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This argument/counterargument is pretty eye-opening to me. Kudos to both Animast and g5095 for the discussion. I work in a completely different domain than gaming, but there is no question that this strikes the nerve of a universal cha
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American Airlines CEO compensation was $10M+ in 2020 [1]. Not to mention the C-suite, SVP's and VP's, and board pay. Seems like that should drop to $0 before you start crying for free labor. I'm familiar with a company who&#x
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I guess there's no PM feature on HN, so instead, email me at: RoboticistHireThrowaway at gmail.com
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This is exactly the problem DARPA NOMARS seeks to solve.[1] If there are any strong roboticists here on HN interested in working in this domain, PM me. 1.) https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2020-10-13
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Reminded me of the concern about the island of Guam 'tipping over'[1]. What are we (the U.S.) doing that results largely in the pool of political candidates comprised of people who are so out of touch with reality and lack basic c
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I concur with your friends. The reason is due to the fact that in the military, people understand where they fall within the chain of command and that they must follow orders or there will be severe consequences. This strict structure is ne
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> That saves $50-$80 thousand per headcount. I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be rude, but this is a wildly innacurate claim. Citations are requested on HN posts to avoid misinformation (though apparently nobody adheres to or enfor
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I believe the line the OP was drawing was between regulating how one uses chemicals personally in a manner that does not affect others (directly or indirectly), vs. how one uses chemicals generally which may affect others. Note that you can
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>>>laughter usually communicates something along the lines of “this is playtime—I’m not actually going for your throat.” Sometimes, when hosting a meeting, I find myself laughing through a sentance when there's really nothing
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> The way I think about it is that until recently, the risk calculus was analogous to drunk driving, but is now more similar to riding a motorcycle without a helmet. Appreciate the link and I fully concur with your analogy. It may boil d
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I would not conflate "anti-vaccine people" with "anti-mask people". I live in the state of Maryland and yesterday our governor lifted the mask requirement for vaccinated people. I am a fiscal conservative and am vaccinat
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Have we completely lost our ability to report at responsible scientists/engineers? There are no units on the y-axis of the subject graphs. Also 7m == 7 meters. 7M == 7 million. There are no legends for the color coding. This is absolut
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How would you know for certain that our (human) capacity to ever understand an idea or technology of some higher intellect is eternally insufficient? Deriving the proof of that impossibility (1) would be a very worthwhile pursuit in and of
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"Love all night, work all day. There ain't nothin' wrong with livin' day to day" - Yola
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Preach, Freddy, preach. I need Freddy to start the central 'normal person' party (in the US) so that my wife and I can join. I, and I'm sure many others strongly believe we're just seeing a natural swing in extreme views
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>>And in a way, aluminum is a battery. Of course, while traditional batteries start and end with energy directly, aluminum’s battery is economic, converting energy to value. And that value can be re-used elsewhere (even converted back
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What are the "dark spot anomalies" that appear to be floating in the air in some images (1, 2)? Dust on the camera lens? I've never looked at any rover images so I assume someone knows. Also, whay are the images fairly low re
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I too always thought the field of clatreonics (1) would be further along by now. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claytronics
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> > So let's analyze the various scenarios under which the "intern" might have been responsible, and why each one is bullshit. "you can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility." [1] This CEO
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Cool. If the OP is affiliated, I'm interested in the hydrogen density of the metal hydride storage (in kg of H2/m^3 of hydride). I'm surveying the latest H2 storage technologies for a new construction project.
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Of note for the curious: Special Purpose Acquisition Company (a.k.a. "blank check companies") [1]. 1. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/spac.asp
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I listen to NPR, but cringe heavily during news reports that verbally may be roughly unbiased but are delivered with a tone that is either shining with overwhelming approval or dripping with disdain. I don't need my news delivered to m
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I don't think it's thorny at all... If you're quoting a quote directly from a secondary source (like a 'news' article), and that quote has bracketed content, you should retain the bracketed interpretation and cite t
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This comes up from time to time, but it's pertinent to the discussion (more so on larger scales, but the reverse holds true], so in case you haven't had the delight of reading [1]. 1. PDF download link: https://www.phys
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Aluminum oxidation.
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Yes, 50% seems to be a fair assesment of current PEM fuel cell efficiency. Apparently, the PEM fuel cell itself can get up to 60% efficiency, but there are auxiliary services (cooling, supply and exhaust pumps, etc) that most people don&#x2
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The industry is big, but sometimes feels small. Ships are mini-cities, so it takes all types of engineers: -Naval Architect - (Specializes in hull form design and structures.) -Marine Systems Engineering - (all about the machinery plant des
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> i wonder how much money gets wasted on these failed explorations/projects. Failure is not a waste of money if lessons are learned. The value is in the lesson. As anyone whosed developed a reinforcement learning application knows,

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