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by grinich 13y ago
SpaceX is orbital. Armadillo is suborbital (at least Super Mod). It's like the difference between an ultralight and a 747. Both are impressive, but on completely different scales.
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by grinich 13y ago
ICBMs already do this, and we've been precisely deorbiting satellites for decades. Landing safely is the really tricky part. During the Corona spy satellite days, they used to catch the parachuting pods with a plane+hook. http:/&
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Changing Threats to Privacy — Moxie Marlinspike's talk at Blackhat 2010(youtube.com)
2 points by grinich 13y ago|0 comments
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by grinich 13y ago
On the cosmic scale, rooting for any sports team isn't much different... ;P
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by grinich 13y ago
Yeah, most effective genetic algorithms take a hybrid approach where they only do more dramatic mutations for some of the population, and then optimize the rest with a regular fitness function and small variations. The goal with these syste
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by grinich 13y ago
Actually, the thing genetic algorithms try to do is break out of this local maximum, mutating past a trait correlated with poor performance in hopes of finding a more fit solution.
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by grinich 13y ago
He also introduced Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which essentially makes ISPs and services not liable for content posted or transmitted. It seems obvious now, but was a watershed event in early Internet case law. http:&#x2
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by grinich 13y ago
it was a notable omission to date That's the reason I submitted this.
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Auth, Capture, and two-step payment flows(stripe.com)
40 points by grinich 13y ago|18 comments
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by grinich 13y ago
In these particular instances, though, information is much more valuable than money.
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by grinich 13y ago
I think it was worth that much just to put Minsky and Papert under the same roof.
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by grinich 13y ago
Yes, it's me. :) I'll come by sometime soon!
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by grinich 13y ago
Plus when you see the stars like that, you can't help but dream about them.
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by grinich 13y ago
Well, it's really because they had an independent and consistent source of income. That's a quality of monopolies, but you can get it other ways. For universities, it's an endowment. For governments, taxes. I don't reall
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by grinich 13y ago
I think many people often mistake innovation from invention. innovating: (v) Make changes in something established, esp. by introducing new methods, ideas, or products. inventing: (v) Create or design (something that has not existed befo
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by grinich 13y ago
Venture capital is literally all about taking big risks...
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Best Cafes with Wi-Fi in San Francisco (Google Map)(maps.google.com)
2 points by grinich 13y ago|0 comments
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by grinich 13y ago
Laying fiber to non-dense populations is usually prohibitively expensive.
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by grinich 13y ago
Non-tech people probably say the same thing about GitHub...
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by grinich 13y ago
Number of users. Diversity of product use. Lack of existing brand stigma.
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by grinich 13y ago
Why doesn't it make sense? Snapchat has become massively popular on mobile devices, and much moreso than even Facebook and Twitter in terms of engagement and growth. People had literally this exact same sentiment about Facebook in 20
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by grinich 13y ago
I wonder how much Amazon (and similar) will effect urban planning in the future. Delivery lets them undercut existing sotres that pay exorbitant rent for storefronts in urban areas. They did this with bookstores, then the general store, and
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by grinich 13y ago
You know, you're essentially standing when walking... Most of these trips are relatively short, somewhere around 5 to 20 minutes. Nobody is touring on a scooter. The Segway form factor is remarkably maneuverable and space efficient for one
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by grinich 13y ago
He just got the form factor wrong. Go to China and everyone rides electric scooterbikes for short trips (with payloads too). America is so car-dominated that it's hard for this to catch on. If our cities had 10x the population and fewer p
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by grinich 13y ago
Instapaper. Tumblr. and now The Magazine. Sounds like Marco is clearing house a bit. Out with the old, in with the new.
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by grinich 13y ago
Why is that interesting?
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by grinich 13y ago
There's a big difference going from a demoable app to production-ready software. So much so, that it's exceptionally rare for a single individual to do both. The worst managers don't see this, and mistake a well-made prototype for a finis
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by grinich 13y ago
I think under the hood a service is created via a factory, so no.
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by grinich 13y ago
You should really do this. The Angular docs are OK, but don't make any discussion about these larger questions. There some scattered posts on the mailing lit about different approaches, but that's it.
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Google[x] acquires flying wind turbine company Makani Power(theverge.com)
8 points by grinich 13y ago|0 comments

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