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6nf··on Stranded astronauts' capsule heads home without them
No they don't. Dragon takes 4, Soyuz takes 3, 9 people on the ISS, none of the other pods are rated for crewed missions.
6nf··on Stranded astronauts' capsule heads home without them
There's 9 people on board the ISS right now. The Dragon can take 4. The Suyoz can take 3. The other capsules are not designed for crew.
6nf··on Brazilian court orders suspension of X
Let me guess, you've never been to China.
6nf··on Starlink Defies Order to Block X in Brazil
Example?
6nf··on Brazilian court orders suspension of X
VPNs are not illegal in China. About a third of people in China use VPNs and the govt is fine with VPNs unless you're using it to break the law.
6nf··on With fifth busy beaver, researchers approach computation's limits
> 5 states and 2 symbols is just so few with which to try to encode undecidable behavior.

Would you be brave enough to say the same thing about BB(6) or BB(7)?

6nf··on Boeing rejects claims NASA crew 'stranded' by spacecraft
Isn't there a Dragon docked at the ISS right now?
6nf··on Google search is losing the fight with SEO spam, study says
Is there a search engine that actually and consistently looks for what you search for now?

Once in a while I try Google but very frequently it completely ignores some of my keywords and I have to click the 'include XXXX' and try again. WTF GOOGLE WHY DO YOU STILL DO THIS

6nf··on Researchers confirm what we already knew: Google results are getting worse
When Google decided that all user supplied search terms were optional, result quality fell off a cliff.
6nf··on DJI's First Delivery Drone Takes Flight Globally
Previous urban delivery drone services had trouble with noise complaints, could be related to that?
6nf··on Removing data transfer fees when moving off Google Cloud
RIP Google Cloud

calling it now

6nf··on Starlink launches "cellphone towers in space" for use with LTE phones
Might require a window seat though.
6nf··on Kids with chattier parents are more talkative, may have bigger vocabulary
Could be genetic too, at least in part
6nf··on $750 a month, no questions asked, improved the lives of homeless people
Assign an area to each person and that person has to ensure it stays clean. Don't pay by the pound of trash collected, pay by the area kept clean.
6nf··on Tesla will sue you for $50k if resell your Cybertruck in the first year
Ferrari won't sell to everyone, but they don't stop buyers reselling their cars.
6nf··on Ask HN: Is anyone else bearish on OpenAI?
Other AI companies are less than a year behind OpenAI and I'm not convinced that's enough for OpenAI to 'win out' in the market.
6nf··on X Won't Demonetize Russell Brand, the Company Tells Pro-Censorship British MPs
You're in favour of deplatforming people that committed no crime and in fact did nothing wrong except disagree with the govt.
6nf··on X Won't Demonetize Russell Brand, the Company Tells Pro-Censorship British MPs
This is bullshit. Brand is not even convicted yet.
6nf··on U.S. Deficit, Pegged at $1.7T, Effectively Doubled in 2023
I mean historically
6nf··on U.S. Deficit, Pegged at $1.7T, Effectively Doubled in 2023
Inflation fixes that
6nf··on Roundup herbicide ingredient connected to epidemic chronic kidney disease
Pfizer is still trustworthy though even after the 2.3 billion fine they got for Bextra alone
6nf··on The tomato was thought to be poisonous in late-1700s Europe (2013)
Like what?
6nf··on Starlink quietly lost over $250M in burned satellites this summer
The fairings alone add another million. The whole upper stage is not re-used at all.
6nf··on Starlink quietly lost over $250M in burned satellites this summer
Almost none of it hits the earth. They burn up in the atmosphere.
6nf··on How the fentanyl crisis' fourth wave has hit every corner of the US
Is this happening in other countries?
6nf··on That Time I Posted Myself Out Of a Job
Insta-fire
6nf··on James Cameron slams OceanGate safety, regrets not speaking up more
Cameron's craft is single person only - James always went down alone.
6nf··on A new experiment casts doubt on the leading theory of the nucleus
There's nothing preventing the formation of galaxies, stars and planets if you take away dark energy. Dark matter is not as clear cut but it's still likely to be unimportant.
6nf··on A new experiment casts doubt on the leading theory of the nucleus
'everything that underpins daily life' does not include everything in the universe, for example it excludes dark matter and dark energy, neither of which matter at planetary scales like here on earth.
6nf··on MrBeast has become a viral sensation for his acts of altruism
People copy the stupid excited face thumbnail because it works.
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