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by rrmm 7y ago
I think the glib cynicism underplays just how bad of a cf this was. This isn't just the normal 'good enough for government work' sort of shenanigans that defense contractors engage in.
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by rrmm 7y ago
Forget about delivery on time or on budget. They aren't even delivering a functional product. This seems much deeper than just not being nimble.
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by rrmm 7y ago
There are plenty of more mundane misuses as well. Ex-spouse stalking, slighted lawman with a grudge, technician with a weird fetish. Sure there should be safeguards but they don't always work as well as you'd hope.
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by rrmm 7y ago
Boeing isn't planning an in-flight abort test. They selected an approval regime that relied on simulation and aerodynamics studies. They've already completed a pad abort test.
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by rrmm 7y ago
That might be the case. I was assuming based on some comments I vaguely recall following the DM-1 capsule recovery. EDIT: https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/01/16/spacex-abort-test-serv... has more details abo
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by rrmm 7y ago
All smiles at the press conference, so seems like things went well. Elon says, Hardware for first launch will be ready end of Feb, but lots of double checks have to happen before launch and schedules lined up for ISS. Expect launch to happ
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by rrmm 7y ago
The post-test press conference is starting on nasa tv for those interested (11:50EST).
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by rrmm 7y ago
I believe the recovery teams have to meet the proper deadlines as well.
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by rrmm 7y ago
It's immaterial either way. The booster isn't expected to survive an abort regardless of the reason for aborting.
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by rrmm 7y ago
The tsunami is more of the problem in the area than the earthquake as far as I understand.
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by rrmm 7y ago
I can appreciate that about a natural disaster. Or one could move to Australia which in general doesn't really try to hide the fact it's constantly trying to kill you.
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by rrmm 7y ago
You can't really prepare for everything. I would even doubt if most of the Amazon higher-ups are thinking much in this direction or are prepared in even the usual ways (2 weeks of food, a barrel of water, and extra batteries level). W
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by rrmm 7y ago
If they just drop the MAX branding, it'd immediately get lost amongst all the other 737 variants.
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by rrmm 7y ago
I wouldn't count on it. In terms of their IT infrastructure, they've got more than one datacenter geographically distributed so they're prepared for it. I don't think companies are really good about planning around eve
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by rrmm 7y ago
Well whatever you do, don't start looking up Yellowstone.
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by rrmm 7y ago
Did you ever try out SVK? It was based on svn's libraries and provided for a more disconnected workflow. Most of my code (dating from before git was around) for various projects is in a single subversion tree and I check it out using
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by rrmm 7y ago
You could probably build an academic career on "fractional interpolation of parameterized system calls".
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by rrmm 7y ago
Well they have to push the ads they have. Clearly they can't run an ad for not buying a lawn mower.
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by rrmm 7y ago
The claims Hansen made are contained in his research papers. So you'd have to cite them, though in most of the papers I've read they tend not quote absolute numbers. In https://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/docs/2010&#x
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by rrmm 7y ago
I think principles decide what you do about the evidence (and even what evidence needs to be collected) to accomplish your goals. The goals themselves derive from principles. Evidence-based governance can give you gas chambers or head-sta
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by rrmm 7y ago
The larger point I'm trying to make is that average global temperature is something that is calculated as a result of the specific method the people doing the study use. It's not a simple average of a list of numbers. It tries t
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by rrmm 7y ago
Sorry I don't see 14.8 in the URL you gave?
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by rrmm 7y ago
The research is done in terms of a temperature anomaly from a reference that is chosen. The absolute mean temperature is an estimate based on the specific technique chosen using the data as input. The delta values are more important becau
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by rrmm 7y ago
Planes can and do land overweight. It's avoided because it risks damage and necessitates an inspection in any case. So I don't think it's an issue that needs to be addressed in general. DL89 is certainly odd. It will be i
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by rrmm 7y ago
The computer automates mistakes.
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by rrmm 7y ago
It's not about reversal of time so much as time-reversal symmetry in a physical system (putting a -t in place of a t).
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by rrmm 8y ago
Flaps are down during landing and take offs (to different extents).
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by rrmm 8y ago
Yeah, I had seen links to ZH from top-notch economic blogs I followed during the recession, so I was surprised when they started popping up as sources for all my favorite crazy conspiracy Youtubers. Their content at this point spans the gam
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by rrmm 8y ago
The toggling that does occur is in our mathematical treatment of the objects: sometimes it is advantageous to model them as a billiard ball and other times as a disturbance of a field. Sometimes you have no choice but to treat them fully a
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by rrmm 8y ago
Awesome! Thanks for the info.

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