One big point for Nvidia vs. AMD, at least in the past several years, is the significantly lower power consumption for a given performance. Lower power gives lower heat gives lower noise.

Haha. Good point. Didn’t think of that!

“keep itself afloat”

The Apollo computer was also one of the first implementations of fly-by-wire, a technology used in all airliners today.

Niven posited that every planet, minor planet and asteroid in a star system would be used and that would be enough. The Ringworld may have lots of surface area but it is relatively speaking tissue thin. No need for all that mass inside a planet which is unusable for habitable surface area.

First proposed by Dr. Leonid Mikhailovich Shkadov during the 38th Congress of the International Astronomical Federation meeting in Brighton, UK in October 1987, the Shkadov Thruster is a stellar engine that utilizes the energy of a star for propulsion.

Many of those in Europe and East Asia due to space constraints. All-in-one are not bad but separate dryer is better and if there is space that’s what you’ll typically see. None of this top loader stuff though. I’ve never been able to get my clothes as clean in a top loader, though I suspect that has more to do with…

I have tried those (and Lightspeed, and David Clark). They’re great.

I’d never seen a top loader until I moved to the US. They’re rather rare in Europe apart from some very small models. In my experience front loaders seem to wash better because the clothes are properly tumbled around. Also you can put your drier on top which saves space.

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When I was growing up we had clocks in every room, because Pa Finch liked clocks. We had ten clocks in the living room alone. This messed considerably with my ability to hear the metronome during piano lessons.

Agreed. That’s why I said “actually negligent”. I’m not an expert on ship handling, but I get the feeling this crosses the line into negligence.

There’s a strong argument for not sacking people for “honest mistakes”. Unless they have actually negligent, sacking people for mistakes makes it less likely that (less obvious) mistakes will be reported. And so you have people covering up.

The correct answer to that question is,

and the geostationary orbit this rocket was returning from left it with plenty of extra energy to burn.

Big thumbs up.

If you’re cheating, you’re ruining the experience for other players. In essence, you are stealing from them.