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by sveit 7y ago
The Eads bridge[1] is also an example of a very early (opened in 1874) use of steel. I don't know about how over engineered it is, but it is still used for automobile and light rail today. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/w
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by sveit 7y ago
Starship is a devastatingly powerful space access and logistical transport mechanism that will instantly crush the relevance of every other rocket ever built. If I am a launch provider other than SpaceX, I'm out of business in probab
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by sveit 7y ago
In the middle of 1966, Robert Taylor took over the directorship of Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO)[1]. It was Taylor who launched the project that produced ARPANET. This is a great history series on ARPANET, starting with &q
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by sveit 7y ago
"One of the really interesting interesting things to contemplate is the total mass to orbit capability of a large reusable system where you have a significant fleet in operation. If you've got something like Starship where you&#x2
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by sveit 7y ago
Also see the Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation (APOLLO)[0]: "APOLLO measures the round-trip travel time of laser pulses bounced off the lunar retroreflectors[1] to a precision of a few picoseconds, corresponding to
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by sveit 7y ago
Mark Volkmann gave a great talk on Svelte[0]. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_PTdJq-1rA
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by sveit 7y ago
Check out the book The Wright Brothers by David McCullough[1]. You will see that they are anything but tinkerers, but more the founders of aeronautical engineering. [1] https://www.amazon.com/Wright-Brothers-David-McCullough
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by sveit 8y ago
I use a "Hackintosh". This buyer's guide can help you if you want to build your own or by a PC that would work well[1]. [1] https://www.tonymacx86.com/buyersguide/building-a-customac-h...
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First Image from InSight Lander(twitter.com)
3 points by sveit 8y ago|0 comments
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by sveit 8y ago
A great book on this topic is Suggestible You by Erik Vance. He addresses some of the scientific basis of the placebo effect.
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by sveit 8y ago
This series was very well researched and written. He is starting a new series on the history of the Internet. I'm really looking forward to it.[0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17322090
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by sveit 8y ago
This is by the author of "The Switch"[0], a history of the electronic switch. I found the series fascinating and am looking forward to this new series on the Internet. [0] https://technicshistory.wordpress.com/2018
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The Backbone: Introduction – History of the Internet(technicshistory.wordpress.com)
3 points by sveit 8y ago|1 comments
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by sveit 8y ago
> I'm already seeing a lot of good developers move away from node as they gain experience and realize things should be much better. What are you seeing them move to?
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by sveit 9y ago
According to Elon Musk[0](32:30), no. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mCGbguCw2U
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Seif Protocol Version 0 [pdf](github.com)
1 points by sveit 9y ago|0 comments
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by sveit 9y ago
TradeHarbor offers a service called EmailToSign [1] that allows you to sign PDFs using your voice. [1] http://tradeharbor.com/2017/hosted-apps/
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by sveit 10y ago
I'll be able to view over 1 minute of totality from my backyard. Check out http://www.eclipse2017.org/2017/every_community.htm for totality times for any town along the path.
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by sveit 10y ago
"Instead of being locked in a self-storage unit with two rabid wolverines, why not three?"
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by sveit 10y ago
Can we file a Freedom of Information Act request to have the method the FBI used disclosed?
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by sveit 11y ago
I played with American Bricks at my Grandma's house as a kid. I even built a suspension bridge with them. They were great fun.
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by sveit 11y ago
If you have a face-to-face conversation with a friend (assuming no eavesdropping devices are around) everything you say "self destructs". You'll feel freer to say certain things knowing that they will only persist in your fri
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by sveit 11y ago
I contact my U.S. Representative requesting the Air Force release records pertaining to the incident. We need to know that facts.
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by sveit 13y ago
Now I'm going to start seeing 2048 combos.
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by sveit 13y ago
The Catholic Church teaches against persecution of gay people. From the Catechism of the Catholic Church: 2358 The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively
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by sveit 13y ago
I heard this reported on Fox News Channel this morning.
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by sveit 13y ago
If I toss a coin into the air and then it lands on tails, there is a visible cause and effect. The velocity of my arm, the position of the coin in my hand, the moment of release, the air currents in the room all affect the outcome. If I cou
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by sveit 13y ago
If I saw this in my inbox, I would think it is a phishing attack. By sending a legitimate email like this, Big W is making it much easier for their customers to succumb to phishing.