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Derp; I meant SpaceX.

I think they saw how SpaceX was using Starlink as launch lever to provide SpaceX a baseline of regular launches at bare-minimum cost. As RocketLab starts to scale up, being able gu…

It's becoming self-aware! Quick, lock down the nuclear codes!

Agreed. All humans need to learn to fact-check their sources. Especially those in decision-making roles.

I'm surprised that Apple is not considering opening up its own fabs. Tim Cook is all about vertical-integration and they have a mountain of cash that they could use to fund the ini…

Great! Another bunch of micromobility products that nobody asked for. And the price! I can buy 6 very decent Chinese ebikes of various formats for the $4500 this thing will cost. I…

This feels like a labor-of-love to me. I doubt very much that the original author is still participating in music to the same degree as he was when he made this. I don't think that…

The article highlights how to get into the modding industry. While that is part of the games industry, it is a small fraction of the larger game production business. I've hired man…

Beautifully written. Especially when you consider that the author suffered a brain injury to her language centers. Fascinating insights to how the mind works and how we process our…

Some high-impact reporting there from the BBC! Also contains my favourite quote of the day: "Westcombe Dairy's maturing cave is equipped with cheddar-turning robot, nicknamed Tina …

> I still struggle to see how this ends up favorable for Tesla in the long run. They're expanding their customer-base by maybe 2x or more. Those new customers will be be giving rec…

Experienced software people are difficult to hire. Doubly so if your company has a bad reputation for not valuing software and the benefits it can provide; which GM certainly quali…

Woah woah woah; we use the hackernews rules here; you'll need to apply the prologue variation before you can land there.

This smells of vaporware to me. Certifying a new electric aircraft is hard. There are several other startups who are trying to do this and they're all struggling. Certifying a pilo…

Oh dear, USA; you have a real problem with your Supreme Court enacting precedents for things that are clearly not in the interest of a succesful USA. The Supreme Court is supposed …

Star Liner has all the same problems that the Space Shuttle had. In an emergency, how do you get the crew out safely?

The home-computer wars of the 1990s have always confused me. There's seems to be a kind of tribal-allegiance that computer-buyers participated in when they became computer-owners. …

The critical part of this article is this: "But in June 2023, Musk said at an energy conference that "there just weren't enough batteries" for Tesla to reach "volume production" of…

200 bucks for an e-scooter is really really cheap. Don't expect to get anything worthwhile for that price unless it's some kind of sale. The realistic price for a basic, entry leve…

I have an electric scooter with 3000kms on it. I use it for commuting to work several times a week. I much prefer it to driving; you get to experience the open air; it's exciting, …

Outsourcing production sounds great conceptually; "It's great! Production issues are someone elses problem now!" Until you realize that producing EVs is hard and when there are pro…

Didn't they just legalize unleaded avgas very recently? After a multi-decade regulatory review process? Seems odd that they were so hesitant to legalize it and now that they did, i…

Don Pettit is my favorite astronaut. I loved watching all his ISS videos where he did wacky experiments and nerded-out about capillary flows, static attraction and similar stuff. H…

The article mentions that due to consolidation there are only 4 major airlines in the US and they are very aligned in their prices and policies thus giving little choice to US cons…

The tweet seems to imply that the entire Ubiquiti Networks line of network hardware could be compromised. That's a shame; I was thinking of installing some in my house. I'm sure th…