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by giantg2 1y ago
Nobel Prizes are not immune from controversy either. So they only work most of the time.
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by giantg2 1y ago
"Magna Carta in the 1200s against the right of kings" Seems like the pendulum has swung back now, doesn't it? Increasing authority/rights of the government instead of a king.
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by giantg2 1y ago
They do some adjustment for region and specific location. I'm not sure if it's enough.
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by giantg2 1y ago
Why do you need recognition for doing good and helping people? It should be enough that you do it and that it helps you support yourself (eg open source contribution that can also help you get a job). Ego shouldn't be that big of a foc
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by giantg2 1y ago
Yes, and propaganda to put the public on it's side would benefit NASA in it's budget battles.
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by giantg2 1y ago
I believe they grow field corn for animal feed as well as for ethanol. Technically some processed foods also use field corn. While there are a number of varieties of field corn, I don't believe any are exclusive to ethanol production a
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by giantg2 1y ago
I don't really want prestige or widespread recognition. Small scale recognition and the respect of my peers seems adequate - just enough that if I'm looking for a job that someone in my network can hook me up with a reasonably dec
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by giantg2 1y ago
That's not a great comparison due to the difference volume can make on your fixed costs. Even taking a work trim Silverado isn't great, but even from 2017 until now it's almost doubled ($27k to $44k). I'd assume it would
969.
by giantg2 1y ago
I don't think James Webb was launched in the past year. Even so, HN is a tiny percentage of the country and focused on STEM. I would expect the number of people with a James Webb wallpaper nationally to be under 2%.
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by giantg2 1y ago
The point is that most of what NASA does is not something that people are exposed to. Nobody cares about the dozens of small breakthroughs that happen in the years leading up to a mission. Just as nobody cares about engine tech advancements
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by giantg2 1y ago
I believe they already have the propellant transfer worked out. There was a paper a few years back looking into Musk's general plan. They already had some mechanism for refueling. If I remember correctly, the biggest questions were aro
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by giantg2 1y ago
Government employees have been getting COLAs. It just appears that the private sector has been giving larger increases and is subject to more competition. For example, as a developer you can job hop or negotiate raises in the private sector
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by giantg2 1y ago
"I saw they increased pay by 5%, authorized retention bonus, and are supposed to add about a 5% increase in the number of license workers." From the context. You can also read the articles back in the context, including things lik
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by giantg2 1y ago
Yes
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by giantg2 1y ago
Yes, and they can't even fill the positions they have under that cap. '“Whether the root cause is a lack of money, that’s still to be determined. Or whether it’s how we’re spending the money that’s already appropriated,” Boliek sa
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by giantg2 1y ago
"Some of the critical components don't exist yet and development can't be significantly accelerated." Such as?
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by giantg2 1y ago
Eh, the Moon landing was extremely agreessive and faced huge challenges yet was still achieved using technology and knowledge way behind what we have today. If we really wanted to put someone on Mars in the same aggressive manner as we had
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by giantg2 1y ago
"Are they 1% as inspiring as what the DoD does with their budget?" It would be closer to 2%, but we could measure it by engagement. Ask people what their last positive interaction was with NASA vs the military. The military does a
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by giantg2 1y ago
"As an example, they gutted NC DMV." When did that happen? I didn't see anything saying they were taking anything away. I saw they increased pay by 5%, authorized retention bonus, and are supposed to add about a 5% increase i
980.
by giantg2 1y ago
There are situations where mouthwashes are beneficial, such as with injuries... Just not the stuff you buy at the store. The best mouthwash for those situations is just warm salty water.
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by giantg2 1y ago
And get sun exposure since your body will synthesize it.
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by giantg2 1y ago
It is. The article is about how the beet juice affects the microbiome in a way that increases the conversion of nitrate to vasodialating nitric oxide.
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by giantg2 1y ago
"Back in school I was often told the lead pipes in Roman aqueducts likely played a key role in the fall of Roman. We know lead is a poison with negative long term effects on cognition." I highly doubt there was much effect from th
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by giantg2 1y ago
I don't think this will work. There are plenty of free tool apps already established. You'd need to find a unique one and heavily market it. Even that has a low chance of success. The most money I made on apps was the $250 settlem
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by giantg2 1y ago
You'd probably be better off using some sort of time adjusted metric and looking for the median. But even then, what would this information be useful for?
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by giantg2 1y ago
I don't think there was any proposal given. Seemed like they made a statement that some people shouldn't have kids if they can't be responsible. I don't think there's any ethical way to delineate and enforce that.
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by giantg2 1y ago
"Let’s start with the obvious one. If the compliance costs of safety regulation get too high, it will shut down iteration and innovation in the industry. These innovations include safety enhancements." An interesting point here is
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by giantg2 1y ago
"My main point is that in the army, how many instances has there been of someone using their sidearm in combat, ever?" Often enough that they carry the extra weight. If it wasn't useful, they wouldn't carry the weight. W
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by giantg2 1y ago
Most striker fired trigger pulls are long and heavy for service weapons. It's more like a DA pull vs a SA pull. The newer ones and civilian market are lighter and shorter though.
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by giantg2 1y ago
Over 90% of people hate DA/SA, and for good reason with the 2 different trigger pulls you have to train for. Cops have been carrying striker fired glocks for decades. Doesn't matter if it's striker fired or otherwise for th

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