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You don’t have to be the best player or to cheat on the poker table for +ev
You have to be better than the bad players, and know when to fold against a better player
You will make less profit than cheats. But, you won’t have to cheat
Obviously that cache can massively accelerate repeated access to the same data, and reduce tape wear and mechanical wear and energy usage.
But I think the critical issue is where you want the cache to be. Because end point devices already have local cache.
So this product only seems to have a big advantage on applications where you expect many unique users to access the same archive data for the first time, and within a short period of time before it expires from the tape drive’s SSD cache.
This is why I think it’s a small niche. Maybe too small to be worthwhile.
Edit: it also has the disadvantage that the first few devices to try to access the data would have a huge delay for a minute or more while the data is located on the tape. It’s also vulnerable to DDOS by attackers requesting random cold data, to fill the SSD.
The chance of hiring a genius is tiny.
So, hope someone else performs that experiment for you.
These minor blips only stand out in the context of SpaceX’s unprecedented consistency, which surpasses anyone else. But, if they have another snafu soon, maybe it could hint at a slight decline in their normal technical excellence?
Edit : OTOH, this was launch 23 of that booster, as mentioned by @gregoriol, so I for one might see that as a successful test discovery of the reuse limits of the structure. And also, the F9 that didn’t reach orbit probably wouldn’t have threatened the lives of a human crew, although it would have scrubbed their mission.
It appears very similar to the treatment of Ross Ulbricht, Assange, maybe even Snowden?
These are the equivalent of white collar crimes (typical massive frauds from the finance sector, etc) but they are getting a blue collar punishment of decades in jail that a successful and persistent street drug dealer could receive, NOT the few years in comfort camp prison that white collar frauds usually get.
That is how bad this situation is becoming.
Probably nobody asked them before. They’re just giving their honest opinion, and they don’t deserve this implied insult.
Toxic commentary, about a serious issue which demands calmer criticism
And, the only real reporting done was from The Atlantic, not this clickbait mill.
Good heuristics. Also that must not be a mainly downward rapid movement, which probably only means you just dropped your phone.
There are two reports from Thailand at around that date
For e.g. “I quite like knowing where folks sit on the org chart compared to me”, & puzzling over the ‘meaning’ of “senior” in a job title!
Isn’t this contradictory?
>”Bitcoin also has proven to be problematic for criminals. Physical transportation, including hiring couriers for relatively small sums, has become an alternative.”
Ironic, about Bitcoin not being most effective for laundering criminal proceeds, the opposite of popular opinion.
Although I would suggest that Britain has been “trying” to stamp out money being laundered through its banks and real estate. Because many are loving the influx of cash into the property market, without a care where it’s coming from.
They were a clear reflection of reality. Previously the best you could get was a calm pool of water.
You can probably understand how mirror makers would accept being poisoned by mercury to create that experience.
https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/digital-logic/12/...
The functionally similar NPN switching transistor to the ancient 2N709 is still available. Search for PMBT2369.
Acronyms, BJT: Bipolar junction transistor
Thanks. I understand that better now. The spacecraft did start up, but it seemed as if it could be badly damaged because they were not receiving any telemetry data
It sounds as if this team made several mistakes, not just one mistake. It's also not clear if the result of these mistakes was that there might be real damage to the spacecraft, or if the result was just wasted time and hours of confusion about why the spacecraft wouldn't start up.
The first mistake is they didn't realize that the multimeter was not only measuring, but it was also completing the circuit.
That sounds like a real bad idea. But if it was totally necessary to arrange it like that, then that multimeter should never have been touched.
That's not just one guy's error. It's at least two guys at fault, along with whoever is managing them, and whoever is in charge of the system that allows it.
The second mistake is with the break-out-box. They think he misdirected power wrongly into the spacecraft. Then they jump to the conclusion that has generated a power surge which has damaged the spacecraft, because it won't start up.
But they're not sure where the power surge went and what might be damaged. Anyhow they're wrong.
The reason the spacecraft won't start up is just because he took the multimeter out of the circuit before the accident.
I'm still sort of confused about what happened or if they ever really figured out what happened.
He said "Weeks of analyses followed on the RAT-Revolve motor H-bridge channel leading to detailed discussions of possible thin-film demetallization".
Does this mean that they decided that the misdirected power surge might have flowed into the RAT-Revolve motor H-bridge channel and damaged that?
But, the tech can be used to make disrespectful content.
Look forward to: David Attenborough narrates porn.
I don’t know what we can do. Ain’t no easy answers. But do we want courts and $Lawyers deciding what is respectful?