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by jccooper 3y ago
I've never heard about it, and will probably forget in three months. So will a million other people.
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by jccooper 3y ago
This is mostly based on the assumption of a 2% growth rate in overall energy consumption, with tidal power as an ever-growing 1% of that. The effect of covering 1% of our current energy usage would be minimal. And, likely, the ability to ex
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by jccooper 3y ago
A Bifen spray every month or so will work pretty well. I don't love it conceptually, because it's not super mosquito-specific, but it works.
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by jccooper 3y ago
The seaweed is removed anyway; resorts and beach authorities remove it because it makes for an unpleasant beach.
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by jccooper 3y ago
It's code in SF to send stormwater to the regular sewer.
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by jccooper 3y ago
Many older areas have no separate storm sewer system; rain goes into the regular sewers and significant rain will overload the treatment systems and lead to "bypass". Lots of these in the NE.
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by jccooper 3y ago
Dialect can include pronunciation, vocabulary, word choice, grammar, semantics, and other ways of speaking where accent refers only to ways of pronunciation. Academics almost always go with "dialect" for "different ways of sp
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by jccooper 3y ago
More than just painting. It's no coincidence that characters in Lord of the Rings are styled like Peter Jackson.
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by jccooper 3y ago
It's not, but SpaceX is very aggressive on cost control (it probably costs them less than $3M ea bird right now, which is amazing for space stuff, and the cost/capacity is only going to get better) and more importantly there'
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by jccooper 3y ago
All sorts of services seem to think that mandatory accounts drive "engagement". No doubt it works on certain metrics. Long term... we'll see. I know I still don't have a Pinterest account.
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by jccooper 3y ago
Starlink brightness concerns are mostly for around dawn and dusk. During the night, since they're pretty low, they're mostly in complete shadow. However, the darkness design is for operational altitude and attitude; during orbit r
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by jccooper 3y ago
...and the timeline. Apollo could've maybe adjusted with a 12-18mo warning/phase-in. The 30-day no-compromise plan that happened instead makes it impossible to do anything but shut down.
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by jccooper 3y ago
What I did was email business@raspberrypi.com, as suggested at https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/production-and-supply-chain...
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by jccooper 3y ago
Here's a bit closer look at the mechanics: https://www.plasseramerican.com/en/machines-systems/ballast-...
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by jccooper 3y ago
Mazda dealer down the street will sell you a mid-range Mazda 3 for $25k. And those are quite good cars. A Kia Soul can easily be had for $22k, or a Rio for $20k or less. They're not quite as nice, but they'll work.
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by jccooper 3y ago
> Btw, there's no retrofitting of existing buildings. Most of the laws only apply to new buildings and existing buildings get better as they're renovated. So buildings in NYC comply to the safety standard of whenever they were
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by jccooper 3y ago
It's only kinda modular. The core modules would be rather difficult to separate, and replacing them would probably cost as much or more than a new station. And many of them are Russian, which is a problem for a whole host of reasons.
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by jccooper 3y ago
I feel like the increase in suburbanization due to self-driving cars is probably pretty small over person-driven cars. Given the low building density that human-driven cars create (read: parking lots) there's some hope that a large cha
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by jccooper 3y ago
NFPA requirements for road tunnels is an emergency exit every 1000ft/300m. Cross-passages to another tunnel are acceptable, including a parallel travel tunnel if there's automatic traffic control. They may also be stairs or ramps.
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by jccooper 3y ago
Here's a video of the flight, where you can see the charges activate and venting start at about 15:12, the linked time: https://youtu.be/NCYSVmSPM7E?t=663 You can decide how long that is before and after, though I&#x27
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by jccooper 3y ago
The "rocket shell" is the "fuel tank". They blew a big hole in the side of thing, which usually is sufficient to destroy any rocket in seconds. Turns out this one it took a while for the damage to cause complete failure.
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by jccooper 3y ago
It "responded" immediately to the "command" (an onboard automatic trigger) and the explosive charges ruptured the tanks instantly. However, the explosive charges which ruptured the tanks didn't cause the vehicle to
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by jccooper 3y ago
They have a certain number of near-polar orbit satellites. There's not yet the same level of coverage as inside 57 degrees, but they do have ground stations and offer coverage, though it seems to be of the "just barely" sort.
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by jccooper 3y ago
https://www.religionenlibertad.com/blog/57334/angelus-jeanfr... It's kinda there, if you look closely. Quite noisy, though.
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by jccooper 3y ago
Ventilation and/or lighting.
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by jccooper 4y ago
Pre Check skips shoes and most of the other nonsense.
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by jccooper 4y ago
I don't think it ever appears on the nameplate or badges, but it's in common use as a synonym, even by the company.
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by jccooper 4y ago
For customers who are startups, investors, and large tech concerns, FDIC insurance of $250k may not cover the balance. Sure don't want the $2M you have left from your last funding round to evaporate, or even be frozen.
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by jccooper 4y ago
Yep. You can slap a logo on there pretty easily.
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by jccooper 4y ago
It's not very deep. You can buy a tethered underwater ROV rated for 300ft OTS for a few thousands of dollars. Not to mention a camera and an actuator on an anchor. Practically anybody could have done it. Even non-state actors. Hardest

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