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Comment · 1 year ago
2-3% error is too high, this is something we _should_ be scrutinizing, and healthcare _should_ be more expensive if the reason it's expensive is that we're pouring more resources into it to get diminishing returns on reducing mistakes.

Costly healthcare due to scrutiny is not the problem with healthcare in the US. The problem is drug monopolies, medical (mal)practice without a license by insurance companies, and the lack of taxpayer funded healthcare-as-a-right.

We need to create an environment where someone like Terblanche feels comfortable advocating for himself without feeling like he's being a burden on the ER, and physicians don't feel like they're wasting time by investigating seemingly trivial cases. Such a situation exists because we are not pouring enough money into healthcare in this country.

Comment · 1 year ago
the way i see it, before these tools, only someone with a lot of resources (or skills) could track down a location from a picture. now, anyone can do it.

the best case outcome is people become more aware of the privacy implications of posting photos online

Comment · 1 year ago
Does it have internet access? Looks like a very convenient interface for looking for hotels, planning travels
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If you've taken a compilers course, it's pretty similar to register allocation. You want to make sure you're using as much of the processor as possible.
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This is absolutely not true - injector design is the most important aspect of designing a thrust chamber. Poor mixing of propellants leads to severe combustion instability, which often leads to explosions. Even the earliest space programs did significant testing on propellant choices and injector designs (see Ignition! by John D. Clark)

Also, pressure fed rockets have always been a fairly terrible design. Pressure feeding requires heavy tanks, and incurs a big mass fraction (dry mass / wet mass) penalty. Outside of rare cases, it's only used for ground testing.

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