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Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment
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#152Hello from Atlanta! I'm working on my first academic paper, on f-expressions, which I'm very passionate about. Ran out of time on the first go-around, and submitted to a big conference before it was ready - got rejected. Hoping to avoid that fate this time - it's definitely going to be a lot better, but there's still a lot of work to do. I've quite enjoyed reading the other responses here - this hit at a great time f…
Love your attitude—-both submitting early, and learning from submitting too early. Mind giving us f-expression virgins a note or two on why they’re awesome?
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#153Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can say that they have multiple station keeping and orientation methods. The ion thrusters are public info!
There's been some interesting work on rigid body attitude control with sliding weights of late (as an alternative to gyros) - all fun stuff. My main hope for internet satellites and other massive constellations is they all shutdown over radio quiet zones and ideally do something about being so shiny in the sun .. I'm a fan of radio astronomy and the night sky. Fingers crossed. :-)
Can’t say more :)
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#154I'm... kinda super pedantic about.. names. So I love domain names. I spent hours and hours on my kids' names. I'm crazy when it comes to naming things like how to make good variable names and I could argue endlessly about names. I love witty names. I love word plays. Anyone like that out there? :) I've also made a tool called Newsy to make good use out of all my domain names that I am not using.
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#155Thanks so much for posting this, I love the spirit of it. I'm passionate about my sobriety journey. I just got home from a dinner party of ex coworkers and friends. Being the only one not drinking is hard for me and a huge change. I used to lead the charge with booze, it was the thing that took my crushing anxiety away. It made everything more fun. Well, that can only last so long when you abuse it so much and it fuc…
Congratulations. Sending you strength for your future Temperance.
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#156LiFePO4 Batteries
Re: Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment
#157Thanks so much for posting this, I love the spirit of it. I'm passionate about my sobriety journey. I just got home from a dinner party of ex coworkers and friends. Being the only one not drinking is hard for me and a huge change. I used to lead the charge with booze, it was the thing that took my crushing anxiety away. It made everything more fun. Well, that can only last so long when you abuse it so much and it fuc…
Alcohol culture is so pervasive and toxic
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#158I’m sick and tired of paying soda stream. Mostly on principle. My wife really likes her carbonated water though. So much so she’s green lit a kegerator for the sole purpose of housing a 5 gallon corny keg of carbonated water! Carbonated water on tap. Even better, I can plumb it into the fresh water line so it’s continuous! Infinite soda water on tap… till the co2 tank runs out anyway. I’m sure this is all old school…
TIL about corny kegs. They look like they last forever and aren’t that expensive. This will be a fun project. How will you get refills?
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#159Pissing blood and on pain meds here in Seattle, and loving your post. HN is by far my favorite site. Every once in a while we get something out of left field like this for a bonus. Oh, and I’m cobbling together a tech publishing product when I can think straight. Thank you, stranger-yet-not-stranger!
That sounds terrible, so sorry to hear that. I hope you recover soon!
You’re very kind. Looking forward to kidney stone surgery next week.
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#160I converted my mountain bike to an ebike and I’m having a blast with it! I just moved to Oakland and there’s pretty good bike infrastructure here, so I can use the bike for transportation even for relatively large distances. I’ve been using it to get groceries, run to the bike shop, and see friends. For the nerds, I added a Bafang BBSHD mid drive motor and EM3EV 52v 20.5AH pack to my Norco Fluid HT bike. I added a re…
My brother recently bought an e-bike and has been enjoying it as well. He hasn't taken it on errands yet, though. How do you handle preventing theft, since that's super common here in the bay? I know there are some relatively higher rated locks but I still don't think I'd personally feel comfortable leaving an expensive bike or scooter out of sight more than maybe just a minute or two.