Wealthy people do not own much cash. Wealthy people own assets. The poor also do not have much cash, they consume goods to live. Inflation increases the value of assets relative to consumption. Inflation increases the…
The space shuttle was safe and saved money - until we had actual data regarding it's performance. We need to understand the actual risk associated with these labs. One mitigation I can think of right now would be to…
People on HN are technical, so we're discussing technical reasons. However, that's not really how the government works. USPS leadership had instructions to electrify the fleet. For whatever reason, they decided they…
Wealthy people do not own much cash. Wealthy people own assets. The poor also do not have much cash, they consume goods to live. Inflation increases the value of assets relative to consumption. Inflation increases the…
The space shuttle was safe and saved money - until we had actual data regarding it's performance. We need to understand the actual risk associated with these labs. One mitigation I can think of right now would be to…
People on HN are technical, so we're discussing technical reasons. However, that's not really how the government works. USPS leadership had instructions to electrify the fleet. For whatever reason, they decided they…