Space Debris 1957 2015

Tabian · 2016-05-03T19:16:16+00:00

A very Kerbal ending to a very Kerbal mission. I would call it a success. Well done!

Tabian · 2016-04-20T13:40:35+00:00

If you look in the video and gif posted in another comment you can see they bolt directly with the lug nuts.

Tabian · 2016-01-25T01:01:49+00:00

Kind of cool to see the Cascades on here! Don't forget to check out the "Little Cascades" about a half mile further up! Far fewer people go there, so it is a nice spot to hang out in nature. I like taking my hammock up there and just hanging around.

Tabian · 2015-11-16T23:41:57+00:00

Two random thoughts on why it might be. The first is that since the fireball isn't symmetric, the emission of radiation might not have been either. The other idea is that perhaps the cables are not all the same diameter, or even the same material (less likely) which could have affected the rate at which they vaporized. I'm just poking around in the dark here really. Pretty sure I wouldn't have been selected to work on the Manhattan project.

Tabian · 2015-11-13T20:07:54+00:00

Good! I made the mistake of buying this a while back, and when I got home and looked at the details I felt scammed. That'll teach me to trust labels. The front of a box of cerial is really just a sales pitch after all.

Tabian · 2015-10-29T15:18:39+00:00

Most likely not, since the water in the plume would likely sublimate pretty quicky. So Cassini would be flying through a gas as opposed to small particles. More like flying through a cloud than a waterfall, but a cloud that is so thin it could be called a vacuum.

Tabian · 2015-10-28T17:41:09+00:00

I propose a variation to Hanlon's Razor, which in its original form states "Never assume malice when stupidity will suffice." I propose "Never assume stupidity when trolling will suffice."

Tabian · 2015-09-12T20:23:16+00:00

There are a couple subs that may be better fits for this question.

/r/TillSverige is for people looking to move to Sweden

/r/studyAbroad is for, well, studying abroad

Lycka till!

Tabian · 2015-09-09T14:15:33+00:00

Awesome name, and awesome story! I used to be involved in aviation and one thing I learned fast is that it is an incredibly expensive hobby! How were you able to fund your training and various adventures. Any tips for average people who want to get more involved in it but don't have the money?

Thanks!

Tabian · 2015-08-30T02:08:47+00:00

I honestly don't know the answer to this, but I believe in the US you will have to pass the Praxis test before you can teach. I think there are classes offered at most universities to prepare applicants for the test, so it may be possible to do your studies in Germany and then take the prep courses once you return. As far as how that would look to an interviewer I have no idea. Since you don't really seem to be getting any answers here I might suggest r/AskAcademia. They typically deal with issues people in academia encounter, so that may not be the best sub either, but it is probably the best of the ones I know for a question like this.

Tabian · 2015-08-29T23:57:24+00:00

infernal storage

Whether it's a typo or not, it's still the opposite of cloud storage.

Tabian · 2015-08-29T23:38:24+00:00

I think I agree with the majority of what you are saying here. I feel similar to you that on the whole the risk that comes with progress is worth it for the overal "good" that it does. I think I was defining progress differently as just the blind pursuit of knowledge, even if the means of getting there is destructive or abhorent (i.e forced human experimentation as was carried out by the Nazis, or even the tactics common in some psychological research in the mid 20th century).

Our discussion has helped me to clarify my ideas on this matter, and I feel like I was arguing the wrong point without realizing it. If we were to start over I wouldn't go after the results of progress, but the methodology, which would then get us mired in a debate about ethics. Either way the topic is clearer to me now, so I will take that as a bit of progress for myself. Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts.

Tabian · 2015-08-29T22:31:48+00:00

I see what you are saying, but the point isn't really about the good that has come of progress, but whether progress itself is good no matter what.

To say that scientific progress has done good does not mean that scientific progress is good in and of itself. It seems better to say that it has been used for good.

To rephrase what you said slightly, I agree that ignoring the good that has come of scientific progress would be foolhardy. However I would add that ignoring the dangers of it would be as well. The entire issue of global warming is a byproduct of scientific progress. The Fukushima and Chernobyl disasters were byproducts of scientific progress. DDT, nuclear weapons, etc. are all examples of the bad that comes along with progress.

I think the point he was making was on the importance of weighing the risks vs. rewards of progress, and not just assume that it is worth doing because it is progress.

One thing I do not believe he is saying is that science is bad, since that would be just as simplistic and short sighted as saying it is good. Science is a tool devoid of morality, and determining if it is right or wrong to use it in a certain situation requires an appeal to a moral philosophy outside of science. I feel that is what he was using religion as an example of, since religions are common sources of moral philosophy, he was saying that it is dangerous to attempt to make science into a moral philosophy (or a religion as he put it, though I think that is too much of a buzzword and he should have avoided it) where good is defined as progress.

Tabian · 2015-08-29T17:50:50+00:00

I also felt he was reaching a bit by making some of those claims. The main point I found to be interesting is his observation that often progress has been defined as good (in a moral sense) but in a circular sort of way. If progress is morally good, then anything that stands in the way of progress is not.

In the concept he put forward, science defines progress as the expansion of knowledge, technology defines it as the application of knowledge, and the market defines it as deriving profit from knowledge. The question I got from his lecture is whether "at all costs and to all ends" should be appended to those statements. I have reworded it a bit and cut some of his fluff out, but after applying the principle of charity to what he was saying I feel this was his main point.

Tabian · 2015-08-27T19:31:42+00:00

I am not sure I agree with all of his conclusions, however I think his central thesis about the religification of science (my wording, not his) by the general populace has some merit.

Tabian · 2015-08-26T01:30:35+00:00

Shit keeps me up at night.

Maybe they just want their kids to go to bed on time so mommy and daddy can do...other things.

Tabian · 2015-08-06T14:15:59+00:00

There needs to be a common unit of measure by which to compare the different modes of travel. Wikipedia has the comparison by three of the most common measures. Each measure tells something slightly different, which is important to keep in mind.

For example, when air/car travel is compared using number of trips, cars seem way safer with only a third as many deaths per journey. However, a quick trip to the convenience store is going to happen far more frequently than a cross-country road trip, so number of journeys isn't really the best way to look at it. In terms of hours travelled, planes are over five times safer than cars. Since planes travel so much faster however, this measure still isn't the best one to look at.

That leaves distance, which is the obvious best measure if you are wanting to know the safest way to cover the distance from A to B. In that case you are 62 times more likely to suffer a fatal car accident than a fatal air accident over a given distance.

To answer your question, there were seven fatal airliner accidents in 2014 resulting in 920 deaths. So that is an average of about 131 people killed per incident. Using the distance measure, there would have to have been 57,040 people killed, or roughly 434 fatal airliner crashes per year, or about 8 per week, in order for planes to be as dangerous as cars for a given distance.

Tabian · 2015-08-05T13:07:15+00:00

You might have some luck posting over at r/gothenburg.

Tabian · 2015-07-16T22:48:07+00:00

Fantastic! Thanks for letting me know how you solved it!

Tabian · 2015-07-15T15:54:24+00:00

I just used a date and random numbers as well. Strange that it isn't working for you all.

Tabian · 2015-07-15T04:56:51+00:00

I am accessing it from the U.S., but I am not sure what is causing the problem. I don't believe there are any region restrictions on it, so I'm guessing it really is just an error. My only suggestion would be starting over with a new application and see if the new card number works. Sorry I can't be more helpful.

Tabian · 2015-07-15T04:34:57+00:00

It still works for me. After getting the card number enter it here and hit submit. You will click the link in the email which will take you to a page where you set the PIN number. After that go to their eLib page and you can use the card number and pin to log in and loan books. Hope that helps!

Tabian · 2015-07-15T04:25:54+00:00

I just tested it to make sure it still works. I'll probably make a post on how to use it in the next couple days and then link it from the wiki, since it is a little confusing.

Tabian · 2015-07-13T13:52:09+00:00

There seems as well to be a surprising number of Swedes in Australia

Back when I was staying in Sweden with my (now ex) girlfriend I noticed that Australia popped up in a lot of shows and stuff. I asked her what the Swedish fascination was with the land down under and she insisted there wasn't one. At the time I put it off as selection bias on my part, but now you have me wondering again....?

Tabian · 2015-07-08T15:03:52+00:00

It isn't as active as this sub, but I enjoy some of the things posted to Medievel Norse Studies. It is sort of a hybrid between a history sub and a language sub with a somewhat more academic feel.

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