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by nvy 3y ago
Your friend probably looked out the skylight and actually oriented himself on the stars' positions. I'm saying something different, which is that unlike the SR-71, the C-130 didn't and doesn't have an instrument that sca
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by nvy 3y ago
Dead reckoning using the pilot's ego as a guide.
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Former military aerospace engineer here. In my opinion it would only be worth it on long range strategic bombers such as the B-52. Fighters don't have the legs to fly far enough that celestial navigation becomes worth the added complex
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I think if we actually found irrefutable evidence of life on Europa (or some other celestial body) and that life was definitively non-terrestrial in origin, it would make global headlines. Even if it's just microbes and not, like, some
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by nvy 3y ago
I don't litter, even if nobody's watching. Do you?
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The engineering process is always the same. First, quantify your requirements. How much torque needs to be delivered at the wheel/ground interface, in order to get your maximum load over an arbitrary obstacle like a stone or a tree ro
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by nvy 3y ago
Was it a Sumogrip, by chance? I had one of those too and it was awesome. I used it for everything and eventually lost it in undergrad.
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by nvy 3y ago
Wow. Can you link to the antenna you use? Could you achieve those distances transmitting with the same antenna, assuming you renewed your license?
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by nvy 3y ago
Relevant Worf: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kPtcN2rU_EM
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by nvy 3y ago
So just so I'm clear you're suggesting that a person should log in/out of multiple accounts depending on the topic one wants to discuss/read about, on the same app ?
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Your car repeatedly doesn't start so instead of taking it to the shop, you... write a letter to the CEO of Pontiac who not only actually reads the letter but also personally dispatches an engineer to waste a week going out for ice crea
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by nvy 3y ago
>so what the heck does that even mean? It means they'll ban anyone who is high profile enough to expose YouTube to PR risk.
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by nvy 3y ago
>absurdly high cancer rate Source please.
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Haha, ask me how I know you don't have kids.
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Afghanistan being known the world over for its strong culture of the Rule of Law, impartial justice system, and willingness to extradite terrorists.
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by nvy 3y ago
How's the solo/indie game dev life in 2023 treating you?
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It might not be a happy thing to own but it's certainly historic.
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Which engine are you using these days?
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by nvy 3y ago
Hi Ben, You should know that your headshot photo doesn't scale down correctly on Firefox/Pixel 7. Currently it overflows the right side of the page causing horizontal scrolling. Probably not what you were going for.
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Russia isn't about to take anything over.
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by nvy 3y ago
Selective quoting to misconstrue what I'm arguing won't win you any favors. I'm suggesting that in this particular case (you carefully avoided quoting the "this" that I used) the surplus is being captured by the pr
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Indeed. Freedom units are objectively inferior in every way and I'm glad NASA pilots finally got on board.
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Honestly the most distressing part about this is that in the world's most advanced economy, this freak accident which has already cost her all four limbs is probably also going to bankrupt her, and if her kids' educations aren&#x2
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by nvy 3y ago
>Owning is wasteful unless you have close to 100% utilisation. If you're going to veer into Economics 101 then you'd better reconcile with the fact that this "renting" only causes more surplus to be captured by the pu
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>Although data was stored internally in metric units, they were displayed as United States customary units. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
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by nvy 3y ago
>Streaming is fantastic. Streaming is awful. It perpetuates the idea that you pay for a thing but don't own it. It creates more incentives for ongoing monetization (to support the streaming infra) like in-game ads and loot boxes wi
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by nvy 3y ago
>They still have to borrow the money from the central bank. Fractional reserves mean that the credited account's bank must deposit a portion of the money bank at central bank. Absolutely false. For starters, in many jurisdictions i
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>That's the source of money, and the source of the price level. The vast majority of money in the modern economy is created by banks, not by the tax agencies or even the mint. When the bank lends you $1000 they just create it out o
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by nvy 3y ago
Just pirate them. You've already paid for them, what's the harm?
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by nvy 3y ago
Not sure about the Dreamcast but with the GameCube I noticed the latency between plugging in a new controller and having the system respond to it is practically instantaneous. Much, much faster than USB.

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