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by elil17 4y ago
That demonstrates that copyright laws are already stifling innovation.
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by elil17 4y ago
What I've heard is that the sanctions against North Korea a (now pointless) attempt at nuclear non-proliferation (and of course because they have a communist government) - do you think that's the case or is there another reason?
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by elil17 4y ago
No, the US is not imposing secondary sanctions on Cuba (that's where we force every other country to sanction someone we want to sanction). We do impose such sanctions on other countries such as Iran.
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by elil17 4y ago
I agree. Texts cost less than a cent on Amazon. It looks like you're providing your platform (e.g. the UI, the scheduling software) for free and then marking up the text messages. If I was paying any amount of money for this service I&
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by elil17 4y ago
Yes, it is true that their operational efficiency of OPEX/revenue is excellent. But you can measure operational efficiency for a lot of different variables. Their headcount/unit is awful. Their OPEX/unit is not great either,
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by elil17 4y ago
Any plans to bring this to Excel? I would love to recommend this to folks at my company but we aren't allowed to use G-Suite.
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by elil17 4y ago
There was an armistice. The wars I listed are one's where the US is currently dedicating resources (e.g. drones) to an armed conflict.
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by elil17 4y ago
Tesla does not make almost every part. I have talked to multiple Tesla part suppliers and can assure you that Tesla purchases both individual parts and entire subsystems the same way every other automaker does. Tesla has inhoused a couple o
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by elil17 4y ago
I'm not saying Tesla isn't doing any good work. I'm just saying that it's untrue to say that they're somehow unequivocally better at manufacturing then other car companies. They simply are not - they're improvi
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by elil17 4y ago
Ah, I mixed up quarterly and yearly vehicles numbers. So Tesla is only about half as efficient in terms of people/vehicle/year as Honda.
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by elil17 4y ago
They're better at making profit, that doesn't make them more efficient at building cars. Tesla sells a product which is differentiated based on software and brand, leading to huge margins. Tesla also uses more labor to make it&#x2
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by elil17 4y ago
As for planes, it's not about the weight of the bottle vs. the weight of the passenger, it's about the energy required to move the bottle vs. the environmental impact of how the bottle was made. Small amounts of weight multiplied
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by elil17 4y ago
Tesla is not more efficient than other carmakers. Tesla has 110,000 employees and makes 366,000 cars/year. Honda has 220,000 employees and makes 5.3 million cars per year. That's 3.3 cars/employee vs. 24.1 cars/employee.
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by elil17 4y ago
We are currently fighting five wars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_the_Maghreb_(200... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom_%E2... https://en.wikipedia
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by elil17 4y ago
A function like that would be hard for most people to understand/calculate, and you can approximate it pretty well with a couple extra tax brackets.
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by elil17 4y ago
A 1 lb saving saves $2,600 in fuel costs over the life of the craft. However, an airline's break even point is a portion of that (perhaps $1,000) because the fuel costs are spread out over the life of the craft and there is an opportun
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by elil17 4y ago
The challenge is with design, certification, and manufacturing (forming and joining), not with affording the material. Plus, high strength steels can bear more stress than titanium, although they weigh more. This may be needed for certain s
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by elil17 4y ago
Well that's the break even price. They want to have most 1lb improvements cost them less than a million dollars.
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by elil17 4y ago
It sounds like you're saying that a bigger space station would enable more experimentation quantity and quality. I would still say that the benefits need to justify the costs. We've gotten better at being frugal/scrappy with
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by elil17 4y ago
If you're up for learning a bit more about ADHD and associated meds, I would recommend these two podcast episodes: https://www.alieward.com/ologies/adhd They cover what it is that ADHD meds actually do and why cer
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by elil17 4y ago
We need a reason to do it first.
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by elil17 4y ago
The planes are so expensive because they're specialized planes meant to be in the air nearly 24 hours a day - this justifies spending a huge amount of money on improving their fuel efficiency. A friend who works in large commercial air
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by elil17 4y ago
Boeing lists aircraft prices for commercial planes: https://www.boeing.com/company/about-bca/#/prices (Although they note that the actual price may vary by configuration, so I guess it's not as "pur
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by elil17 4y ago
I am! I do love my job. I’d say seeking out a job that lets you go to conferences is absolutely worth it - they are invigorating and keep me engaged in my career. Alternatively, many employers are surprisingly open to paying for conferences
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by elil17 4y ago
I’ll have to take a look at Matrix. As a professional I do end up going to academic conferences (work pays) and they are absolutely the best time. Academics typically love having someone from industry show an interest in their work. I’ve fo
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by elil17 4y ago
I love hackadau but did not know they accepted submissions! Excellent!
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by elil17 4y ago
Thanks! I’m not a Twitter user so I didn’t even think that was a thing I could do. Guess I’m making a Twitter account despite recent events.
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Ask HN: Hacker News for Non-Software Engineers
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by elil17 4y ago
This has always seemed like a weird conspiracy theory to me. (Not saying that conspiracy theories can't ever be true - just that this one seems to contradict the evidence). It's unclear that Getty even has a financial interest in
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by elil17 4y ago
The article is saying that PayPal could "presumably" charge your linked bank account. If you read their actual user agreement it's clear that this is not the case - which makes sense, because that would open them up to a worl

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