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I think it is only a matter of time before HQQ / 1FP takes over. It's the logical conclusion. I hope to be using my 96-blade razor by then too

9 years ago, I shared this as an April Fools joke here on HN. It seems that life is imitating art. https://github.com/sdd/ieee754-rrp

No it wasn't. It was powered by a jet engine. Specifically, a GE CF700. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Landing_Research_Vehicle

Then the next year we had the Herald of Free Enterprise, and the year after Piper Alpha. It was a pretty scary time to be a young kid!

But nobody is "constantly tracking and publishing his whereabouts". The information published is not constant: it is published only when a plane takes off or lands. The information…

The GDPR only applies to businesses, not individuals. So, clearly in this case it does not apply at all since the person behind @ElonJet is acting in an individual capacity. https:…

No, because that would violate the laws of thermodynamics.

A counterexample to the Fosbury Flop was Tuariki Delamere's Front Flip in the long jump, which was immediately banned https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe0zi_fkyts

Source? I've not seen anything _anywhere_ about anyone other than ASML producing EUV lithography tools. DUV yes, but not EUV

The claim is that they have reached "a field strength of 20 tesla, the most powerful magnetic field of its kind ever created on Earth" Haven't Tokamak Energy in the UK done better …

Not even gonna read it even though I might be interested, due to the patently false clickbaity headline