This is the thing, NASA is underfunded as it is, if we nationalized SpaceX, we wouldn’t actually continue to fund it appropriately and it would simply die. It would be an awful shame for the space industry and for humanity’s future in space.

I hate musk as much as the next guy, but I think the success of spaceX is undeniable. Their success with reusable rockets is not just impressive, it’s ground breaking and important. Developing a fully reusable rocket is probably the most important challenge humans are working on in this era, and I only know of three companies attempting to do it. I don’t want to kill the company that’s furthest along.

That’s kinda petty though, I mean to hope an asshole stays a full asshole their whole life, rather than at least doing one good thing for the world, just because that might make them feel good… I mean that’s pretty shitty.

I feel like even the worst people should aim to improve. And rooting against that improvement just feels wrong to me.

I mean, of all things, why is that your biggest win?

Exploring another planet is at least a worthwhile goal.

Wait, what makes this a confirmation? Just cause Elon said it? I mean we all suspected it, that’s exactly what I’d expect from Trump. But Elon saying something doesn’t make it a fact, the dude loves to shit talk people and he’s never needed proof before…

So I’m going to go out on a limb and say Elon doesn’t actually know any more than the rest of us. And it also doesn’t really matter either way, Trump was a rapist before and a rapist after.

Doesn’t Elon have access to the nuclear codes?

No… absolutely not!

He also lacks the authority to give a single order to anyone in the military. So he could never use the codes. And luckily, between this doge debacle and his not being born in the US, I’m confident in saying he’ll never be president.

Is it violating copyright to browse the web?

Could they not?

Harvey Milk isn’t just a citizen though, he’s a military veteran.

The US regularly names vessels after politicians who are also military vets. Presidents often get something big, like an aircraft carrier named after them, lower level public servants tend to get smaller ships.

All that is to say, this isn’t just some special case, this is just how we do things. This wasn’t DEI, it was the normal state of affairs. So with that in mind, to go out of your way to change this name is so disrespectful… I have trouble describing it.

Plot twist, the future envisioned in the matrix basically does come to pass, except it’s not machines turning humans into power, it’s the ultra rich turning humans into processing power.

Thanks!

I’d blame autocorrect, but blaming my own carelessness would be more honest ;-)

I just addressed that in a post above yours.

https://lemmy.world/comment/17434700

Basically, smaller form factors are probably just better in this case. 3.5" drive bays were designed with more complicated mechanical drives in mind, and given how nand flash memory works, they don’t make as much sense for SSDs.

Well, 3.5" SSDs are certainly possible, but 2.5" (or in fact m.2) might just be a better form factor for SSDs. The thing is, an SSD is just a bunch of chips on a PCB, so they really don’t need the extra height afforded to them by a 3.5" bay.

You could probably fit 2 pcbs one on top of the other within a 3.5" drive, but that would probably need a third PCB to connect the two which would be more complicated to manufacture and be worse for cooling than using two individual 3.5" or m.2 cards.

Also, for a bunch of reasons smaller is usually better. Generally, it tends to be cheaper to use a few large capacity chips on a small board than it is to use a lot of lower capacity chips on a larger board. Of course fewer parts also means fewer potential points of failure, so better for quality control. And again, smaller cards are better for case airflow and cooling.

Yeah, in my last IT job I tried to get my manager to run the big purchases by me first. Eventually he started to see why.

(He was a good manager, just not a huge hardware nerd)

When I say “compress” I mean downscale. I’m suggesting they could have dozens of copies of each texture and model in a host of different resolutions.

Yeah, that’s generally the best way to do it for optimal performance. Games sometimes have an adjustable option to control this in game, LoD (level of detail).

Texas has made noises about secession in the past, they still seem to think they’re exceptional in some way. But here’s where I’m at, if this relationship isn’t working, why are we waiting for them to leave? We should just dump them. “It’s not me, it’s you. Just leave the key, don’t forget your toothbrush”.

Seriously though, we should just drop some states from the union.

On that note, what has Alabama done for me lately?

Actually, you’re not off track. The same oil companies that provide this tar also provide fuel for power plants. Hot buildings means more need for HVAC which means more power consumption. It’s a double win for them (and a double lose for the planet and the consumer).

Self censoring is not the answer… Come on MIT, you know better.

Well, now that I say that, MIT has a not perfect track record when it comes to legal matters and policy decisions. I think of Aaron Swartz for instance…

That is definitely a concern! But as the company’s entire future depends on their digital security policies and practices, I expect them to take it pretty seriously. There could will certainly be shitty companies, but hopefully they won’t last long and the reliable companies will survive.

Yeah, you could tell. This isn’t really news, just a confirmation.

People will go to some great lengths for a little extra performance. Think of the Wankel engine, it works, but this is basically the same sort of power/weight improvement and it’s immensely less complicated and more practical with this 2 stroke engine. But that crazy Wankel engine has actually gone into mass production in a few cases, notably in the much loved Mazda RX-7.

And let me be clear, this 2 stroke is far more practical than the rotary Wankel engine.

And yeah, I agree. I don’t see this replacing most existing two stroke engines, a cheap simple engine is generally cheap and simple for a reason, price and complexity are usually the greatest factors in those cases. It’s the existing 4 stroke engines that need to watch out, those are the engines that this is a clear upgrade from. I mean if you look at any car with a turbo charger, it would be better off with this engine, with either more horsepower or less weight.