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bladewolf47··on Akin’s Laws of Spacecraft Design
I missed that - this makes more sense
bladewolf47··on Akin’s Laws of Spacecraft Design
The later half of the rule also scales the estimate up by an order of magnitude, would imply tasks taking 30x longer. Guess that makes you quite optimal at those tasks.
bladewolf47··on Mysorean Rockets
I could be wrong because I haven't read unabridged versions of either. My sense is we tend to relate what was described abstractly with advancements we see around us.

For e.g. with flying vehicles in ancient epics I'm skeptical that they describe in any detail how flight was achieved besides magic or divine power.

bladewolf47··on Massachusetts couple suing eBay after employees harassed and stalked them
Non-paywalled link https://archive.fo/LlbIE
bladewolf47··on Ask HN: I bought Voltaren at the chemist, now Google shows me ads for it. Why?
I can see what you are saying, the downside is pretty much nil. And it seems like people do buy more guitars than just one. I'm currently just entering this phase where I just now stopped regretting the purchase because I couldn't play any music out of it initially. :)
bladewolf47··on Ask HN: I bought Voltaren at the chemist, now Google shows me ads for it. Why?
Not sure if it fits with what the poster you replied to was saying but I find it a bit curious when I buy say a guitar on Amazon and my recommendations (emails or ads in other sites) over the next few days are still guitars. I do not remember seeing one of those promotions which follow a purchase being about accessories or add-ons.
bladewolf47··on Mars becomes the 2nd planet that has more computers running Linux than Windows
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
bladewolf47··on Recycling was a lie to sell more plastic, recycling industry veteran says
I agree and my views have been influenced by this post I found on HN bit more than a year ago https://medium.com/@robertwiblin/what-you-think-about-landfi...

For reference this was the discussion that happened around it on HN then https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20433851

bladewolf47··on How to take meeting notes
Can you elaborate on this with an instance? How did you deal with them?
bladewolf47··on How Big Oil Misled the Public into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled
Reduce and reuse were always supposed to be precursors to recycle, all this excess was eventually going to end this way
bladewolf47··on I’m leaving academia
First time I've encountered the term McKinseyfied in the context of academia, can you elaborate on that?
bladewolf47··on Ask HN: Do You Email Yourself?
Signal labels the conversation as "Note to Self" when you send yourself something
bladewolf47··on Why the fuck was I breached?
Genuinely curious, by what proportion does it increase CO2 footprint by? Tried searching online but couldn't find anything.
bladewolf47··on Former Fortnite UX lead digs into ethical game design
Are referring to Addiction by Design? This article reminded me of that book

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13748038-addiction-by-de...

bladewolf47··on Pocket Casts acquired by NPR
There's an option to set playback speed on iOS as well. It's there in the bottom left corner of Now Playing screen.
bladewolf47··on Ten Years' Worth of Learning About Pricing
Right, I had gotten markup and margin mixed up. Thank you for sharing that example, /u/lukevdp as well!
bladewolf47··on Ten Years' Worth of Learning About Pricing
"If you’re targeting 50% margins, just double your cost and there you are." Don't want to nitpick but wouldn't that be 100% margin?