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As last module docks, China completes its space station

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Re: As last module docks, China completes its space station

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Post by ipaddr »

modeless wrote: post #143
kortilla wrote: post #139

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Why would it be on OP’s behalf? If it’s just a configuration that WebKit supports it’s either violating the standard or you’re not handling it correctly on your site. It has nothing to do with the OP at that point.

They are the one experiencing the bug. I can't file the bug because I don't know and can't investigate the cause. If they are experiencing an issue, and they find the cause, they should file the bug. But they probably won't bother, seeing as they'd rather blame me. I'm willing to file it for them, and that's probably better anyway as I have WebKit committer status. Bugs filed by me may have more weight as I have file…

You really should be checking if the location object exists. Pushing the blame to another project is deflecting from a missing check that should happen on your end.

Re: As last module docks, China completes its space station

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Post by ipaddr »

jdbernard wrote: post #57
jason-phillips wrote: post #54

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No, it does not. An uncaught error where you don't catch and gracefully handle errors in your promises is not the users' fault. It's sloppy workmanship.

I'm sure they'd be happy to give you a refund. :)

On my time which is worth $/per hour? That will be the day.

Re: As last module docks, China completes its space station

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VictorPath wrote: post #114
shortstuffsushi wrote: post #88

Wait, in order to build this, they've launched half a dozen rockets up with no idea where the boosters would come back down and land? That seems up there amongst worst ideas I've heard for a while, "good luck everybody else." Edit: didn't realize this would be a controversial comment; per the article, the "norm" is to have a burn again after releasing their payload, to "control" / direct the return. The Chinese aren'…

Can you tell me what country does not launch their rockets in this manner, other than in test flights?

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Re: As last module docks, China completes its space station

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Post by modeless »

ipaddr wrote: post #151
modeless wrote: post #143

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They are the one experiencing the bug. I can't file the bug because I don't know and can't investigate the cause. If they are experiencing an issue, and they find the cause, they should file the bug. But they probably won't bother, seeing as they'd rather blame me. I'm willing to file it for them, and that's probably better anyway as I have WebKit committer status. Bugs filed by me may have more weight as I have file…

You really should be checking if the location object exists. Pushing the blame to another project is deflecting from a missing check that should happen on your end.

Regardless of whether you agree with what I'm doing, you should agree that WebKit should not delete navigator.geolocation in any configuration. It's a clear fingerprinting issue.

Re: As last module docks, China completes its space station

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Post by 77pt77 »

nordsieck wrote: post #127
bayesian_horse wrote: post #95

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I'd prefer countries to cooperate more. There's no need to have dozens of national space stations or even launch systems. Some diversity is Ok, but it's just too damn expensive.

> I'd prefer countries to cooperate more. There's no need to have dozens of national space stations or even launch systems. Some diversity is Ok, but it's just too damn expensive. The reason the Ariane (rocket) program exists is because the US put restrictions on European satellites if they wanted to launch on US rockets. I'm all for cooperation, but often times you need a strong alternative in order to negotiate eff…

Perfidious Albion 2.0

Re: As last module docks, China completes its space station

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Post by ch4s3 »

ElevenLathe wrote: post #128
ch4s3 wrote: post #99

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Isn't this a logical fallacy? Rocket scientists and engineers are going to best suited to getting stuff into orbit, they aren't simply going to be able to go a solve a "more important problem". Other people are already working on those things and are likely specialists.

It's true in a way but just pushes things back a level of causality: if we train more people as aerospace engineers, then we will have fewer trained people in other specialties. We have a finite supply of enthusiastic, smart young people to drive change. The best answer of course is "do both" and make sure more of our young people are happy, enthusiastic, and able to access necessary training and education. There are…

> if we train

People choose those paths on their own, not because some human industrial policy plucked them out of middle school and put them on that path.

Re: As last module docks, China completes its space station

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Post by mattnewton »

noizejoy wrote: post #131
thebooktocome wrote: post #122

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Sanctions didn’t stop China from carrying out one of the most successful research and technology exfiltration campaigns in history.

Kind of ironic? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip

I don't see irony; the US government knew the importance of these efforts first hand which is why they attempted the sanction at all.
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