sense in the context of determining an energy budget or the daily operating cost on grid power.
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by capekwasright 4y ago
The original design was meant to use 3x turbojets, not turboprops.
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by capekwasright 4y ago
Which, as it turns out, was written by the same person as features in the OP, Randy Linden
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by capekwasright 4y ago
In an episode released a few years back, Omega Tau spoke with two individuals who had worked on the DEW Line back in the day: https://omegataupodcast.net/248-dew-sage-and-the-f-106-delta...
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by capekwasright 4y ago
To be fair, the Cessna 208 is a significantly larger aircraft than your run-of-the-mill Cessna 172 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_208_Caravan
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by capekwasright 5y ago
That's wild, thanks for sharing. I'd have to imagine it's served as some level of inspiration for Simon Stålenhag's work. Ex: http://www.simonstalenhag.se/bilderbig/by_procession_1920.jp...
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by capekwasright 5y ago
Tangentially related: Boston Dynamics' BigDog, which utilizes hydraulic actuators, would constantly leak hydraulic fluid while operating, be it through normal weepage or catastrophic leaks (e.g. burst hoses). Initially, they used petro
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by capekwasright 5y ago
R.U.R is a fantastic work that unfortunately has been perpetually shrouded in obscurity, despite its outsized popular influence. I highly recommend reading it.
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by capekwasright 5y ago
In terms of the NIF's broader goal, as opposed to the specific goals for their ICF work, the NIF is meant to keep nuclear physicists fresh on research relevant to nuclear weapons design in the aftermath of the end of the Cold War and C
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by capekwasright 5y ago
+1, I've smoked my KitchenAid multiple times making this recipe but the results are well worth it
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by capekwasright 5y ago
They actually did, as part of DARPA's Warrior Web program [1]. They ultimately spun off the program to Ekso Bionics as a consequence of the Google acquisition back in 2014 [2]. [1] https://www.army.mil/article/1253
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by capekwasright 5y ago
There was a comment thread on the John Carmack/JPEG post discussing the Internet Archive's use of JPEG 2000 to store archival images of scanned books, could be a tangent stemming from that?
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by capekwasright 5y ago
The section discussing (inter/intra)agency turf battles reminded me of a recent article discussing how the pandemic has led to some significant reevaluation of what the role and purpose of traditional "commuter rail" is withi
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by capekwasright 6y ago
Correct; optical, not SAR. Should have made that clear in my original post.
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by capekwasright 6y ago
This is likely the best recent example (from last year): https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29634/trump-tweets-int...
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by capekwasright 6y ago
A similar controversy exists in the Arab world about what to call the Persian Gulf, where the names "Arabian Gulf" or simply "The Gulf" are preferred. [1] Amusingly (but perhaps not surprisingly), British imperialism bri
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by capekwasright 6y ago
Boston Dynamics tackled this problem with the SandFlea robot ca. 2010, albeit in a single axis while exploiting the intermediate axis theorem. You can see it in action @ 0:17 in their sole released video[1], where the robot snaps flat durin
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by capekwasright 6y ago
Many don't realize that for the first ~decade of its existence, BD was not the robotics/hardware business, but rather developed and sold human simulation software. Their main product, DI-Guy[1], was a modest success, and eventuall
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by capekwasright 6y ago
Shoutout to https://www.hfqpdb.com/ for collecting the myriad coupons Harbor Freight sends out in one centralized, easy to use database.
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by capekwasright 6y ago
The converse of Maslow's hammer is such a common scenario that Wera actually sells a ratchet designed to be used as a hammer (think mechanic working under a car): https://www-us.wera.de/en/great-tools/koloss&#
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Ask HN: How should I spend my $1000 check to help my community?
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by capekwasright 7y ago
The short answer is that higher speeds come at a steep price. The relationship between velocity and the power required to overcome drag at that velocity is cubic, so that large business jet requires on the order of 50x more power to fly at