vonzeppelin | 7 years ago | on: Is killing the boom the key to supersonic air travel?
But how does a suicidal pilot apply to airport security?
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vonzeppelin | 7 years ago | on: North American vs. Japanese zoning
>The EC was arguably created (in it's existing format) to protect the interests of southern, slave-owning states. At the time, roughly analogous to resisting tyranny of the majority (as the urban north had more people, especially as slaves weren't fully recognized as people),
I don't know that this is true.
1789, 1st Congress
Slave States (40 representatives)
Delaware 1
New Jersey 4
New York 6
Maryland 6
Georgia 3
North Carolina 5
South Carolina 5
Virginia 10
Free States (25 representatives)
Connecticut 5
Massachusetts 8
New Hampshire 3
Pennsylvania 8
Rhode Island 1
vonzeppelin | 7 years ago | on: Self-driving cars are headed toward an AI roadblock
Kitchen knives don't kill people. People kill people.
vonzeppelin | 7 years ago | on: Elon Musk hires 2 Newfoundland interns who solved problems at Tesla factory
I was really hoping this was about dogs.
vonzeppelin | 8 years ago | on: Just About Everyone with Bitcoin Is Lying to the IRS
Credit Karma's tax system couldn't even handle multi state tax filings so there is no way their tax filers could have been a good representation of anything.
vonzeppelin | 8 years ago | on: Police say shooter’s anger over YouTube policies ‘appears to be the motive’
>Incidentally, today is MLK's birthday.
Death anniversary, not birthday. His (and my!) birthday is 1/15 which is why we celebrate MLK day on the most convenient Monday near that.
vonzeppelin | 8 years ago | on: iPhones may shut down in cold weather
I've never had a problem with my phone when it's been below freezing out.
vonzeppelin | 8 years ago | on: How to Buy a Gun in 15 Countries
A well regulated militia
vonzeppelin | 8 years ago | on: How to Buy a Gun in 15 Countries
I guess we could repeal a part of the Bill of Rights.
vonzeppelin | 8 years ago | on: New York Times CEO: Print journalism has maybe another 10 years
I prefer the print layout as a way to consume the paper rather than the usual web/mobile interfaces but I don't need it to be physical paper. I am perfectly happy with the Washington Post print edition app so I hope they will keep carrying that on if they ever stop printing altogether.
vonzeppelin | 8 years ago | on: Why competition in the politics industry is failing America [pdf]
I wanted to look it up and this is what I found:
>With the compromise constitutional ratio (1:30,000) in mind and given that the U.S. Census Bureau reports that there are currently about 313.9 million inhabitants of the United States, if the Constitution were being followed, there would be approximately 10,463 members of the House of Representatives.
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/2157...
I'd be okay with this. It would really change the make up of our government. Senators would seem far more powerful in comparison.
The electoral college would be completely different as well. Using the population data on Wikipedia, at 1:30,000 California would have 1309 representatives and Wyoming would have 20. That would mean in the electoral college California would be worth 1311 points and Wyoming 22 vs 55 and 3 today.
vonzeppelin | 8 years ago | on: Why competition in the politics industry is failing America [pdf]
What do you think about removing the cap on the House of Representatives at 435? I think Democrats should really support this completely Constitutional fix to the electoral college instead of advocating that it be removed.
vonzeppelin | 8 years ago | on: Judge won’t release man jailed 2 years for refusing to decrypt drives
If you can be jailed indefinitely for not decrypting a drive then can't you be jailed indefinitely for not remembering your password? That sounds fair.
vonzeppelin | 8 years ago | on: Nuke Map: Interactive Nuclear Bomb Map
At least Harry Truman can't get to it.
vonzeppelin | 8 years ago | on: Summers Are Getting Hotter
I'm looking forward to growing peanuts in Kentucky.
vonzeppelin | 8 years ago | on: Higher-paid, faster-growing tech jobs are concentrating in 8 US hubs
Seattle was nice but it had no lightning bugs so I left. Lightning bugs are important.
vonzeppelin | 9 years ago | on: Netflix expected to spend over $6B on original and acquired programming in 2017
Is that a PS Vita?
vonzeppelin | 9 years ago | on: George Lucas Can’t Give a $1.5B Museum Away
vonzeppelin | 9 years ago | on: American Elections Will Be Hacked
Yeah if that video actually existed it would have destroyed him in the primaries stage.
vonzeppelin | 9 years ago | on: How the Presidential Transition Works in the Social Media Age
I don't understand the why of this transition. Why does it need to be moved to a new account? Why can't it all just stay on the same account?