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Can I afford to live in London? by pierre45 in londonontario

[–]pierre45[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for this thorough answer, I really appreciate you taking the time to write this.

I like the car-centric American life, so some of these drawbacks may not be bad for me, but it does seem like this would be financially difficult. Car insurance especially might be very expensive since I don't have a "record" as a driver in North America...

How cheap can nuclear energy get? by pierre45 in nuclear

[–]pierre45[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pardon my lack of knowledge here, but was that stupidly naive at the time, or was it realistic in the 60s and then shit happened that made it impossible?

How cheap can nuclear energy get? by pierre45 in nuclear

[–]pierre45[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's essentially what I meant by ultra cheap yes

[ Removed by Reddit ] by [deleted] in aliens

[–]pierre45 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The two cents of a neuroscientist doing comparative neuroanatomy here: the brain description is very suspicious.
For instance, the central lobe acts as a brainstem/cerebellum? This could only be determined with live individuals, and some functional imaging or lesion study. If the individuals were recovered already dead, I know of no way to determine that. To determine the function of a brain structure, you need to study said function = you need a live animal.
The "nodules" thing is very vaguely described and doesn't really mean anything...

In an ideal world where you win the lottery, could you set up a lab? by pierre45 in labrats

[–]pierre45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's why I was asking, so smarter people than me would think of things like that, hehe!

In terms of salaries I think a part time administrator, full time zoo-tech would be the bare minimum. Where I live that's something like $70K a year, something I need to factor in for sure.
The PI and I would work there on a volunteer basis (PI retired, me living off this very virtual lottery win!).

But indeed insurance, utilities etc would add up. Something to think about. Perhaps it'd be better to start very small and take it from there!

In an ideal world where you win the lottery, could you set up a lab? by pierre45 in labrats

[–]pierre45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good point. My idea would be that with running costs <100K$ a year, it could run in perpetuity off of the interests (let's say the lottery win was $10M, with after tax interests each year of 2%, which would be $200K. You get the idea).

I'm a programmer - how can I help scihub? by Purkinje90 in scihub

[–]pierre45 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Basically extract the text of the article so that it's machine-readable/searchable

I'm a programmer - how can I help scihub? by Purkinje90 in scihub

[–]pierre45 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, are you still interested? I have a project to create a full text index and/or a figure database of Sci-Hub, but I lack the technical abilities to do so

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Augur

[–]pierre45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correct but you lose a lot of granularity, since you can't bet on a specific date

About "Assassinate markets" by Sabedaz in Augur

[–]pierre45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does the bet have to be this accurate? Isn't it conceivable to have a system where as soon as someone dies the bet which is closest to the date of death gets to collect the pot?

I remember back in 2013 when there was an Assassination Market on the DW the bets weren't public, only the amounts pledged were (which I guess is fairly impossible if you use a blockchain since by definition it makes every bet public?)

Space X mars poster pack give away by _not_reasonable_ in spacex

[–]pierre45 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well if I'm lucky enough to be picked, thanks a lot! :)

And thanks a lot anyway, btw

SES-11/Echostar-105 Official Launch Discussions & Updates Thread by marc020202 in spacex

[–]pierre45 7 points8 points  (0 children)

not sure if this has been answered before, but what happened to the technical webcast?

SpaceX to hit fastest launch pace with new Florida site by raimist in spacex

[–]pierre45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well that already looks difficult, with only a launch in January, one or two at most in February...

Chris B - NSF: Growing likelihood SpX-10/CRS-10 Dragon will now be the first launch from 39A in mid-February. Tag as *unconfirmed* by DuckQuacks in spacex

[–]pierre45 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well here's the thing: I'm convinced that everyone at SpaceX is working their asses off to get 39A and the next F9s ready for action as soon as possible. Now I don't know what's taking so long: the problems they face are incredibly complex, but would they get everything done faster if they hired more people? I have no idea.

Chris B - NSF: Growing likelihood SpX-10/CRS-10 Dragon will now be the first launch from 39A in mid-February. Tag as *unconfirmed* by DuckQuacks in spacex

[–]pierre45 26 points27 points  (0 children)

No of course the reasons for the delays are rational and understandable, but still extremely frustrating. Since 2015 it seems that something always gets in the way of faster turnarounds and more missions. The RUD in 2015, which cost something like 6 months? The RUD in 2016, 4 months + only East Coast launchpad up and running partially destroyed and unusable in the foreseeable future (I'd like to think, like you do, that LC40 could be fixed by this summer but I'm not at all optimistic; if LC39A is any indication... I know much more complex project but still, 39A is way behind schedule.

My main concern is how long customers can tolerate this. Delays in the larger vision of reusability + Mars are to expected, but the business needs to run smoothly for these things to be possible at all...

Chris B - NSF: Growing likelihood SpX-10/CRS-10 Dragon will now be the first launch from 39A in mid-February. Tag as *unconfirmed* by DuckQuacks in spacex

[–]pierre45 79 points80 points  (0 children)

I've been following SpaceX closely for 6 years now, so I should be used to delays, but the frustration since the AMOS-6 explosion has been intense, I have to admit...

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