wumpus

30 ms·

331.
by wumpus 5y ago
Congratulations, you just invented Blekko! Which in turn was inspired by the success of DMOZ. Maybe it's an idea whose time has come.
332.
by wumpus 5y ago
Missions to Jupiter recently have used solar panels, but anything farther has thus far been RTGs, something which the US has very limited fuel for.
333.
by wumpus 5y ago
Is it OK to count Soviet accidents with the same technology, or should we pretend they didn't happen?
334.
by wumpus 5y ago
What about them? It's a very different technology from nuclear reactors.
335.
by wumpus 5y ago
13 Mj is the current mass at which people think deuterium fusion can start. Above 80 Mj, hydrogen fusion will start. These numbers depend on a lot of details of stellar atmospheres. I took a graduate-level Stellar Atmospheres class from S.
336.
by wumpus 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Pail_of_Air full text: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51461
337.
by wumpus 5y ago
The one time I got a mortgage, I was saving an unusually high % of my salary. After the mortgage company got a look at my bank account, they were nervous that I was possibly getting extra money from somewhere, and demanded a larger downpaym
338.
by wumpus 5y ago
The joke is that GM had to recall 100% of them to replace their batteries because of a fire hazard.
339.
by wumpus 5y ago
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts about every Rivian and Lucid recall in the next couple of years. Hint: new car companies have fewer models and larger recalls than companies with many models.
340.
by wumpus 5y ago
Check out the definition of "rent seeking".
341.
by wumpus 5y ago
If you want a more conservative BEV choice, buy a Bolt.
342.
by wumpus 5y ago
My 3rd Subaru had 2 head gasket replacements under warranty, and needed a 3rd when I sold it to buy a Tesla. It's as if everyone makes decisions based on their personal experiences. I know I do. (It was a design flaw that was unusual f
343.
by wumpus 5y ago
It had amazing bandwidth to the swap device, so no, I've never seen interactive use be slow. Of course that's just my actual usage (NCSA, SDSC, Stennis, etc) and not the only possible experience.
344.
by wumpus 5y ago
That's one of the worst cases of benchmark abuse I've ever heard of.
345.
by wumpus 5y ago
I used Crays under Unicos for quite a while and they weren't crummy at all... given a batch-oriented scientific workload. Even though the memory management was antiquated, there was an enormous, fast swap device available on every vect
346.
by wumpus 5y ago
The dilution happened when the options pool was expanded years ago.
347.
by wumpus 5y ago
Yep. Tesla is a new automaker, and this was the first high-volume model for Tesla. BTW the Takada airbag recall was 100% of Teslas.
348.
by wumpus 5y ago
Only new automakers have a high % of production of a single model. I'm always surprised by how much hate new automakers get on a startup-oriented forum. BTW the Takada airbag recall was 100% of Teslas.
349.
by wumpus 5y ago
I meant the first year Model S was built. Plenty of people advise not buying the first year of any new model from any carmaker, because there are usually more problems than usual. Refreshes are safer.
350.
by wumpus 5y ago
What's your personal experience with Tesla mobile service?
351.
by wumpus 5y ago
There are two hood latches, like all cars. This recall affects one of them. 0 known incidents. Definitely ought to have a recall.
352.
by wumpus 5y ago
My 2013 Model S is doing great. I had all of the usual first-year-car problems, since then it's been fine. No fit-and-finish problems, no rattles, paint doing well, and so on.
353.
by wumpus 5y ago
This is where Hacker News is at its best: endless discussions about what the word "rich" means.
354.
by wumpus 5y ago
Try googling [carbon tax rebate], it might be interesting.
355.
by wumpus 5y ago
Here's a NY Times article on the current thinking in the art world: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/20/arts/design/parthenon-mar... (mirror at https://archive.fo/qcMA7 ) As you
356.
by wumpus 5y ago
Most people mentioning electric pressure cookers these days are referring to the "Instant Pot" or similar. Check it out.
357.
by wumpus 5y ago
The purpose of the small gas tank was to qualify for California subsidies and ZEV credits. California doesn't want to subsidize anyone who might buy a PHEV or BEV with REX and then run it 100% on gasoline.
358.
by wumpus 5y ago
So, you're saying that if we adopt a stupid wind policy, bad things will happen? I'd agree with that. Have you considered adopting a good policy instead?
359.
by wumpus 5y ago
Happy holidays!
360.
by wumpus 5y ago
If you wrap your car with a shitty wrap, and it damages your paint, do you expect the manufacturer to fix it for free?

More ›