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811.
by nkoren 11y ago
Rocket physics are actually relatively trivial and, yes, can be fully simulated (and are). Rocket plumbing is always the hard part. Perhaps the threads on some connector got stripped as it was screwed together. Perhaps there was a manufac
812.
by nkoren 11y ago
The thing is -- despite all the "Iron Man" winks and glamour of being a billionaire who wants to colonise Mars, etc. -- Elon is truly, deep down, a nerd's nerd. Which means that his respect for the PR department is probably r
813.
by nkoren 11y ago
Addendum: well, crap. The future is still hard.
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by nkoren 11y ago
Gods, it feels good to see the future finally arrive. It's been a long time coming. Growing up in the 80s, I became quite bitter about the pace of technological change. Sure, personal computers were nifty , but the heroic age of space
815.
by nkoren 11y ago
> Because I see self-driving cars so often here that it's a non-event No, you don't. You see cars which have a hands-free driving mode. Every single one of them still absolutely requires a driver. I've been closely invol
816.
World launch markets look toward rocket reusability(nasaspaceflight.com)
1 points by nkoren 11y ago|0 comments
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by nkoren 11y ago
Agreed, there is more reality to the dark web than there was to Satanic Ritual Abuse. Nonetheless, the panic:reality ratio is probably something like 99:1, vs. 100:0 for SRA. In both cases (as with any moral panic), it can be terribly dange
818.
by nkoren 11y ago
I suspect that history will show the vast majority of "dark web" coverage to be simply another moral panic, analogous (and in some cases almost identical) to the Satanic Ritual Abuse panic of the 1980s.[1] Happy to see an article
819.
by nkoren 11y ago
Yes. It certainly will. (Credentials: I've worked in the industry). There are a lot of comments below which are variations on the theme of "this is a stupid scenario; just apply the brakes". These people have a terribly naive
820.
OneWeb places order for 900 satellites(parabolicarc.com)
1 points by nkoren 11y ago|0 comments
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by nkoren 11y ago
> The guaranteed basic income law has been rejected with a huge margin Source please? I've seen several people say this, but inevitably they were conflating the basic income proposal with the 10x salary-cap proposal, which indeed wa
822.
by nkoren 11y ago
I am unfamiliar with the paneláky, but I would be surprised if they were built at a comparable speed. While I am aware of large building shells which have been constructed on this sort of timescale, they still required many months/ye
823.
by nkoren 11y ago
Great feature. I used to love doing this with my Amiga.
824.
by nkoren 11y ago
Star Maker, by Olav Stapledon.
825.
by nkoren 11y ago
tl;dr: "Coal [...] is the biggest source of post-tax subsidies, amounting to 3.0 percent of global GDP in 2011 and rising to 3.9 percent in 2015. [...] Petroleum is the next most heavily subsidized product, [...] remaining at 1.8 perce
826.
by nkoren 11y ago
Wow. Quoth one of FileZilla's developers: "Whether passwords are stored encrypted or in plaintext makes no difference in security." Just... wow.
827.
by nkoren 11y ago
That's what I came here to say. This is the first thing I've seen which makes me really, really, really want an Oculus Rift.
828.
by nkoren 11y ago
This. When my Galaxy S3 went for a swim, I "downgraded" to a first-generation Moto G. The lack of crapware and Samsung "enhancements" makes it a far better phone -- for less than half the price. Unless their OS philoso
829.
by nkoren 11y ago
Nice! As the launch rate ramps up, however, it gets quite laggy. I'd strongly suggest switching from svg to canvas for this.
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A history of human-powered cranes(lowtechmagazine.com)
4 points by nkoren 12y ago|0 comments
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Evaluating NASA's futuristic EM drive(nasaspaceflight.com)
15 points by nkoren 12y ago|3 comments
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Jeff Bezos' secret spacecraft finally blasts off(wired.co.uk)
2 points by nkoren 12y ago|0 comments
833.
by nkoren 12y ago
Yes, but who are you going to get to prosecute it?
834.
by nkoren 12y ago
Some friends of mine started www.overleaf.com, and were rejected by YC a while later. They haven't had an exit yet, but as far as I can tell they're doing exceptionally well.
835.
by nkoren 12y ago
Not the first to be _launched_, but perhaps the first to be _orbited_: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyus_%28spacecraft%29
836.
by nkoren 12y ago
There's a lot to like about this rocket: 1.) It's good to see ULA stepping up to the plate and actually innovating. SpaceX will need some competition by then, to keep the industry healthy. 2.) The name, "Vulcan", is pret
837.
by nkoren 12y ago
Your formula is incorrect; time is more of a factor than mileage, when it comes to vehicle deterioration. This is why you routinely see taxis with more than 300,000 miles on their engines. Furthermore, automation itself will reduce wear-and
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by nkoren 12y ago
This is a good analysis reaching a solid conclusion. The author is quite correct that the world cannot support billions of cars using long-range Lithium-based batteries. However, it probably will not need to. First: most cars are used for u
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by nkoren 12y ago
SW Senegal is 1,600 miles from NE Brazil, so technically one could cross the Atlantic in the distance that these birds fly.
840.
by nkoren 12y ago
Is this in response to China's DDOS'ing of Github?

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