FourHand451

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by FourHand451 2y ago
You can buy "skylights" that are essentially internally mirrored tubes that accomplish essentially the same thing. I don't believe they're super cheap right now, but I imagine they could be if they became more widely use
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by FourHand451 2y ago
I think that's a good idea in theory, but it still relies on the car knowing when it's looking at a solid object with 100% accuracy.
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by FourHand451 2y ago
I couldn't help but hear this in my head in the voice of Montgomery Burns.
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by FourHand451 2y ago
It's been a while since I've rented, but I assume this is covered in the agreement when you make a booking. I'd guess their butts are covered from the fraud perspective. Maybe misleading advertisement though?
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by FourHand451 2y ago
Could you say more?
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by FourHand451 2y ago
How many places in a densely populated city can you precisely drop a bomb with no risk to civilians? Yes, technology has improved, but my point is that better tech doesn't just automatically make war less awful. I don't believe th
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by FourHand451 2y ago
That would be great, but why would one think that?
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by FourHand451 3y ago
Terry Pratchett had a plan for things he was working on at the time of his death: > Pratchett told Neil Gaiman that anything that he had been working on at the time of his death should be destroyed by a steamroller. On 25 August 2017, hi
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by FourHand451 3y ago
Their government programs have hit some snags recently too. The KC-46 and Starliner programs have not exactly been smooth money-makers for them.
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by FourHand451 3y ago
I think you may be slightly misinterpreting the parent comment. When they say the NIF's task is weapons research, I think they meant that the facility was built with that task in mind. When I read your comment it sounds more like you&#
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by FourHand451 3y ago
What exactly do you mean?
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by FourHand451 3y ago
Is there a reason you feel they are less prepared than any other organization?
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by FourHand451 3y ago
The practices you're describing largely seem sensible, but I think they are also beside the point made by the article, namely that Texas seems to emit more gas per unit of production than a neighbor. > gas doesn't have a ton of
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by FourHand451 3y ago
You can't use classical physics to calculate the momentum of a photon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon#Relativistic_energy_and...
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by FourHand451 3y ago
So, perhaps a good time to start a new business selling inexpensive RISC-V based micro computers?
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by FourHand451 3y ago
Non-meta Answer from user @bruce511: "Russia doesn't have much in the way of non-polar coast (well, not today European end) so they've been breaking ice since forever. The US by comparison has very little polar coast and so
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by FourHand451 3y ago
What makes zippers such a tough problem?
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by FourHand451 3y ago
Perhaps I'm out of the loop, but why do you need a smartphone for gym access?
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by FourHand451 3y ago
I agree that making a clear demand seems more effective if possible, but I don't think disorganization necessarily implies that displeasure is only momentary and involves no risk. Many people can be upset about something and agree on a
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by FourHand451 3y ago
I think that's good advice in principle, but the practical limitation is the ability of a bunch of redditors to come to an agreement on point #2 on short notice. Maybe they figure the implied message of "you are doing a bad thing
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by FourHand451 3y ago
Can you please elaborate?
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by FourHand451 3y ago
Tangentially related question: I've always wondered why afterburners on more modern Soviet/Russian engines seem to glow blue, while European or American jets seem to have a more orangey glow. Anyone here know why?
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by FourHand451 3y ago
To sail the ship around? I'd think the smelting operation would cover those costs.
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by FourHand451 3y ago
I agree with what you say, but for me it's easier said than done. There's a disconnect in my brain because it feels like the rewards for taking the extra time and effort to care about the product tend to end up mostly in the pocke
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by FourHand451 3y ago
Certainly I would agree that letting go a lot of experience folks would have an effect on the product. However, I think this comment could use some more justification: > But unlike previous generations though (heh), many of them are not
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by FourHand451 3y ago
I'd second the idea that this was not the major thing holding back adoption of the metaverse. Frankly, even if they announced a program to give free Oculus headsets to anyone who wanted one, I still wouldn't want to start using th
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by FourHand451 4y ago
I don't think any of this is alarming. Nor a reason we should stop trying to solve new problems as we learn of them.
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by FourHand451 4y ago
I think the larger point is that there isn't a simple, obvious, "Why don't we just do XYZ?" solution to the problems being discussed here.
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by FourHand451 4y ago
Or perhaps the opposite. If the plane is saying it's lighter than expected, they may think too little fuel has been loaded.
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by FourHand451 4y ago
Echoing your sentiments, it's worth noting that we've already launched nuclear power generators on a number of NASA missions. Not the usual type of fission reactor, but radioactive material nonetheless. So the risk certainly hasn&

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