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CuriousIndianon Improving Safety & Resilience at Hachyderm through Strategic Placement of Infra

Slightly edited title due to length limits.

Original title:

  Ensuring Hachyderm's Future: Improving Safety & Resilience through Strategic Placement of Infrastructure

CuriousIndianon India's Cabinet approves Space Station with first module to launch in 2028

Original title: Bharatiya Anthariksh Station (BAS): Our own Space Station for Scientific research to be established with the launch of its first module in 2028

Cabinet is the supreme decision making body in India, and is a part of the Parliament.

CuriousIndianon Chinese megaconstellation launch creates field of space debris

There does seem to be a treaty addressing that [1] [2] which discusses the liability in various circumstances, but it would take someone well versed in space law to answer your question.

[1]: https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spacelaw/treaties/int...

[2]: https://www.unoosa.org/pdf/gares/ARES_26_2777E.pdf

CuriousIndianon Chinese megaconstellation launch creates field of space debris

Over 300 pieces according to US Space Command https://x.com/US_SpaceCom/status/1821615199230816555

CuriousIndianon Chinese megaconstellation launch creates field of space debris

Original reporting my Slingshot Aerospace: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/slingshot-aerospace_slingshot...

CuriousIndianon For the first time in more than 150 years, Alberta's electricity is coal free

You need to update your racist stereotypes. India's birth rate is below the replacement rate.

CuriousIndianon For the first time in more than 150 years, Alberta's electricity is coal free

You need to update your racist stereotypes. India's birth rate is below the replacement rate.

CuriousIndianon For the first time in more than 150 years, Alberta's electricity is coal free

You do realise that vast majority of India's new electricity generation is renewable right? And Canada just replaced coal with petroleum not green sources.

Its amazing how most western countries bash coal so much and then proceed to generate electricity using natural gas.

To me it's Canada that is saying FU to the world and then preaching about it.

CuriousIndianon Reverse engineering Ticketmaster's rotating barcodes

Thats interesting to learn.

Here, train tickets need to list every passenger along with their age and gender. This also enables you to cancel for just one person on the ticket without affecting the rest.

The ticketing system basically assumes no network connectivity. Ticket inspectors usually only ask you for your name and match it to their records. And only ask for and id in rare situations (you absolutely need to have yout id with you irrespective of infrequently you actually need to show it).

CuriousIndianon Curl User Survey 2024 Analysis [pdf]

Associated blog post: https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/06/17/curl-user-survey-2024...

CuriousIndianon Is India's BJP the most ruthlessly efficient political party?

Paywall free: https://archive.ph/40s2q