We’ve had armed civilians ever since caveman joe made a wooden club, and arms races came along a few days later when joe’s cousin made a bigger club.

Mass shootings have been a growing issue in the US from at least the 1980’s - well before the internet became a part of everyday life.

We’ve already seen a few mass-shootings in the USA where cops were scared to engage with the shooter. The SFPD asking for lethal robotics is an entirely predicable precaution. Police militarization is the only logical response when cops face an armed civilian population.

The Falcon 9 could launch 60 of the original V1 Starlink satellites, but with the V1.5 satellites they're down to 53 per launch. Looking forward the V2.0 satellites have been designed specifically to launch on Starship and are physically too large & heavy to launch on Falcon 9 in meaningful quantities. It's not entirely surprising that Kuiper satellites would be pushing up against the volume limits of the Falcon 9.

âoeI suspect we will remember with nostalgia the peace, stability, and trust in our leaders that we enjoy today in 2020.â No one in my country (USA) trusts the current leadership. No reasonable person in the world would trust the current leadership.

Anyone with a military background able to comment on the validity of the parent post?

Fracture mechanics. Pressure vessels are designed to "leak before break". By design, a small hole will not turn into a large fracture on ISS or any other modern spacecraft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Honestly, I'm surprised they haven't removed the lightning port yet. At this point its just another back door.

Write Miguel Santiago a comment if you're in district 53: https://a53.asmdc.org/article/...

Great example of white privilege here. Please come over if youâ(TM)re black, brown, blue, or other, too! As you can see in the patent post, we need all the help we can get..

Scaling for the 13 vs 14 month quarter: (77.3/(78.3/14*13)-1)*100=6.3% growth. That's better than the market average for every year since 2014 based on the chart in TFA. In addition, the X went on sale ~4weeks later than historic Q4 iPhone launches. The 25 month upgrade period (vs 23 months) could be partially attributed to apple customers waiting for the X as well I suppose. On the flip-side, I'm a content owner of an iPhone SE...

ITAR restricts the export of military technical data to foreign nationals. Historically, tech data has been produced by US tech companies. That is changing however. The prevalence of cheap/free CAD/CAE software and the rapid growth in modern manufacturing methods are enabling small design teams to iteratively design products that would have required many man hours and lots of cash only a few years ago. New laws are needed to restrict the flow of tech data in this new environment. The alternative is to let US designs leave the country -- bad for the economy, and potentially bad for US weapons supremacy.

The zeppelin would not be "hit" by the wind because it would not be anchored to anything. Rather, it would move along with the wind. Turbulence (akin to airplane turbulence) would be the only concern.

The moon has no atmosphere. Mar's atmosphere is ~1/10th the pressure of earth's, and fluctuates between -250F and 150F. Earth is the only "self-sustaining" planet known to man.

What about off-planet exploration? The Moon, Mars, astroid belt these places need exploring!