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by mmooss 7mo ago
Much production IT equipment in industrial and many other settings is what I described. It's a mature, commonplace form factor. It's in cars (without keyboards), control rooms, server racks ... That said, I don't know why the
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by mmooss 7mo ago
How do you know that? Desktop form factors are much more flexible, making them effectively smaller. They don't need a case - you can disassemble them, build them into cabinets and consoles; you can reduce their volume to a keyboard (or
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by mmooss 7mo ago
Good points. A few hot takes: > The air filtration will actually help spread aerosols because air currents will carry them through the cabin before they're captured by a filter. The toilet facilities could have input / suction
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by mmooss 7mo ago
I see your point. Out of curiosity: > In a sealed environment in microgravity it's even more dangerous than it is on Earth. / Aerosolized fecal matter can enter the lungs and cause deadly infections. Would the air filtration &#
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by mmooss 7mo ago
Laptops have built-in battery backup lasting hours.
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by mmooss 7mo ago
> Outlook, the desktop application works really well with local copies With local cache for an Exchange server, or with purely local mail (i.e., using .pst files). The latter is mediocre IME. Outlook is an Exchange client; other uses are
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by mmooss 7mo ago
> Calling a system problematic is, essentially saying no one is responsible. That's a great and essential point. I think if we deal with reality, the correlation between system and human behavior is inescapable. And of course leader
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by mmooss 7mo ago
Sorry, I didn't quite process your point the first time.
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by mmooss 7mo ago
> AI-driven labs can iterate 'good enough' hypotheses way faster than human R&D systems. Is there evidence of that?
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by mmooss 7mo ago
> This is a real problem for the U.S. Navy, because they've invested heavily in craft intended to operate near hostile shores. It's a great sign for the US military as a whole: That is the primary American tactic to defeat Chin
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by mmooss 7mo ago
Here's the paper that is the subject of the article; it's free (open access): https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/ev... Basso Rial RE, García Atiénzar G, et al. Evidence o
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by mmooss 7mo ago
I get it. There are a couple of things I think about: First, things weren't like this even 10 years ago. Humility in power had long been a fundamental American moral before that: All are created equal , the rejection of aristocracy, a
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by mmooss 7mo ago
I think we already have quotas and affirmative action for white (Christian) males. Not long ago and maybe still true, more Fortune 500 CEOs were named John than were women. Though the policy is sometimes unstated (not always, especially in
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by mmooss 7mo ago
The United States primary strategy against China, in the event of war around Taiwan or nearby, is the same: China's coast is mostly enclosed by the 'First Island Chain', which extends from Japan to Taiwan, through the Philipp
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by mmooss 7mo ago
This is by Charles Camarda, the former Director of Engineering at Johnson Space Center, heat shield expert, and shuttle astronaut. It is the document referenced in by the OP here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4758204
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Artemis II Heatshield Concerns: Thoughts Following the Jan 8th NASA Meeting(docs.google.com)
2 points by mmooss 7mo ago|1 comments
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> people who make it into management are often egoists > they were incapable of accepting humiliation I agree mostly but here is a different take on it: I think these are normal human feelings and behaviors - not the best of us, but n
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Americans Have Never Been All That Excited About Going to the Moon(nytimes.com)
9 points by mmooss 7mo ago|0 comments
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by mmooss 7mo ago
> violence wracked 20th century After WWII, I believe it was one of the most peaceful times in human history. For one thing, the post-war order - the UN, EU, international law, etc. - effectively stopped international war (with a few exc
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by mmooss 7mo ago
It is what we make it. The problem is a victim mentality - giving others the power (for example, to define the political environment), which also absolves the 'victim' of responsibility: they're powerless!
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I'm not talking about being power hungry, but pulling our weights in the world.
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by mmooss 7mo ago
When a relative in the generation before me lost the last person in the generation before them, they surprised me by saying, 'I'm all alone now; it's just me'. There were no parents, aunts/uncles, etc. to advise the
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by mmooss 7mo ago
Great idea, though I haven't had a chance to use it much (yet). I especially appreciate the end-user control of the documents - that they never leave the user's computer. A question for any newish PDF application developer: A valu
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by mmooss 7mo ago
I've heard that; I'm skeptical: First, a favorite hobby to bring down the experts that make you feel inferior by saying there is no difference. 'My kid could paint abstract art.' You see I am not inferior in my underst
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I can tell the difference between the high-end computer stuff and the bargain models that 'do the same thing'. I expect many here can, just like audiophiles can tell the difference. Is it a waste?
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That's always been true, bugs and lobbyists, and yet our predecessors have gotten a lot done. People get things done now (including people you don't agree with). It's not a fairy tale; it is hard; and yet our predecessors mov
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by mmooss 7mo ago
Nobody spends money - or time - on unnecessary computer hardware or software.
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by mmooss 7mo ago
Connect enough grids and the sun is always shining.
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by mmooss 7mo ago
We each have power, influence, and responsibility. You're spending yours on cleverness, and wasting others by shifting the focus and undermining their efforts. Cleverness, in the end, doesn't matter. > Upton Sinclair Upton Sinc
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by mmooss 7mo ago
Thanks. It's always interesting what the actual issues and engineering look like.

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