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by rory096 11y ago
It was only added in September[1], if that makes you feel any better. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10223645
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About 30% returning to landing site, 15% returning to a barge downrange. Note that the rocket's still perfectly capable of running an expendable mission if the payload requires it. The mass figure on their website[1] is for reusable. [
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Any plans to toss it on GitHub?
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Here's a great graphic on delta-v needed to get all over the solar system (including various orbits), by the way. https://i.imgur.com/SqdzxzF.png
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>NASA self-insures This just means they don't insure and instead absorb losses. AFAIK they don't even set aside a pool of money like corporate self-insurance tends to do. >CRS missions appear to carry commercial insurance Th
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The US government doesn't buy launch insurance.
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This. See Sam Altman's blog post earlier this year[1] - using the word revenue to mean gross merchandise volume is grossly ( ahem ) misleading and arguably a felony. [1] http://blog.samaltman.com/financial-misstatements
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by rory096 11y ago
After yesterday's micromort discussion[1], I whipped up a quick app to calculate micromorts & micromorts/day. Written in React, code on GitHub.[2] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10571077 [2] https:&
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Show HN: Micromort Calculator(rorystolzenberg.github.io)
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Why not just divvy them up proportionally among all addresses with positive balances? It's functionally identical, since (to everybody besides you) it's just a change in price level and bitcoin prices aren't sticky like dolla
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Let's put some actual numbers to this. Using IraqBodyCount.org's estimate, Iraqis suffered 1.86 micromorts per day from March 2003 to present. Compare to 2.18 μmorts/day during the Iran-Iraq War or 29,090 μmorts inflicted on
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by rory096 11y ago
Can you elaborate? I don't see how GM microorganisms have anything to do with herbal pseudoscience.
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Why did you quote the generic 'first aid measures' section? The 'health effects' section is far less alarming: >Skin: May be absorbed through damaged or abraded skin in harmful amounts. Allergic reactions have been re
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You can actually now just click 'web' in the below-title links! 23 minutes ago | flag | past | web | 4 comments
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Is this an example of the misleading late-stage valuations Sam Altman mentioned recently?[1] What were the terms of the latest raise? [1] http://blog.samaltman.com/the-tech-bust-of-2015
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A job for the government, specifically. 18F is the (outgrowth of the) team that overhauled healthcare.gov. Presumably it's an altruistic open source programmer willing the help out the government without pay. https://18f.gsa
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Why would Panama willingly do anything to encourage the Nicaragua Canal? It poses a huge competitive threat (if it were likely to be built).
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It seems to be a bit more structured than a free school model, more focused on personalization of lesson plans than total student choice. Someone on the New York Tech Meetup mailing list gave a pretty extensive answer: >Hi everyone, I wa
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>We need to stop categorizing people without traditional jobs as 'unemployed'. The only people I've ever seen do this are those who claim the government is 'hiding' the true unemployment rate. The standard U3 rat
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> I thought the point of basic income is that everyone gets it. Yes, but that doesn't mean it needs to be enough for a "living wage." It can still be a universal basic income while being low enough that recipients generall
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I think it's a different, larger lab. https://www.reddit.com/r/UVA/comments/3olh2f/a_secret_room_f...
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> The US is still building new U-2's because there's nothing comparable to it still. Last built in 1989 I'm afraid, though they're still pushing off retirement because drones haven't quite taken over the game y
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> Also, you are allowed to say "Yeah, he broke the law, but we don't give a fuck." It's called jury nullification. More importantly here in particular, it's called a presidential pardon.
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Can you give an example of an area that late-stage investors don't support? Do you mean something like fusion research, which will obviously have payoffs >10-20 years down the line? (Why don't current VCs invest in those areas,
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by rory096 11y ago
This has been submitted an impressive 5 times in the last 3 hours.[1] Last time the repost filter got changed it was still supposed to 'reject reposts for a few hours to avoid stampedes'[2] – maybe a bug, dang? [1] https:/&#
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> I don't think job exports are a good thing Why not? Do you think automating jobs with technology is also a bad thing?
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An example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10298777 Good change, by the way. Don't know how many times I've (probably fruitlessly) commented next to a dead comment to point out that they're unknowingly
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WhiteHouse.gov (2000)(clinton3.nara.gov)
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Isn't there a startup that's already applied for CFTC approval?
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>the name of a programming idea after all And Apple's a fruit. I don't really see how applying "YCombinator" to a startup accelerator is generic – did anyone else ever mention the phrase in that context before pg? (Al

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