HappyRobot

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NASA is sinking its flagship science center during the government shutdown(space.com)
58 points by HappyRobot 11mo ago|9 comments
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by HappyRobot 2y ago
We disagree with how we want our taxes spent. As long as the government is paying into it, I'm not convinced you would feel any differently if it was a charity or not. > It uses a threat of violence to siphon whatever money Congress
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by HappyRobot 2y ago
They may not be more noble, but they're a necessary part for the people you describe as nobel. Charities, non-profits, and USAID workers, are there to distribute funds, do research, and audit the economic benefit of funds they are give
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Lego Omnidirectional Vehicle(youtube.com)
37 points by HappyRobot 2y ago|0 comments
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by HappyRobot 2y ago
Are musicians/bands seeing success on Patreon? Are they releasing music monthly or just using it to communicate and receive recurring support? I try to support bands I follow as much as possible (buying merch, streaming their music, an
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by HappyRobot 3y ago
I can't speak to food, but 50% markup is a good rule of thumb for manufactured goods in department stores. It's a big markup, but that markup pays for distribution to individual stores, storage costs, payment processing, and all t
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by HappyRobot 3y ago
That potato burrito was fantastic! I wouldn't recognize that place by name, but I still remember how good that burrito was. Kaimuki has had some great places come and go. Years ago there was a Japanese restaurant (called Restaurant Ko
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Where the Latest Covid-19 Models Think We're Headed – and Why They Disagree(projects.fivethirtyeight.com)
4 points by HappyRobot 6y ago|0 comments
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by HappyRobot 6y ago
Adding to this, Rosberg took advantage of the "win as a team" culture to win his championship. He fought a psychological war with Hamilton where the team refused to take sides. It was the only way to beat Hamilton. Mercedes had to
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by HappyRobot 6y ago
I believe other teams do copy this, but not in driver pairings. A different F1 example are the pit crews. There's no time or space for blame if a pit stop is messed up. In the first season, Haas has pit stop issues twice in the same ra
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Particle is discontinuing development of Particle Mesh(blog.particle.io)
1 points by HappyRobot 7y ago|0 comments
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Formlabs Form 3 Teardown(bunniestudios.com)
1 points by HappyRobot 7y ago|0 comments
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After the Water(apps.npr.org)
2 points by HappyRobot 7y ago|0 comments
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by HappyRobot 7y ago
Other long-form movie content - Movies with Mikey ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEtB-nx5ngoNJWEzYa-yXBg ) thought provoking movie commentary with a great visual style. Patrick Willems ( https://www.youtube
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by HappyRobot 7y ago
One aspect of the clarity that an NPR article [0] mentioned yesterday was the sensor design and software required to take non-blurry and non-distorted images. The size of the satellite is impressive, but I didn't think about the challe
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by HappyRobot 7y ago
I don't think there is any take away for consumers. This seems to be an explanation for why certain cables do not work and how to avoid this issue when designing electronics that accept USB-C power input.
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by HappyRobot 8y ago
Someone posted this [0] on an article from another website. It's NASA's method for taking these sorts of pictures from the ground. The process for taking airborne images is probably similar, but must require so much more coordinat
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by HappyRobot 8y ago
Ready made meals are usually higher in sodium and fats than fresh cooked meals. Edit - https://www.consumerreports.org/food-shopping/supermarket-pr... The article doesn't call out higher amounts of fat in prepared
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by HappyRobot 8y ago
One aspect of a carbon tax (or the tax discussed in the podcast) is a steady tax increase. I guess the intended function is to have the tax revenue stay the same even with declining carbon use. Hopefully carbon tax revenue would go to zero,
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by HappyRobot 8y ago
An episode of Planet Money[0] mentioned that some economists believe income tax is not ideal. Their thinking was that taxation usually discourages the action that is being taxed. Work shouldn't be discouraged. The proposed solution in
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by HappyRobot 8y ago
For anyone interested in more information about the history and tensions behind the project, the Offshore podcast (a podcast that examines race and identity relations in Hawaii) produced very good season on the TMT[0]. Mauna Kea is sacred a
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by HappyRobot 8y ago
It might not be that simple. If the story was done properly, Bloomberg received information from a source that they were able to verify using other sources. Maybe they saw parts of the report they talk about, but likely they just talked to
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by HappyRobot 8y ago
> What about people who don't need a basic living wage, like students who still live with their parents? Why should they be pushed out of the market? Part time work. You can work 15-25 hours a week at the higher minimum wage while h
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by HappyRobot 8y ago
You might be interested in the https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab subreddit. The prevailing wisdom there is to buy used enterprise hardware, install a hyperadvisor, and set up separate VM's for everything. It's
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by HappyRobot 8y ago
The article could be clearer, but 26% might be out of all age groups. 44% is only the people in the 18-29 age range. I would be curious to see additional breakdowns. Sure 26% deleted the app, but are they still using messenger? How many are
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by HappyRobot 8y ago
Do you have a source on the F-22 variants? I thought that one of the things that locked us into the F-35 was the tear down of the F-22 production line. Can we still make F-22's?
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by HappyRobot 8y ago
This is one of my favorite videos of his. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYhAKxOlfXQ All movement and actuation is powered by a single motor. The timing is synchronized through gearing and linkages. I am in awe whenever I
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by HappyRobot 8y ago
Yes, but we need to be careful when we discharge excess heat. The sudden addition of unnatural heat can be an issue for ocean ecosystems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_pollution
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by HappyRobot 8y ago
I thought Android apps were sandboxed [1]. The "needs access to my file system" is the way for data to transfer into that sandbox. Android should add the option for temporary data access. I would prefer turning on the access tempo
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by HappyRobot 8y ago
The article you reference blames the debt load. > To compete, Toys R Us would have had to invest significantly in its website and stores. But the retailer was using most of its available cash to pay back its debt. Yes, profits were falli

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