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Comment Re: Surprised they lasted this long actually (Score 1) 25

Future PLC is just another content mill. The "tech" sites they buy end up becoming consumer electronics review sites that follow the same basic formula: Have freelance journalists write up reviews for products they've in all likelihood never touched before, and rely on SEO, ads and affiliate links to drive revenue. The content may even be written by AI, with or without the publisher's knowledge, but it doesn't really matter who wrote it because it's still shit either way, and always was even before chatgpt.

Comment Re: Erm... (Score 1) 152

TFS is also being pretty disingenuous about the subject matter, either that or whoever wrote it doesn't understand the topic at all. They have it in their head that today's rockets aren't as complex, and that corners are being cut to lower costs.

The truth is exactly the opposite -- they're more complex than ever, and that's for the purpose of lowering costs. And it shows as even Soyuz -- which was a lot cheaper than anything NASA ever offered for manned orbital flights -- was $87 million per seat, and also a far less comfortable ride, whereas SpaceX is $37.5 million per seat. And Soyuz still uses much of the old tech that TFS is glorifying, not to mention benefits from cheap labor compared to SpaceX. That cost advantage mainly comes from the added complexity of landing a booster without relying on a parachute.

Also, nobody is claiming space is easy. Who knows where the hell he gets that idea from.

Comment Re: Great! (Score 1) 63

I remember a while back, I submitted an application to a bank, and they literally had me record responses to written questions on a webcam. About halfway through it I remembered thinking "this is really stupid" and simply closing the browser tab. I didn't care whether they had any interest or not, never bothered to look again.

I'm wanting to say it was silicon valley bank, back when they were doing pretty well, but it was years ago and I don't remember for sure.

Comment Re:Solution looking for the wrong problem (Score 2) 20

ED: Looks like it's 24(!) hives per beehome, and they charge $2k delivery ($83/hive) plus $400/mo ($400/hive/yr) for maintenance.

Clearly not something of use to amateurs, and I'm not sure whether you can make that economics work out for professionals, either. I guess it depends on how truly independent it is, vs. your local labour costs.

Comment Re:Solution looking for the wrong problem (Score 3, Interesting) 20

There is little correlation between "presence or absence of pollution" (what a general term to begin with...) and CCD. There is a strong correlation with the presence / absence of varroa. And this system treats varroa.

I've been thinking about getting into beekeeping (I first need to increase the accessibility of my ravine where they'd be), and had been thinking about a sort of high tech solution, with electric blankets, heat-exchanging baffles, a flow hive, and maybe some mass and/or noise sensors for monitoring colony health. But this is WAY more high-tech than I envisioned, and honestly I'm scared to even look up the price ;)

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