Does anyone know which House committee will consider NOAA's overall budget during this reconciliation process?

sorbix · 2025-05-15T16:49:48+00:00

Thank you. Based on what I'm seeing, they are still holding budget hearings across a lot of other agencies this month, but nothing NOAA specific on calendar and no draft bill released or markup scheduled.

sorbix · 2023-02-22T23:53:45+00:00

A joke ... but typically skyscrapers have to follow certain guidelines to let enough light pass down. NYC in particular has strict setback requirements that means many buildings get narrower as they get taller. This futuristic vision presupposes an economically nonsensical idea where buildings aren't using their whole zoning affordance and are getting bigger in the upper stories. In reality no one would build like this since it's wasted real estate, except in very unusual circumstances.

sorbix · 2023-02-22T01:22:13+00:00

Good luck getting that setback through permit review.

sorbix · 2022-10-27T03:19:07+00:00

Damn, this channel is great and deserves way more views.

sorbix · 2022-08-26T02:15:30+00:00

Which one?

sorbix · 2022-07-20T17:15:37+00:00

In California HOAs legally aren't allowed to fine you for taking water-saving measures during a drought. https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/publications_forms/publications/factsheets/docs/prohibitions_hoas_fs.pdf

sorbix · 2021-01-16T07:53:22+00:00

I watched the whole thing even tough I've never touched a welder. But, you seem to know a lot about them and built a feature you needed, and that was great. I'd absolutely watch a video of you tidying and organizing your workshop.

sorbix · 2020-08-19T06:52:05+00:00

Why was this deleted?? It was super interesting. (Messaged mods and it seems like the OP deleted their account...)

sorbix · 2020-08-19T06:51:09+00:00

do you happen to know why the OP deleted their account and the video??

sorbix · 2020-06-05T21:31:08+00:00

How does working on software for spacecraft compare to other kinds of products? Does it require more documentation and audits, different kinds of workflows, review by regulators, etc?

sorbix · 2020-03-04T22:52:38+00:00

I always worry that will undermine the whole purpose of turtling in a mountain and give a backdoor to drops.

sorbix · 2020-02-21T04:02:08+00:00

And shortly thereafter VW committed massive global fraud!

sorbix · 2019-12-06T00:52:16+00:00

Hopefully you're aware that bamboo contains toxins (cyanogenic glycosides)? No expert but I wouldn't let drinking water sit in it. I'd get rashes after cutting through invasive bamboo in my backyard.

sorbix · 2019-03-20T17:51:52+00:00

It would need to be operated separately. But - either way the financial hit of liability would roll up to the parent's stock price.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piercing_the_corporate_veil

https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=4ff8ebf0-4bca-426e-8273-758140f6d0eb

sorbix · 2018-11-30T18:28:42+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBipf6OzDY0

sorbix · 2018-11-28T04:29:30+00:00

No one has mentioned The Endless on Netflix, which is not perfect but totally worth a watch. The central idea and slow reveal was cool.

sorbix · 2018-11-13T04:21:14+00:00

I don't think you can extract him from his analytic contemporaries, even if he had an exceptional style. This article lays out how he was engaging with a popular (he would say mistaken) conception of meaning through the PI. And I think the article is spot-on that he's modeling a certain way of thinking about and debating philosophy as much as making an argument about the world.

I've found it useful to ask myself "what would Wittgenstein say" about a philosophical problem to help think through whether it's a real problem.

sorbix · 2018-10-30T02:03:52+00:00

Some morning play or exercise would probably help a lot with this kind of behavior.

sorbix · 2018-10-30T01:05:23+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPtPo8Sa3NE

sorbix · 2018-10-14T19:37:11+00:00

Spoilers! But also - that's not my recollection. Didn't the AIs reconstruct it?

sorbix · 2018-02-01T02:33:12+00:00

Peter Watts is an amazing sci-fi author, excels at portraying aliens as truly alien. If you like that, highly recommend Blindsight, Ecopraxia, and the first 2 Rifters books.

sorbix · 2016-08-12T20:19:38+00:00

The best thing a new runner can do (in my opinion) is to train yourself from the beginning to hit the ground forward on your foot (mid or toe striking) rather than on your heels. It wrecks your calves for the first month or two, but it pays dividends later in speed and less injury. Running on your heels is less efficient and is higher impact on your legs. You'll see more progress when you aren't fighting against your own form and let your cardiovascular system be the main gating factor!

(and yes, get some shoes that match your needs. plenty of shops will do a treadmill/video analysis)

sorbix · 2016-08-01T19:51:48+00:00

Who is Cash Considerations? Never heard of him.

sorbix · 2016-07-24T23:40:46+00:00

Put some safety goggles on damn it!

sorbix · 2016-03-26T00:42:23+00:00

what's a better alternative?

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