[–] 9 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

My problem is that I'm not particularly fond of deer, but literal decades ago I needed a username for a throwaway account and picked two random words. And then the throwaway account slowly morphed into a long-term account, the random words became an online identity, and now this virus has something to work with.

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  • [–] 60 points 20 hours ago (1 child)

    No, never just sit back. Offer them forks and knives. Provide appetizers. Invite them over to dinner and then lock them in the cellar with only each other and a collection of machetes and spices.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Full flow methalox for the new Raptor engines, stainless steel for the rocket body, the whole focus on full reuse (just the first stage for Falcon 9 but driving to the full stack in Starship). These are all basic things that nobody was doing before and now are being hurriedly copied as fast as can be done by competitors.

    I'm most familiar with his SpaceX work, mind you, so there may be comparable decisions over at Tesla that are part of what put electric cars into the mainstream that I'm not familiar with off the top of my head.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Pretty extreme, but okay.

    Will you be factoring in the lives that get saved by various AI-assisted medical and other technological advances that are in the pipe as well? Or are you only considering negatives?

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