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Super complex, but could the fuel & thrusters be staged -- waiting in lower orbits -- so you don't have the mass of all of them at once?

It could, but it's never been done before. SpaceX just tested some fuel transfer in zero-G for the first time with their second Starship test.

I'm curious what has come of "reporter's privilege" in the age of citizen journalists where it's recognized.

Almost no courts in the US have recognized "citizen" journalist, simply claiming you are press or a journalist doesn't mean you are. Claiming to be a member of the press is a bit of an odd thing, because they requirements for what is acceptable vary so greatly from one instance to the next. Some online agencies will send you a "press pass" for as little as writing a few articles on your own site, or publishing a pod cast. (these are about as valid as the service dog passes you get online)

Meanwhile more traditional agencies will require you be employed by as a full time journalist and require the agency you are reporting for to submit on your behalf.

In general the only people who are afforded reporter's privilege are media companies large enough to have lawyers versed in its nuance and able to defend it.

And the only people consider press are those acting on behalf of a recognized and respected new agency.


If the ads are in-stream, it should actually make it easier to skip from a frontend interface. If you know or can figure out their length.


It's a given that they'll start and end on keyframes, so you can cut the middle section without losing or re-encoding anything. (It's a given because Google wants to do the opposite - insert them without losing or re-encoding anything. Even if they did re-encode, the sharp transitions would generate keyframes anyway)


The downloads would have the ads as well if they're server-side.


This is a data goldmine for data brokers who have most certainly replicated the data set, but without any of the privacy measures that the researchers implemented.

On another note, I had missed that Apple recognizes the '_nomap' suffix and stops indexing/reporting its WiFI AP locations.


Would that data be considered Apple IP even though the AP addresses and locations are somewhat public information (because APs are broadcasting their addresses)?

Apple’s API might return fake “trap addresses” that it could use to trace if their API data shows up in other companies’ location databases. Like the “trap streets” used to catch map plagiarists: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_street


Is that also true even if the data is only on customer-owned hardware and not stored in the cloud?


Protections under GDPR apply to both local storage and cloud storage.

In this case both local storage and cloud storage are provided by same company so that distinction doesn’t matter but this storage location agnostic coverage of GDPR comes in handy on Android.


Hmm I sense a business opportunity of selling “GDPR compliant” GNU rm.


For sure, it's the locusts that I'm worried about.


Is this only for mobile devices? On safari, I can't scroll down to the game and in a chromium browser I can't get a swipe gesture to register. MacOS.

On phone it works perfectly and is very cool! Nice work.


Works on desktop


Seems strange in a country where the people have the ability and power to accomplish Brexit but not hold leaders accountable.


Well, finally the Tories are getting voted out. It's all very delayed though.

People knew what they were leaving as it was everyday life with its pluses and minuses. They didn't know what they were getting into instead though, and now we know it's hard to change.


I'd guess it will have the opposite effect as companies have one less big reason to avoid CA.


The reason no non-competes has helped CA is increasing startup formation. California has shown over the last 30-50 years that startup formation > attracting legacy businesses for growth. Unless that changes, California becoming less differentiated for startup formation but getting more legacy businesses is a bad trade for California.


One of the biggest issues I have with economists theory of comparative advantage is it ignores the self sustaining ecosystem aspects of economics.

Some places if you need someone to do specialized thing X you can just walk down the street. Most places you'll need to find someone willing to move and and take a big hit on his career options. So that deep bench of skilled labor and business resources is a big deal.


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