inamberclad

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by inamberclad 3y ago
While it's vital that we remain aware of any attempt to manipulate our perceptions of reality (via social media, advertising, the press, government outreach), this report reads like a takedown piece.
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by inamberclad 3y ago
I think there's a sense that our personal experiences are being hijacked by algorithms. This has been going on for at least a decade or two but they've been getting more and more devious and extractive as the Internet, and our att
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by inamberclad 3y ago
Why would you use an aerospace for this when conventional turbojets use an articulating nozzle? In fact, they'd be better off trying to develop and sell an articulating nozzle for a conventional rocket than a whole engine such as this
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by inamberclad 3y ago
I asked this of the Stratolaunch people several years ago. They said there's an advantage to simply lifting the vehicle that high, it's already starting with more potential energy than it would at sea level. However, it hasn'
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by inamberclad 3y ago
I programmed the flight software interface to those laser rangefinders. While they are beasts, they were very touchy in testing. I've sinced moved on to other jobs, but I was still quite nervous that they would fail on descent. I was t
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by inamberclad 3y ago
Seconded. People burned alive until we learned. Surely there is a middle ground that will let us speed up while staying fairly safe, but it's important to remember that outside of software, many rules are written in blood.
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by inamberclad 3y ago
One of my favorite series from back in the day!
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by inamberclad 3y ago
I'd love to see an algorithm try and segment this: https://dresdencodak.com/2009/07/12/fabulous-prizes/
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by inamberclad 3y ago
Check out NASA cFS
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Intuitive Machines-1 Launch to the Moon [video](youtube.com)
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by inamberclad 3y ago
Nah. I lived in Houston for several years and I missed everything in California. Austin might be better, but it is the exception to Texas and not the rule.
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by inamberclad 3y ago
I've decided to stop patronizing Trader Joe's after they argued that the NLRB is unconstitutional.
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by inamberclad 3y ago
Compared to a lot of startups, it's not sarcasm
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by inamberclad 3y ago
The thing that struck me about Google is that it's a really well running machine. The documentation is all there, the build system is easy, and just about every issue is fixed with a single form submitted or email sent. You quickly dev
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by inamberclad 3y ago
When I was part of a mass layoffs, it was an incredible feeling of camaraderie because I was there in person with my coworkers.
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by inamberclad 3y ago
It's linked to a whole lot of deaths, it seems. How on earth can a company betray trust like this and continue to function? There needs to be a corporate equivalent of a life sentence, or a permanent ban from a certain industry for lea
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by inamberclad 3y ago
And the statistical requirements for failure causing injury or fatality to the passengers are on the order of 1 in 10 million to 1 in 1 billion. Forgetting to turn off a small switch within five minutes of exiting icing conditions will almo
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by inamberclad 3y ago
I assume that, despite their lack of design pedigree, JPL still thoroughly tested all these components and discarded many that didn't make the cut.
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by inamberclad 3y ago
I'd wager yes since Mars has less extreme thermal cycles than the moon
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by inamberclad 3y ago
It sounds like this isn't the cost of service, but the residual cost of buying defaulted debts. The hospitals and insurers have already written off the service as a loss and are trying to recoup anything they can by selling the debts f
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by inamberclad 3y ago
In my opinion, the fact that this airplane isn't legally an airplane yet, just a collection of parts, is part of the problem. Boeing and Spirit should be criminally liable for mismanaged production, or at the very least have their prod
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by inamberclad 3y ago
I think one of the comments on your article put it best, but I'll try and reiterate it here. Things are almost always the way they are (civil rights, policy, etc) because someone benefits from the current situation. Even if your campai
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by inamberclad 3y ago
They're USB cameras. I don't know the vendor, but I worked with 4 cameras wired back to a small Linux computer.
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by inamberclad 3y ago
Fun fact - the cameras that captures Perseverance's landing are also Linux based and vim is installed - at least on the later model that I worked with.
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by inamberclad 3y ago
After trying to pack my status and health report uplink from my application into a quarter of a bit per second, I'm pretty excited about improving the bandwidth from space systems.
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by inamberclad 3y ago
It's the first step on the path. Each incremental step is easy, and feels harmless. At first your drone only scouts. Then it gets used for actionable reconnaissance so a live feed is added. Then it's used for targeting so a laser
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by inamberclad 3y ago
These things should never happen. They only do happen in a horrendously corrupt system.
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by inamberclad 3y ago
Wonder how that will work out for Southwest after this.
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by inamberclad 3y ago
As someone who's about to buy a new car, I thought about this. I can bike to work. I can walk to the grocery store. I did this all through college. Then I thought, "what happens when I move?" How do I buy furniture on Craigsl
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by inamberclad 3y ago
Would be very interesting so see how it compares against RTEMS.

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