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721.
by vl 6y ago
Is there red shift between Sun and Milky Way? Sun and Earth? Earth and Moon? If so, have we detected it?
722.
by vl 6y ago
> just as we can't say that GR describes the behaviors of particles Sure it does - gravitational lensing, etc.
723.
by vl 6y ago
To be fair, the detonation had to be synchronized with the recording equipment start. They were proudly describe analog control system which start recorders at correct time.
724.
by vl 6y ago
It’s interesting how they did the shot of the bomb on the parachute. It’s either not the real bomb (test drop of a dummy?), or camera operator should have been in the kill zone.
725.
by vl 6y ago
Now they automatically shoot counter-projectile: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophy_(countermeasure)
726.
by vl 6y ago
They now have active intercept systems: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophy_(countermeasure)
727.
by vl 6y ago
>Chaff, flares, stealth and jamming are used because they actually work Don’t modern missiles use optical target acquisition in the first place? BTW, tanks have active automatic ballistic defense systems for a while now.
728.
by vl 6y ago
There is also full speed-corrected colorized version: https://youtu.be/EQs5VxNPhzk
729.
by vl 6y ago
Safety razor requires more time to shave than cartridge razor because it requires more strokes. But I actually prefer it because usually I don’t shave every day. Cartridge razor clogs up in this case. When I shave every day I use either car
730.
by vl 6y ago
Their identity defined through what they do. They can’t stop because then they won’t know who they are.
731.
by vl 6y ago
The main reason Priuses are used as cabs are local regulations, i.e. airports not allowing non-hybrid cabs, etc. For passengers experience is sub-standard compared to regular cabs.
732.
by vl 6y ago
Same way as you can walk or run in a harmful way, it maybe that the way you are breathing is sub-optimal.
733.
by vl 6y ago
In the article he says he inhales for 5.5 seconds, then exhales for 5.5 seconds.
734.
by vl 6y ago
Not only it could, it did. Adjusted for today’s population Spanish flu would kill 2 million. Yet lockdowns were way less severe and schools, for example, reopened. Moreover, looking at current numbers, covid is not on track to reach 2 milli
735.
by vl 6y ago
But in the country of 330000000 this is relatively minor. Yes, this happened quickly, but other, and more importantly, preventable deceases are killing way more people over time. Yet we don’t test for flu, don’t close McDonald’ses or allow
736.
by vl 6y ago
The argument is that on this timescales they would be here for now. But all this doesn’t really matter since you can’t apply frequentist logic in bayesian situation: what we observe is exactly the same as someone in the long tail of distrib
737.
by vl 6y ago
In the article they say that these planets are young and hot and they detected them in infrared by blocking light from the host star using special device. We would easily detect such super-massive hot planet at 300 AU in the solar system, b
738.
by vl 6y ago
On top of that it’s illegal to carry any knife except 3.5” or shorter folding non-assisted, unless you are hiking or hunting.
739.
by vl 6y ago
I was in Home Depot yesterday, buying $220 of equipment. Credit card system went down on all registers. So I had to pay with cash.
740.
by vl 6y ago
It's an individual journey for everyone. For me it's: * Regular exercise * Earplugs (at night) * Light control - dim lights and no computer use before bed. * Schedule Night is definitely better than day in all aspe
741.
by vl 6y ago
Great question. We, for example, don’t buy any toys ourselves except legos. But they come in through different channels: gifts, included with something else, birthday parties (am sure you are aware that now at any birthday party all kids ge
742.
by vl 6y ago
I have two kids and now I have to throw away old toys all the time filling up garbage bags. This would be unimaginable in my childhood, so for the first few years we didn’t manage that, but now we have to just dump them.
743.
by vl 6y ago
Free trade advances human race as a whole and raises average standard of living. But it’s important to understand what is at the end of this advance: irrelevance of labor. Not only hyper-optimization produces fragile systems (i.e. look at t
744.
by vl 6y ago
Just notice that this particular article managed to say nothing in so many words.
745.
by vl 6y ago
I would prefer to work in C++, but it doesn’t matter really: the problems you are solving at the big project are mostly unrelated to the language.
746.
by vl 6y ago
While hard to say quantifiably, from what I’ve seen almost any new backend service is written in Go (apart from ML-related, which Go doesn’t support). Given that many-many older services were implemented in C++ and Java, these still dominat
747.
by vl 6y ago
This is really sad. I love both 747 and A380. To me it’s still more comfortable to be in the large plane for a long flight. 4 engines are better than 2.
748.
by vl 6y ago
And of top of that you have another engine to maintain. But fifth wheel is an overkill for most: For most of them you need F-250/350 instead of F-150. F-250 doesn’t drive as nice as F-150 when unloaded. Preferably you need long bed (no
749.
by vl 6y ago
HN business model is to be marketing vehicle for Y Combinator. Y Combinator wouldn’t happen without HN since there would be no wide reach while it was still small. Ingenuity of course is sprinkling marketing material on top of community-cre
750.
by vl 6y ago
Well, didn't we just see what happens with UBI basically in the last two months?

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