notact

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by notact 23d ago
Also: the liability of getting stuck with a needle.
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by notact 2mo ago
To be fair, you can replace ""believes in climate change" with "prioritizes energy independence". I would argue the latter is a stronger motivator for China.
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by notact 3mo ago
Can you help me understand how alternatives to capitalism, such as central planning, would necessarily be better at preserving the planet?
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by notact 4mo ago
TIL incineration can involve power generation. I am familiar with the term, but had assumed incineration was basically endothermic and wasteful.
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by notact 4mo ago
We are already burning coal for power generation, whether we like it or not. I have wondered why we don't "recycle" plastic by shoveling it into the same furnace and a) get some energy out of it, and b) solve the landfill pro
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by notact 4mo ago
My question wasn't so much about the contradiction between regulating & banning authority, but questioning the authority to do either in the first place. I.e. I don't understand why gambling must necessarily be considered to b
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by notact 4mo ago
Why is this nonsensical? Gambling is not necessarily inter-state?
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by notact 1y ago
> And why would “manufacturing”....prepare us for anything else even ignoring that we’d have to regress to do it? The American production machine (aka manufacturing) is a major component of what won WWII.
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by notact 2y ago
My VW has lane-keeping assist. In general I like it, because it had nudged me when I wasn't paying as much attention as I should have. But one failure mode is that it can detect shadows or other artifacts that it decides are lane marke
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by notact 2y ago
After all of their technical failures, and known cultural problems leading to them, I am astonished Boeing has the nerve to insist it is safe. Seems like they are betting the whole space business farm on astronauts not dying on the way down
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by notact 2y ago
My friend is a tax accountant. I hope I am wrong, but I am worried for her entire profession. It seems more about memorization of the massive & enormously complex tax code, and less about actual problem solving. This seems very well sui
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by notact 2y ago
This is a perfect example of why half the country does not trust the media, including myself. To be clear, I am not a Trump fan. But when newspapers endorse the same party for decades and write editorials like this, TV networks broadcast mo
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by notact 2y ago
Make it opt-in, please.
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by notact 2y ago
I guess this sorta makes sense - the slightest slowdown starts to deorbit the vehicle, at which point a particular descent rate becomes difficult to maintain?
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by notact 2y ago
I'm not sure why people are misunderstanding my question as "Why not bring more fuel and burn the rockets in reverse". I am simply asking: why not reenter the atmosphere at a shallower angle, spreading the atmospheric braking
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by notact 2y ago
I understand the atmosphere is used to slow the vehicle - it's basically free brakes that you don't have to carry with you. I never suggested using rockets in reverse to slow the vehicle down. What I am asking is, instead of effec
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by notact 2y ago
Can someone explain why reentry must be so hellish? The energy gained during the rocket burn into orbit must be bled off during reentry, and that energy is enormous. However, why must reentry occur so quickly? It seems if the descent into t
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by notact 2y ago
sapiogram made no assertions or arguments, just asked a simple, reasonable and good-faith question. Your response was disproportionately negative.
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by notact 2y ago
I see a lot of calls for being able to block an area code. That does not seem to be useful to me, living in a major metro area lots of legit calls (doctors office etc) share the same area code as spammers/political organizations. What
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by notact 2y ago
The stock market may demand never ending growth, to keep generating positive returns. But how does capitalism itself (private ownership of production) demand never ending growth, any more than a planned economy would?
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by notact 2y ago
What are the conditions and steps necessary to engage autopilot during landing? What are the failure conditions, and the steps necessary during a malfunction when autopilot is engaged?
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by notact 2y ago
Sure it gets progressively easier as more and more of the door rides horizontally on its rails. But those first few inches where the door is nearly entirely vertical, must be some significant fraction of the total weight, probably >90%.
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by notact 3y ago
The "No?" portion of the hypothetical you quoted is designed to filter out your examples. A few lines down from that clearly addresses the need for OT in critical situations.
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by notact 3y ago
Yup, and also not getting sucked out the door if you were able to open it (which you couldn't at cabin pressure anyway).
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by notact 3y ago
> corporate existence as well as profits aren’t guaranteed. This sounds like a terrible business environment. Are you thinking through the long term consequences of this?
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Live cam, freight rail down center of Main Street [video](youtube.com)
1 points by notact 3y ago|1 comments
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by notact 3y ago
Live webcam of a busy freight railroad down the center of Main Street, in La Grange, KY.
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by notact 3y ago
Regardless of what recall means today, in the past it meant a physical visit to the dealership. I believe there are many people (for example my mother) who would see the headline, not actually read the article, arrive at a mistaken conclusi
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by notact 3y ago
My original comment was kinda ridiculous and was not worthy of a serious response ;) But, to respond to this more seriously, the people I personally know who drive gigantic trucks would most likely be proud of their reduced gas mileage. Th
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by notact 3y ago
Unintended consequence: Ford adds another rear axle to the F150.

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