No, the next sentence says "half the speed of light." So... very imaginable?

I mean... have you met humans?

I mean... have you met humans?

I reread 1984 a few years ago and the thing that really struck me is what Orwell got wrong: the notion that you need to erase evidence of factual data (at great effort/expense) in order to propagate lies. It turns out that you just need to shout a little louder and a lot of folks will eat it up.

Which should have been obvious by then, but which was not even obvious to me when I read it the first time (in HS - around '84). But at this point we've all very much lived through it (and continue to).

The number of people who care about what's factual or actual isn't enough.

So my partner (who irrationally worries about such things) will consent to buying one.

That's it.

The reasons don't need to be good. The arguments don't matter at all. 600 mile range is what some people expect/require from their vehicle.

I'm pretty sure that parades help, too. Let's not leave those out.

No.

USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) plays a significant role in global family planning and reproductive health, providing contraceptive supplies and support to developing countries.

I've got news: atoms are not 2 dimensional. I can't help but think any publication that prints this stuff isn't worth the paper it's no longer printed on.

Now that's good thinking.

Dude. Did you see the poster's name who you were responding to? 'nuff said.

You could have gone with the short answer: "no".

While it is true that there seem to be 11 launch capable countries, now, that has not been the case for decades. And certainly not the "China, India, Japan and a dozen other..." that you claimed.

Rocket science continues to be as hard as rocket science.

AI: "how many rocket launch failures have there been in the past year"
In 2024, there were 8 orbital launch failures out of 259 attempts. This resulted in a failure rate of 3%, which is lower than the previous year's 6%.

Pissing on a company whose first attempt was not a complete success says more about you than it does about that company.

A dozen other countries? For decades? Really? Care to name 'em?

I'm not up on my AI jargon. How should I feel about 20 tokens/second? What does that mean to me as some kind of user?

I'm pretty sure we could just ask an AI if the codebase is safe. I can't think of any downside to that.

It's not. But it's relatively rare in the MMO universe.

I'm told that WoW permadeath servers are super cool. Very dedicated players that are actually helpful and communicative - as those that are not those things get weeded out pretty quick.

Never tried it, myself.

You're not wrong except for a couple of assumptions:
* Satellites are not going to get smaller/more efficient - meaning less cost per satellite.
* They're going to keep launching on falcons

I'm pretty sure that the goal is to move to starship as a launch vehicle - which is supposed to be even more efficient.

Elon is a nutter. And this would be an obvious conflict of interest. But I don't think Starlink is financially unviable.