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by knappe 3y ago
I've been remote for 11 years. Remote work was always an excuse to pay less, much to my chagrin. The fact is that as remote work became more popular, with the increase in positions, pay has actually increased. I'm not surprised
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by knappe 3y ago
The snarky answer would be to just leave this link https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_mechanics . But to more fully answer the question look to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic_orbit N
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by knappe 3y ago
Detecting the objects is the hard part. The planet killers are all likely to be highly elliptical objects with large orbital periods (on the order of thousands of years). With that kind of orbital period, we'd be lucky to see it befo
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To keep Starliner flying, Boeing must make some hard choices(arstechnica.com)
4 points by knappe 3y ago|0 comments
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by knappe 3y ago
Good luck with those very brittle specs. I have fixed so very many utterly broken tests due to poor spec maintenance mainly due to really poor fixtures. The problem with fixtures is that they do not complain when things go sideways wherea
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The Broom Method(spinoff.nasa.gov)
3 points by knappe 4y ago|0 comments
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by knappe 4y ago
This also puts all of our eggs in one basket. That would seem to be a troublesome thing to do.
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by knappe 4y ago
Look, I don't agree with the parent's viewpoint either but this comment is entirely unhelpful and borderline a person attack. Can we not?
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by knappe 4y ago
Do you ever do anything outside at night? The digital billboards are not something you'd miss. They're too bright and attention grabbing to be anything but obnoxious.
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by knappe 4y ago
Bluetooth beacons are used to collect data. Hence the mention of them for commercial surveillance.
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Help scientists spot clouds on Mars(zooniverse.org)
2 points by knappe 4y ago|0 comments
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by knappe 4y ago
You can say that all you want, but it still hits hard to be suddenly and unexpected out of a job. I think for me the lack of closure (I never did really find out what precipitated the layoffs) and lack of ability to say goodbye (remote c
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by knappe 4y ago
This is the article I was thinking of, thanks for finding it!
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by knappe 4y ago
Okay, I'll bite. So the proposition is to truck water 364 miles (from the next largest city center I could find, San Diego). I think you might be suggesting a pipeline, but let's be real, there won't be water in Scottsdale
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by knappe 4y ago
I too want to find this article (I'm certain it was linked from HN). It isn't a strong towns article, but it had some great diagrams showing how the city centers are the only economically viable places for utilities because of de
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by knappe 4y ago
As the article says, the odds are estimated to be 1 in a billion for both his wife and Lupiano to have the same rare form of cancer in the same place. Now let's talk about the odds of 100+ people all having rare forms of cancer. Mayb
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Tech Companies Face a Fresh Crisis: Hiring(nytimes.com)
1 points by knappe 5y ago|1 comments
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by knappe 5y ago
Vanguard allows you to set up automated withdraws that are invested into specific funds, with one caveat: `It’s important to note that you can only automate investments into Vanguard mutual funds.` https://support.vanguard.com&#x
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by knappe 5y ago
This is something you can hedge against, which is known as a sequence risk [0]. There are investment vehicles with built in volatility buffers designed to avoid this https://paradigmlife.net/blog/episode/the-volat
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by knappe 5y ago
It is so strange that Google lobbied so hard against something like this and then tried to ensure it didn't get traced back to them. Almost like it saw there being a big downside to a union being formed. I really wonder why that is?
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by knappe 5y ago
What a bad idea that would be though. Talk about putting all of your eggs in one basket. I'd have a hard time believing anyone would suggest that you do this, as the risk for things going bad if the company fails is double. You lose
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by knappe 5y ago
This is not a failure of remote work. :) When you work remotely you have to be very deliberate with socialization as well, since you don't get that for free when you're not in the office. I've been remote for 10+ years and I
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by knappe 5y ago
One my favorite quotes from one of my astronomy professors is: "Everything has an atmosphere, no matter how tenuous." This is a reminder that he used to make sure we checked our assumptions and always considered constantly changin
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by knappe 5y ago
Orion is not viable. They haven't even launched Artemis 1, let alone Artemis 2 (which is scheduled for 2023!) which would be the _first_ crewed launch. I'm not sure why we would plan to service JWT when we have nothing to service
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by knappe 5y ago
How would we get there? There is no current vehicle that could be used to service anything at L2.
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by knappe 5y ago
California, in all likelihood. California Business and Professions Code Section 16600, “every contract by which anyone is restrained from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind is to that extent void.”
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by knappe 6y ago
What makes you love it more than say a 3? I loved the 1 and still have it lying around but I just can't say I love the 3 as much which is my daily driver now.
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by knappe 6y ago
I don't understand. You're saying you can't listen to spotify on the web?
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by knappe 6y ago
Please at least try and read the article before commenting. "Under the measure, gross receipts and CEO compensation will include money made from stock options, bonuses, tax refunds, and property, a caveat seen by many as a way to targe
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by knappe 6y ago
What is the alternative? Skip testing it on healthier groups first? Imagine what would happen if the trial was going awry _with_ healthy people. You certainly wouldn't want to test this on vulnerable populations.

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