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by erobbins 8y ago
But... you don't. The turbines in any kind of staged or full flow system run at a pressure higher than the chamber is at... I don't remember the numbers offhand but I want to say the SSME's preburners were at 8000ish psi, wit
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by erobbins 8y ago
I'm not clear what the efficiency gains are here at all over a SSME style staged combustion cycle. In both designs all propellants go through the chamber. Comparing to a gas generator cycle there are gains, sure. It seems like the majo
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by erobbins 8y ago
sure, but if it was anonymized/encrypted/some kind of "only the owner can see this" they couldn't do anything with it.
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by erobbins 8y ago
Seriously? Tesla interiors have a high tech feel, but they are pretty spartan and lack luxury I expect in a $100k car. You can get into a 3 series BMW and it's got a higher quality interior than any Tesla.
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by erobbins 8y ago
Facebook's development process for iOS (and android) is dependent on having most/all employees dogfood beta releases and report bugs that can be ignored. This breaks that pretty badly, and now users in the wild will have to report
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by erobbins 8y ago
I hate that quote. They wouldn't have wanted faster horses, they'd have wanted something faster (or lower maintenance, or cheaper) than a horse.
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by erobbins 8y ago
I've almost been hit by so many idiots who don't turn their heads and just trust their stupid mirrors, I want to have 5 minutes alone in a locked room with whoever wrote this article.
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by erobbins 8y ago
I'm so glad I left that place. I always had concerns but I had no idea the greed and abuse of users was so entrenched. Working in infra you don't find out about this kind of stuff.
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by erobbins 8y ago
Boz's 'the ugly' that got leaked is probably the best well known documentation of this cult. My whole time there it creeped me out.
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by erobbins 8y ago
This sounds like me, except the debt and relationship problems. I'm 90% sure I have add, but I'm afraid treatment would turn me into a zombie. It would be really nice to be able to work on crap at work I can't stand doing, bu
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by erobbins 8y ago
I wasn't a "follow your heart" kid, but school came super easy to me and I never learned how to force myself to do things I don't want to do. It's a constant struggle.
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by erobbins 8y ago
When I was there android use was encouraged because there are a lot more android users in the world so for dogfooding it makes sense. 90% of the company used iPhones anyway.
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by erobbins 8y ago
My people. I can't stand drinking plain water. I need some kind of taste. I end up drinking a LOT of iced tea, and G2 gatorade when I'm exercising.
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by erobbins 8y ago
If there's one thing I've learned in my 45 years of life, it's that being a horrible scumbag makes it a lot easier to get rich.
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by erobbins 8y ago
Look at the bright side.. accurate nuclear weapon simulations led to the end of live weapons testing.
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by erobbins 8y ago
This is a good point... but I'd be ok with feeling less rewarded but living a life of leisure :)
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by erobbins 8y ago
I'm the same way. I took a year off once, and it was awesome. I regret not being a lucky trust fund kid.
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by erobbins 8y ago
It's super clacky, there's no key travel, and it's hard to blindly feel the edges of the keys. There's also no escape key.
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by erobbins 8y ago
Motivation. I'd like to retire ASAP, but I'm already old (45) and I've just let so many opportunities slip by because I can't get off my ass.
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by erobbins 8y ago
He is! I've seen him present a couple of times and he's great. Funny as hell, super engaging, and makes good salient points.
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by erobbins 8y ago
It's true.. when was the last time the US fought "proper" army regulars? Iraq in 2003/2004? Most war these days is asymmetrical.
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by erobbins 8y ago
Mid market has come a long way from 10 years ago when it was a coin flip whether or not you'd be a crime victim going there.
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by erobbins 8y ago
Hope you can get away with taking 3 hours for lunch
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by erobbins 8y ago
We pushed back all the time! It was nearly useless though, as our objections would either be dismissed with platitudes by the execs or ignored by the team actually working on the feature (and therefore caring more about their PSC review tha
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by erobbins 8y ago
That's sort of true. I'm not giving up my car until government goons with guns show up to forcibly take it.
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by erobbins 8y ago
Not really. We have a little bit of data on how mostly automated cars handle driving on controlled access roads in good conditions, and tons of data on what humans end up doing on all types of roads in all types of conditions.
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by erobbins 8y ago
> It is clear to any of us here on HN that autonomous cars will result in fewer deaths, I have no doubts about that whatsoever, humans are statistically terrible drivers. It's anything but clear
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by erobbins 8y ago
Me too, and the astronauts make that choice themselves knowing their butts are on the line... we don't have some "move fast" CEO grab random people off the street and shove them into poorly built and untested rockets.
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by erobbins 8y ago
Your "think of the children" argument is pretty weak, really. Humans are pretty good drivers, and if we had more strict licensing requirements/testing and actual severe penalties for DUI we'd probably cut the death rate
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by erobbins 8y ago
The previous crash was a drunk driver, at night. Tesla has hit a milestone, they are almost as good as impaired drivers!

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