Diederich

> temporarily throw all the materials into a trash

Just curious, did they pull it out of the trash later on?

Perhaps too provocative of a question for this forum:

Assuming that this plant (and potentially others) ends up substantially reproducing the capabilities that are currently available only in Taiwan, how much would that fact change the US'/the west's response to a possible Chinese attack on Taiwan?

> To remove inequality requires a totalitarian government. Be careful what you wish for.

Are a lot of people actively and actually suggesting the full removal of inequality? Finding ways to reduce it is a very different thing.

This is an outstanding analysis, thank you, and very succinctly summarizes my own views.

> ... I remember I did the same when I was in 10 people startups and it required A LOT of work to keep all these things running...

Honest question: how long ago was that? I stepped away from that ecosystem four or so years ago. Perhaps ease of use has substantially improved?

I think this author is effectively saying that the devices that are widely known as 'heat pumps' tend to be more efficient than devices that are widely known as 'air conditioners'.

Why do something annoying once when you can do it twice for twice the outrage?

Last night, just before full darkness, I was walking through the woods around our home in rural western Washington state and quite suddenly I'm looking at a surprised black bear. It was perhaps 4 meters away and immediately stood up and started huffing. I shouted at it and calmly walked away.

We don't live in a true old-growth forest, but it's pretty close. There are definitely many hundred year old trees.

We manage our five acres very, very minimally, and we're actively re-foresting most of the ~1ac of yards that were mowed prior to us moving here in 2020.

As another commenter said, this is the most beautiful natural environment I've ever seen, and we're extremely grateful that this has become our forever home.

Wow, can you expand on that? Thanks!

Does anyone have a sense of how practically difficult it would be to detect an active Starlink installation?

This is outstanding, thank you.

Neat, do you have a quick reference handy? Thanks!

> SpaceX has had the same exact cost overruns as Boeing....

Why do you believe this is the case?

This is very technically correct but also misleading.

In the last test flight, Starship reached a velocity of 7.3km/s. Orbital velocity is 7.8km/s.

Why didn't they make it to 7.8km/s? Because they choose not to. Starship had the fuel, control and capability to burn a few more seconds for another 500m/s.

It also (barely) survived re-entry and achieved a fully controlled, powered, soft splashdown.

Did you see the amendment at the top?

"Update: on 9 September 2023, Walter Isaacson said his biography’s claim about Starlink and Crimea was based on “mistaken” information [see footnote]"

Here's a more accurate summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink_in_the_Russo-Ukrainia...

I think we're in agreement about Tesla. I believe that Musk's bullshit has greatly harmed that company. At the same time, I don't think it's hurt SpaceX very much.

Do you think Musk's antics are having a notable negative effect on SpaceX? There's no doubt that's the case with Tesla.

Thanks for the clarification. I dug around for numbers but didn't look in the most obvious place!

And yes, the cost difference is absolutely staggering.

Falcon Heavy, fully expendable, can send about 15,190kg to TLI (Trans Lunar Injection). The Saturn V sent about 48,600kg to TLI.

The current SLS can send about 27,000kg to TLI, and block 2 is expected to send between 43,000kg and 47,000kg to TLI.

Could the Falcon Heavy be used on a multi-part moon mission? No doubt, but it's not in the same weight class as SLS.

> - I do not know if there is a clean, ethical way to "run the social media"

It's a very difficult problem, no doubt.

Do you think Hacker News is 'social media'? If so, is it being run in a 'clean, ethical way'?

Honestly most of the code I saw inside of Facebook was pretty solid, and some of it was exceptional.

I totally get it, best of luck to you and yours.

> I don't think by any means that previous generations (women in particular) had it 'easier,' but I think the nature and persistence of low-grade psychological stress we carry now is unique. And our support systems are worse.

This is very well said and quite important in my opinion.

As a senior GenXer, I grew up during the cold war, and things were looking pretty scary for us (human civilization) for several years in the 1980s. I remember asking a number of my high school peers if they expected to be around by the age of 21 and more than half though that we'd be nuked by then. (We lived in a place surrounded by primary targets.)

Personally, I was raised by my grandparents, who were born in the late 1910s, grew up on farms where starvation was very close by a lot of the time. My grandfather fought in a number of bloody locations in World War 2 while my grandmother helped build bombers.

I admit, for a while, I was somewhat skeptical of claims that Millennials were dealing with a lot of stress, but I've grown out of that fortunately.

"I think the nature and persistence of low-grade psychological stress we carry now is unique. And our support systems are worse" is absolutely right on target, and I think the science is starting to catch up.

I'm glad you're doing well with your cancer treatment. One thing most people don't realize is how much better, on average, the prognosis is for cancer in developed countries, though the rise of various types is certainly very concerning.

May I ask what kind of cancer you had? Thank you.

I rode by their office in SF daily in 2015-2018 and even back then it was pretty rough. I've heard things have gotten only more difficult since.

From the article: "This is not meant to disparage therapists, advocates, or grief counselors. Each person must find their own way to deal with the reality that we perceive: what works for one may not work for others."

This is...hard but important.

> Kessler syndrom

Is this a big risk in the low, high drag orbits that the vast majority of SpX launches target?

> but is Ariane actually competitive with SpaceX

I think you're correct, Ariane isn't "competitive" with SpaceX, but it is "competition", which is a minor but important point.

I've been following SpaceX since the beginning, and I'm a huge fan of what they're doing. At the same time, I really want Ariane and others to be not just "competition" but also "competitive".

For all of the various challenges, structural and political, that Ariane 6 has dealt with, I truly hope this is a flawless launch. Any kind of additional competition is worthwhile.

Do you think there is a reason that some distros go through all of this additional trouble?