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bencoder
·3 lata temu·discuss
To come back and admit that I was wrong:

"In Port Isabel, a city about six miles northwest where at least one window shattered, residents were alarmed. " from [0] posted to HN [1]

I stand corrected - the warning article was pretty accurate

[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/21/us/spacex-rocket-dust-tex...

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35651757
bencoder
·3 lata temu·discuss
the wide angle makes it look a lot further away from the rocket than they really were - The camera is about 440m away from the rocket.

The damage shown in the video appears to be entirely caused by debris while the article was suggesting possible property damage ("shattered glass and damaged foundations ... from a miscalculated sonic blast") to towns 8500m away - 20 times further
bencoder
·4 lata temu·discuss
It's amazing to me that every post that has anybody arguing against the restrictions or similar gets flagged, no matter the source or rationale.

It's really the most divisive issue I've ever seen in my life.
bencoder
·4 lata temu·discuss
Having never actually seen the statue of liberty my sense when seeing these comparisons is that it's much smaller in real life than the version in my imagination - no matter how many times I see the comparisons, the statue remains much bigger in my head