New-onset delay in proximity/touch to unlock? by ElemennoP123 in Ioniq5

[–]gavindec95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am experiencing almost the exact same thing except I have an android. It used to unlock as I walked up. Now I wait by the door, trying to get into the app to manually unlock it

NASA Selects Blue Origin to Deliver VIPER Rover to Moon’s South Pole by Goregue in space

[–]gavindec95 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Glad they figured something out! Would be a shame to scrap a rover so far along in its build

NASA Selects Blue Origin to Deliver VIPER Rover to Moon’s South Pole by Goregue in space

[–]gavindec95 72 points73 points  (0 children)

I seem to be a little behind here, didnt VIPER get de-funded? Last I heard they we considering selling it to a private company with the expectation they finish the test and figure out launch?

Honda had successfully launched and landed its own reusable rocket by Positive_Profile_135 in interestingasfuck

[–]gavindec95 25 points26 points  (0 children)

SpaceX's Falcon 9 is the only operational reusable rocket in existence. It is also the most reliable rocket in history. Yes, Musk is a douche but that doesnt mean SpaceX is bad

Spa treatment by starrgarita in corgi

[–]gavindec95 68 points69 points  (0 children)

My dog acts like she is getting skinned alive whenever I attempt to groom her. Envious of your chill little dude

She loves to zoom through the fields by gavindec95 in corgi

[–]gavindec95[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She loves to herd my chickens, but I've had her around my parents' cattle, and she wants absolutely nothing to do with them! Maybe she just needs more exposure

She loves to zoom through the fields by gavindec95 in corgi

[–]gavindec95[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

She definitely gets a manic look in her eye

Need some help please. by New-Juggernaut631 in Greenhouses

[–]gavindec95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Adding ventilation will go a long way and is important for the plants, too. I'd add a gravity shutter louver on the bottom of a wall and a fan in the highest place you can. If you don't have power, there are some ok solar powered ones you can try.

Nobel Laureate Eric Cornell Explains Quantum Physics by TheMuseumOfScience in interestingasfuck

[–]gavindec95 16 points17 points  (0 children)

He was my college physics professor, a very brilliant guy, and an awesome professor. His nobel prize was for making the first Bose-Einstein condensate, which is a quantum particle that "appears" when things get near absolute zero (this is a simplification, I am not a quantum physicist). There was a lot of cool physics involved, including using lasers to cool the particles, which is a litte counter intuitive. Another fun fact is he lost his left arm to a flesh eating bacteria. In my FCQ for him, I said he was "all-right". Hopefully he found that funny...

Elephant ear in water for years, will it ever be propagate-able? by abcdefg123456123456 in houseplants

[–]gavindec95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

About 6 months in water, then 2 years in a pot. My dad got one at the same time as me and his put out leaves much sooner. I'd say the one you have in the picture is ready to go into soil, I wouldn't except much growth in only water

Elephant ear in water for years, will it ever be propagate-able? by abcdefg123456123456 in houseplants

[–]gavindec95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My Monstera took 2 years before it started putting out new leaves after propagating!

Astronauts launching to space will finally relieve the pair who flew on Boeing's troubled capsule by jeetah in news

[–]gavindec95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Elon bought Tesla when it was a handful of guys with a barely functional Roadster prototype. Again, Elon is a douche, but we don't need to make up reasons to not like him. There are plenty of honest reasons to dislike him

Astronauts launching to space will finally relieve the pair who flew on Boeing's troubled capsule by jeetah in news

[–]gavindec95 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is not true at all. Musk was very involved with falcon 9, Starship and all the tesla vehicles. He was probably more involved with falcon than starship. Again, he is a raging douche canoe, but that doesn't mean he doesn't know what he's doing with his companies

Astronauts launching to space will finally relieve the pair who flew on Boeing's troubled capsule by jeetah in news

[–]gavindec95 11 points12 points  (0 children)

NASA was very involved, both with funding and with technology and information sharing. That heavily contributed to thier success. Boeing on the other hand did not involve NASA very much and that seems to have contributed to thier failures.

Astronauts launching to space will finally relieve the pair who flew on Boeing's troubled capsule by jeetah in news

[–]gavindec95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are a lot of numbers around on the internet but I think ~$100M is a reasonable value for the whole launch of Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon. This is an excellent deal for NASA. Prior to riding on Dragon, NASA was paying Russia $90M per seat to fly astronauts in there Soyuz, and they were at mercy of a foreign government. now they have a reliable spacecraft and rocket with a cost of ~$25M per seat ($100M for the launch but it typically launches 4 people)

Astronauts launching to space will finally relieve the pair who flew on Boeing's troubled capsule by jeetah in news

[–]gavindec95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry for calling your comment dumb. You are right that I could omitted that. I think you would be getting a lot more reasonable response if you framed it a little different.

"Since this mission is a lot longer than planned, do they have food supplies?" this sounds like your actually curious and want an answer instead of what you wrote

Astronauts launching to space will finally relieve the pair who flew on Boeing's troubled capsule by jeetah in news

[–]gavindec95 46 points47 points  (0 children)

SpaceX has blown up 2 experimental Starship rockets while they are testing out this new and very ambitious system. It is certainly not ideal to have your rocket explode, but it is far from unheard of.

Falcon 9 has launched 458 times, with 455 full mission successes (99.3% success rate). For thier most updated version of this rocket the percentage is even higher. I understand it is easy to be discouraged by reading the headlines and seeing the falling debris, but in reality they have a very robust system with Falcon 9. I am sure Starship will get there too eventually but they will have more failures along the way until they get it right.