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by ortusdux 2y ago
Yes, personally I find the idea repugnant. I'd like to see international treaties that ban things like this - especially space based advertising.
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Reflect Orbital – selling sunlight using a constellation of in-space reflectors(reflectorbital.com)
2 points by ortusdux 2y ago|2 comments
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by ortusdux 2y ago
Blue Origin is developing both reusable and non-reusable 2nd stages in tandem: "We're also working on a reusable second stage. Right. 46:20 And we're gonna let that be a horse race. So the, the goal for the expendable stage
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by ortusdux 2y ago
https://downdetector.com/status/reddit/ 142k outages reported
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by ortusdux 2y ago
Link to the paper (annoying not found in the Reuters article): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07878-z
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by ortusdux 2y ago
I really like their actively cooled heat shield design - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V6lfs7xFJM Tour: https://youtu.be/EY8nbSwjtEY
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by ortusdux 2y ago
Their stock is currently down 25% today - https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SMCI/ See also - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41367411
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Super Micro Computer, Inc. To Delay Form 10-K Filing for Fiscal Year 2024(businesswire.com)
6 points by ortusdux 2y ago|1 comments
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by ortusdux 2y ago
"Every quarter-second the ASC takes an image of the stars," said Juno scientist John Leif Jørgensen, professor at the Technical University of Denmark. "Very energetic electrons that penetrate its shielding leave a telltale s
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Rotten Tomatoes Introduces a New Audience Rating for People Who Bought a Ticket(indiewire.com)
3 points by ortusdux 2y ago|0 comments
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by ortusdux 2y ago
Appears to be fixed! - https://i.ibb.co/VLsLFyP/image.png
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by ortusdux 2y ago
Intended color scheme? https://i.ibb.co/741mzfh/image.png
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by ortusdux 2y ago
Reminds me of people paying for radon exposure: https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/22/1/316 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZkusjDFlS0
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by ortusdux 2y ago
TIL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigafactory "The term "gigafactory" has also been adopted by other companies which are involved in the manufacture of electric vehicles and other clean tech products.
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by ortusdux 2y ago
I had to double check that it wasn't 30 under 30 media luminary Griffin Mcelroy
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Google Pixel 9/Pro/Fold Impressions: They've Done It? – Marques Brownlee [video](youtube.com)
3 points by ortusdux 2y ago|1 comments
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Pixel Buds Pro 2(store.google.com)
2 points by ortusdux 2y ago|1 comments
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by ortusdux 2y ago
"Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, and Pixel 9 Pro XL will receive updates for 7 years from when the device first became available on the Google Store in the US. See g.co/pixel/updates for more information."
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by ortusdux 2y ago
Very cool. Have you thought about filming a rocket launch? The smooth acceleration should cause very a interesting distortion.
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by ortusdux 2y ago
One thing I find interesting about brutalist architecture is that the name originates from the term 'Béton brut', which translates to raw concrete. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9ton_brut
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by ortusdux 2y ago
IIRC, they have a single pixel wide display that strobes the logos, similar to a persistence of vision display.
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Scientists find oceans of water on Mars. It's just too deep to tap(news.berkeley.edu)
8 points by ortusdux 2y ago|1 comments
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by ortusdux 2y ago
Small world! You took some amazing images. Can I ask - what hardware did you use?
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by ortusdux 2y ago
I find line scan cameras and strip photography fascinating. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_photography Early film versions used a highspeed spinning slit aperture to film fast objects. This paper from 1931 shows
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by ortusdux 2y ago
A key element are the altitudes. SpaceX, out of an abundance of caution, inserts their starlink satellites low enough that any non-functional units or debris will deorbit in a matter of months. If they pass testing, they self-boost to the
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by ortusdux 2y ago
This looks to be a better article: https://www.space.com/china-megaconstellation-launch-space-j...
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Chinas Effort to Launch Starlink Rival Accidentally Creates Orbital Debris Field(pcmag.com)
21 points by ortusdux 2y ago|17 comments
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by ortusdux 2y ago
Donate the dusty ones to the nearest hacker/makerspace?
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by ortusdux 2y ago
A significant portion of the cost is the drug trials. Excedrin Extra Strength and Excedrin Migraine have identical formulations, but IIRC Bayer spent $300m on FDA approval for migraine treatment, which is why the migraine variant continues
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by ortusdux 2y ago
The price is rarely ever about the manufacturing cost. "A new study in 2020 estimated that the median cost of getting a new drug into the market was $985 million, and the average cost was $1.3 billion, which was much lower compared to

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