mulcahey

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   by mulcahey 10y ago

   SpaceX is hardly any less reliable than the Shuttle program.
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   by mulcahey 10y ago

   JB Straubel at Tesla too
3. 93.▲
   by mulcahey 10y ago

   I think VR is going to be a bit like 3D TV and not really live up to the hype.
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   by mulcahey 10y ago

   That's part of how SpceX started. Tom Muelller, SpaceX employee number 1 and current VP of propulsion was part of a liquid fueled rocket club and was building what became the Merlin engine in a garage. Elon came by and asked if he want
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   by mulcahey 10y ago

   From what I have read there may be more to it than just laziness and over-eating. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/babies-have-a-micr... It seems to agree with my observation that many people get obese very ea
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   Babies Have a Microbial Window of Opportunity [Excerpt](scientificamerican.com)

   2 points by mulcahey 10y ago|0 comments
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   by mulcahey 10y ago

   Agree. The "skill level" of an autonomous vehicle is continuous, not binary. I could totally see people buying a car based on how trustworthy it is (crash statistics). Perhaps there will be some legally standard terms or discrete
8. 98.▲
   by mulcahey 10y ago

   Yeah that's why Elon split his between two.
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   by mulcahey 10y ago

   Elon wants to make electric cars not just practical, but compelling. It can't just be the best electric car, it has to be the best electric car, period. He wants to tick all the boxes: [x] Safest [x] Fastest [x] Longest range for a BEV
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    by mulcahey 10y ago

    Here's how Peter Thiel wrote that event in Zero to One: > “When Yahoo! offered to buy Facebook for $1 billion in July 2006, I thought we should at least consider it. But Mark Zuckerberg walked into the board meeting and announced: “
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    The Online Books Page(onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu)

    8 points by mulcahey 10y ago|1 comments
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    by mulcahey 10y ago

    I'm honestly not properly educated to answer that. My responsibly on the team has been controls & networking. I don't think the tube necessarily has to be perfectly straight as the pod could bank on the turns like a racecar or
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    by mulcahey 10y ago

    I'm on one of the hyperloop teams (UCSB) that's using maglev. We aren't using the type of maglev that's used in maglev trains where the track is magnetized and super expensive. We're using ArxPax hover engines[1]. T
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    by mulcahey 10y ago

    Gotta hand it to them for the realism though getting the actual code conference interviewers.
15. 105.▲
    by mulcahey 10y ago

    Plus their launch backlog is already pretty full since they are undercutting all the incumbent providers... no sense in decreasing their margins if the current prices are very competitive.
16. 106.▲
    by mulcahey 10y ago

    And to just be more thrifty with our resources in general.
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    by mulcahey 10y ago

    Relevant reading from philosopher Nick Bostrom: http://www.nickbostrom.com/fable/dragon.html
18. 108.▲
    by mulcahey 10y ago

    Specifically in response to that Times article: http://electrek.co/2015/05/30/opinion-times-article-on-musks... Elon argues that the subsidies only make sense because they offset the much greater subsidies th
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    by mulcahey 10y ago

    Elon and JB said in the 2016 Shareholders meeting that they considered this but are not planning to pursue it. The PowerWall is designed to be cycled daily while the car is expected to be cycled weekly. There is also a danger of electrocuti
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    by mulcahey 10y ago

    You should write some blog posts or something about this. As someone just finishing up their undergrad I'd love to hear about these applications and detailed examples.
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    by mulcahey 10y ago

    What sort of restrictions did you have in mind?
22. 112.▲
    by mulcahey 10y ago

    > So what can we - the average HN crowd - actually do? Go put in 80 hour weeks at Tesla? Vote Democrat?
23. 113.▲
    by mulcahey 10y ago

    If you liked that go read Elon's biography or the WaitButWhy series!
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    by mulcahey 10y ago

    Now let's just wait and see if SpaceX's full vision comes to fruition.
25. 115.▲
    by mulcahey 10y ago

    Here ya go: http://electrek.co/2016/01/26/elon-musk-tesla-truck-video/
26. 116.▲
    by mulcahey 10y ago

    I also think that Tesla will have an easier time acquiring top talent in both the autonomy software and manufacturing. Uber/Google have to partner with Old Guard automotive companies.
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    by mulcahey 10y ago

    Spotify as well.
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    by mulcahey 10y ago

    While some of his points are questionable, I think there are some good ones: > Today’s human population is descended from twice as many women as men… > For men, the outlook was radically different. If you go along with the crowd and p
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    by mulcahey 10y ago

    Well if learning despite these issues, despite the added friction, is what college is for, I wish they told me that when I signed up. Intentionally adding friction while also claiming that formal education itself is supposed to lubricate le
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    by mulcahey 10y ago

    State funding has also drastically decreased. But perhaps that's because the federal government was willing to help out instead: https://qph.is.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-d6bcc38832f7f3716570d3...