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The rocket is the rocket. These things happen. However, a static fire test is pretty rare these days, and usually doesn't take place with the payload loaded, but SpaceX wanted to shave a day off the schedule[0]. Bonus points, for insurance not paying for the loss.[1] So they do run their rocket launches in an odd way.

What's more troubling is the Tesla autopilot product release. That is indefensible. Let's be honest here people, if it's outside the lab, it's a release. Sure you can call it a "beta", you can throw up a "Hey don't use this, it's beta," click through warning, but it's still a release. If you didn't think that people were going to hear "autopilot" and think autopilot, then you're too naive to be in the consumer industry.

No, it's not a level 4 autonomous vehicle, and yet that's how people are going to treat it, because that's what you demo. That's what you're calling it. That's what "autopilot" means. Level 3 is the worst level, because it lulls the driver into complacency, and then into a completely preventable accident.

[0] http://spacenews.com/falcon-9-pad-explosion-highlights-uniqu...

[1] http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2016/09/01/spacex_bl...
>It is not very sensitive and respectful to bring such news with gorillas behind your back.

No, but it might be smart.

edit: really? The article fully explains why it is good for them to be there.
I already did admit they were unlikely, twice. And yet, these 'unlikely' things happened multiple times, and nearly every skydiver I've ever known personally has died skydiving over the years. While specific circumstances might seem unlikely, it turns out that choosing high speed falling as an activity puts you in a position to get hurt more often than choosing not to, and that furthermore if you choose to do it very close to the ground in a wingsuit, the likelihood of severe accidents increases even further. This is not a surprise, nor is it some kind of agenda or spin on the facts, it's a simple truth.

Riding a bike on the street is somewhat dangerous, that's demonstrably true. Not nearly as dangerous per hour of activity skydiving, and far less likely to result in death if you have an accident, but by your own admission of tens of accident stories, bike riding has considerable risks, right? Mountain biking is a lot more dangerous than casual riding in the street, and I've gotten far more injured mountain biking than I ever did skydiving. But, I don't know anyone who's died mountain biking, and statistics prove that biking is overall less dangerous that skydiving, so I wouldn't put biking in the same danger category as skydiving. I would (and do) describe mountain biking as "super dangerous" to people just learning for the first time. But if I talked about skydiving with those same people I'd call skydiving "extremely dangerous" to differentiate it.

Look, it's a subjective matter of opinion whether you summarize skydiving or any other sport as safe or dangerous relative to something else. Jumping on a trampoline, it turns out, is pretty damn dangerous, enough that the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends an outright ban on them.

So, what, exactly, is your objection? What do you want to have happen here? I'm fine with you calling it safe while I call it dangerous. Both are true, depending on what you compare it to. Is that unacceptable to you?
> When a Formula 1 car catches fire in the pits, do we call a halt to pressurised fuelling, or find ways to improve the safety of fuelling?

this isn't a really good example because, yes, after a bunch of terrible fires, they did call a halt to fueling during races. you can't remove fuel, either.

https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/inside-f1/rules-reg...
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I think what the article doesn't touch on is that while inequality has been falling on a global level (aka, between countries), it's been growing on a national one. We're seeing the difference in lifestyle quality between richer and poorer societies decline (which is good) but the different in wealth between the richest and poorest parts of a country's population increase enormously.[1]

For the average US or European citizen, it doesn't matter that the standard of living in say, China is getting better. But it does matter that in their country, the top 10/1/whatever percent of the population have a greater proportion of the wealth than they did previously.

The article completely glosses over this.

[1]http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/12/05/u-s-income-i...
Source? I've heard that they have more sensors and telemetry on individual tests, but I hadn't heard that they're more rigorous than other providers.
That's actually what the Gnome Desktop Environment (GDE) does. They have separate images for each icon size, but use vector graphics so they're easier to edit.
A subject I understand more than I can put into words. It's a duty I have had. A 17 year girl died of an overdose. It was my responsibility to tell the mother, father, pastor, brothers, sister. They were there all night in the tiny, chilly waiting room, after notified their comatose child was brought in.

Some kind of party had been going on when mom and dad were out for the evening. The young woman and assorted friends doing drugs. She passed out, it was hours before anyone thought to check out how she was.

I called in all the docs there were to call. We tried every trick there was known to try. Then heart rate fell to zero. All the effort came to nothing. Everyone was quiet, mumbled their sorrow, and slipped out the private staff access door. That is everyone but me.

That morning was about the hardest I ever faced, even in the decades since. Sure others have died on my watch, one cause or another. But that time was different. I knew I had to say it, give the worst possible news, the unnecessary death of a child, to grieving parents. I truly did not know how such a thing can be said, what phrasing is best, what stings the least?

I don't know how, but summoning the courage I walked out to where they were sitting. I was nearly in a trance, not only from lack of sleep, but stunned by the magnitude of what I had to speak. And I said what happened, the child passed away, never awakened despite the heroic efforts of so many healers sweating all at once.

I sat there for a moment, no more to say, listened to the mournful sobs. Though I felt a failure, more than anything I had no comfort to provide. They didn't find fault, they were not angry that we could not do more.

Seriously, a moment too stark, too profound to ever forget nor would I want to relinquish it. No repeat is necessary, the lesson deeply embedded, the value of life, the meaning of words, the merit of a healer's human voice, these are all worth keeping.
Can't we engineer a strain of coffee that grows under different climate conditions?
I'll take a stab at it. In the US, the protectionist/isolationist policies (building a wall to keep out undesirables, bringing jobs back into the states in order to re-greatenize our economy, heavy tariffs on imports) that some people want are being advocated for (in earnest or not) by the republican candidate. The globalists here are represented by the democratic party. TTIP, pushing for transnational corporate benefits at the expense of the country's citizens, etc.

I think that norikki is alluding to the fact that the republican candidate has often been compared to hitler due to his demogoguery and penchant for blaming the 'others' as the source of the country's woes. There's also the issue of the actual neo-nazis who support him but that's a little off-topic in this context.

Essentially the globalists/capitalists/neoliberals are the puppeteers of the democratic party and their strategy has been to smear the opposition as nazis, when really they are patriots who just want what's best for their own country. (Yes, I know how this sounds.)

I don't take a position on any of it but this is my interpretation of the views that people have about the political state of things.
Right? I burst out laughing when I read that line. So it's gotta to be about seven or eight people, since it's "More than a half-dozen". Can't be be close to twelve, or else it'd read "Nearly a dozen".
I am also afraid this is a case of "Show me the money". He built 3 multi-billion dollar companies 2 are profitable. That's speaks volumes about his ability to make business decisions now unless you have comparable experience calling his business abilities "laughable" is in itself laughable. Might Tesla fail sure it might, but to use such a condescending tone to comment unless you have a comparable track record is very bad form.
Not an expert, but it's certainly something that's actively researched... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-awareness#Animals
The article is basically saying not to flip out, but "When you get home, do not yell at your husband. If he left his socks on the floor again today, it is all right." We all know that this doesn't just happen after someone dies on the operating room table.

Seriously people, if your spouse is not cheating on you, beating you, or throwing the family money to the casino, lighten up about the little stuff.

End of public service announcement.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_stage
Definitely one of my favorite talks of all time.

Thanks for reminding me to rewatch this again...
Let's make this happen.
It is funny, it was once true but the NBA added the year. As you get older the stuff you know becomes incorrect but you don't know it is wrong...factual atrophy.
There's so few characters for which this would work reliably that it's basically pointless, plus it would require two or three actions to create a single character, further slowing down your typing.

Some typewriters do have accents as characters you can overtype, but these are simple to add by comparison, they land in consistent places. Chinese characters are anything but consistent.

Example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_key
Although the demo takes some time this is awesome! Thanks for sharing
Do you know where I can review the test methodologies and summary results of the top providers in space launching?
Oh wait. The difference is there's no EU-wide corporate tax, whereas US federal corporate taxes are relatively large compared to the state levies. So there's a much larger incentive for companies to seek out EU states that are willing to undercut their neighbors.
He wasn't a billionaire, but he was multimillionaire which was pretty rich for the time.
The battery technology is certainly where Tesla have a big lead. It's not really the battery chemistry per se, but building and engineering a battery pod that is safe and that keeps battery cells in a consistently good state whether under charging or discharging. Once a battery starts losing performance it only accelerates. If you have to keep it in a good window and it will last for many years. Liquid cooling is also the way to be doing this.

They're also right about hydrogen fuel cells. They're stupid. Maybe if we get into space and can get an abundance of hydrogen things will be great. But, here on Earth you have to manufacture the hydrogen and create a vast infrastructure to transport and store it.

Tesla also have a big lead in the use of telemetry and their ability to do software updates over the air and their approach to security and building this in-house. Other car manufacturers will continue to outsource this and continue to fuck up completely.

However, Tesla had to follow through with all of this, maybe be out of the public eye for a while and iterate over the engineering, keeping costs to a minimum and doing the R and D, before moving on to other capitally expensive projects. They've massively overstretched and I don't see it being recoverable.
Carfree Portland cargo bike family of 4. I spent part of my no-car dividend on an electric longboard. :)
The east cost still has plenty of suburbs, they are just slightly higher density than what you might see surrounding LA or San Diego. See the MD-DC corridor, with almost no public transit except light rail, but townhouses are abundant. People that grew up in LA don't even know what a townhouse is.
He invented a lot of stuff. He way ahead of his time. You have to put yourself in the context of the 1900's.
I'm in the same boat. I need a car for going on hunting and hiking trips in the weekend, and will soon be upgrading to a 4wd.

Buses just don't offer the same time convenience, and don't go to the right places, they're also a lot slower than a car. Rental cars are more expensive than maintaining my own car, and I just park my car out of town at my brother's place to save on parking.
We detached this comment from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12421811 and marked it off-topic.
Every time I get a link from this foreign policy site, I get the impression that this is, very well disguised but still strong, the good old "voice of the white West". It is obviously never explicit, but there a smell of "we know better" behind.
Surf’s Up, and the Ocean Is Nowhere in Sight
This is my source: http://www.airspacemag.com/space/is-spacex-changing-the-rock...

It's four years old.
What evidence would broaden your perspective?

Coral reef recovery in the heat damaged areas since 1998 "massive die off"? Similar arctic melt and temperatures in early 20th century? Significantly warmer Greenland temperatures in the last 1000 years?

There is a lot of evidence on both sides that activists actively ignore or rationalize.
No, they are too beholden to large corporations who will not be railroaded into using an OS they don't need or cannot use for compatibility reasons. It may take some time, but eventually Microsoft will capitulate. They always capitulate. There's no sane business reason not to.
The risks must be technical, or we would already see production; which, if it were occurring, would be resolving any financial issues.
Tomorrow I'll drive to the jfk airport to pick up family. The freedom and convenience I get from it makes owning a car great

You especially like it because most cities (including NYC w/ street parking in most boroughs) subsidize the cost of parking: http://www.accessmagazine.org/articles/spring-2016/cutting-t.... The cost of free parking is high.
"Catastrophe" is not a permissible word in Musketarianism.
The next sentences confirm that they are not there by accident:

> They know about the family room in the emergency department in summer in North Philadelphia. It is all right. They will be kind.

This article is discussing murder victims and people who died from violent crimes. They talk about barring the family from the body so the police can inspect it.

In such circumstances, it seems understandable that people may react strongly. How would you feel if you just learned that your loved one was (a) dead and (b) you aren't allowed to see them? Having security on hand, but out of sight, seems prudent.
Sure, me too except zero windows. but Microsoft has realized going after 30person offices is not lucrative compared to 30,000person companies and government depts.
Which groups equate 'globalist' with 'jew'? I hadn't ever heard of alt-right until very recently, out of Clinton's campaign.
A friend at Stanford had a lecture taught by one of Musk's old friends who's now a partner at Greylock. The friend said they all used to fly to Vegas 10-15 years ago and that Elon used to just double down after doubling down at blackjack – that it was very indicative of his perception of risk.

Apparently he and Peter Thiel also used to debate about who was going to get to Mars first. In the lecturer's words: "Yeah, looks like Elon is probably gonna win that one now."
No it isn't. It refers to supporters of globalism rather than nationalism, and in some cases it refers to the elites who push the globalist agenda - who may or may not be Jewish.
> I remember reading an anecdote somewhere that when it's hot out (temperature wise) that physical altercations increase.

The 'build up' to the wet monsoonal season where I am in tropical Australia is well known as 'Mango Madness' season (it coincides with the mango fruiting season).

I have two sisters in the police force, my dad was a doctor and my wife is a psychologist. They all concur that the rate of murders, assaults, domestic violence, divorces, street violence, car accidents etc. all dramatically increase during these couple of months.
It's partly a trade off between difficult to read code (highly optimized assembly) and executable size. Some old console games actually employed self modifying code not for obfuscation, but size.
Careful, there was a mistake in that Haskell code and possible bug causing it to drop a lot of messages.
I understand why nano was designed that way, but it does mean it's unsuitable for Real Work. It works well for light text editing, which, let's face it, is probably the most commonplace activity on a given unix system.
I had the same problem when I read "I though..."
If you are archiving logs by first compressing them using something like gzip, you no longer have plain text log files.

Well yeah, but that's because I'm already done parsing the log and/or using it for debugging. If I wasn't done with it, I wouldn't have archived it.

But I know that when I pull a 3 year old log out of the archive, I can gunzip it and will still be able to read it, no matter how much the file format has changed since then, and I don't have to dig up a 3 year old magic decoder program (that may only run on one operating system) to be able to see what's in the file.
Maybe they should include a pad abort module on cargo missioms, so they can find out its performance next time a Falcon explodes during fueling.
To end mass incarceration, it'll require the buy-in of prosecutors
It's not uncommon but not typical either in Chinese. My impression is that those kinds of characters were easier to form through improvisation, and became standardized without actually fitting usual norms of character creation. Slang, regional synonyms, loanwords, and the like would be likely candidates for this process.
The way you make reliable rockets is to manufacture more of them and build more reliable system for manufacturing, or so that's the argument.
I don't think Gmail and Google Docs are a great alternative when the GP was discussing privacy.
> as the editor for those who don't know what they're doing

To be honest, I do think of nano as exactly that. Let's say "the editor for newbies", which sounds slightly less condescending.

Being the editor for newbies is not a bad thing. There are, at any given point, many newbies who just want to make that one change to that one configuration file without learning a whole programmer's text editor. There are, by now, probably plenty of people of who use GNU/Linux just to surf the web and read their email (and run LibreOffice or GIMP), who don't ____ing care about text editors except for that one time they need to add an entry to crontab or sudoers or something.

If you have never touched vi before, its user interface at first seems like a slap in the face (to put it mildly). Having used vim as my editor of choice for a couple of years at one time, I still remember, vividly, the first time I tried to use it. It was no fun at all. The same goes for emacs (which I love dearly).

If you want to do serious programming / system administration, learning one of the advanced editors is - at the very least - good advice. But these days, such people are probably in the minority, even on GNU/Linux. And having an editor the rest of the population can use without requiring a Ph.D. in emacsology is a Good Thing, IMHO. It's not something one should feel sorry or condescending about.
You seriously think you are in a better position to make such
analysis then FMR, Baillie Gifford, T. Rowe Price, Vanguard?
The tone will shift strongly in the other direction if Trump wins the election. American journalism is dead.
"Tolstovesky"?? Never heard of that word, and Google is no help. Perhaps you could explain what it means.

You claim the media is uninterested in energy policy in Russia, but the scientific and technological media is very interested in such things, and HN is read mainly by techno-geeks who are also, and so we have lots and lots of links to articles from such sources.That includes global surveys that include Russia, and tech innovations from countries all over the world. And these stories includes complex nuances and try to be objective. So if anything was actually happening in Russia, you would see it here. But you don't and if this is not due to a conspiracy, then you need to come up with another explanation, and you can't.

As to why I am focusing on renewable energy, it is because you yourself linked to a wikipedia article on that very topic that, as I explain below, says very clearly that very little is going on in that area in Russia.

As to asking for replies, I ask that partly to make sure I have understood you properly.
This article does not back up it's claim. The article includes some anecdotes, and some data of Uber/Lyft becoming more popular, but does not include anything to indicate that car ownership is declining in significant amounts.
I always found this hilarious, my phone won't let me swear in a text I am sending using voice to text but it will gladly boom "fuck" over my car's Bluetooth when someone sends me a text with swear words.
Errrr, it's haemorrhaging cash? There are plenty of other solar companies that don't have those overheads and would be cheaper.
#NeverTrump-as-a-service
U.S. hospitals serve people of all classes; people with low impulse control are positively correlated with the criminal classes; people with low impulse control are more likely to behave impulsively when given bad news. It's unfortunate, but true.

I have a few acquaintances who work in hospitals; it's quite amazing how the people they see in the course of their work differ from those I encounter in the course of mine own.
Yeah, it's hilarious. All that's happened is millennials have delayed child bearing due to financial pressures / infantalization / choice. I know I'm already sick of car-free life and ready to go to a healthier mix of public transportation, walking and driving.
That's good to know. Basically concurrent with a slightly different technical approach.
Like software engineers, there are many different jobs for electrical engineers. Some are more design and simulation, some are testbench, some are more theory and down to the physics level. Others are support and sales. Larger companies might have more defined roles, whereas others do a bit of each.
Mostly because few people where messing with electricity at the time. He showed up right after steam engines took off and you could cheaply generate a lot of power.