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by csbowe 2y ago
> “The main issue is fuel economy,” says aeronautics and astronautics professor Mark Drela. “Going faster eats more fuel per passenger-mile. Pretty simple - we care more about air travel being cheaper and safer than we care about it bein
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What everyone is whispering about (seed-strapping)(tweenertimes.com)
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by csbowe 7y ago
The "From the Earth to the Moon" series is by far my favorite series/movie/documentary about the moon missions.
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by csbowe 8y ago
> There will be a physical titanium card, too, but there’s no credit card number, CVV, expiration date, or signature. All of that authorization information is stored directly in the Apple Wallet app. Does this mean that the card doesn&#x
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by csbowe 8y ago
This article feels out of touch, as if it was written 7 years ago. I even looked for a published date to verify, but to my surprise, it was published this month! Instagram and snapchat have already dethroned Twiter for the de-facto social
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by csbowe 9y ago
There's a cost (both time and money) associated with spreading knowledge through USPS or similar physical mediums. The cost of spreading ideas is virtually free on social media so there isn't much of a barrier to prevent the idea
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by csbowe 9y ago
It's more an argument of whether the flights are considered commercial or private. If the flights in question are judged to be private, they may not have skirted any safety regulations at all. For example, on a private flight (and on
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by csbowe 9y ago
Agreed. Lazy is lacking the desire to achieve what one considers worth achieving. If tasks like cleaning and laundry are accomplishments worth less within one's mental value system than, say, the feeling of spending time enjoying an
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by csbowe 10y ago
It's base64 encoded and put into the header, according to the article.
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by csbowe 11y ago
The section on how cars are designed is entertainingly out-dated.
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by csbowe 11y ago
How is that? The way I see it, liberals consider both GMOs and global warming large problems that must be dealt with or fixed. Conservatives tend to not agree with the assessment that either is really a legitimate problem.
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by csbowe 12y ago
Maybe they unknowingly upgraded to Intel's latest SSDs in their storage array. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8626928
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by csbowe 12y ago
The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred. Their error pages are less graceful than mine.
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by csbowe 12y ago
Unfortunately, established players often means full of legislation protecting those players. There are plenty of ideas in the travel space - but they require the ambition to challenge governments and lobbying. Uber, Lyft, and AirBnB are a
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by csbowe 13y ago
For me, a lot of underestimation is about motivation. I work best with looming deadlines. I feel like I will be motivated to work harder with a deadline that's less realistic, even if that' not always true.
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by csbowe 13y ago
There is really no way of knowing how much those options are worth without knowing the size of the pool and valuation of the company, anyhow. I treat these as monopoly money unless I actually know what percent of the company I'm being give