natosaichek

They're only shining on people who pay for it. I am opposed to light pollution, but reflect is not a threat to anyone who likes dark skies.

I remember reading a post by soneone who really liked imusic, i think, and the filter options it used to have.

They had a playlist that was "all songs with four or five stars that i haven't listened to in 4 years or more" or something like that. This person apparently had a massive music collection, so there were always a few nostalgic hits to listen to.

I think it's more a concern that the hardware isn't useful in the real world, rather than that the hardware doesn't meet the description they provide of it.

There are flexible electrodes, rather than rigid arrays. The idea was that this would reduce scarring. I'm not aware of the exact results of the trials, but it works better than rigid arrays for longevity of recording.

This thing will not kill babies. That's like saying seatbelts kill people because they don't save everyone in a car accident. It is precisely this attitude that prevents good things from flourishing - the idea that if something is involved however tangentially in a safety important subsystem it must have perfect results. No, we should not have this view. If something is net positive, we should promote it.

Can you point to some of the stuff (presumably doge) that you particularly approve of? Id like to better understand this perspective

Trump isnt smarter than that. Also his goal in taking office was to smuggle taxpayer money into crooks pockets.

Wikipedia says:

The shrew is between 8.9 and 10 centimetres (3.5 and 3.9 in) long[4] and weighs 4–5 grams (0.14–0.18 oz).[5] It has 32 teeth.[4]

Must be a mistake on both?!? No way its got less that 5 ccs of blood in a 9-10 cm long body.

It should work in ksp. Its still an impulsive maneuver.

Rated voting methods are great, but more complicated than simple choices. Given how challenging it is to get people to just pick the thing they want in very simple situations, I would not be optimistic about their implementation.

The dielectric is internal, and the motor will presumably have a built-in driver to adapt from wall voltage to 2kv. Neither of those issues are at all an issue.

This is basically arguing "It's good to deceive your early employees about the value of their compensation" This is morally repugnant to me, and I hope you're not an executive at a company. If you are, I would not work for you.

I've worked on satellites, and yeah - everything is super bespoke, very low quantity, very expensive. There is probably a qualification unit, or a flight spare that may be available for many subsystems, but maybe not. Integration is a long and complicated process. Pulling apart this bot, with however many fasteners, joints, etc, and then reassembling it correctly would be a decidedly non-trivial project that could easily take a month or two, given that testing has to be performed at each step along the way to ensure that every sensor and actuator is fully functional throughout the integration process. This style of traditional aerospace assembly / integration is not particularly efficient. The only reason it is done this way is that for these kinds of missions you only get one shot, and total cost is ridiculously high so everything must be done correctly.