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Acceleration without fuel: superconducting thruster uses Earth's magnetic field(space.com)
10 points by svggrfgovgf 3mo ago|2 comments
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by svggrfgovgf 3mo ago
Actual headline cut down to fit: 'Acceleration without fuel:' Revolutionary superconducting thruster harnesses Earth's magnetic field in 1st orbital test
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by svggrfgovgf 6mo ago
Wrong George Goble - this is the computer scientist not the actor.
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by svggrfgovgf 6mo ago
Sorry to hear. I remember George running the EE PDP-11 as a time share system with Lear Siegler ADM-3A terminals at Purdue while the CS department (as part of the school of science) was using punch cards! The EE department had a room with 1
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by svggrfgovgf 8mo ago
Actual headline: 4 upper-stage issues in 19 months: When will SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket return to flight?
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Upper-stage issues: 4 in 19 months When will SpaceX's Falcon 9 return to flight?(space.com)
3 points by svggrfgovgf 8mo ago|1 comments
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The medieval habit of 'two sleeps'(bbc.com)
5 points by svggrfgovgf 8mo ago|0 comments
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by svggrfgovgf 8mo ago
Here's a service in a medium sized town of Colorado: "Large or Complex Projects - extensive curb modifications or custom installations can cost $1,200-$3,000 or more. These projects often involve additional planning, permits, or s
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Barium 0.2 – What's New?(tomscii.sig7.se)
2 points by svggrfgovgf 9mo ago|0 comments
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by svggrfgovgf 10mo ago
Has anyone worked on a project with the "Surgical Team" organization? If so, how well did it work compared to other team organizations? I think the idea had a lot of merit, but have never seen it in practice.
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CA spent over $450M on a new 911 system. It's now scrapping the flawed design(sacbee.com)
7 points by svggrfgovgf 10mo ago|3 comments
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by svggrfgovgf 10mo ago
Is this old news? I wasn't able to find anything about it in the LA Times or the SF Chronicle.
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by svggrfgovgf 11mo ago
The two launches scheduled for today (Nov. 14th 2025) are both on the East coast and are scheduled to be within an hour (22:08 EST and 22:55 EST according to Spaceflight Now) from: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and SLC-
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by svggrfgovgf 11mo ago
Yes, the republicans hold a majority in the Senate, but the Senate rules require 60 votes to stop debate on a bill (ie cloture). So, the Democratic members are holding up the CR by not voting for cloture. Cloture is a very valuable tool for
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by svggrfgovgf 1y ago
So, am I understanding this correctly? TX has D's at 12/38s with proposed changes bringing D's to 7/38s (ie 31% to 18% D) And in retaliation, CA wants R's to go down from 9/52's to 4/52's (ie 17%
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by svggrfgovgf 1y ago
That's a 36,000 km orbit, not 36km.
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In China, fears grow of an EV financial crisis amid pricing war(cnbc.com)
5 points by svggrfgovgf 1y ago|1 comments
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by svggrfgovgf 1y ago
>Since these streams are purely unidirectional, users don't have a way to notice that they're not literally live. Depending on the delay, this can cause problems when switching from delayed streaming to real life. For example,
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by svggrfgovgf 2y ago
1,100 points, i.e., 2.5% versus: 10/19/1987 22.6% 3/16/2020 12.9% 10/24/1929 11.7% 10/29/1929 11.7% 5/6/2010 10.0% 10/24/1907 8.3% 9/29/20
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'I have a stockpile':ULA CEO says ofrocket backlog awaitingnext launch(floridatoday.com)
2 points by svggrfgovgf 2y ago|0 comments
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by svggrfgovgf 2y ago
Florida has a statute that prevents local governments and HOAs from banning or prohibiting "solar collectors, clotheslines, or other energy devices based on renewable resources" http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes&
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by svggrfgovgf 2y ago
Title shortened from: Elon Musk describes limestone mine used for processing federal workers' retirement papers: ‘Like a time warp’ This is not made up, Washington Post in 2014 "Paper mine pushes ahead, but still behind the times&
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DeSantis deploys resources to FL ports to keep goods flowing amid 'unacceptable'(foxbusiness.com)
3 points by svggrfgovgf 2y ago|1 comments
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by svggrfgovgf 2y ago
Actual headline: DeSantis deploys resources to Florida ports to keep goods flowing amid 'unacceptable' strike I think the interesting thing about this story is that at this time, 5:17 PM EDT, I was unable to find this story on eit
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Spacecraft delivery startup founded by former SpaceX rocket guru raises $150M(cnbc.com)
2 points by svggrfgovgf 2y ago|1 comments
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by svggrfgovgf 2y ago
Full title: Spacecraft delivery startup founded by former SpaceX rocket guru raises $150 million, led by Founders Fund
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Wyoming is pushing crypto payments and trying to beat the Fed to a digitaldollar(cnbc.com)
3 points by svggrfgovgf 2y ago|5 comments
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A U.S. construction boom is sending rents lower and creating perks for renters(cnbc.com)
2 points by svggrfgovgf 2y ago|1 comments
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Space station startup Gravitics lands $125M order from Axiom(cnbc.com)
3 points by svggrfgovgf 2y ago|0 comments
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by svggrfgovgf 2y ago
I agree that the tech sector in general went through a lot of growth in the past 20 years, with a lot of new products. But, I think the level of interest rates has a large impact on which projects are funded. With interest rates at zero (ac

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