thebluehawk

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by thebluehawk 6y ago
Agreed. Like it sucks, but I can't fault any of the actors in this story. They are all just looking out for themselves.
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by thebluehawk 6y ago
Somewhat related XKCD What if: https://what-if.xkcd.com/74/
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by thebluehawk 6y ago
That's a compelling idea. I've seen systems that use essentially solar panels on the roof that heats up a liquid in a loop then goes to a heat exchanger which heats up your water before it goes to the water heater, thus making it
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by thebluehawk 6y ago
I would agree, with the caveat of "all else being equal". There is a danger in ignoring vast socioeconomic divides that can put people at a disadvantage that can make things more difficult for certain demographics.
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by thebluehawk 7y ago
General public bought their tickets and have been planning their trip, costumes, etc. for almost a year. Cancelling those tickets would be an even bigger PR disaster, and that's saying something.
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by thebluehawk 7y ago
Orbital mechanics. The earth is orbiting the sun at 30 kilometers per second. So if we launched something into space, since it started on earth, it would have that speed (similar-ish to throwing a ball from a moving car). So that object wou
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by thebluehawk 7y ago
Context is important. Pretty much the entire aerospace industry is terrible at time estimates. SpaceX has accomplished some incredible things, so bashing them for "the whole Mars thing" when they are still hard at work on it seems
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by thebluehawk 7y ago
I think there needs a be a different term. To me "compost" is a decomposing pile of natural materials. Plants, certain types of food waste, animal waste, etc. that anyone can put in their backyard (or scale up to industrial size)
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by thebluehawk 7y ago
Sure, if you can invent a methane extraction process that needs no expensive equipment, has no maintenance, and is safe, then it would be "free".
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by thebluehawk 7y ago
The article addresses this.
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by thebluehawk 7y ago
A good example are the helicopters with workers inside that work on high voltage lines while they are charged. The workers touch the lines to bring themselves (and the whole helicopter) to the same voltage and then get to work. That high of
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by thebluehawk 7y ago
Do you have sources to back up the claim that these people left because of safety or ethical concerns? From what I've heard, it's a grueling job working long hours and that people get burned out pretty quickly, which is a differen
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by thebluehawk 7y ago
Right? It's nonsense. A grocery store isn't "food sharing", and a barber isn't "hair cut sharing". It's one party paying another for a product/service. Uber/Lyft's killer feature is the
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by thebluehawk 7y ago
You made several bold claims. Do you have any proof of any of them? The statistic you provided is useless without context. In the last 8 months there were ~24,000 automobile fatalities in the US. What's important is how Tesla Autopilot
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by thebluehawk 8y ago
Yes and no. Anytime a li-ion battery is charging, discharging, or even just sitting there the chemistry is breaking down slowly. Charging at higher speeds, charging at higher temperatures, etc. all speed up that break down. > Superchargi
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by thebluehawk 8y ago
This is incorrect. They are closing retail stores, but those are usually not the same as the service centers, even if they share a building. An analogy would be a dealership shuttering their sales department but keeping the service departm
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by thebluehawk 8y ago
The iPhone wasn't a massive success because there were no other smart phones out there. It was that it was a much more compelling product than what the competitors were making. The Bolt is the blackberry of EVs. Sure, on paper it check
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by thebluehawk 8y ago
My experience is that insurance is the same and maintenance is cheaper with an electric vehicle.
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by thebluehawk 8y ago
It's annoying that they don't make it more clear that's what they are doing, but the gas saving is a real thing. I used to spent $120 a month on gas, that went to $45 a month of electricity, then I got on a Time of Use plan w
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by thebluehawk 8y ago
I disagree. I think their policy of reacting to content that is harmful and dangerous is a good idea. It's not like the are censoring them. They are still free to spout whatever nonsense they want, they just won't be monetarily co
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by thebluehawk 8y ago
We didn't detect it until it was leaving. So we have no data to compare to in order to even begin to speculate if it changed shape at its periapsis.
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by thebluehawk 8y ago
What proof/rational do you have that it's fake?
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by thebluehawk 8y ago
So they require you to do forced arbitration, then just refuse to act on it (or act very slowly). From a business stand point, of course they would. Most of these cases will at best require time and money to sort out, and at worse cost them
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by thebluehawk 8y ago
As with every manufactured good, certain things are prioritized. Your small commodity laptop battery was likely made to be cheap and light, but not necessarily built to last a long time. That's like comparing a lawn mower engine and an
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by thebluehawk 8y ago
That's an odd convoluted definition that I've never heard of before. I think the point the other poster was making is that "far side of the moon" is far more specific, accurate and useful term.
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by thebluehawk 8y ago
It's in the dash. You have to remove the glovebox and several pieces of the dash. For some reason I think the taxi driver would notice you disassembling his car.
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by thebluehawk 8y ago
For starters, it affects how easily they could raise cash by borrowing money, during a time when they desperately needed capitol.
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by thebluehawk 8y ago
I would put it somewhere more secure than wallet/purse, unless you are forgetting your master password daily. I put mine in a place similar to a hidden folder in a filing cabinet. I haven't forgotten my master password yet, but I
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by thebluehawk 8y ago
Every run of the mill garage door opener using rotating keys or nonces to prevent replay attacks. I assume any fob design worth its salt would implement something similar.
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by thebluehawk 8y ago
It depends on the injury. I would trust the medical professional here.

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