verzali

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by verzali 8mo ago
We weren't that far away from ATMs refusing to hand out cash, banks limiting withdrawals from accounts (if your bank hadn't already gone under), and a subsequent complete collapse of the financial system. The only thing that saved
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by verzali 8mo ago
The source seems to be here: https://bsky.app/profile/gro-tsen.bsky.social/post/3meiqswj7... It is a weird error, true.
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by verzali 8mo ago
$0/ month
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by verzali 8mo ago
It is fascinating watching his hardcore supporters pivot with him.
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by verzali 8mo ago
To be fair, he has delivered a lot of (bull)shit
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How to Destroy a Space Station(thequantumcat.space)
3 points by verzali 8mo ago|0 comments
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by verzali 8mo ago
All you need to do is make use of a higher dimension to pack stuff into. And then mass produce to bring costs down. How hard can that be?
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by verzali 8mo ago
Probably, but they likely can't do better than we can do on Earth. Networking in space offers specific advantages that are not easy to replicate on Earth. Data centers in space don't have clear advantages beyond easily debunked id
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by verzali 8mo ago
Additional radiator area means bigger spacecraft, implies more challenge with attitude control. Lower down you get more drag so you use propellant to keep yourself up, higher up you have more debris and the large area means you need to freq
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by verzali 8mo ago
I think its an effort to position SpaceX as an AI company in order to justify some ridiculous valuation at IPO.
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by verzali 8mo ago
I fly satellites. None of them have a zero operational cost. None. Even the most automated cost money to keep running.
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by verzali 9mo ago
Luxembourg hosts a bunch of EU institutions and has a small population, so that explains that...
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by verzali 9mo ago
All sorts. Some make the application process very long, some ask for what is essentially a long cover letter through written questions, some ask you to complete tests, one sent me an IQ test...
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by verzali 9mo ago
The purpose is to build hype for the SpaceX IPO. And to engineer a convincing way for Musk to fold xAI into SpaceX and use it to release capital from the AI bubble.
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by verzali 9mo ago
That never seems to happen in practice. The number of jobs I have applied to that required additional effort and that never bothered to reply is just too high.
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by verzali 9mo ago
Have you ever tried a BYD?
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NASA's WB-57 crash lands at Houston(arstechnica.com)
170 points by verzali 9mo ago|88 comments
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by verzali 9mo ago
The US is suing the BBC for $10bn. It is only fair for Americans to pay the cost of that.
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by verzali 9mo ago
Losing a week of salary is still pretty bad. How many days off do you get? Days that you can actually take without losing the chance for a promotion?
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by verzali 9mo ago
Sweden has been here already: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_nuclear_weapons_progra... Considering they got to within 6 months of finishing a bomb in 1965, I think they could probably do it again today.
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by verzali 9mo ago
Sophos
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by verzali 9mo ago
Rather than longer times, what about short times? I did some work on fast fading and you can see rapid swings in fade over <5s. That is hard for automated systems to respond to, so you normally respond by increasing the link margin. If y
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Project Mercury and the Sofar Bomb(thequantumcat.space)
18 points by verzali 9mo ago|2 comments
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by verzali 9mo ago
Many of the people leading the Manhattan project were European. America's greatest strength has always been its ability to attract and give opportunity to the smartest people from across the world. That is now ending.
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by verzali 9mo ago
Hmm, there are rail routes across Eurasia.
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by verzali 9mo ago
Taiwan is more of an American concern. China could be persaded to rein in Russia if they gain Europe from the US' sphere
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by verzali 9mo ago
And so what? The rule of law hardly seems to matter any more.
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by verzali 9mo ago
Oh they won't. Vance will say a few mean words and threaten to bomb Dublin if anyone lifts a finger against Meta.
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by verzali 9mo ago
Carrier pigeon
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by verzali 9mo ago
If the other side have sufficient nuclear warheads it does not really matter the size of the war budget.

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