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by proggy 6y ago
Per Monday’s press conference, all of the EDL cameras and the microphone were commercial off-the-shelf products. They were lightly modified to reduce the likelihood of, say, electronic components off-gassing, but were not mission critical.
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by proggy 6y ago
The coordinate square contains a lot of roadway, yes, but it also contains the front door to von Kármán Auditorium, which is where many of the public-facing lectures and press conferences are held. In other words, that square is basically t
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by proggy 6y ago
It’s happened. Worst one I’ve heard of is when an engineer got an idea of how things could go south just days before the final decision point, ran to the testbed, tried it out, and their worst fears were proven right . They took it to the
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by proggy 6y ago
Well, part of the author’s point is that there are a dearth of well-publicized examples of suburban redevelopment. The article is an attempt to raise awareness to those who may be sitting on a really big opportunity without even knowing it
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by proggy 6y ago
Hubble’s optics were designed around contemporary manufacturing infrastructure for spy satellites, presumably the KH-11 design developed by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x2F
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by proggy 6y ago
I dunno. The UK got whipped into an online frenzy prior to the Brexit vote. Notably, there was possible Russian interference during that campaign on Twitter, similar to the US [1]. And Bolsonaro got elected in Brazil, largely due to manipul
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by proggy 6y ago
> health insurance is already a low margin business I’d like to know much, much more about this statement.
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by proggy 6y ago
There’s only one meaning for the word, it can just be used in different contexts. For an example, in English, take “hellfire”. It’s a biblical reference to a conflagration in the underworld. Someone in the US military industrial complex tho
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by proggy 6y ago
When I was an expat in Japan, I was quite taken with the design of the single serve pour over coffee packets that were sold nearly everywhere. Each packet contained a folded origami filter that was itself filled with ready to brew ground co
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by proggy 7y ago
That’s interesting. I always thought of Don Norman as having sensible, clear design principles. In the Design of Everyday Things [1], one of his main points was that devices should be always be clear about what they do, by presenting unambi