volkris @volkris@qoto.org
I think the most pressing and fundamental problem of the day is that people lack a practically effective means of sorting out questions of fact in the larger world. We can hardly begin to discuss ways of addressing reality if we can't agree what reality even is, after all.
The institutions that have served this role in the past have dropped the ball, so the next best solution is talking to each other, particularly to those who disagree, to sort out conflicting claims.
Unfortunately, far too many actively oppose this, leaving all opposing claims untested. It's very regressive.
So that's my hobby, striving to understanding the arguments of all sides at least because it's interesting to see how mythologies are formed but also because maybe through that process we can all have our beliefs tested.
But if nothing else, social media platforms like this are chances to vent frustrations that on so many issues both sides are obviously wrong ;)
Joined Dec 2022
@Jorsh but that's not a conflict of interests.
It's not like Trump can take back the appointment, so he has nothing to benefit her that could skew her judgment.
@Jorsh what's the conflict?
@ignova so this screws over both property owners and folks looking for housing.
@zebibyte ...the spaceship did what it was intended to do, testing out new equipment for a future rocket launch.
The lunch was a success, meeting the goals that the company set out ahead of time.
But also, sounds like you have an unhealthy focus on Musk if you're putting him at the center of this.
@LiberalEd@mastodon.social I don't know what you're talking about.
The company doesn't seem particularly quiet, with their live streams and social media presence.
It always takes a bit for them to sort and analyze data, so I don't see anything different now.
@dwineman sounds like you are promoting ad hominem attacks, though, trying to ignore the substance for the sake of attacking the speakers.
It's like, should we give up modern, lifesaving advancements like MRIs and advanced surgical techniques because you have a beef with the individual doctors who developed them?
@jezebelley@social.linux.pizza what in the world? Conservatives have gone on record voting against many of those.
@Ulrich_the_Elder@mastodon.social have you spent much time engaging with federal bureaucracies?
If you have you wouldn't be surprised by this.
It has nothing to do with Musk. It has all to do with the impacts of politics that get in the way of accomplishing things.
@SocraticEthics what? The guy has talked out against Russia plenty.
@LiberalEd@mastodon.social a detailed explanation will be released. Hell, it's legally mandated.
But it's silly for reporters to be making a deal out of what they themselves don't know hours after a successful event on a weekend.
@MugsysRapSheet I don't know what your point is.
SpaceX is launching their normal rockets every week without incident.
@carlysagan we absolutely do know that the atmosphere can handle these explosions. We have the science to know that these explosions are insignificant on the atmospheric scale.
These explosions are a drop in the ocean, which is why regulators have no problem with seeing them happen in the course of developing these new technologies.
@MugsysRapSheet well that's just not right.
They've been launching rocket after rocket, every week, successfully, putting all sorts of scientific instruments into orbit without failure.
@ScriptFanix yes, an awful lot of bridges failed before engineers learned how to build them better.
@lkngrrr NASA has failed to accomplish this stuff, though.
And my experience with federal agencies doesn't make that a surprise. The politicized, bureaucratic, inefficient agencies fail left and right, and that shouldn't be a surprise when you think about how they are overseen.
So nationalization? Why in the world would we take something like SpaceX that is actually succeeding and fold it into a government that is failing before our eyes?
@jann hi welcome to research and development of novel systems.
This is just the expected process of developing something new like this.
@6G@mastodon.social well it's about balance.
The benefits to humanity of launching things into orbit outweigh the costs.
@6G@mastodon.social @drrjv it's a success because it met the goals that they set ahead of time.
They did not expect this rocket to go to the moon. That was never the point, that was never the goal. This is an engineering process, and this launch was about developing data that would help them refine rockets for the next launch.
So yeah this was a success because it proved some of the developments since the last fight, and it set the stage for the next round of improvements before the next flight.
This is how engineering of a new complex system works. One step after another.
volkris
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As usual we turn to @ScottManleyHimself for a breakdown of todays #SpaceX #Starship test flight and possible causes of the RUDs.
I think the most pressing and fundamental problem of the day is that people lack a practically effective means of sorting out questions of fact in the larger world. We can hardly begin to discuss ways of addressing reality if we can't agree what reality even is, after all.
The institutions that have served this role in the past have dropped the ball, so the next best solution is talking to each other, particularly to those who disagree, to sort out conflicting claims.
Unfortunately, far too many actively oppose this, leaving all opposing claims untested. It's very regressive.
So that's my hobby, striving to understanding the arguments of all sides at least because it's interesting to see how mythologies are formed but also because maybe through that process we can all have our beliefs tested.
But if nothing else, social media platforms like this are chances to vent frustrations that on so many issues both sides are obviously wrong ;)
Joined Dec 2022
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