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The first “sorry” is sorry as in “I’m sorry you found that offensive” which isn’t a genuine expression of sorrow, nor is it an apology.

Yep, for decades. They used to be much larger consuming the space of a large table. Now they are small units like this:

Just search for “surface mount rework” or the nickname “hot air pencil”.

I take it you’ve never seen what kind of damage and desecration a cat can do to a couch?

Don’t ask him about the fate of his first love. Its still a tenders spot. No amount of upholstery will remove that damage.

I always thought the “fix” to a traditional soldiering iron was a hot air pencil.

Our neighbor friend had an Odyssey. Lots of fond memories playing it with them.

I can’t make long distance calls anymore. Anyone else having problems with their Blue Box?

Kale has a naturally high pH, so it’s basically just an antacid.

I have mild reflux, but know what triggers it after what time of day and can make easy diet adjustments to avoid those triggers too late before bed. For whatever reason, I never considered looking at the alkaline level of the foods I eat. In just doing so now, I see a whole bunch of my regular diet. Have I been unconscious choosing these to mitigate my reflux? I mean, I seek out these foods (that I now know are alkaline) because I like them, but do I like them more than just for their taste?

Only 4% of marketers overall think X ads provide “brand safety” — certainty that their ads won’t appear alongside extreme content —

The 4% may represent lumpy pillow manufacturers, sellers of freeze dried survival food, random cryptocurrency products, and Trump 2024 flag/tshirt providers.

The spokesperson added that X’s “brand safety rate is on average 99%, as validated by DoubleVerify and Integral Ad Science,” companies that analyze the value of digital advertising placements.

“But that 1% remaining will have your products featured next to ads denying the holocaust, hate speech against LGBTQ+ communities, and ads discrediting proven science in favor of, oh I don’t know, phrenology or something” -the spokesperson probably

I thought exactly the same thing. If they’re not a 3D printed rocket company then they’re just another of a field of rocket companies? Why would a customer choose them. The article enlightened me to who:

In a private letter to “investors, advisors, and friends” summarizing the company’s operations after the first half of 2024, Relativity said it currently has a backlog of $2.6 billion in commercial launches and is in discussion or has signed a contract with many major megaconstellation providers (but not SpaceX). Ellis would not confirm this, but multiple people have told Ars that Relativity recently signed a deal for multiple launches with Amazon’s Project Kuiper constellation.

There is at least $2.6 billion worth of customer that wants a SpaceX like launch product, but is unwilling to buy from an Elon Musk company. With how toxic Musk’s behavior is these days, I could see that customer market growing. The US government is putting LOTS of payloads into orbit in SpaceX’s Falcon 9 because there’s nothing even close to it in price and performance. If Relativity can even get close to Falcon 9, they’ll almost certainly pick up a large chunk of US payload contracts as the government doesn’t like to have a single supplier for nation security reasons.

Finally a way to experience the “center fold” in the original authentic format.

To people joining this thread later asking where a commercial product of this is, or pointing out that 10% solar efficiency is way below other existing products, you’re missing the point.

This is basic research to prove one single aspect of solar panel construction. That question apparently was: “We currently know that PET backsheets work for solar panels, but can we use a different material which may have less CO2 impact and still produce a working solar panel?” The answer being “yes”. That is a big step that other people doing other research and product development can build on. It may be years (or never!) that a product comes to market with sisal fiber backsheets, but the answers from the work done here are integrated into the body of knowledge that will produce the next improvement in solar panels.

This is the 21st century version of the local TV news broadcasters from the end of the 20th century:

“Some beef products are killing our city’s residents, 10 now dead. Find out if you have these in your fridge right now when we return from this commercial break”.

twelve fingers and three tits.

I can’t tell if that was generated with a weak and lazy prompt or an incredibly detailed prompt asking for that exact configuration.

They lose points for not fully adopting mixer tap technology.

Here’s another one: In the last 10 years the UK has made the largest change in time freight waits to enter the nation.

But if you really want to get pedantic… you’ll probably notice the whole choking-on-vacuum-thing first.

We agree completely!

I know we’re joking here, but if you leave an airlock open exposed to hard vacuum you’re not going to hear any kind of audio alerts because there’s no air to transmit the sound.

I’m wondering if it’s not some kind of assistive thing that got turned on randomly because it was up there too long.

Boeing levering the high technology of my refrigerator automatically alerting when I leave the door open.

Did I miss a step?

Many.

you reply with reactionary bullshit

Raising fresh water supplies and sewer capacity limitations is reactionary bullshit? You’re proving my next point.

you realise you’re outmatched and quit.

I realize that the conversation here isn’t interested in discussing anything that doesn’t align with the idea of high density housing is the only solution for all scenarios. This isn’t a discussion of policy, but instead of religion. I’m not interesting in trying to convert others from their religion.

Its your clubhouse. I’m not asking you to change your actions or your rules, its just not a place I’m interested in being in, so I gracefully made an exit.

Gotcha. I understand the nature of this conversation now. Have a great day!