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by gvb 3y ago
Really bad HN title "Same Energy Density at Half the Weight". That is nonsensical; "density" should be elided in the title. The actual goal is to double the energy density so that the battery can provide the same energy
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by gvb 3y ago
(2018)
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by gvb 3y ago
https://archive.ph/sZerh
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by gvb 3y ago
https://archive.ph/eDCri
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by gvb 3y ago
P.S. Most web sites use Google analytics, which relies on JavaScript so, as a bonus, I'm in Google's blind spot.
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by gvb 3y ago
Yes, I'm browsing with JavaScript disabled by default. It cuts out an incredible amount of crap. With JavaScript, web sites (especially "news" sites) are unusably slow due to all the crap advertising pushing GB of crap JavaSc
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by gvb 3y ago
If you read with JavaScript disabled, she says Hey NoScript peeps, (or other users without Javascript), I dig the way you roll. That's why this page is mostly static and doesn't generate the list dynamically. The only things you&
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by gvb 3y ago
How about Google hires talent that actively tests, discovers and mitigates vulnerabilities That's Project Zero: https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Zero
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by gvb 3y ago
Most/all of the legacy "name brand" companies sell their logo to third party manufacturers. For instance, GE does not make any of the consumer products that bear their logo. To the two parts to your question: a) Yes. b) No. Y
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Fearing the Wrong Thing(oreilly.com)
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by gvb 3y ago
If you click to bring up the "start menu", you can then right-click on the "live" boxes that come up with the start menu and remove them. This doesn't remove the bloatware, but does remove the distracting crap that
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by gvb 3y ago
https://archive.ph/RwIze
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by gvb 3y ago
Text version: https://spacenews.com/software-problem-blamed-for-ispace-lun... tl;dr: The landing site was changed late in the mission planning sequence (after the Critical Design Review). As a result of the landing site cha
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by gvb 3y ago
Geocaching is a good way to find "local knowledge" type of interesting places. https://www.geocaching.com/
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by gvb 3y ago
More information on Habitat 67: https://www.archdaily.com/404803/ad-classics-habitat-67-mosh...
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by gvb 3y ago
The tanks are held in supporting cradles when horizontal so that their weight is distributed properly. Sometimes the tanks must be pressurized when transported horizontally or they would be damaged.
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by gvb 3y ago
I interpreted Musk's comment to reflect the fact that rockets generally will be destroyed if the tanks lose pressurization and/or the rocket tumbles. The (load bearing) tank walls usually cannot support major side loads. The Stars
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by gvb 3y ago
His point had nothing to do with the termination system. The rocket tumbled for four complete revolutions. Most rockets will be destroyed by inertial and aerodynamic forces well before the first revolution (they are designed to withstand fo
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by gvb 3y ago
In the SpaceX feed they were waiting for the second stage to separate and light, and it didn't do either. So first question is why didn't it separate? T+00:16 - Shortly after liftoff, when the engine graphic first appears, three
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by gvb 3y ago
Afterword: Within twenty-four hours of sending this message I received a response from someone in "Executive Relations" at Amazon apologizing for the spider and giving me a $10 credit. I guess they figured with the ten bucks I co
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by gvb 3y ago
As long as the trajectory of the vehicle stays within the "safe trajectory box", the range safety officer has no reason to blow the rocket up. SpaceX acquired a huge amount of data that would have otherwise been lost if the RSO wa
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by gvb 3y ago
Webcam footage with narration of what the ships are doing: https://youtu.be/8s18O_iAlKE?t=366
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by gvb 3y ago
Infinitely far, imo. A LLM can minic a person, but it is all artificial and not at all intelligent. We humans anthropomorphize everything so we fool ourselves into thinking mimicry is the same as personality. The flaw in "LLM will be
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by gvb 3y ago
How come none of the Engineers ever get rich in these schemes? "These schemes" were fraud. It is better, and wiser, to eschew fraudulent riches and stay out of jail.
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by gvb 3y ago
The twitter post simply links to a Facebook video which is a link to a YouTube video (Red Side). Use the source, Luke. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DHNp7aEviE
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by gvb 3y ago
(2009)
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by gvb 3y ago
"Why did the projected explosion of technological growth everyone was expecting—the moon bases, the robot factories—fail to happen? There are two possibilities. Either our expectations about the pace of technological change were unreal
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by gvb 3y ago
The line is broken (double-pasted): https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/28/23659191/amazon-sidewalk-...
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by gvb 3y ago
https://archive.ph/TO3Op
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by gvb 3y ago
The inverse of "startup" is "shutdown."

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