ragebol

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   by ragebol 1y ago

   Reputation is about perception. Both can be seen as bad, but but one can still be worse than the other.
2. 182.▲
   by ragebol 2y ago

   If flying and powering and destroying a Jetson at scale cheap enough?
3. 183.▲
   by ragebol 2y ago

   Oh, in this case indeed. In my hometown you can still find weathered down stickers over a decade old opposing fracking.
4. 184.▲
   by ragebol 2y ago

   > Putin-funded "environmentalists" Any evidence for that? I think a lot of people would not like fracking in their back yards, regardless of being "Putin-funded". Just regular garden variety NIMBY-ism
5. 185.▲
   by ragebol 2y ago

   Same. I've only ever been a user in Blender and it pushed me to use Python as my first programming language since I could script Blender with it. IIRC, I first started using it with version 2.32 when I was an early teen. I still have
6. 186.▲
   by ragebol 2y ago

   So, knowing that growing food is difficult is good knowledge to have right?
7. 187.▲
   by ragebol 2y ago

   Since you tried it, you now have now developed some skills to be able to raise some vegetables if you're in a real pickle (ha!). Maybe that is the most valuable thing from such a garden: not being totally helpless if the need does aris
8. 188.▲
   by ragebol 2y ago

   I said there would be loopholes right :-)
9. 189.▲
   by ragebol 2y ago

   Really random thought: the tax you pay on profit is proportional (or even 1:1) to your market share. Become a monopoly? 100% of your profit is now taxed. Nicer to stay at eg. 25% and have competition. Maybe ramp it exponentially (yes, I kno
10. 190.▲
    by ragebol 2y ago

    If you can't play by the rules, don't play the game.
11. 191.▲
    by ragebol 2y ago

    Moe parts, more complexity, more weight.
12. 192.▲
    by ragebol 2y ago

    DIY solar install is much easier than I thought it would be, especially if you use micro-inverters.
13. 193.▲
    by ragebol 2y ago

    Back in the days when something like A* was invented, I' fairly sure it was called AI. Now it's just another algorithm. So indeed, we don't call those 'AI" anymore . The bar has significantly shifted and does so e
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    by ragebol 2y ago

    > they’re not comparable to SpaceX. Not yet indeed. If SpaceX were to fail for whatever reason, eg. Musk falling out of grace with his orange buddy or whatever else, there is sort of backup now I guess. > domestic political advantage
15. 195.▲
    by ragebol 2y ago

    Once a computer can do something, it no longer called AI but just an algorithm. At least, that used to be the case before the current AI summer and hype.
16. 196.▲
    by ragebol 2y ago

    There's Stoke, Relativity, Rocketlab, Firefly, Ursa Major and a whole bunch more companies (many of which I forgot to mention, sorry) that are trying to come after SpaceX. Now that SpaceX has shown reuse is possible, it's easier t
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    by ragebol 2y ago

    Hedy is great for learning programming to kids. I tried this a while ago with my scout group, I expected them to take a while per lesson, but they flew through the lessons in no time, drawing all sorts of patterns and making little games
18. 198.▲
    by ragebol 2y ago

    Scrubbed, as per Eric Berger: https://bsky.app/profile/sciguyspace.bsky.social/post/3lfmbm...
19. 199.▲
    by ragebol 2y ago

    You know what's a worse look: showing your viewers 1000s of little rockets parts. Looks cool perhaps, but doesn't inspire confidence either. But damn it's annoying those delays
20. 200.▲
    by ragebol 2y ago

    Ah, thought of boil-off already which can of course be replenished. But indeed the tank when that comes from can run out as well of course.
21. 201.▲
    by ragebol 2y ago

    T-0 keeps getting pushed back. Nice for them to have this ability technically. Not all rockets can do this AFAIK, at least not as often as I've seen today. Anyone know how often can do this, or what the technical limit it for this (so
22. 202.▲
    by ragebol 2y ago

    Facts aren't democratic. One scientist can't possibly democratically verify facts if there are a hundred crazy family uncles and aunts not liking/denying their facts or simply feeling different.
23. 203.▲
    by ragebol 2y ago

    And community notes won't?
24. 204.▲
    by ragebol 2y ago

    I was making a joke though. Also, if you bounce the signal off a mirror on the wall like DIY Perks did, then walls vibrating even a little bit will be an issue if the beam is narrow enough.
25. 205.▲
    by ragebol 2y ago

    Then the audio drops out, so it's a self-correcting problem! Also, the beam is a bit divergent, even if it vibrates the beam could still cover the sensor.
26. 206.▲
    by ragebol 2y ago

    I think the obscurity is more due to the fact that reaching it with sufficient signal strength requires a big, big dish with a big, big amplifier.
27. 207.▲
    by ragebol 2y ago

    But: where do you start with those after a blackout (which I assume is pretty possible in a scenario where the grid is under attack). How do you sync them all in that case? Can maybe be done via GPS timing, but hard to get that coordination
28. 208.▲
    by ragebol 2y ago

    Can be done up to some level, but you still need a stable source of ~50Hz frequency to keep everything synced.
29. 209.▲
    by ragebol 2y ago

    I got a SMR on my roof: Small Modular Receiver, for fusion energy.
30. 210.▲
    by ragebol 2y ago

    We haven't needed this for the most time. I'm not spending on AC for a few days per year where it's really hot while it's really not most of of the year. Besides: I'd rather put sedum/green stuff on our flat ro