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It’s an irregularly shaped body so there’s not one single radius. Mean radius is always going to be an approximation (even for Earth); the mean radius of the Moon is 1,737.4 km.

It’s a little misleadingly worded. Looking at the original press release[1] and an earlier announcement[2] I think they mean that they have prototype versions of this panel with 29…

If the existing procedures aren’t ensuring a safe workplace, the procedures aren’t adequate. Job site safety can add time, and it’s the company’s responsibility to ensure that ther…

They’re starting to roll out trash containers in the city, should have been done years ago. There’s a bunch of interconnected factors: all residential buildings in NYC get municipa…

> “The existing two-day period to settle trades exposes investors and the industry to unnecessary risk and is ripe for change,” Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said in a February 2021 rel…

I think you’re correct, this recent press release from the cited source (Carers Trust) says it’s 1 million total caregivers under 18, of whom 50,000 spend 50 hours/week caring for …

As a data point, if I’m out for any non-trivial amount of time I’ll see someone run a red light at least daily in DC.

My understanding that this is to enable things like a lunar GPS system, which requires the satellites themselves to have precise clocks that are synchronized with each other. > The…

Like if the raw stone is elongated you probably don’t want to cut it into a square finished gem, something like an oval cut would have less waste. And instead of trying to decide o…

Automated cutting is used for less valuable stones, or when you need to have multiple stones of the exact same size and shape. Hand cutting is used when you want to maximize the yi…

I have a broom made by the student workshop at Berea and it’s a delightful tool, never thought I would enjoy sweeping.

That’s basically what STIR/SHAKEN is designed to do, what you’re talking about is going to be handled by the certificate authorities. Carriers are ramping up the way they flag or r…

I wouldn’t exactly say STIR/SHAKEN isn’t real security. The protocol works fine (like HTTPS), the issue right now is that the Certificate Authority network is still being built out…

NYC used to have a lot of Single Room Occupancy (SRO) residential hotels that functioned more like cheap apartments. Rent stabilization applies to buildings built before 1974 and k…

I suppose it makes sense if you consider that the purpose of these programs is to acquire customers that will potentially scale dramatically in size (and usage of the platform) in …

“Innocent until proven guilty” is an incredibly high burden of proof that we reserve for criminal trials. In other contexts, this is not the appropriate standard —- civil suits, fo…

They’re progressive jackpots, the prize pool increases until someone wins, at which point it resets. So a ticket for an individual drawing can be +EV if no one has won in a while, …

Kate Wagner, the author, is also an excellent sports journalist who covers cycling. A recent piece on Tadej Pogačar and Slovenian cycling: https://escapecollective.com/the-tadej-po…

In certain contexts this is called “doing a geographic”. Notorious trap for people who look solely for external causes of their discontent and ignore internal.

The airlines aren’t doing this out of kindness, the Department of Transportation is basically telling them they have to. Officially they’re “encouraging” the airlines to seat famil…

There was an interesting article on United’s new family seating policy, allows families traveling with children under 12 to sit together automatically with no added fees by default…

Airlines are an interesting an example because the FAA required them to advertise all-inclusive pricing a decade ago. The extras they charge for now (checked bags, bigger seats, no…