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Re:What did Earth look like X million years ago?
on Thursday May 26, 2022 @06:07PM (#31523901)
This is really cool, where is SnowBall earth at ~700M years ago though? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowball_Earth
Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold
on Friday May 13, 2022 @11:58AM (#31369257)
I think we need to distinguish between inventor (literally building new things themselves) vs executor (making stuff happen that would not have happened otherwise, or least not as quickly).
I think Elon falls much more into the second category, which I agree is not really like Tony Stark, but I think still provides a ton of value to society. I think there's a real argument to be made that he is the reason we have dropped cost per pound of payload to orbit by over half with reusable rockets, even if he himself didn't invent the functionality.
Re:Ask HN: What projects are you working on now?
on Saturday March 21, 2020 @06:37PM (#22650831)
What's the primary way that generates revenue? Ads? Super cool, I've been looking for a way to have some revenue generating side project.
Re:Taiwan ban single-use plastic straws, plastic bags, disposable uten...
on Thursday February 22, 2018 @02:49PM (#16440783)
What about milkshakes and frappucinos? These would be awkward without straws. (And frappucions are a huge seller to the 14 - 20 yr old demographic)
Re:Ask HN: Which Berkeley Courses Should I Archive?
on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @12:44PM (#13869091)
I'm not sure which of the following are actually available on Youtube, but here are the courses I enjoyed the most and I think are the most valuable as a CS major:
- CS161 Security (Wagner preferably)
- CS189 Machine Learning (Shewchuk)
- CS170 Efficient Algorithms and Intractable Problems
Not a comprehensive list, just my favorites.