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by jpm_sd 2y ago
I enjoyed The Martian (novel and movie) but I didn't care for Artemis or Project Hail Mary. I thought the characters and dialogue were fairly weak, even though the underlying ideas were clever. Also I thought that "main character
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
Another TJ who's an occasional HN poster might have some insight here. @tjic is the author of "Escape the City: A How-To Homesteading Guide" https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=tjic
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
OnePower is another organization doing this very successfully in Lesotho https://1pwrafrica.com/
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
Transit agencies don't have the technical expertise to distinguish truth from lies in cleantech marketing. They aren't the only ones, see the over-inflated valuations of both Nikola and Tesla as two (very different) stories of com
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
They're taking CRPAs off the ITAR list later this year, supposedly. https://insidegnss.com/crpas-to-be-removed-from-itar-list-op...
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
This is American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) not Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA, DARPA, ARPA-[E|H|I], etc.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPA#Acronym
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
Don't miss part 1 (2023) for context. https://idlewords.com/2023/1/why_not_mars.htm Seems like the most conservative approach would be to send the return vehicle first, empty. Once it's landed safely on
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
Do you have a TL;DW? It's an hour long video
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
Delilah was the far superior system Turing never quite got to productionize, while the low-fi "Project X" was actually used for conversations between world leaders. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIGSALY
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
I have 3 daughters. This is kinda working for us, with ongoing negotiation. - No phones before 8th grade - Phones start out locked down (talk/text only) - Enable select apps (e.g. Camera, Duolingo) with proven responsible behavior. - N
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
Yes, the 21st century is the age of simulacra and simulation. Post-truth society.
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
Nice charts. These are great too: https://jabberwocking.com/top-20-charts-of-2024/
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
Because by then you've mostly finished spending money on raising your own children.
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
Depends on how 50-75 goes!
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
I ride, but I don't have time for serious bikepacking right now. Three kids, two dogs, full time job, etc.
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
Great story, and a thought-provoking title. I LLOLed at "We’ll just tell Steve you did move." I'm 45, so I'll mark my 2nd quarter-century in the not-too-distant future. Very approximately, so far: 0-25: learning 25-50: d
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
When I retire I'm just going to do this all the time.
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
Time Cube redux? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Cube
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
If you ever find yourself in Alameda, California, definitely check out the Pacific Pinball Museum. It's a non-profit with a ton of playable machines dedicated to restoration and preservation. https://www.pacificpinball.org&#
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
I have also completed three "circumnavigations" with Patrick Tull. Incredible story, amazing narration.
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
This interview with Dean King from the (now-completed) podcast "The Lubber's Hole" presents a different viewpoint. https://lubbershole.podbean.com/e/episode-220-dean-king-inte...
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
I've observed a number of poly relationships from the outside, as a friend of one or more of the participants. I've also been in a monogamous relationship for >20yr and I've lived on both coasts of the US in that time. Gen
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
I thought this was the most interesting point in the article: >>> People often think that having a high degree of internal distrust is inevitable as a company scales, but people I've talked to who were in upper management or f
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
Yeah it reads as completely unedited. Needs another pass.
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
It will make everything even more disposable than it is today. Products will be cheap and they will last a few months before breaking.
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
In a larger organization, you inevitably have a more hierarchical management structure, as well as multiple projects going in parallel. Prioritization and scope creep become significantly more difficult to manage. Only a small and specializ
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
Unfortunately it doesn't scale at all, either to larger teams or to cross-disciplinary projects (e.g. hardware & software combined).
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
Pretty sure this is the grossest thing I've ever read on HN! Chlorination isn't sufficient: "maintaining germ-killing chlorine concentration is especially difficult for splash pads because the jets and sprays aerosolize chlor
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
I tried plasticity and found it unusable. I couldn't fathom how to design anything without dimensioning!
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by jpm_sd 2y ago
Modern historians are now pretty sure there never was a "Silk Road" https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/jsb5my/comme... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road#

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