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811.
by valuearb 6y ago
Typical nuclear engine designs are safed during launch so even a launch explosion isn’t dangerous, they use fuels that won’t become heavily radioactive until the engine is activated.
812.
by valuearb 6y ago
It’s not inflation exactly, because of the influence of lower interest rates, but in my neighborhood houses sold for around $250/square foot last couple years. My neighbor just sold her house for $365/square foot. There is a measu
813.
by valuearb 6y ago
I drive a Porsche Macan, I guarantee it’s a better drive than an Audi wagon. And it’s not big enough for me. If we take a trip, it’s the Cayenne, because it’s far more comfortable with 4 people plus dog plus luggage.
814.
by valuearb 6y ago
I switched my Javascript code base to Typescript a few months ago. There is a productivity cost that is declining over time as I get more used to Typescript. But the conversion also flushed out some significant bugs in the JavaScript base.
815.
by valuearb 6y ago
In Swift Structs are immutable and passed by value, class objects are mutable and passed by reference. Using a struct is infinitely preferable to a string.
816.
by valuearb 6y ago
It’s a core requirement for return flights to Earth in the “Mars Direct” model that SpaceX has based its plan on. But the SpaceX plan doesn’t require the astronaut return on the first Synod, or on any fixed schedule. The first to land will
817.
by valuearb 6y ago
Bigger cars don’t “clog” the roads. Their impact on car spacing is minor.
818.
by valuearb 6y ago
No the question is why are you hectoring other people with different use cases for how they choose to drive their cars?
819.
by valuearb 6y ago
What’s a “station wagon”? They are called “SUVs” today Mr Griswold.
820.
by valuearb 6y ago
The odds of getting pulled over in the western US for going less than 10 MPH over the speed limit are minute. As is the extra fuel cost to driving 10 over. And when it’s 500 miles to the next national park, that’s another hour of hiking. L
821.
by valuearb 6y ago
Well given the fact that Western Europe barely has a military outside of all the US troops there, it’s a lot easier to keep those debt levels low.
822.
by valuearb 6y ago
No one needs a car at all. We could live like hermits in the woods and go back to hunting and gathering. But if you live in the real world, why not drive a car that makes it easier to do all the things you want to do, if it’s easily afforda
823.
by valuearb 6y ago
If society deems it’s better off with out free speech, can we ride our straw horses together?
824.
by valuearb 6y ago
My state has 75 MPH speed limits, which effectively allows 85 MPH in real use. I’ve driven my family tens of thousands of miles across the American West, and seen posted limits as high as 85 MPH. Nothing like seeing a police car pass you by
825.
by valuearb 6y ago
Sounds nice. But living standards are higher in the US, and our trips are longer. To drive my family across Texas is nearly as far as driving across France and Germany, and I have three other states to cross. If I can afford to pay more to
826.
by valuearb 6y ago
A Toyota Camry isn’t a small car.
827.
by valuearb 6y ago
I have two kids and a large dog. A small hatchback would turn a day trip to the beach into a civil war.
828.
by valuearb 6y ago
Until you need to haul 6 kids, or three bikes, or furniture, or hone remodeling supplies from Home Depot, etc. Cars aren’t sized to our average use case, they they are sized to frequent use cases. I’m getting tired of the “all I need is a
829.
by valuearb 6y ago
Way more than half. Even if you live in an urban area, you occasionally need to drive out of the urban area.
830.
by valuearb 6y ago
The mass was a minor part. Launching hundreds of nukes into orbit was the real blocker.
831.
by valuearb 6y ago
No one is getting trained on the Isle of Man, that’s just the company’s domicile. customers are still getting trained at the same locations under Boeing supervision.
832.
by valuearb 6y ago
Are you saying that Boeing’s huge 737 Max mistakes and run our laden news articles mean that every management decision at Boeing reduces quality? Perhaps the pilots union wanted $400k a year for each pilot, but their market value was only
833.
by valuearb 6y ago
The contractors have to meet Boeing’s regulations, not the Isle of Nan rules.
834.
by valuearb 6y ago
They were unionized, that’s why you are hearing about it.
835.
by valuearb 6y ago
That’s the contracting company, which probably domiciled for tax reasons.
836.
by valuearb 6y ago
Because the union that publicized the layoff was asking for too much, and contractors can do the same job just as well and much cheape?
837.
by valuearb 6y ago
Nationalization would destroy it faster.
838.
by valuearb 6y ago
I assume MSFT has a benefit for doing so. What’s Apples benefit for porting Swift to Windows?
839.
by valuearb 6y ago
The US had already transitioned to solid rocket ICBMs with the Minuteman and Polaris programs before the Apollo program even started. The military certainly benefited from advances and electronics from the program, but that R&D was a ti
840.
by valuearb 6y ago
I skipped ice mining because the missions don’t require it as a prerequisite. The first teams on the first synod don’t have to succeed at it. They will learn what does and doesn' work. Each succeeding synod they will get closer till th

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