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Opinion: Our Loneliness Epidemic Reveals America’s Failed Urban Planning in c/citylife@beehaw.org

[–] zhunk@beehaw.org 3 points 3 days ago

Coffee is only a few bucks at a coffee shop, a few cents at home, and free at work. Now, getting some daily overcomplicated concoction, on the other hand...

Mastodon 4.3 released in c/fediverse@lemmy.ml

[–] zhunk@beehaw.org 1 points 1 week ago

Is the downside that quote posts make it easier for people to dog pile? That seems like it should be less of an issue because of defederating instances with that proclivity.

Trump pledges to deport Haitians in Ohio city if elected in c/politics@beehaw.org

[–] zhunk@beehaw.org 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yup, I always tell people I'm biased about WI because I left. I'm sure OH has a lot of similar reasons.

Liz Cheney says Dick Cheney will vote for Kamala Harris, and she will support Democrat Colin Allred in Texas Senate race in c/politics@beehaw.org

[–] zhunk@beehaw.org 12 points 1 month ago

Welcome to the resistance... Dick Cheney?

WALZ REFERENCED THE COUCH-F****R MEME! in c/politics@beehaw.org

[–] zhunk@beehaw.org 5 points 2 months ago

Hubris. They were up in the polls at the time and didn't think they needed to expand their appeal, so they caved and took Thiel's guy.

Trump Tells Christians They Won't Have to Vote in Future: 'We'll Have It Fixed' in c/politics@beehaw.org

[–] zhunk@beehaw.org 3 points 2 months ago

Ron Desantis's "Weekend at Bernie's president" joke at the RNC, like every other accusation from the GOP, was just more projection.

'I took a bullet for democracy,’ Trump says while touting his relationships with autocrats around the globe, embracing China's Xi Jinping who 'controls 1.4 billion people with an iron fist' in c/politics@beehaw.org

[–] zhunk@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago

So is his diaper

Associated Press - Joe Biden Ends 2024 Campaign for President in c/politics@beehaw.org

[–] zhunk@beehaw.org 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A DA will be a nice foil to the convicted felon.

Biden endorses Harris as Democratic nominee after ending his candidacy in c/politics@beehaw.org

[–] zhunk@beehaw.org 8 points 2 months ago

Regarding ballot eligibility- I think part of timing for this is that the Dems are about to have their "roll call" in the next week or two to officially nominate a candidate to get on ballots before the official full convention.

Here’s how much Valve pays its staff — and how few people it employs in c/gaming@beehaw.org

[–] zhunk@beehaw.org 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So does Valve?

NASA indefinitely delays return of Starliner to review propulsion data in c/space@beehaw.org

[–] zhunk@beehaw.org 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The docking adapters look pretty much the same (interlocking petals, not male/female) and can be active, passive, or both, but Dragon's is only active. Active has to dock to passive, so two Dragons couldn't dock.

SpaceX developed a new one that can be active or passive for Starship, which will have to dock with Orion and the Lunar Gateway.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasa-spacex-test-starship-lunar-lander-docking-system/

NASA indefinitely delays return of Starliner to review propulsion data in c/space@beehaw.org

[–] zhunk@beehaw.org 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Maybe? Soyuz is too cramped, but Dragon might be able to fit extra people. A few years ago a NASA astronaut flew up on a leaky Soyuz, so they looked at using Dragon as a lifeboat:

https://www.space.com/nasa-spacex-dragon-rescue-spacecraft-soyuz-leak

Dragon was drawn up to fit 7 people, with 3 seats on the bottom and 4 on top. They ended up changing the seat angles for reentry, so now they only have 4.

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Starliner is still their emergency ride home in case a real alarm goes off, but they want to study the leak issue as much as possible before they separate their service module, which burns up during reentry.