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by nether 11y ago
What I've noticed is that hard work doesn't bear the same fruit for everyone. I worked my ass off in university. I knew others who did too, but they accomplished far more with fewer mistakes. I've also met people who were ded
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Northface teams with Japanese startup to create spider silk moon parka(frequentgadget.com)
57 points by nether 11y ago|31 comments
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by nether 11y ago
I just sold my Garmin 62s. iPhone 6s in low power mode has a longer battery life, and Gaia has always been superior to Garmin software. A better purchase today might just be a Delorme Inreach and their cheapest subscription. It gives 2-way
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by nether 11y ago
Soylent seems like an ecommerce dev firm with a food product on the side. This article is more detailed than anything they've released about their actual Soylent formulation development and testing procedure.
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by nether 11y ago
Why does McDonald's exist?
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by nether 11y ago
So you're not really sure it could make up its cost?
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by nether 11y ago
Your site charges $600/year. That's 6% of a $10,000 portfolio. Do you think it can make a 6% gain in a year after taxes and inflation to cover its costs for that size portfolio? 6% gain is about the long term average of the S&
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by nether 11y ago
I think any Soylent thread would benefit from a summary of typical comments, to make way for new ideas. Pick yours. 1. Liquid diets aren't new 2. Cooking is easy and enjoyable, I don't see why people avoid it 3. Soylent is healthi
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by nether 11y ago
On a sidenote, it looks like the HN policy of preserving original headlines is completely out the window.
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by nether 11y ago
I don't think programming should crowd out interaction with other kids and with the natural world, per https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10188796 . Also consider the practice of Waldorf schools, whose students includ
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A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute (2011)(nytimes.com)
2 points by nether 11y ago|0 comments
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by nether 11y ago
Aeroflot opted for the 787 but has ordered some Sukhoi Superjet 100s. I think "simple, rugged" philosophy is difficult to maintain for massive projects with huge part counts. Most Russian airliners have not had much success in the
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by nether 11y ago
I have really small hands, like XS glove size. I run with a 6s just fine, up to 45 minutes. Any longer and I'd probably get a waist belt: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004QQTDA2?colid=1JE32OIQBN...
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Who decides how consumers should shop? (2014)(ftc.gov)
1 points by nether 11y ago|0 comments
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How the widening urban-rural divide threatens America(latimes.com)
32 points by nether 11y ago|50 comments
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by nether 11y ago
Are you drunk?
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by nether 11y ago
Yes, the tendency to shed vortices is much greater at small scales. A rapid flapping motion is basically a vortex generator and more efficient than a wing (rotating or fixed) which relies more on steady state, laminar flow. See https:&#x2F
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by nether 11y ago
Wow, that's 4x the price of Starbucks sandwiches where I live. Must be the same ones serving the $6 coffees (mine are $1.30).
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by nether 11y ago
"I sure wish I could have bought my Tesla from a dealer" - no one ever.
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by nether 11y ago
Last year we did Mt Whitney via the mountaineer's route. This year I'm doing Williamson and Tyndall.
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Buddhist Diet for a Clear Mind: Nuns Preserve Art of Korean Temple Food(npr.org)
3 points by nether 11y ago|0 comments
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by nether 11y ago
play it, mr. toot
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Jeong Kwan, the Philosopher Chef(nytimes.com)
16 points by nether 11y ago|1 comments
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by nether 11y ago
Betteridge's law of headlines fails in this case.
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by nether 11y ago
Well, that's what you get with age discrimination. There are probably all manner of worthwhile problems that older people understand better due to experience in long-haul, delayed gratification efforts (raising kids to adulthood, finan
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by nether 11y ago
Yeah, it's a fair question. Most are unused to weight optimization. It's why everything in a commercial jet down to the forks served with meals is purpose designed for aviation.
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by nether 11y ago
You actually could. It would take a very strong, very heavy airframe that could handle any stresses generated by the intended selection of engines. It would just be overbuilt and get terribly fuel hungry for most engines, while being optimu
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by nether 11y ago
lol. I couldn't finish the book, it was so annoying. Nothing draws you in (the calculations were fine but that's not a plot) and the blog style was really offputting. I loved the movie though.
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A Little Gear That Could Reshape the Jet Engine(bloomberg.com)
116 points by nether 11y ago|78 comments
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by nether 11y ago
The registration will probably only apply to drones of a certain gross weight. I'm guessing it'll be somewhere around 20 lb, given that's how much the frozen turkeys weigh that they use for birdstrike testing.

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