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by verzali 2y ago
It was allegedly Thatcher who said it, and the age was 26
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by verzali 2y ago
Do recipes make up a substantial part of your internet searches? I ask because I rarely search for recipes outside of a few trusted sites, and because cook books are still thing.
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by verzali 2y ago
Other than SpaceX there's no one flying reusable rockets yet. If SpaceX did go bankrupt we'd have a big problem, since almost no one else still flies in the US or Europe at all. Partly that's because there's such a small
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by verzali 3y ago
OpenStreetMaps is pretty decent, and I find it better than Google Maps in most cases.
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by verzali 3y ago
Yes, this is a thing I find really frustrating about Google. Especially as I often search for old news stories to find out what people were saying on a topic a few years ago in order to give some context to more recent stories.
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by verzali 3y ago
That's been my experience. Reddit used to be the place to find people who know what they're talking about. Now it's only the confident loudmouths left.
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by verzali 3y ago
I had a quick read through the paper. I don't think they are actually proposing a new theory here, but are using supernova studies to check one already suggested. The problem is measurements of supernova show the universe is expanding
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by verzali 3y ago
Companies realised that a few years ago, we're well past the point where Reddit started to degrade.
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by verzali 3y ago
Niche subreddits are still good, but above a certain size they all seem to become awful. Moderation is a major problem - not just the unpaid nature of it, but because so many of the moderators are terrible at their jobs or just sold out to
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by verzali 3y ago
Can I really make $52 million by converting coordinates into a standard format? Surely that must a niche need? How do you come up the valuations?
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by verzali 3y ago
People, especially the younger generations, are already too cynical. A lot of them don't seem to believe anyone does anything on the Internet except to make money. I find that profundly depressing.
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by verzali 3y ago
We could just ask the technology for ideas?
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by verzali 3y ago
I worked on Proba-3 for a while. The original goal of the project was to demonstrate formation flying in preparation for another telescope (I forgot the name, but it was something like Xeus). That telescope would have a camera and lens on s
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by verzali 3y ago
Speaking from experience, the 10-20 euro fares are not always available on flights. But then again, cheap fares are not always available on the trains either, especially at the times most people want to travel (Friday or Sunday evenings, et
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When Will Betelgeuse Explode?(thequantumcat.space)
2 points by verzali 3y ago|0 comments
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by verzali 3y ago
I always had a vague idea that this is something a blockchain would work well for. I never looked into enough to figure out the details though.
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by verzali 3y ago
I'm surprised by the cost. Is it really $23/month in the United States? I paid €13.50 a month, which seems to be about $14.50 for the ad-free level. And even that is a big price increase on what it used to be, which is why I unsub
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by verzali 3y ago
It's because Europe has a higher proportion of retired people, and European workers get more holidays, better pensions and better unemployment benefits. When you work out the productivity per hour worked, Europe comes out ahead: https
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A career guide for the space industry(thequantumcat.space)
2 points by verzali 3y ago|0 comments
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by verzali 3y ago
Do you have a link to any more detailed papers on those scientific upsides? What is listed there is high level and would seem to require the satellites to be equipped with equipment they don't necessarily have. If the science upsides a
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by verzali 3y ago
Would nukes be a concern to a civilization capable of interstellar travel? They'd almost certainly have access to technology capable of wiping us out. The more likely reason is that space is really big, and making interstellar voyagers
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by verzali 3y ago
Am I right that this doesn't include state pensions or social security? Not sure how it works in America, but in Europe it would at least reduce the amount you need to withdraw each year.
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by verzali 3y ago
The Russian space program is a real mess and a shadow of what it once was.
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by verzali 3y ago
I applied to be an astronaut and that was only 5 or 6 rounds of interviews. Granted, you have a lot more invasive medical tests and being dunked upside down in swimming pools.
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by verzali 3y ago
https://www.thequantumcat.space/ Writing about space tech, astronomy, general science
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by verzali 3y ago
I guess they are referring to chip scale atomic clocks, which are apparently already a real thing. Seems like scaling up manufacturing to commercialise is the current challenge, so maybe a few years away? https://en.wikipedia.org
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Exploring Interstellar Space(thequantumcat.space)
4 points by verzali 3y ago|0 comments
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The Quantum Cat: A weekly newsletter on space and science(thequantumcat.space)
1 points by verzali 4y ago|1 comments
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by verzali 4y ago
Hey! I'm an engineer working in the space industry (specifically cubesats right now, but soon switching to work on a space telescope!). I've been sending out a newsletter on space, astronomy, physics and other topics that catch my