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I became so conditioned to waiting hours(!) for DNS propagation that I'm always pleasantly surprised when it takes <5 min these days.

Case in point, https://stopthesso.tax/

Now updated to say the entire Platform API is unavailable. https://status.heroku.com/incidents/2558

Edit: Maybe back?

Now posted as an issue on status.heroku: https://status.heroku.com/incidents/2454

Do you have a CNAME record pointing to a herokudns.com domain? Replace it with an A record that points to the IP instead. You can find the IP by going to https://securitytrails.com/domain/<something-1234.herokudns....

... a year ago.

I think you have that backwards? Taking off from Mars is significantly easier than earth because of lower gravity and a less-dense atmosphere.

"640K ought to be enough for anyone" - Bill Gates, ~1985

Thanks for the feedback! I don't have anything in the works right now, but will definitely consider it.

I have fond memories of learning VB3 from Teach Yourself Visual Basic in 21 Days, which had to be 500+ pages. It turns out it's tough to have a good introduction to a topic without going really long.

Very good points, thanks. I struggled with this myself as I was trying to plan out the structure of the book. I ultimately went with the "path of least resistance" (ASP.NET Core MVC ships with Bootstrap, jQuery, etc) but I agree that it could be better in future versions. :)

Thanks for filing the issues. And thanks for reading!

That StackOverflow runs on .NET is one of my favorite little-known facts.

Thanks for reading it!

I think it's a great time to jump into .NET Core if you've been on the sidelines. There was a lot of version pain early on, but it's way better now. Being able to write C# code on my Windows box that runs natively on my MacBook Pro feels awesome.

LINQ and the async/await pattern are my two all-time favorite things about C#.

Thanks man!

SpaceX spending almost a decade developing, testing, and then deploying rockets that can land and then be reused is a good example.

FYI - this is a PDF version of Musk's presentation at IAC in 2016.

We ultimately need to do both: burn less fossil fuels, and capture or sequester CO2 from the atmosphere faster than the planet does naturally. Otherwise, what we keep adding will stay around for a long time.

No feedback from me at the moment, other than to say that what y'all are doing with B2 is awesome. It's great to see more competition in this space, and I love the open-source ethos you've cultivated at Backblaze.

Master of None didn't do it for me, but I loved Stranger Things.

This is a great example of how Netflix's model works well for "long tail" content. They can produce and keep shows around that have a different or smaller audience than traditional networks can.

Here's a different article on the same topic: https://electrek.co/2017/03/07/former-tesla-executives-gigaf...

In habitats untouched by humans, duh! Oh, wait...

In some cases, I believe so. But a solar plant is only useful for half the day (at best).

Yes. They are going for a very different model compared to "traditional" comsats. Instead of launching very heavy, very expensive birds that need to last for 10-20 years (to justify the huge development and launch costs), they want to launch cheap and light satellites that can be replaced much more quickly.

As someone stated above, this all hinges on first stage reuse proving to be viable. If a customer buys a flight and they recover and reuse the booster, it's almost a "free" flight for them.

Lots of folks outside the cities in America too. I've heard estimates between 10-30 million.

They weren't scaling back their production before. They've just been aggressively expanding the plant - they built an entire new production line for Model X (IIRC), and have been adding a lot of automation. Not all quarters have been new records, but this one is.

Golden Rice isn't a failure, it just hasn't yet been deployed at a large scale. The folks working on it have been making a lot of progress, but it's been slow. (See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_rice#Golden_Rice_2)

Sadly, part of the reason why it's been delayed is due to fearmongering by groups like Greenpeace who are ideologically opposed to genetic engineering.

Tesla have stated that they are open to other manufacturers using the Superchargers, so I think they'd at least entertain it. Who knows what the price negotiations would be like, though.