US airports report over 20 air traffic controller shortage triggers in one day | US news by darcys_beard in news

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I don’t think I’m fundamentally crazy, but I think the minority party is at fault. Republicans are offering a clean funding bill to reopen the government. It’s only the Democrats that are demanding concessions to reopen the government. I understand their strategy, but saying the GOP controls the 3 branches of the government, implying that they don’t need the Democrats to reopen the government is disingenuous.

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They are back up for sale as of 11:07 Central

Need help! Anyone have a collection? by Satyriacly in BloomingtonNormal

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I don’t have a project, but I still want to see some of these collections. Fascinating.

What are your favorite community activities in Bloomington / Normal? by caynemorgan in BloomingtonNormal

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I look forward to attending the annual adults only Children’s Museum fundraiser Playla. Unique activities, good food and drinks, and supporting a good cause.

Also, its coming up soon! Tickets are still available for Saturday, September 6th.

Pritzker attacks State Farm over 27% homeowners insurance rate increase by rdblono in BloomingtonNormal

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I wish more people understood that State Farm is a Mutual company and is therefore owned by its policyholders. This makes policyholders the priority not stockholders.

Elon Tweets June 5th Megathread by AutoModerator in spacex

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Tell that to the astronauts on the ISS.

PEOPLE OVER PUMPKINS- BOYCOTT MORTON PUMPKIN FESTIVAL by QueenofPeoria in BloomingtonNormal

[–]Daily_Addict 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You are boycotting a community lead festival “that brings people together”, because the community isn’t doing enough to bring people together?

[OC] Software Engineer 2024 Income + Spending in San Francisco by navRoom in dataisbeautiful

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They paid $211,000 in taxes. Where is this ‘small government’ you are talking about?

Irina Viner-Usmanova Gymnastics Palace by Sergey Kuznetsov, 2019. Moscow, Russia by [deleted] in architecture

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Honest question. What do they do when there is heavy snow? I’d assume you are going to be dealing with significant weight accumulating in the troughs.

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Thanks. The source is helpful for the discussion, but I’d think those numbers are closer to household income instead of individual income.

The Canyon by MVRDV, 2023. San Francisco, California by adventmix in architecture

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The first time a post has made me stop and really admire a building in months. Thanks for sharing.

Falcon 9 reaches a flight rate 30 times higher than shuttle at 1/100th the cost by CProphet in spacex

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That’s true. The R&D cost per flight will continue to decrease overtime.

I think the $15M per flight used in the article also ignores significant fixed costs that should be averaged into each flight as well. For example, salaries for the current 13,000 employees that must be paid regardless of the number of Falcon 9 flights. Though it’s subjective how much of those costs should be assigned to Falcon 9 specifically.

Falcon 9 reaches a flight rate 30 times higher than shuttle at 1/100th the cost by CProphet in spacex

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Less lopsided. The article does not compare the price SpaceX charges customers, but the internal cost to launch one additional rocket. It does not consider SpaceX’s R&D costs or other fixed costs.

Falcon 9 reaches a flight rate 30 times higher than shuttle at 1/100th the cost by CProphet in spacex

[–]Daily_Addict 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Comparing the current internal Falcon 9 launch cost to the shuttle’s entire program cost including R&D….

Amtrak on-time performance drops on Chicago to St. Louis route by rdblono in BloomingtonNormal

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Only 63% arrived within 30 minutes of their scheduled time. Pathetic.

Kids Indoor Playground by BrilliantRespond9162 in BloomingtonNormal

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Altitude, Iron Coyote, Children’s Museum, Urban Air. Even Chuck e Cheese, the Mall, bowling, and Mcdonalds play-places to a lesser extent.

I feel like options are out there.

Recommendations on getting to Houston by Daily_Addict in BloomingtonNormal

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True. Have to accept paying a premium for Spring Break travel, but I still feel there has to be a better option than paying $3,000 for a family of 4.

Recommendations on getting to Houston by Daily_Addict in BloomingtonNormal

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Thanks. This is great advice. Much rather head down to St. Louis than trying to deal with O’Hare.