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I think you missed a factor of 1000 somewhere in there: Each satellite weighs about 1 ton, there are about 10,000 of them. That is 10,000 tons in orbit for the constellation, not 1…

There are two separate incidents here in the same article. Yesterday a tire was filmed falling off a 777 that was 20 years old. The 737 Max that rolled off the tarmac happened toda…

283 meters, not 2.83km. Still big though. The helium is stored underground in a salt dome (that was once full of natural gas). See here for more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nati…

A 17dB reduction in power is not 17 times less! It is a reduction by a factor of 10^(17/10) or about 50 times.

"In this case; how do they recombine..." that is exactly what the article is about. E-fuels are atmospheric carbon dioxide that is electrolyzed using renewable sources and combined…

"Carbon is extracted from the air in the form of CO2 and combined with the hydrogen in a process called synthesis." It seems like at least re-burning the carbon that's already in t…

I think the parent is saying that the new CRO is bad not because they caused the dumpster fire - the new CRO is bad because after interviewing in January, they saw the dumpster fir…

Because now the bank has to pay interest to depositors of $150M instead of $100M, which means that they'll pay a lower, less competitive rate. So, in order to keep customers, banks…

Oh definitely - I can't say that I've had stellar experiences with Yelp in the past for restaurants, barbers, etc, from the consumer side, and I hear it is much worse as a business…

That's very possible - reviews by obscurity or something. Although I really feel like 10 years ago the roles of Google and Yelp were very much reversed here. Changing times changin…

Replying to myself to add: for any other household service I probably wouldn't have even noticed. But, being in a vulnerable position, having sketchy locksmith services really frea…

Oh wow, see my other comment in another thread. I had a ridiculously bad experience trying to get a key fob made last week - all the numbers would lead me around in circles, then I…

So this is why when I called a locksmith last week, they took down my info and then 30 minutes later got a call from no less than 5 other locksmiths who were "on their way to my ho…

The parent says that the technique often works on chatGPT, but says nothing about the effectiveness when applied to HN commenters :)

Furthermore we know that the wallet spent coins in 2017, three years after Hal's death. Someone other than Hal had (has?) access to the private key for that address.

No, that particular message could be created by anyone (including people who are not Paul le Roux), who has the key to the 1Q2 address, at any time, past or present. All we have to…

Even if Coinbase created ethereum and gas went directly to their wallet, would that be any different than Chase collecting a fee when I send a wire using their mobile app? Does App…

Current SSL cert is valid through 23:59 on Monday, December 12. If there's a big binary even to bet on causing quick failure, this would seem to be it - just inside the testing win…

But it doesn't have to happen at the exact same time? Limit orders exist, no?

A little more nuanced take: the transfer agent maintains a list of shareholders at the company's behest, the DTCC is one step further down the chain, operating as a clearinghouse b…

Just this month, the barely competent Republicans have managed to: Allow unlimited contributions of money to candidates after being elected Severely limit ability to sue government…

Is HIV commonly spread through contact at restaurants? What sorts of restaurants are you going to ?!?!