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Re:Flying-V: Flying long distances energy-efficiently on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @11:56AM (#20096197)
How is this a new concept when blended wing body (BWB) existed since 1920s [1], with Boeing X-48 being the latest in 2007-2012 [2]?

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blended_wing_body 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-48

Re:Flying-V: Flying long distances energy-efficiently on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @11:54AM (#20096174)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-48

Note 1: Boeing once toyed with a blended wing-body, a sort of flying wing, to produce dramatically better aerodynamics and fuel efficiency. Passengers would have sat in a wide cabin, rather like a small amphitheater. But tests with a mock-up produced such a negative reaction that the company dropped the technology, except for military refueling aircraft.

Re:The Electric Car on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @09:44AM (#9884793)
It's all about life cycle. A typical car lives for nearly 15 years. There are huge numbers of 15-20 year-old cars on the road today. An introduction of a new type of car won't change the life cycle dynamics. Even if auto manufacturers manage to sell 50% of new electric cars in 10 years, there will be tens of millions of old gasoline cars on the road ... just because people keep driving them.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2015) on Friday May 01, 2015 @01:58PM (#9473293)
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Re:Ask HN: Building cheap, affordable houses in earthquake-hit Nepal? on Thursday April 30, 2015 @11:58AM (#9465884)
So I did a bit of research. Here are my two approaches to hacking complex problems:

  1. Find who is doing it already.
  2. See how this problem was tackled by someone who had it worse.
For #1: See http://www.naturalbuildingblog.com/ They aim for simple to build earth-based houses for $10/sq ft. A good next step likely is to reach Dr. Owen Geiger.

For #2: See http://www.rebuildhaitihomes.org/ Looks like they started with fundraising.

Re:Ask HN: Building cheap, affordable houses in earthquake-hit Nepal? on Thursday April 30, 2015 @09:31AM (#9464906)
The big question is: which materials you have available for construction now - concrete, wood, glass?

Fullstack Engineer, Back End Engineer, Front End Engineer Required

Posted by Atiim on Monday April 27, 2015 @01:48PM
from the self-post dept.

Responsibilities: •Build the platform architecture based on product requirements and user experience designs. •Be hands-on down to the code level with mobile and web app development, core software stack and systems operations. •Set technology direction, design and deliver technical specifications for new and existing platform components. •Interact daily with local and remote development teams...

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Re:Django Girls make the male-dominated world of IT more accessible to... on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @07:45PM (#9424256)
agree, I would pick "software developer".