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CEO co-founder, Magnitude.io We run global microgravity experiments for students around the world.
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tagami··on Software engineers can no longer neglect their soft skills
In education, I view them as life skills, durable skills.
tagami··on OpenAI to test ads in ChatGPT as it burns through billions
Ad Generated Income
tagami··on Children and Helical Time
What school district was this in Mississippi? This sounds like a fabulous way to engage learners.
tagami··on Quality of drinking water varies significantly by airline
If you are flying Southwest and need a drink, ask for a can of water.
tagami··on We're learning more about what Vitamin D does
Mushrooms exposed to UV convert egosterol to vitamin D - an almost identical mechanism found in our skin
tagami··on Investors expect AI use to soar. That's not happening
Anti-matter
tagami··on There has to be a better way to make titanium
Is it cost effective to go from sponge to powder then Electron Beam Melting?
tagami··on Show HN: ISS in Real Time – 25 Years Aboard the International Space Station
Extraordinary work. We’re able to go back to the dates and times when our labs were operational. This context is profound for our engagement with schools around the world. Well done!
tagami··on 'Attention is all you need' coauthor says he's 'sick' of transformers
Perhaps this is why we see AI devotees congregate in places like SF - increased probability
tagami··on From Hollywood to horticulture: Cate Blanchett on a mission to save seeds
https://www.croptrust.org/news-events/in-the-media/priceless...
tagami··on AI is propping up the US economy
Consider other infrastructure such as the US highway system. There may be an expansive bubble, but infrastructure such as the increase in base power production needs to be factored as well.
tagami··on AI is propping up the US economy
Volunteer at your local public library
tagami··on Claude Opus 4.1
use a burner
tagami··on Open Sauce 2025
Who’s going?

We’re the first booths when when you come in with our open source network of science labs connected to experiments in orbit https://magnitude.io

If you have a booth - share what you’re up to!

tagami··on Hypercapitalism and the AI talent wars
How much do top professional athletes make? Soto, Ohtani, Mbappé, Messe…

Multi-year contracts north of $500m. Perhaps this is the direction we’re headed in.. there will be many that won’t make it to the majors.

tagami··on Peasant Railgun
Check out simple combat games by Steve Jackson Games (melee, wizard) circa 1977. No RP required
tagami··on A leaderless NASA faces its biggest-ever cuts
It may take a few years but there's Blue Origin's New Glenn (i.e. https://spacenews.com/nasas-escapade-could-launch-on-second-...)
tagami··on The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect (1994)
How are ants at your picnic different
tagami··on High-school shop students attract skilled-trades job offers
You still need welders to build starships... https://www.spacex.com/careers/jobs?search=weld
tagami··on Virginia passes law to enforce maximum vehicle speeds for repeat speeders
My uncle has a country place That no one knows about He says it used to be a farm Before the Motor Law
tagami··on Astronomers Detect a Possible Signature of Life on a Distant Planet
what happens if you have lightning on a hycean planet?
tagami··on What If We Made Advertising Illegal?
Some sort of default Anonymity layer may be worth exploring
tagami··on James Webb Space Telescope Reveals That Most Galaxies Rotate Clockwise
If you look at the galaxy from the other side, wouldn’t it be counterclockwise?
tagami··on Muons used to test the condition of a road bridge in Estonia
Here is an example used in the mining industry. I heard them present at a NASA/USGS conference last month regarding in situ resource ultilization: https://ideon.ai/
tagami··on Athena spacecraft declared dead after toppling over on moon
CG too high. Why not orient the spacecraft design horizontally rather than vertically.
tagami··on The Shape of a Mars Mission
For those that were able to attend last week NASA Ames and USGS held the Offworld Resources workshop. Mining companies, advanced sensor tech (like muon tomography), and even genetically modified organisms to capture metals. Many of the questions and thoughts posted in this thread were covered.

https://www.investmets.com/nasa-workshops-aim-to-merge-on-an...

tagami··on The Shape of a Mars Mission
a variable not covered: mental well being on the long voyage.
tagami··on The hardest working font in Manhattan
The text is the material. The medium is the message!
tagami··on The WW2 experiment to make pigeon-guided missiles [video]
BF Skinner. Same person that brought us variable reward loops now found in casinos, free to play games, and other manipulations.
tagami··on Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Trump might offer lifeline
Is it possible that Truth Social would acquire it before Monday?
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