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(Based on the larger "id=..." in the URL and smaller "X hours ago" shown, I believe that one was submitted ~6 hours later .)

If, after 2 decades with deep-pocketed backing, the only rocket that you've actually managed to make is a glorified tourist toy...then maybe customer wishes don't really matter so much. Y…

Further up, the wording is: > Prucalopride is primarily prescribed for constipation, and has an acceptable level of side effects if taken under medical supervision. (Italics mine.) That seems ra…

> ...how many developers want to run their own large companies. This sounds like an unremarkable subset of {vaguely dissatisfied lower-level workers who dream of a new job with far more power, fame…

Confession - once the article opened by comparing a 250MPH Tesla ( maybe true, for short periods, in a few extreme-high-end models, on certain test tracks) to Boom's 1000MPH+ speed (which all th…

Wikipedia notes that a 1/3 scale Boom demonstrator plane is expected to begin flight testing in 2021. Otherwise, it sounds like they've produced zero planes that actually fly so far. Even …

From the article: "After publication of the essay, Ars spoke with several current and former employees who have provided reliable information in the past about the company. Although it is clear t…

> People are so worried about non-data scientists getting to the wrong insights with AI/ML that they forget people are already getting to the wrong decisions without it. True. But, far too …

I believe that is standard practice...for animal control officers, serius spelunkers, and such. For most folks, the risk/reward ratio just ain't there, to get regular rabies shots.

Sadly, no business opportunity can be so idiot-proof that management can't prove themselves to be better idiots.

This. From a quick web search, a matched pair of portrait paintings by Rembrandt sold for $180 million in 2016. I'll venture that the most-skilled art forgers currently living would jump at the …

No snob appeal, nor bragging rights with your rich friends (or well-to-do supporters of your museum). No perceived scarcity, to (hopefully) appreciate in value as the uber-rich keep bidding up the val…

The Pentagon is (plausibly) Starlink's by-far most valuable potential customer. It seems pretty safe to assume that Starlink was designed to keep working after anti-satellite weapons, jammers, h…

I understand that Russia's "GPS" system ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLONASS ) has been fully operational for a while now. The Taliban (or North Koreans, or ot…

Anything that pushes emotional buttons and gets clicks is "news". Welcome to the modern internet, BTW. /s

Note the Atlantic article's sub-title - "Many psychologists wrongly assumed that coercive attitudes exist only among conservatives". The key word is "psychologists". At best,…

> almost all authoritarian regimes in the world are communistic far left. From a brief on-line search for lists of the world's most-authoritarian regimes, this seems to be false. Example: h…

It would require coordinated excavation over how many square miles, to spot the radial pattern? (Assuming, as gota points out, that the fallen trees were somehow preserved.) Then there's bolides…

Some basic background on DDoS and ransom DDoS - https://blog.cloudflare.com/ddos-attack-trends-for-2021-q2/ …

Giant underground cities have so many cost, safety, supply, and water issues that colonizing other planets can start looking darn attractive by comparison.

Another minor update to this old item... 2 more news stories in the past ~24 hours. But they don't add much to what Bleeping Computer said yesterday ( https://www.bleepingcomputer.com…

News update about the (ongoing) DDoS attack, and (alleged, I've not seen this bit elsewhere) ~$4.3 million demand to end it - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security&#…

Duplicate of: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28572005 (Admitting that HN items don't lend themselves well to "ongoing situation, but not enough points for those to ke…

This. The M2 Browning .50 machine gun ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_Browning ) is more than a century old, and still very widely used. Originally, it was an anti-tank wea…

In case anyone's looking here for an update... Latest from VoIP.ms's Twitter was at 4:30pm (EDT) yesterday (~26 hours ago). VoIP.ms's web site is usually up. Behind heavy CloudFlare …

Plausibly related to some recent attacks on other VoIP providers - https://www.uctoday.com/unified-communications/3-uk-voip-pro... https://www.hackread.com/revil-…

True. But, intentionally or not, we seem to be working hard to "fix" that problem...

IANAL (...not a linguist) - but to me "spiritual home of free-market capitalism" very much emphasizes that, while many in the U.S. may talk big about free markets, the current reality is q…

I have not heard the full backstory, nor run `diff $OldCoC $NewCoC` - but banning virtual hugs sounds to me a policy written by somebody who is far too deep in the daily drama and weeds to be writin…