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Comment Good for local hauling (Score 1) 179

But probably not all that great for long hauling. Though I believe there is an easy solution. A small second trailer shaped like a cone for aerodynamics that is full of battery and is connected by cable to the semi. Then for long hauling you simply stop off at a depot and drop off the batter trailer and hook up a charged one.

Comment If they take away legal recourse (Score 1) 243

Then they leave only violence as a recourse. There needs to be a legal recourse. Otherwise, those who suffer the consequences (e.g. black lung, asbestos, who knows what from the thousands of pesticides, etc). Then victims with no legal recourse will be left to resort to illegal recourse and violence.

Comment Maybe, just maybe... (Score 1) 363

They grew up hearing their hearing the slightly older generation decrying the BS corporate America has continuously hit GenX with. And have decided that if the corporations want these sorts of things, they damn well better pay a livable wage or the companies can go f*** themselves.

Which many companies are doing, as we have seen where retail outlets haven't even been able to keep their hours due to staffing, or had entire fast food store employees quit. Maybe it is time for companies to actually pay up. Instead of wanting degreed employees for the same wages they were paying 25 years ago.

Comment Here is what EVERYONE is forgetting (Score 1) 234

SpaceX is a commercial space company. Arguably, the first legitimate one (yes, Bezos and a few others have their companies, but none of those are fully functioning delivering satellites, payloads, and passengers into space).

Until very recently, ALL space launches and programs were handled by NASA and the government. ALL of these rules, procedures, and policies are in fact new. Many are legacy procedures from the hey day of the Apollo space program. For commercial space ventures to thrive there is going to need to be more fluidity of processes and procedures, regulations will need to be relaxed and made more reasonable. A simple change should not be reliant upon a 3 month period of time and to be told two days beforehand that they will not have time to address the matter. There should be a requirement that any change be logged to the flight plan. But it should not be dependent on a small government agency to micromanage every detail.

All these regulations and procedures are new for commercial space, and they need to adjust to the needs of a fledgling industry. (And filing a lawsuit is generally how you get change done in government + lobbying congress.)

If the FAA doesn't adjust, eventually what will happen is that SpaceX and the entire commercial space industry will move outside of the country. Either become entirely seaborn, or more likely pick a tiny island nation on the equator to build their spaceports. And they will just bypass the government entirely. This will eventually happen anyways.

One day, it will make more sense to simply mine an asteroid, 3D print parts, build spaceships in space, and have companies who are not bound by ANY nation. And don't get approval for deploying ships or satellites, only to land their ships.

Comment Wrong decision, probably because of bad defendant (Score 2) 146

Wrong decision, probably because of bad defendant case. This is often how bad decisions are made. They argued the 5th,.. but this case is a 4th amendment case.

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated,"

Secure in papers and effects (phone is effects).

Secure in their persons, who does the thumb belong to?

Comment Major design flaw (Score 1) 32

That jet has a major design flaw IMHO. The two fuselages are interconnected at a single point. Were an engine or mechanical failure to impact one side of the aircraft, it is likely the torque will be so great that it will tear the aircraft apart.

The tail should have been connected like a P-38 to minimize flex so that the aircraft doesn't torque itself apart.

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