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Jared Isaacman told his nomination as NASA administrator will be withdrawn

Firaxus — Sat, 31 May 2025 20:51:05 +0000

Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/05/31/nasa-nomination-administrator-senate-isaacman/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44146844

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New comment by Firaxus in "A senior Apple exec could be jailed in Epic case"

Firaxus — Thu, 01 May 2025 17:31:35 +0000

The article mentions that apple had the opportunity to correct the record and did not.

These are multi billion and trillion dollar companies, they should be held to a high standard.

New comment by Firaxus in "A senior Apple exec could be jailed in Epic case"

Firaxus — Thu, 01 May 2025 17:28:57 +0000

Yes, though fwiw steam provides (in my opinion) more benefits to gamers and games than the apple appstore does to generic apps trying to do all manner of things.

And additionally steam isn’t a walled garden, there is actual choice, and steam goes out of its way to be usable on multiple platforms. Very different situation to the locked down apple ios ecosystem.

New comment by Firaxus in "How each pillar of the First Amendment is under attack"

Firaxus — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 05:22:13 +0000

Inflation, and the even hire steady increases in cost of living with wages lagging far behind; people have to spend a much larger percentage of their income just to sleep somewhere at night than people did in the 2000s, 1990s and 1980s.

This trend has been evident in the US since like the 1960s. If you would like to verify, try comparing median income levels and median cost of living levels for some of those year ranges.

New comment by Firaxus in "Is the world becoming uninsurable?"

Firaxus — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:36:08 +0000

It’s regulated, not illegal.

“Experts say the insurance landscape in California is particularly tricky because, in addition to the wildfire risk, the state has a law that adds extra approval measures, including board approval and review by the insurance commissioner, if an insurance company wants to raise the rate of insurance by more than 7%. That’s been in effect since the 1980s.” https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/05/what-homeowners-need-to-know...

New comment by Firaxus in "Random Thoughts about Unity"

Firaxus — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 17:09:32 +0000

Did you mean to say unity in your first paragraph? Your second paragraph suggests you’re using a different platform.

New comment by Firaxus in "NASA says Boeing Starliner astronauts may fly home on SpaceX in 2025"

Firaxus — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 13:10:24 +0000

Here (with parent sources mentioned at the link) it is claimed that training costs 15 million, a bit more than a bit eh?

https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/35431/how-much-doe....

New comment by Firaxus in "Batteries: How cheap can they get?"

Firaxus — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 04:55:55 +0000

As someone who is interested in getting some kind of back up battery at some point, ty for making a recommendation. But could you clarify what you mean by the kWH unit you used on 7 and 21? Seems like those should just be kW, a unit of power rather than kWh, a unit of energy.

New comment by Firaxus in "Historic, Powerful Hurricane Beryl to Hit Windward Islands"

Firaxus — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 19:34:19 +0000

From the article: "Hurricane Beryl took just 42 hours to go from a tropical depression to a Category 3 storm," according to meteorologist Sam Lillo. "This has been done 6 other times in Atlantic hurricane history. And the EARLIEST date this was achieved before was ... September 1,"

Historic, Powerful Hurricane Beryl to Hit Windward Islands

Firaxus — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 19:34:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.axios.com/2024/06/30/hurricane-beryl-category-4-barbados-islands

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40839592

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New comment by Firaxus in "Supreme Court overturns 40-year-old "Chevron deference" doctrine"

Firaxus — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 14:52:26 +0000

I don’t understand this take, because the elected officials could have always made any law regulating this stuff regardless of this ruling. The fact they haven’t tells us something.

And this ruling will result in a lot of the common good (limited resources like fish, air quality, etc) being trampled upon and becoming the profit of a couple companies, taking these goods away (sometimes irrevocably such as in the case of over fishing) for the generations of the future.

We need our regulatory bodies to be able to move faster because by the time congress might respond it will be too late.

New comment by Firaxus in "Deterioration of local community a major driver of loss of play-based childhood"

Firaxus — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 22:56:15 +0000

What I observed in my neighborhood is that the school playgrounds which used to be unfenced were essentially secondary parks. But they have since been “locked down”, removing more places kids once could just go to hang out in our paved over subrbia. I also had the benefit of an undeveloped forest behind my house to go explore and play in, but I don’t think most kids these days have access to that without an adult driving them to such a location. Walkability to nature is a big plus.

New comment by Firaxus in "Tesla is being investigated for securities and wire fraud for self-driving claim"

Firaxus — Wed, 08 May 2024 15:06:51 +0000

As someone with a tesla and with a parent who bought the fsd beta package, I’d be very interested if there’s some kind of payout for consumers/customers!

New comment by Firaxus in "Physical fitness and risk of mental disorders in children and adolescents"

Firaxus — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 18:03:34 +0000

The title is matching the title of the linked article (if you’re referring to the title here on HN, and not the title the author chose to use for their article).

From a pedantic perspective, the title doesn’t imply the positivity/negativity of the correlation, just that there is a relationship to be elaborated upon in the article.

New comment by Firaxus in "Neuralink patient controls games by thinking during interview"

Firaxus — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 00:29:09 +0000

He notes these other forms of HCI in the video, and I think you’re really underselling the main point of this being ease of use. All of those methods are significantly degraded experiences compared to normal ways of interacting with a computer. The potential for a quadriplegic to interface with a computer at a higher ease of use compared to a human without disabilities is huge.

New comment by Firaxus in "Neuralink patient controls games by thinking during interview"

Firaxus — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 22:34:56 +0000

The sheer joy on this mans face to be able to freely control a mouse again, and engage with general technology. If they’re able to make this into a generally safe procedure, a lot of people will be interested in just that.

New comment by Firaxus in "Neuralink patient controls games by thinking during interview"

Firaxus — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 22:33:31 +0000

Of course, but that’s going to take so much more time and effort. You can see how much joy this man is in just having the autonomy to move a mouse again. That’s honestly amazing.

New comment by Firaxus in "Swirling Forces, Crushing Pressures Measured in the Proton"

Firaxus — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:18:27 +0000

I believe the Higgs boson is what generally gives particles mass, which is different from particles which create fields and forces?

New comment by Firaxus in "Why it's so challenging to land upright on the moon"

Firaxus — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 20:25:01 +0000

Keeping satellites in orbit around the moon is very expensive. The moons gravity is lumpy, and if you try to orbit far enough that it balances out, then perturbations from the earth and sun still end up destabilizing it. This means it takes a lot of station keeping (firing thrusters, using limited propellant) to maintain an orbit.

I think there are plans for better relays situated around the moon, but a lunar gps system is not likely given the costs and engineering difficulties.

New comment by Firaxus in "Why it's so challenging to land upright on the moon"

Firaxus — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 20:19:18 +0000

I haven’t read the article (paywall) so I can’t be sure, but I believe the article is referring to the Intuitive Machines lunar landing.

SpaceX has not yet attempted to land anything on the moon.