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Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of Blue Origin in July

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Re: Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of Blue Origin in July

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Post by Opt_Out_Fed_IRS »

fsloth wrote: post #156
sschueller wrote: post #124

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It would take me a week to go through every detail but wikipedia has some summaries: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company)#Controversies - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_Inc.#Lawsuits_and_contr...

"It would take me a week to go through every detail" I did not request every incident, but just one concrete example that would validate the quite strong characterization. In the United States being sued is not a proof of guilt, it's just a proof of being sued. This is unlike in some other countries, where the guilt of the person is presupposed and the purpose of the court ruling is just to make it official.

Americans brains are not different than other countries brains.

Just because you are on the other side of the invisible line doesn't mean your reputation doesn't get a hit when you are sued or even by hersay

Re: Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of Blue Origin in July

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Post by greenwich26 »

scotth wrote: post #163
greenwich26 wrote: post #94

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$900 million = 5 days of federal food stamps spending $3-4 billion = 3 weeks of federal food stamps spending I know which I think is the better government expenditure

That's a pretty gross way of thinking. Yuck.

Not an argument.

Re: Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of Blue Origin in July

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Post by mschuster91 »

luffapi wrote: post #138
greenwich26 wrote: post #133

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Food stamp recipients are usually obese They can't "rise up" from the couch, do you really think they are going to "rise up" and start a revolution?

That’s a ridiculous stereotype. Regardless, how long do you think one can stay obese without food?

It ain't that ridiculous. Poor people can't afford high quality raw ingredients and so more rely on highly processed, high-calorie foods (especially HFCS) that leave them obese.

Re: Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of Blue Origin in July

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Post by chasd00 »

sschueller wrote: post #142
chasd00 wrote: post #109

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“Willy waving contest” is long over and, ironically, SpaceX’s Gwynne Shotwell is the winner. She’s a super hero in my book. Musk had the dream but she’s turning it into reality which is the hard part.

I am sorry but some of the stuff she has said is quite nuts. Point to point travel with Starship is never going to happen the way she describes it. A rocket that big makes so much noise you can not launch it at half to ports they listed. If you would launch a Starship on Zürich lake you will blow out every window in the city.

possibly, granted i haven't gone over everything she's said. Her job description of running SpaceX day-to-day balanced with SpaceX's achievements is what makes her pretty amazing in my eyes. Maybe things have changed, maybe she's delegated the day to day ops to someone else. I can't be 100% sure.

The people who make it happen are the ones i most admire. It takes a village, i mean you're not getting anywhere without the vision and foresight of people like Musk. You're also not getting anywhere without a leader assembling the right team (which i think is Musk's real talent) but, to me, i most admire the people on the ground making plans, managing/coordinating, and turning wrenches.

Re: Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of Blue Origin in July

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Post by luffapi »

mschuster91 wrote: post #173
luffapi wrote: post #138

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That’s a ridiculous stereotype. Regardless, how long do you think one can stay obese without food?

It ain't that ridiculous. Poor people can't afford high quality raw ingredients and so more rely on highly processed, high-calorie foods (especially HFCS) that leave them obese.

There’s certainly systemic discrimination and exploitation done to the food supply of the poor (e.g. food deserts).

Being too fat/lazy to “rise up from the couch” is an ignorant stereotype.

Re: Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of Blue Origin in July

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Post by jl2718 »

kleton wrote: post #36

Your tax dollars at work? https://theintercept.com/2021/05/25/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-s...

Will there ever be a point where the NASA director will request a lower budget because private companies have enough funding already?

Re: Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of Blue Origin in July

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Post by Tepix »

e17 wrote: post #122
fallingknife wrote: post #77

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Jeff Bezos owns the 2nd largest newspaper in the country, and now a major movie studio. I would say he qualifies.

How has he used that newspaper to exert political control over the US?

Would you like a list of stories they decided not to run?

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Post by h0l0cube »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #157
h0l0cube wrote: post #99

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The chicken is an egg's way of making another egg. We are machines that work to attract mates, reproduce, and rear young. Once one has achieved the goal of attracting a mate, there's little need to devote energy to courtship displays - though perhaps more need to reserve energy in case of hardship. I might be being a little reductive though :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_psychology

> We are machines that work to attract mates, reproduce, and rear young. How would this be distinguished from people simply having the desire to orgasm which unintentionally causes reproduction? At least for males, I can see a case for the machine’s goal to spread the seed as far and wide as possible, so there need not be any biological imperative to stop at one mate.

> How would this be distinguished from people simply having the desire to orgasm which unintentionally causes reproduction?

That's reverse causality. Evolutionary fitness is a strong driver of human behavior. There's plenty of incidental behaviour, but in terms of baby making it's clear cut.

> so there need not be any biological imperative to stop at one mate.

It's more efficient when you consider humans have a long maturation time. Reproductive success is also greater when grandparents are involved with child rearing, implying that a strong family unit leads to better outcomes. Promiscuity is definitely favorable if the rearing duties can be foisted onto someone else, though paternity tests and prophylactics have changed the landscape somewhat.

There's a lot more to it, and much of what I've learnt is from an old Stanford lecture series by Robert Sapolsky called human behavioural biology. Worth a watch if you're interested

Re: Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of Blue Origin in July

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Post by Tepix »

mmmBacon wrote: post #144
bryanlarsen wrote: post #5

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They've done 14 successful launches. It's probably considerably safer than mountain climbing etc. On the other hand, Blue Origin's competitor Virgin Galactic isn't automated and looks a lot more dangerous.

Not sure where everyone is getting their numbers but the failure rate for manned launches over the last 20 years is 0.8%. The percentage chance of death while climbing Everest is around 1%. SpaceX’s Falcon has ~2% failure rate. Unmanned flight failure rates are considerably higher. So risks of manned flight look comparable to climbing Everest. Sources: http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/logyear.html Everest: https://ww…

SpaceX has a 100% success rate for their manned flights.

Re: Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of Blue Origin in July

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Post by Isinlor »

HaggardFinical wrote: post #168
cma wrote: post #162

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Her TED thing of point to point rocket travel cheaper than business class plane tickets by 2028 was just embarrassing.

I mean, Elon made the same claims about Starship Earth to Earth, Mars colonization, plus other outrageous claims about the hyperloop and the boring company and Tesla autopilot (in 2014 he said that in 5 years you'll be able to go to sleep behind the wheel). At what point does the genious marketing end and defrauding investors with false promises begin?

When they intentionally deceive. When you promise something without intention of delivering.

In case of SpaceX and Tesla they claim outrageous things with every intention to deliver.

Sometimes they are right, sometimes not. It's up to investors to know the difference.

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