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> “The main issue is fuel economy,” says aeronautics and astronautics professor Mark Drela. “Going faster eats more fuel per passenger-mile. Pretty simple - we care more about air …

The "From the Earth to the Moon" series is by far my favorite series/movie/documentary about the moon missions.

> There will be a physical titanium card, too, but there’s no credit card number, CVV, expiration date, or signature. All of that authorization information is stored directly in th…

This article feels out of touch, as if it was written 7 years ago. I even looked for a published date to verify, but to my surprise, it was published this month! Instagram and snap…

There's a cost (both time and money) associated with spreading knowledge through USPS or similar physical mediums. The cost of spreading ideas is virtually free on social media so …

It's more an argument of whether the flights are considered commercial or private. If the flights in question are judged to be private, they may not have skirted any safety regulat…

Agreed. Lazy is lacking the desire to achieve what one considers worth achieving. If tasks like cleaning and laundry are accomplishments worth less within one's mental value system…

It's base64 encoded and put into the header, according to the article.

The section on how cars are designed is entertainingly out-dated.

How is that? The way I see it, liberals consider both GMOs and global warming large problems that must be dealt with or fixed. Conservatives tend to not agree with the assessment t…

Maybe they unknowingly upgraded to Intel's latest SSDs in their storage array. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8626928

The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred. Their error pages are less graceful than mine.

Unfortunately, established players often means full of legislation protecting those players. There are plenty of ideas in the travel space - but they require the ambition to challe…

For me, a lot of underestimation is about motivation. I work best with looming deadlines. I feel like I will be motivated to work harder with a deadline that's less realistic, even…

There is really no way of knowing how much those options are worth without knowing the size of the pool and valuation of the company, anyhow. I treat these as monopoly money unless…