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skuthus

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Hi, I'm Skyler. I work in IT for a major aerospace company. Before that, I worked in IT for a major software company. Sometimes I work for myself.

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skuthus··on James Lovelock: 'I Would Not Waste My Fortune on Colonizing Mars'
Do you really think that the only reason to 'go to mars' to colonization?
skuthus··on Flashpoint: a webgame preservation project
Dagobah.biz was an amazing collection of flash based games, videos, and tools. Highly recommend archiving from there
skuthus··on SpaceX tests black satellite to reduce ‘megaconstellation’ threat to astronomy
tesla?
skuthus··on SpaceX tests black satellite to reduce ‘megaconstellation’ threat to astronomy
How should we prevent this gamma ray blast? Or will astronomy just tell us its coming?
skuthus··on SpaceX tests black satellite to reduce ‘megaconstellation’ threat to astronomy
This is false

https://www.cnet.com/news/in-rural-farm-country-forget-broad...

skuthus··on Show HN: Self Host the Internet
This is amazing work. If this is yours, well done.
skuthus··on Work on these things
Bloomberg Terminal for everything

Isn't that Wolfram Alpha?

skuthus··on 13.3" full color ePaper display
Thanks for the info!
skuthus··on 13.3" full color ePaper display
what model did you get?
skuthus··on SpaceX working on fix for Starlink satellites so they don’t disrupt astronomy
A quote from a user above who worked for both SpaceX and the astronomy community:

"Now, that being said, even I was confused why this would cause a problem. The satellites are in low earth orbit, so low that they won't be able to reflect the sunlight, since they are in earth's shadow. Only during twilight and dawn will satellites be in the right position to reflect the sunlight back to the ground off of some panel.

Now, these are not prime observing hours for many people, since it is still not as dark as it could be. So most people point into the darkest parts of the sky (up) rather than at parts where there is still twilight (like nearer the horizon).

But for some types of observations, like near earth asteroids, you want to point into the evening sky to look for them, since that is one of the places you want to look, and the sky conditions should be good enough. In these pictures you'll get streaks of light as the satellites pass through."

skuthus··on California, and the US, shouldn’t be afraid of density and upzoning
FWIW, London is an incredible, vibrant city and one of my personal favorite places on Earth. Something you might like if you are feeling dread from being in such a dense city is how close it is to the country. A short train ride will take you far outside of the city and there are plenty of places to go that give you that 'small town' feel.

Also, go to Terry's for breakfast in the city.

http://www.terryscafe.co.uk/

skuthus··on Elon Musk wins 'pedo guy' defamation case
How did money and influence change the outcome? Genuinely curious
skuthus··on Elon Musk wins 'pedo guy' defamation case
I'm not sure how this contributes to the conversation.
skuthus··on Elon Musk wins 'pedo guy' defamation case
Wasn't this trial an example of him being held accountable?
skuthus··on Elon Musk 'pedo guy' defamation trial to begin
"You don't call retarded people retards. It's bad taste. You call your friends retards when they're acting retarded." - Michael Scott
skuthus··on It’s not a zero-sum game for Apple TV+, Netflix, and Disney+
IMO the disconnect starts with the producers. They believe their content to be worth X, but most consumers are only willing to pay X/2
skuthus··on Twitter CEO Endorses DuckDuckGo
This is awesome - happy to see privacy oriented search become more popular. I think DuckDuckGo needs a better name though - Something more ubiquitous. Duck, maybe? Quack?
skuthus··on Ask HN: How would you bootstrap a space company?
imo the most lucrative thing to manufacture would be parts for larger orbital stations and for satellites/rockets. The most expensive part of space is getting there - if you could manufacture the payload (aka body of the rocket) in orbit, there would be no need for a stage 1 or 2.
skuthus··on The Making of Margaret Atwood
>does her work [have] any lasting value?

'Oryx and Crake' and 'Handmaids Tale' are some of the most vivid and impactful speculative fiction that I have ever read. Margaret Atwood will forever go down in history for both the prose and scope of her literature.

skuthus··on Apple’s iPhone Software Shakeup After Buggy iOS 13 Debut
I am not familiar
skuthus··on Apple’s iPhone Software Shakeup After Buggy iOS 13 Debut
Nintendo has (usually) made good on their mistakes - I don't know of any other company who does direct exchanges and gives checks back for broken hardware like Nintendo.

The Joy-Con drift is embarrassing

skuthus··on From Unix sysadmin to brutal separatist suppressor to president of Sri Lanka
>Yes I do: right now most are at home taking no direct political action. Meanwhile in Hong Kong, which isn’t under threat of military destruction but an emotional/social way of life? In the face of a so-called authoritarian regime, no less.

I personally don't feel that this is an adequate citation for this argument.

skuthus··on From Unix sysadmin to brutal separatist suppressor to president of Sri Lanka
Some of us westerners are shocked and disgusted by the recent pardons as well. I would categorize American military existence as 'brutal and immoral' to start. Don't throw us all out with the bathwater.
skuthus··on The Problem With Disney Plus [video]
My problem with Disney+ is the 'cable-fication' of video streaming. Netflix was revolutionary precisely because it was a central repository for movie and TV streaming. Now that production companies see the value, they are slowly destroying it by separating their IP from Netflix and forcing users to buy separate 'Channel' services for each respective producer. They clearly didn't learn their lesson the first time - Piracy will be the preferred method of video consumption again, because it's not possible to justify spending $15/month for every individual service.
skuthus··on Amazon’s quest for more, cheaper products has resulted in a flea market of fakes
I had not heard of Mouser until this moment - thank you!
skuthus··on The Amazon Transparency Program Is a Counterfeiter's Worst Nightmare
What are you buying that you have had issues with?
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