yimby

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[–] yimby 1 points 1 year ago

I have definitely had this experience in KSP and never really thought about until this comment. Neat!

However, there is a practical reason the Apollo mission orbited on its side like this. The side of the spacecraft facing the sun would get very hot while the side facing away would get very cold. So the spacecraft would roll slowly as it travelled for passive thermal control. They literally callrd it the barbecue roll.

Orbiting a planet along it's equator means orienting north/south (normal/antinormal) for a natural roll axis. Neat stuff!

[–] yimby 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah that topology is probably better described as burrito

[–] yimby 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

It's the last equation j(x) that's wrong. What's plotted on the right is something like 0.2x+1.6

Your graphing calculator is more than capable of plotting linear functions just as well as desmos.

[–] yimby 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The last day is a dedicated new year's celebration day, two on leap years.

[–] yimby 9 points 1 year ago

Read the source more carefully

Tesla drivers have the highest accident rate. From Nov. 14, 2022, through Nov. 14, 2023, Tesla drivers had 23.54 accidents per 1,000 drivers. Ram (22.76)

Accidents only. Worst driver counts DUIs a d fines as well.

[–] yimby 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Nobody's life is in any real danger here. They and all their equipment are roped in on at least 3 redundant anchors (probably a number more). Rock climbing looks scary but with proper precautions and training it is not significantly riskier than other outdoor sports.

The level of ignorance from these commenters who know nothing of the sport but speak with such authority on it really reminds me of the worst of reddit.

[–] yimby 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Kudos to them and the 1900 participating retailers!

Just to mention, this is the equivalent of just 42 electric cars, which goes to show how inefficient and wasteful electric cars really are. Yet governments around the world provide billions of dollars of subsidies and rebates for electric cars while fully ignoring electric bicycles.

[–] yimby 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Saying maths is absolutely out of place here. Also taxes here aren't nearly as complicated as the US and there are a number of free tools available to file by yourself.

[–] yimby 9 points 2 years ago

In a word, yes. Subsides to the tune of 100s of billions of dollars a year across the USA.

[–] yimby 34 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I think a more fair take is that we need growth in underdeveloped places and degrowth in highly developed places. It's less about changing the total economic output and more about changing how that output is distributed.

[–] yimby 19 points 2 years ago

Connect is a great android app where you can block instances. Though I agree this should be a site wide feature.

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