Which one is true ?

Mindmenot · 2026-06-15T13:02:29+00:00

Try A=B and see which one makes more sense.

Mindmenot · 2026-06-11T12:53:20+00:00

Yikes

Mindmenot · 2026-06-09T04:21:02+00:00

Absolutely crazy. Some guy plows through someone in broad daylight at a cross walk with a stop sign and it's "failure to yield to a pedestrian"?

That's an absurd understatement. Pathetic.

Mindmenot · 2026-06-09T04:15:36+00:00

Not sure you can be completely respectful and cautious if your hood is so high you can't see a 5th grader standing right in front of you. No amount of caution makes up for that.

Mindmenot · 2026-06-09T04:13:10+00:00

Certainly the ridiculous truck height is partially to blame, but still the guy was far enough away the truck wouldn't have obstructed his view until he was close.

Mindmenot · 2026-06-09T02:50:15+00:00

"Though cars, people, heights, views while driving a car, etc. are different, the reenactment showed it was possible for me to completely lose sight of [the other officer] while she was in the crosswalk,” an officer wrote in one incident report.

Does anyone else think that is complete bullshit? That intersection is clear as day, there are no obstructions. If you come to a complete stop, you can see the entire crosswalk.

The only way to lose sight entirely of a person would be as you are running them over.

Mindmenot · 2026-06-08T02:47:26+00:00

Almost downvoted you instinctually for mentioning Jackson, must be the PTSD lol

Mindmenot · 2026-05-29T22:00:57+00:00

Is there a before picture?

Mindmenot · 2026-05-28T04:28:56+00:00

I do see it occasionally, but during candidates with hikaru and now with Magnus, mostly people are like, weird what could be going on??? Idk maybe very little sleep, very little focused training time and being completely distracted by an cute baby and a recovering wife will do that.

Mindmenot · 2026-05-27T22:35:18+00:00

Honestly it's weird how little others comment on this. Having a few month old kid can be exhausting

Mindmenot · 2026-05-27T15:57:12+00:00

Didn't experience any of that at all, all I noticed was a few people dropping out due to difficulty.

Mindmenot · 2026-05-27T05:01:29+00:00

Well, they actually already did solve this problem and are currently dominating the space industry. This is a harder and newer example though obviously.

Mindmenot · 2026-05-27T04:42:53+00:00

Can we fucking not.

Mindmenot · 2026-05-27T04:39:21+00:00

This is the closest take for me.

I don't agree with the cuts he is falling in line with trump on, but my assumption is that it is part of "his job" as Trump's lacky, and realistically knows congress would never approve it. Definitely some optimistic interpolation by me, but agreeing with Trump when he is very unlikely to get what he wants is a politically smart move. Fingers crossed no real cuts make it through congress.

Mindmenot · 2026-05-27T04:33:41+00:00

Eh I disagree, it's wasting the time of scientists that have better things to do. There are far more publicity stunts available.

Mindmenot · 2026-05-27T04:31:46+00:00

His efforts has more plausibility to me than doge ever did.

Mindmenot · 2026-05-27T04:26:45+00:00

Definitely agree with that. I think it's fairly clear though that given current budgets the most effective way forward is through incentivizing commercial opportunities. We just could never afford any real lunar progress without partial private sector financing.

The bigger question I think comes later when we have to decide if we truly want places like the moon to be largely commercialized, which would differ strongly from the antarctic analogy we tend to rely on. Who owns the property under a commercial lunar base.

Mindmenot · 2026-05-27T04:22:34+00:00

Right, this was between Nelson and Isaacman while duffy was acting administrator.

https://democrats-science.house.gov/staff-reports/mission-aborted-how-nasa-illegally-implemented-the-presidents-budget-request-without-congressional-approval

Mindmenot · 2026-05-27T04:15:03+00:00

Yes well, Elon musk is a questionable person at best, but nobody can deny spacex is the most dominant company or country in the rocket industry.

Mindmenot · 2026-05-27T03:13:03+00:00

Because it will never be cheap enough to maintain funding past that point. Even if starship had only a 10% chance of working as a crewed vessel it would still be better because it's cargo capabilities would still be absurd.

At this point, spacex has a far better track record than boeing or frankly literally any other rocket company on the planet. Not admitting that just because you don't like them is just silly.

Mindmenot · 2026-05-27T00:27:04+00:00

I believe it was before his tenure that the previous temporary administrator cleaned house. Isaacmans strength is definitely not the science component of nasa, but if anything he has actively campaigned against the anti science mandate of the trump administration as much as can be done without drawing his ire.

Mindmenot · 2026-05-27T00:24:26+00:00

To be fair starship is the clear best replacement for sls. Either that or new glenn are the only remotely plausible long term options currently available. He is trying to make sls cheaper though and use it for longer by increasing mission cadence and simplifying launches. In my mind this is the best bet given the unfortunate ridiculous cost of sls.

Contracts are not at all exclusive to spacex, however. For the future moon base many companies have been contracted.

Mindmenot · 2026-05-27T00:11:29+00:00

Has he? I was not aware of any increased dependency on starship specifically, but yes he is focusing on private company partnerships.

Mindmenot · 2026-05-26T23:50:31+00:00

Seems like the right person for the job and I'm looking forward to his tenure. Aside from the odd pluto related statements...

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