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Re:At SpaceX, work was taken away from me in case I “might retire or d...
on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @11:55AM (#33803520)
They are. The larger your reporting section the more important you are. Importance is described through resource allocation.
Re:Ask HN: Which books have made you a better thinker and problem solver?
on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @11:42AM (#33803334)
Totally agree. But the language and wording structure is a slog to get through.
Re:Bankruptcy court gave blanket immunity to executives in 9 out of 10...
on Monday November 07, 2022 @11:00AM (#33507539)
Bankruptcy is a deal with the court on restructuring or insolvency. Both parties have to agree. They will simply not take the deal if the risk is high for them.
Re:Beaming Clean Energy from Space
on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @08:57PM (#33445218)
This has been researched and found impractical. First you have power conversions solar > electric > microwave > electric. Then the microwave transmission receiver has to grow at the square of the distance. Receivers need to be huge on the order of kilometers. Also to be stationary to the ground the satellites need to be in geo orbit making the distance huge.
What am I missing?
Re:Why are nuclear power construction costs so high?
on Thursday June 09, 2022 @11:52AM (#31682751)
Each build is unique and requires way too much overhead. The new generation of preapproved factory assembled SMR's are the future.
Re:Ask HN: Have you created programs for only your personal use?
on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @07:45PM (#31021722)
You sure you are not this guy?
Re:Ask HN: How do you have fun without alcohol?
on Thursday January 06, 2022 @11:32AM (#29825701)
You are borrowing joy. It sure is hard not to do it though.
Re:The EPA allows polluters to turn neighborhoods into “sacrifice zones”
on Thursday November 11, 2021 @12:05PM (#29190284)
This is a pretty typical growth pattern. Industrial zone establishes and city is set far away in a safe area. City expands and resident need cheap housing. The cheap housing is built near the industrial zone as that is how economic forces work. People then see this and say they built industrial next to the poor people when the opposite occurred. Now the industry is giving cancer to poor people and needs to be punished. Who is right and who is wrong?
Re:Facebook Reports Third Quarter 2021 Results
on Monday October 25, 2021 @05:08PM (#28993156)
The metric that matters. All is well there.
Re:Good leaders know you can’t fight reality
on Sunday October 10, 2021 @03:12PM (#28821086)
This is perfectly shown through We Work with Adam Neumann. He pushed bullshit for a very long time. Then ran out before the collapse came. By defying reality he won.
Re:Apple to face EU antitrust charge over NFC chip
on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @12:23PM (#28774965)
Apple should not be required to handle 3rd party agreements with commensurate compensation. But they should also not own the market. Tough position to strike.
Re:It is easier to educate a Do-er than to motivate the educated
on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @07:10PM (#28766917)
you are the person I hire. I will often know there are a great many unknowns. I also may know it's not possible. But the attempt often yields its own value. Also you can very often sell a close approximation of the actual impossible thing.
Re:Scientists discover how high-energy electrons strengthen magnetic f...
on Monday August 30, 2021 @11:35AM (#28356698)
What are the implications of this in regards to fusion containment?
Re:S.Korea parliament committee votes to curb Google, Apple commission...
on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @11:14AM (#28302667)
If I was Apple or Google I would tell the country they are not in compliance with our operating policies and access to service is being rescinded until legal alignment can be restored.
Let that be a message to any country that tries to mess with the money. The country will riot to get their phones working again.
Re:FDA grants full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid shot
on Monday August 23, 2021 @11:43AM (#28277568)
We beat small pox, polio and other terrible diseases with the all in approach. Please take the shot and convince everyone you know to do so as well. If we eradicate this... it's gone.
Re:Time to retire the CSV?
on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @12:05PM (#28223217)
Most data warehouses I have worked with use character delimited formats.
*shudder
Re:Defense against the dark art of estimation bargaining (2014)
on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @11:57AM (#28223097)
Just tell them they are falling into the 9 ladies can make a baby in one month process. That usually gets their attention.
Re:Ajit Pai apparently mismanaged $9B fund–new FCC boss starts “cleanup”
on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @12:09PM (#27985477)
The new starship platform should be able to launch 400 satellites per launch. They would only need 30 launches a year to support the constellation.
Re:Organic and regenerative agriculture are revitalizing rural Montana...
on Monday July 12, 2021 @12:28PM (#27811976)
I think bodies are not meant to always be processing food. We are designed for downtime to process the backlog. The body would get to nagging issues if given opportunity to do so.
I also think this has a lot to do with our cancer rates.
Re:Intuit sabotages the Child Tax Credit
on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @02:18PM (#27691821)
Most every other country has the government send a tax sheet to you. If you disagree you go to appeal. If you do nothing your done.
So much easier.
Re:Pfizer and Moderna vaccines may produce lasting immunity
on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @01:46PM (#27679311)
Has there been any work done on the severity of the COVID 19 variants? My understanding is variants of highly dangerous viruses rarely keep the high level of risk as the progenitors.
Does the delta variant and others pose the same risks? Are we over responding to a virus family group?
Re:How California Homelessness Became a Crisis
on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @12:23PM (#27437275)
I'm cool with that as long as its greater than 20 miles from my house, says everyone.
Re:How California Homelessness Became a Crisis
on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @12:22PM (#27437259)
The issue with any paid approach is that surrounding area will begin dumping the local homeless there. Thats where they can "get the help they need" without the locality they are from paying for it. This is a hard problem that looks like it needs a federal solution.
Re:Judge in Fortnite case holds Tim Cook's feet to the fire
on Friday May 21, 2021 @04:55PM (#27239846)
They would just stop making the phone.
Re:Companies may be punished for paying ransoms to sanctioned hackers
on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @01:30PM (#27198126)
First thing that popped in my mind is an employee facilitating an attack and getting a cut. Great way to get a quick payday.
Re:TikTok launching jobs service for Gen Z
on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @11:58AM (#27119711)
A silhouette filter and a voice modulator would address that
Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after Spotify co...
on Friday April 30, 2021 @12:23PM (#26995526)
I wonder if Apple will delist Spotify from the app store. It would be a power move on their part to say mess with us and lose what you have.
Re:Dominance of Apple and Google’s app stores impacting competition an...
on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @09:29PM (#26964303)
Yep it neatly organizes everything with subscriptions and vetted apps into a single location. Can't ask for more. The only people that want out of it is people who want a bigger rev cut, to bypass app store rules and infect devices.
Re:Apple store fake app stole man's life savings in Bitcoin
on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @12:27PM (#26958115)
I'm wondering how long it takes them to figure out people would immediately start scamming apple if they were liable. The risk of crypto is its freedom. I have no idea why people would not stay in regulated markets.
Re:U.S. House committee approves blueprint for Big Tech crackdown
on Friday April 16, 2021 @12:48PM (#26836225)
They wanted to hold speech to account for things they didn't like. Right now they can't.