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I would go further: this is the end of the US. The pieces haven't hit the ground yet, but they are falling. NATO cannot last when Europe doesn't trust the US. Nations cannot trust that trade agreements will last beyond the whims of the moment. Federal workers are being sacked indiscriminately. The executive branch has openly stated that they will not obey the rule of law if it is against them, even after packing the courts. What is left?

There is something left: the land, the people. But not the country, that is something new.

Are you not counting the Surfside (Miami) condo collapse?

Also since it talked about the leaning tower of Pisa: the Civic tower in Pavia (1989) and original Campanile in Venice (1902), probably more examples like that.

I largely agree, but it is odd to write that column and not mention Mastodon/ActivityPub.

On one hand, it is another alternative if Bluesky falls, but on the other hand I feel like the algorithm makes it a different sort of community.

Nice! Crossing avalanche terrain (eg: backcountry skiing) is a low chance/high consequence activity. It is easy to learn the wrong thing: I did this before and it was fine, therefore it is safe.

You counter that with observations, forecasts and incident reports, but intuition based on personal experience leads you astray.

A game is much better because you can fail and you just have to restart the game. Make an RDR2 mod.

(edit: more intuitive anyway. It might not be easy to accurately show different snow conditions while also being fun to play)

Of course ghosts wouldn't appear naked, we can't see beyond the veil

It doesn't seem wildly unlikely: there is a fundamental shift in how office spaces work.

But the other side is possible too: even if the loans had a guaranteed long term value (like SVB's bonds), they could be an issue in the short term. More so if getting the value out of the loan requires both time and effort (eg: legal costs).

> [Helium helps to] maintain pressure so that the propellant remains liquid.

IANA rocket scientist, but this doesn't ring true to me. Vaporization of LH2 is related to the partial pressure of Hydrogen, not the absolute pressure of the gaseous phase. You're going to lose ≈PV/RT of hydrogen molecules to the gas phase regardless (P being the vapor pressure of Hydrogen at the tank's temperature and V the volume of the tank).

You still need the absolute pressure for structural stability. He has ≈twice the molar mass of H2, so H2 is better for the dry mass in the rocket equation anyway: what is left in the tank isn't wasted, but used for rigidity.

You just need Helium because it won't have phase transitions: it's always a gas so it is easier to regulate pressure.

Just to add the terms: a "grid following" matches the grid's voltage/frequency, so it only works when connected to the grid. A "grid forming" system can set its voltage/frequency independently and can only work off-grid

It sounds like mauvehaus is talking about a hybrid system that has both grid following and grid forming capabilities: switching to grid-forming as it disconnects. But that means that you can't power your neighbors.

FWIW, I interpreted that backwards: There needed to be a flying car, so Harry had to hang out of a window in need of a flying car.

Companies don't have a fixed amount of media coverage. Rawlinson saying that Tesla has lost its way is a headline. Him saying that Lucid makes great cars is not.

If this isn't the thing that makes your blood boil, that's fine. The world could probably do with less boiling blood, and it is still early, more evidence may come out. However, she indicated in her statement that Altman asked her, not OpenAI. It seems credible that he would want to be involved.

Both sides of the story feel like we're slowly being brought to a boil: Sutskever's leaving feels like it was just a matter of time. His leaving causing a mess seems predictable. Perhaps I am numb to that story.

But stealing a large part of someone's identity after being explicitly told not to? This one act is not the end of the world, but feels like an acceleration down a path that I would rather avoid.