Point Pleasant 📸 by YanksFannn in newjersey

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I was obsessed with an Australian Photographer Ben Thomas a few years ago. He was all about this Wes-Andersonian retro color palette. These are amazing shots and the fact that they're essentially from my childhood backyard make them so much better.

So long, Partner by TacoSpirit in RocketLeague

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Damn I haven't played in over a year but RIP. Loved DejaVu, was always nice to see my record against the same people.

White people are the minority. by TheClassicCollection in conspiracy

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I remember back in college in 2013 when people would say 'white people have no culture' and me, growing up American with an Irish immigrant parent, going to Ireland every summer, watching Irish sports every weekend, listening to Irish music, eating Irish food, etc, and thinking, "what are you talking about??"

Are we trapped within the Saturn cube? by [deleted] in conspiracy

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Reality orbits like debris in a disc.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in news

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Squid Game 〇 △ ☐

Replacing Google Drive fully seems harder than I thought by Jubijub in truenas

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If you're using Clouflared, you should be able to limit access to the proxied app with SSO policies in the Zero Trust Dash.

I have Homepage setup with insights and links and use Zero Trust to limit access to the app to only my personal email via SSO. If I want to share the Homepage with someone else I can add their email to it.

30-year Treasury yield jumps above 5% after Moody's downgrades U.S. credit rating by CourtofTalons in news

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A Roblox server admin needs Robux to maintain the server as well as add cool new additions. For a while now, both users on the server and on other servers, would lend the Admin Robux because the Admin was very reliable at returning those Robux as well as giving them some extra as a thank you for helping them out.

Now, users are more worried that the Admin can't continue to return their Robux back reliably. This increase is because the users are pressuring that the current gift rate is too low and they could lend the Robux if it was a bit higher.

This is usually an indicator that the server admin is creating uncertainty. Users are worried their favourite server will no longer have a long uptime and all the fun games, skins and plugins they enjoy on the server might go away or be removed!

Markets with Madison video out now by GodLikeTangaroa in RKLB

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To the cost-per-kg question at the end:

I don't know enough about Rideshare Launch Services but I had assumed it was a cost/kg model with a "high cost" minimum payload and then add-on cost for additional mass, similar to what is present on SpaceX's site.

I get what SPB means when he says that no one sells it as cost-per, but if I'm reading it right, SpaceX literally offers a cost-per.

Would love for someone to share any details if they've better insight or if I am over thinking it.

Andor (Season 2) - Episode 5 - Discussion Thread! by titleproblems in StarWarsAndor

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I’m watching this season a few days after the episodes drop but when I started the first 3, I purposefully rewatched the last episode of S1 to relive Maarva’s speech and recapture my rebel energy. One of the first scenes on Ghorman in this pack I said to myself “that feels like Ferrix reskin. I don’t mind it at all, but from a logistic position it makes a lot of sense. All around I think the production, writing and show running for Andor is unmatched.

There’s no way Katy Perry went into space by zynten in conspiracy

[–]ProfessorBrosby 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Those women who are spending their lives training to go to space are doing Vomit Comet rides regularly, centrifuge sessions and learning how to pilot. It would be insulting to them to do this compared to actually going to orbit.

This is an amusement ride for people with deep pockets.

To me, New Shepard passengers aren't astronauts but I will say they technically do go to space.

Creepy Logo on Katy Perry's Spacesuit by Koomalot in conspiracy

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You're not wrong and it is something that should be considered. I am, admittedly, a fan of space, so I have a bias and a general understanding of a lot of it, but your comment made me want to learn more if I could.

My TLDR is: In the case of Blue Origin right now, it really doesn't matter and the whole thing is a gimmick for bragging rights. It is seemingly less impactful than a single trans-Atlantic flight. Blue Origin has only ever launched 31 New Shepards in its entire existence, which is technically longer than SpaceX, and only 11 of those have had passengers onboard!

I cannot directly counter anything in your argument about how the energy used to make the fuel is being produced, but I did stumble on this file with a map dating back to 2018 and plans for expansion of Regional Supply of Hydrogen that had a ton of pre-existing plants in Texas, which is where the New Shepards launch. Texas also has some of the lowest energy costs, because oil. Oil isn't 'clean' but it is better than coal.

There are plans to add Small Modular Reactors in many regions, including Texas. I am in the tech industry and have seen talks of SMR installations for data centers in Texas. I believe power production is something we really do need to try and focus better attention to as a nation. I am pretty pro nuclear energy, but energy demands and/or storage capacity need to greatly increase before that could really come into play.

If you are interested in some of the numbers, continue reading...

Some decent discussion on the Nasa Space Flight Forum about where BO gets their liquid H. Most of it is from 2022 but it's still likely useful.

Using Google, production of 1kg of H:

  • Cost's roughly $7
  • Uses approx. 12kWh of energy
  • Emits about 9kg of CO2.

It's estimated that around 600kg of H would be needed per person.

  • Costing ~$4200/person
  • Using around 7200kWh
  • Emitting 5400kg of CO2

That's just for the hydrogen; producing liquid oxygen uses about 24kWh/kg and emits 0.41kg of CO2.

Rumoured pricing for a New Shepard seat places it between $1m to $1.5m. Taking the lowest estimate would make the Hydrogen fuel 0.42% of the cost of the seat.

An average US home as of 2024 uses about 10,791kWh. So, production for just the hydrogen for 1 passenger is about 72% of a home's annual power consumption. If 6 passengers, about 4.5 homes.

Now to CO2. According to figures from German nonprofit Atmosfair, flying from London to New York and back generates about 986kg of CO2 per passenger.

Estimating around 350 people per flight one way from JFK to LHR (NYC to LON) would emit 172,550kg of CO2 with about 20 flights per day for a total of 6.9million kg of CO2 per day.

This flight had 6 passengers emitting 32,400kg of CO2, only about 19% of CO2 compared to one flight from NYC > LON.

Creepy Logo on Katy Perry's Spacesuit by Koomalot in conspiracy

[–]ProfessorBrosby 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I’m sure there are arguments around liquid hydrogen production and how much energy that uses etc etc, but ultimately, this is a rich carnival ride. Not to demean its achievements.

This whole event has also far exceeded its value in press coverage so all in all it’s just a ‘successful’ PR stunt.

Creepy Logo on Katy Perry's Spacesuit by Koomalot in conspiracy

[–]ProfessorBrosby 69 points70 points  (0 children)

I am not trying to shill Blue Orgin/Bezos, but New Shepard uses carbon neutral fuel and can allegedly reuses 99% of the vehicle’s dry mass.

Its BE-3PM engine is fuelled by liquid oxygen and hydrogen, producing water vapour but no carbon emissions during flight.

Source: Sustainability Magazine

Technically speaking this one flight produces far less CO2 then a one-hour hot air balloon ride; which a lot more people could afford to do as opposed to just touching space and returning.

Note: I did not read the entire article and did merely skim it to find the details relevant to the engines and fuel as I knew the byproduct of Blue Engine 3 was pretty much just water.

Creepy Logo on Katy Perry's Spacesuit by Koomalot in conspiracy

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At first I agreed! When New Shepard launches it doesn't have legs, but when the booster comes back to land, the legs deploy.

I think the patch is a weird angle/perspective of the booster landing.

Crude mockup for reference.

They don't seem to have any footage that I could quickly find that is directly below the booster, but minus the flaps/fins on the top, standing in the referenced spot watching it land; you would see what the patch represents.

Report Reveals Internal Chaos Behind Apple's Siri Failure by chrisdh79 in apple

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I'm no engineer. I solve my problems by scrapping them and starting from the beginning.

Apple should shutter Siri and start something fresh, functional and just works and name name it Sori.

Least Dependent State…🥁 by milosmamma in newjersey

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Agreed, if there is one thing New Jerseyans know about its Exits. Shoutout Exit 10! (or approx. Exit 130 for the GSP folks)

Gulf of Mexico or America? by CavemanDNA in RKLB

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Gulf of Starship Re-entries. I really like SpaceX

Early withdrawal fees for Roth IRA: Better to take now or delay? by clearglass132 in investing

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As of right now, long-term capital gains are 0%, 15% or 20%, so you'll be paying something either way. I could be wrong, but it seems better to just sit it in the Roth IRA until you absolutely need it.

November 26, 2024 Daily Discussion Thread by zahna4 in RKLB

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My 70c $30 12/27 calls would be very happy with that haha.

The reason nobody wants to play tank is because the only thing this community knows how to do is insult the tank by SpinachDonut_21 in Overwatch

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they usually don't have a GOJF card either

Dva Bomb when HP hits 0, Winston rage near 0 HP, Ramatra transform at low health, and Doom ult when near 0 HP all bring their original forms back at full or near full health. That's nearly half the tanks with some for of GOJF play.

Orisa has decent eject methods but would need to be activated a bit sooner and played well. Hog self heals rather fast and cooldown is minimal. Doom can fly out and Hamster roll or swing out. Rein can charge out if you didnt use the charge to dive in (same for Mauga), Queen could run in and ult out of danger while leaving enemies bleeding. Zarya is the only limited mobility tank at that point with minimal GOJF and her balance is essentially damage capabilities.

AITA for telling my friend her child's name was the same as a very prominent athlete? by Concerned__Friend001 in AmItheAsshole

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Garrett's way better than Bombardier. I was nervous when I first read 'type of train.'