compton_effect

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by compton_effect 8y ago
I have wasted more time than I care to admit watching that guy eat all the different MRE's. I think the Canadian MRE's definitely looked like they tasted the best.
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by compton_effect 8y ago
Well that is just a vast misrepresentation and distortion of the facts. The idea of landing boosters came about from spacex wanting to pursue reusable orbital vehicles from the beginning. Now spacex never wanted to acquire Russian engines.
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by compton_effect 8y ago
The issue with the leaf is the battery is not thermally managed at all. So you get a lot of battery degradation over years. After 5 years of ownership you can see a huge decrease in capacity compared to a climate controlled battery.
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by compton_effect 8y ago
Also airlines are moving from the hub and spoke model to the point to point model. So the need for 747's and especially A380's for passenger service has gone way down. Plus both those planes just aren't as efficient as twinje
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by compton_effect 8y ago
I would so most states are setup where if you transfer from a CC to a public state school, you basically have everything transfer and can finish all your schooling in 4 years. I'm from Maryland, and our CC system, at least for my count
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by compton_effect 9y ago
To add on, even pcie 3.0 x4 has plenty of bandwidth for a gtx 1080. https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_1080_... This is the same reason why nvidia didn't bother with HBM for the 10 series.
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by compton_effect 9y ago
Try waiting a minute. I have a decent Internet connection and page eventually loaded after a minute.
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by compton_effect 9y ago
Yup. I think what Keller's main talents are in putting together and leading a great team.
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by compton_effect 9y ago
Well Intel isn't screwed at all. Shareholders are just gonna be angry when Intel is forced to lower margins and they see a drop in profit. Also, while Intel maybe winning the mobile (really only laptop) market now, ARM is slowly catchi
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by compton_effect 9y ago
Not really. In the 60s we basically verified that certain rocket and engine designs work and that we could go beyond earth orbit. Creating a reliable, long lasting and reusable space rocket/vehicle is, in my opinion, orders of magnitud
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by compton_effect 9y ago
plus if you I guess do want to pirate, sonarr and radarr are freaking amazing to have a long with a plex server.
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by compton_effect 9y ago
cool idea but I'm gonna assume its a lot more expensive to send up an X-37 and have it crash back down then it is too just send a few nukes at your target.
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by compton_effect 9y ago
I mean it is a bit nihilist but again just calling something nihilist doesn't invalidate it. I agree The way he[Carl Sagan] weighs it is the way that I think people should view this idea. Instead of taking it to believe nothing matters
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by compton_effect 9y ago
This is a really good summary of part of the point Harari was making in Homo Deus. Awesome book, Harari does a great job of explaining complex ideas for a wide audience.
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by compton_effect 10y ago
Well...for the time being. When the R5 and R3 get released in Q2, we will have 6 and 4 core versions with higher clock speeds so that might help a bit. Plus based on the pricing, I'm gonna bet a 4 core ryzen will be a bit cheaper than