shasheene

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   by shasheene 11y ago

   I was looking for a list of resources, but your comment was long and insightful. Thanks for taking the time up to write it
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   by shasheene 11y ago

   What resources should I consume to get a realistic view of industrial development ?
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   by shasheene 11y ago

   Thanks for this. I've been looking for a solution for this problem for a while and this looks like a good attempt. While bank statements scraping or API is good, it may be useful for somebody to note that that it's often possible
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   by shasheene 11y ago

   There's no longer a discount for paying fees up front: http://studyassist.gov.au/sites/studyassist/news/pages/chang...
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   by shasheene 12y ago

   In Australia, a popular introductory kit was "Fun Way Into Electronics" ( http://goughlui.com/2014/11/09/tech-flashback-dick-smiths-fu... ) by the Radio Shack-like electronics retailer Dick Smith. Unf
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   by shasheene 12y ago

   I hope you're right, but past Google initiatives into the developing economy markets (like Android One) haven't been too successful (so far) There's better options in the $50 - $150 price range for smartphones than Android On
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   by shasheene 12y ago

   See also: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/01/05/371894919/what-he...
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   by shasheene 12y ago

   Probably because Airbus Defence and Space (formally known as EADS Astrium) -- the contractor which builds Ariane -- has a factory there: http://www.space-airbusds.com/en/locations/toulouse-gxq.html
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   by shasheene 12y ago

   Correlation does not imply causation - the observed 75% reduction of cycling among children aged 5-17 (from 40 minutes to 10 minutes per person per week) from 1989/90 to 2005/08 coincides with the increase in popularity of interne
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    by shasheene 12y ago

    The Falcon 9 does have attitude control system towards the top: the nitrogen cold gas thrusters in the Reaction Control System is located in the interstage portion of the vehicle - right at the top of the first stage The gimballing engines
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    by shasheene 12y ago

    While there's a limit in the amount of (highly toxic) TEA/TEB hypergolic fuel that's carried in the ignition system I'm not sure it's the bottleneck. The limited number of times the Merlin 1D can be relit is probabl
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    by shasheene 12y ago

    Estimates are overall payload to orbit is reduced by around 30% with reusability. Dry land landings are more economical for SpaceX, but have further reduced payload to orbit. I understand the portion of total fuel required can be worked out
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    by shasheene 12y ago

    I really like the Atlas V re-usability proposal: http://www.ulalaunch.com/uploads/docs/Published_Papers/Evolu... After stage separation, it detach the entire engine block (where most of the cost is), and a he
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    by shasheene 12y ago

    The blog post is in response to this story that paints Tesla is a very negative light: http://fortune.com/inside-elon-musks-billion-dollar-gigafact... (Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?
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    by shasheene 12y ago

    Yep, you're right. It's an independent company based in San Jose with no investment by Mozilla: "MatchStick is backed by Chinese hardware maker aBitCool and other investors, who Chang said he could not disclose. Mozilla is no
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    by shasheene 12y ago

    There's a few new options for cheap, relatively powerful hardware platforms than also break the $20 barrier. Specifically Mozilla Matchstick, the Chromecast-like HDMI dongle ( https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ma
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    by shasheene 12y ago

    Anybody have any success connecting the app to Strava? I'm really not a fan of the logo. Makes the app look like a different kind of app. Should be change it to something that's more associated with fitness at first glance.
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    Matchstick – The $18 Streaming Stick Built on Firefox OS(kickstarter.com)

    2 points by shasheene 12y ago|0 comments