aerospace_guy

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   by aerospace_guy 2y ago

   This has been happening for years now. Just adding "AI" or "LLM" gets the views and $$ these days.
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   by aerospace_guy 4y ago

   The Van Horn property is primarily for Blue Origin, and I believe most is under the Blue Origin LLC, not him directly.
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   by aerospace_guy 5y ago

   Amazon can launch Kuiper satellites on any launch vehicle, not just New Glenn.
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   by aerospace_guy 5y ago

   the code is in the youtube video description [1]; definitely not PID control [1] https://gist.github.com/ggerganov/092b86a59fa34926998953701a...
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   by aerospace_guy 5y ago

   > And aerospace engineers are dirt cheap Inaccurate, please stop sharing misinformation. Seeing this on HN is unfortunate.
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   by aerospace_guy 5y ago

   It seems this is becoming the norm these days. Astra, Joby Aviation, Lucid Motors, Archer and a few others in the aerospace/automotive industries have done this recently.
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   by aerospace_guy 5y ago

   Thanks for the response, y'all sound like a cool group of people. Wish you the best of luck, and I might sneak an application in once you get that hiring page up. Godspeed!
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   by aerospace_guy 5y ago

   Super cool! 1. I know there are a few other startups/companies working on similar technology. What differentiates y'all? I think Turion is the only one I've seen come out of YC though. 2. Don't see a careers page on your
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   by aerospace_guy 5y ago

   When commercial airplanes started out, people said the same thing about it being for rich people only. That's how these expensive things start. One day, the cost of these flights will be much lower, to the point where you and I can aff
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    by aerospace_guy 5y ago

    For sure, you're right that compared to a jet engine there are fewer parts. The caveat is you're comparing a large engine (and aircraft) with a much smaller one. Electric aircraft of today can't go anywhere near the range of
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    by aerospace_guy 5y ago

    I agree! Just that saying "almost nothing to inspect or maintain" is not true.
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    by aerospace_guy 5y ago

    Modern turbofan/turbojet/turboprop (really, any engine) has a ton of SW involved. Engine controllers [1] literally control the engines. Your point is completely wrong, I've worked on this software and they go through many for
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    by aerospace_guy 5y ago

    Huh? I see a lot of parts that can fail. What do you mean?
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    by aerospace_guy 5y ago

    I just watched this for the first time. Your energy is infectious and inspiring. Thank you for what you do.
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    by aerospace_guy 5y ago

    > feedback loop that robs us of our independent thought by way of falling victim to laziness This was my first thought when I saw this. I intentionally don't use predictive text whenever I can to preserve whatever originality I have
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    by aerospace_guy 5y ago

    Thank you for posting this.
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    by aerospace_guy 5y ago

    New Shepard has flown 14 times successfully without any failures. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Shepard#Full_flight_list
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    by aerospace_guy 5y ago

    Likely due to the relation between supersonic jets and sonic booms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_boom
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    by aerospace_guy 5y ago

    Same here but only in elementary school. At least back in 2004. We moved from Logo -> QBasic -> Visual Basic -> HTML -> Java -> C before graduating high school.
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    by aerospace_guy 5y ago

    > There should be an option to turn off simple things like that: turn off podcasts, pause learning from my music for then next 30 minutes, etc. They state that private listening 'may' not influence your music recommendations.
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    by aerospace_guy 5y ago

    > I have my phone in do not disturb mode 24/7 Me too. I've recommended it to so many people, but I think many are so addicted to that dopamine hit they find it hard to do.
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    by aerospace_guy 6y ago

    Try meditation. Control your mind.
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    by aerospace_guy 6y ago

    What sites allow employees to sell their options/shares to non-employees?
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    by aerospace_guy 6y ago

    Why do you need machine learning to "deal with the knockback of shooting a gun from a drone"?
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    by aerospace_guy 6y ago

    Do you think engineers haven't been involved in building aircraft and automobiles until now? They've been the "main drivers of success" since the beginning of those industries. If you mean software engineers, I think you
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    by aerospace_guy 6y ago

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24631093
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    by aerospace_guy 6y ago

    Thanks, I didn't notice the link to the press release at the bottom of the article.
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    by aerospace_guy 6y ago

    I find it interesting that Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is developing this, as opposed to Rolls-Royce plc - the company that works more closely with aviation.
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    by aerospace_guy 6y ago

    Why not make it opt-in rather than opt-out?
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    by aerospace_guy 6y ago

    Thanks! I wish they’d say ‘will not’ rather than ‘may not’. Good to know they’ve thought about it though!