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  • The Physics of Data Centers in Space

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  • SpaceX has done some great things to revolutionize space access, and already launches to orbit 80% by mass of all the worlds space “stuff”

    Now they’re getting close with StarShip/Superheavy, designed to carry 10+ times that every year. It will become much cheaper than anything before it, partly based on that economy of scale.

    But where’s the market for that scale? How the heck are they launching 800+% of the world’s satellites every year? Business as usual will not support that. SpaceX needs to create new markets to drive that business, perhaps mars colonies or datacenters in space. Think of it as them wanting to create new businesses to justify their new product

  • US congressman refuses to resign after allegations of affair with staffer

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  • As far as we know, none of the children raped or molested by Trump have committed suicide

  • MAGA Women Shoot Themselves in the Uh, Foot. Again.

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  • Is no one going to point out that it establishes requirements for birth certificates? If a state doesn’t already comply with all of those, are we going to have to be reborn?

  • Why do people go out of their way to dodge manhole covers while driving?

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  • No. Slowing may make the bump feel worse to you )unless you do it right) while still being less strain on your suspension

  • MAGA Women Shoot Themselves in the Uh, Foot. Again.

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  • As a white guy, I’m aware that there have been times where I’m just accepted at face value when other people would have required ID. Why would voting be any different? It’s not the ID itself necessarily, but who is asked for it and who likely has it in order

    As an older guy I’ve also had occasion to laugh at zero tolerance ID mandates for alcohol. At one point I went out for drinks with co-workers of a variety of ages. I somehow forgot my ID so they refused service despite me obviously being well over the age requirement. Instead of getting frustrated, I was amused at getting a coworker less than half my age to buy my beer. Sometimes you just need to laugh at the ridiculousness. But it would not have been funny if something like this kept me from voting

  • MAGA Women Shoot Themselves in the Uh, Foot. Again.

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  • That was the point elsewhere here that it would hurt republicans more.

    • republicans tend to be conservative, older, so are more likely for the woman to have changed her name
    • democrats tend to be more liberal or more progressive or more educated, all of which are more likely for the woman to keep her name when getting married.

  • MAGA Women Shoot Themselves in the Uh, Foot. Again.

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  • In the US, it was a tradition. If it was a law at some point I never heard about it so probably way back. I’m pretty sure my aunt didn’t change her name with her first marriage and that would have been over 50 years ago.

    There were always exceptions to that tradition and they are becoming common. Of the same sex marriages I know, they each kept their name.

    Of the different sex marriages among my friends, all but two changed their name but I’m an older generation from many people here. I expect my kids generation to have very different results: we’ll see in a few more years

  • MAGA Women Shoot Themselves in the Uh, Foot. Again.

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  • Voting as a man when you’re not? Jail time for you.

  • MAGA Women Shoot Themselves in the Uh, Foot. Again.

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  • Historically this was actively fought as an anti-fascist concern. Up until recently it was a big human right issue that you should not be required to show identification except in limited circumstances

    And of course now with all the surveillance, tracking, and data collection, it’s more important than ever ….. just as we no longer care

  • MAGA Women Shoot Themselves in the Uh, Foot. Again.

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  • people experiencing poverty are far less likely to be born in a hospital and have a birth certificate

    For example my teen just needed his birth certificate for a new job and we somehow misplaced it. Getting an expedited replacement took almost two weeks and cost $80.

    Even allowing for hospital birth and existing records, misplacing documents is all too easy and could easily become an obstacle to voting. If I’m struggling to make ends meet, no way in hell am I willing to pay $80 to vote and I wouldn’t have thought of it two weeks ahead of time

  • MAGA Women Shoot Themselves in the Uh, Foot. Again.

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  • Don’t forget there are various reasons you might get disenrolled and have to register again.

    Including excessive “cleaning” the registration list, for districts which have too many non-Republican voters

  • MAGA Women Shoot Themselves in the Uh, Foot. Again.

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  • Here is a list of allowed document for a similar problem, for employment. Note that it categorizes the possibilities as ID, citizenship, and work authorization, and you may need one each from multiple groups. For example you might use a drivers license as ID and a certified birth certificate as proof of citizenship

    It’s not quite the same since this allows identifying as from another country and with a valid work authorization, which do not apply to voting, but very similar

    Obviously I’m not saying this is appropriate to mandate for voting but if we were, this is a well thought out answer to that sort of question.

    It doesn’t address the voter suppression concern though

  • Newsom’s message to the Democratic Party: Be more ‘culturally normal’

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  • Thanks

  • I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day | Anonymous

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  • I’m saying the term is somewhat nebulous, with lots of gray area but also an objective definition would not answer the question.

    People do disagree on what constitutes social media, and even apply it inconsistently to themselves. So let’s not pretend there is a clear definition. Language isn’t always cleanly defined so we can understand what “social media” is based on context

  • Why do people go out of their way to dodge manhole covers while driving?

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  • After freezing temperatures, construction, and deferred maintenance, manhole covers can be a damaging obstruction

    My car is only two years old, and the one time it needed work …. I hit one of the smaller pieces of road infrastructure - a gas valve maybe. But the pavement was broken up around it so it was a deep hole with a sharp metal edge. It destroyed my tire, a damn expensive tire

    Edit to add: for my older car I just had to spend $1,500 replacing a control arm and ball joint. While there’s no way to identify a specific cause, trying to avoid obstructions is a possibility I can control

  • Trump’s EPA to roll back rule limiting hazardous mercury from coal plants

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  • This kills my only hope …… a couple weeks ago I was trying to be positive on environmental news and made a big deal to my kids that during their lifetime they’ll be able to eat unlimited tuna.

    The general recommendation for tuna has always been to limit it to once a week, to moderate mercury poisoning. The mercury is generally from coal emissions. However globally we appear to be at peak coal and likely to drop quickly, given china’s rapid buildout of renewables both there and in developing countries, and given US coal use has been declining for years. In only a couple decades we’ll have greatly reduced mercury contaminating the ocean food chain, a few more years for it to drop out of the food chain, then MTGA, Make Tuna Great Again!

    It seems inevitable but this one deranged individual can noticeably slow the process. Can I still hope my kids will see it?

  • Automated catalyst testing uses two coordinated robots, cutting 32 days of work to 17 hours

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  • It’s just scut work, and needs direction from humans

    Software engineering has already gone through a similar transformation where we expect all the builds, scans, tests to be automated, the scut work done by “robots”. That resulted in new job types, DevOps engineers, and the software field has continued to grow. While it remains to be seen how ai will affect the field, automating the scut work allowed the humans to be more productive, the field to continue growing, software to be better quality

  • YSK Your smoke detectors should be replaced every 7-10 years

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  • Admittedly I did similar. At one point I had a non-working detector and noticed it was long expired when I tried to replace the battery. I realized I had been in my house more than ten years and the detectors had been installed by a previous owner, probably in the early 2000’s. Those did NOT beep when they expired

    When I replaced those, the new ones were all configured to beep when expired and they were starting to push the sealed detectors with ten year non-replaceable battery. Sure enough, ten years later they all started beeping that they were expired.

    I guess I assumed that it’s been 20 years and most people will have replaced detectors at least once. In my state, there’s a required inspection that all detectors are up to date before a house can be sold

    (Which is really annoying because mine are all battery but the current standard is they must interconnect so I’ll need some electrical work if I want to sell my house)

  • TIL that Radon is a radioactive substance which can cause cancer. Colorado is full of radon. The average level of radon in Colorado homes is 6.4 pCi/L, which is equivalent to 200 chest X-rays a year

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  • Could easily be better weatherproofing

    One of the reasons I never worried about radon is I live in an older house that leaks lots of air.

  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    Looking for garage heater, US, 240v, 5000w

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Euro-Lemmings: do you see common charger rules beyond computer devices?

  • Apple @lemmy.world
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    Delayed

  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world
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    The 8 U.S States With the Highest Car Accident Fatality Rates in 2025

    nchstats.com /highest-car-accident-fatality-rates/
  • politics @lemmy.world
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    Two Texas moms were forced to wait for urgent care after pregnancy loss. They died — The Dallas Morning News

    apple.news /Ar4R4ruBOT8KVK3Xi9bBeAw
  • Cooking @lemmy.world
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    RECIPE

    Crispy salmon in Avocado sauce

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    Do dams pregame?

  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    How is it going with “Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition”?

  • aww @lemmy.world
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    Someone got some new sweatshirts

  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    Thread for Inovelli Blue?

  • AssholeDesign @lemmy.world
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    Unfortunate ad placement

  • Cooking @lemmy.world
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    QUESTION

    What to look for in an Olive Oil?

  • iPhone @lemmy.world
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    Is it worthwhile capturing personal photos as spatial?