Jack 🌻

Bit plumber. He/him. Find me at

[Jack 🌻 @jack_dot_bin]

@Robotbeat Equity plus some amount of voting power and decision-making authority would probably go a long ways towards staving off unionization.

[Jack 🌻 @jack_dot_bin]

@Robotbeat Real equity (not just options) is awesome and makes employees care about the success of the org, but it doesn't protect them from abuse or bad working conditions, if anything it makes them more susceptible to it.

And employees only have power to enact one of those options.

[Jack 🌻 @jack_dot_bin]

Goes to show no matter your education, qualifications, or experience, nobody can escape having to reboot malfunctioning networking equipment

[William Harwood @cbs_spacenews]

F9/CRS-31: Earlier this evening, flight controllers in Houston woke ISS commander Sunita Williams and asked her to power cycle a lab router needed for the Dragon's rendezvous; she did that, MCC reported "we see a good lab router" and she went back to bed; a few minutes ago, MCC called again, saying "we're still having lab router problems;" controllers asked Williams to power cycle all three routers in the complex; standing by for an update

[Jack 🌻 @jack_dot_bin]

@lougrims wut

[Jack 🌻 @jack_dot_bin]

Adrenaline junkies re-invent the airplane

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Three new base jump world records using an innovative wingsuit foil.

[📹 Peter Salzmann / redbull]
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[Dr. Buzz Aldrin @TheRealBuzz]

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A half-Century ago, it was an honor to serve my country in the effort to put a human being on the Moon. I am proud of what we accomplished then and I have dedicated my life to the pursuit of an enduring human presence in space – it is a calling that runs through every fiber of my being. 

Over time, I have seen our government’s approach to space wax and wane. But under the first Trump Administration, I was impressed to see how human space exploration was elevated as a policy of high importance again. Under President Trump’s first term, America saw a revitalized interest in Space, and his Administration reignited national efforts to get back to the Moon, and push on to Mars. The Trump Administration also reinstituted the National Space Council, and our Nation’s defense was enhanced with the creation of the U.S. Space Force – increasingly important as space becomes a contested domain. At the same time, I have been enthused and excited by the great advancements in the private sector space economy, led by visionaries like @elonmusk.  These are concrete accomplishments that align with my concerns and America’s policy priorities.    

America is facing serious and difficult challenges both at home and abroad.  The Presidency requires clarity in judgement, decisiveness, and calm under pressure that few have a natural ability to manage, or the life experience to successfully undertake. It is a job where decisions are made that routinely involve American lives – some urgently but not without thought. The job requires sober analysis of frightening scenarios, and the instinct to lead with resolve. From the skies over Korea in air-to-air combat to navigating, landing, and walking on the Moon, I appreciate this kind of pressure. I know what it is like to have to make these kinds of decisions, with firmness and follow-through.

In this election, we have a choice and we all have one vote. For some, the choice may not be easy – but in times of uncertainty real leaders are most needed – to guide and inspire a people, to push through the noise, recognize what really matters, and accomplish missions critical to all citizens. Most Americans rightly consider it an honor to cast their vote for a leader they believe will best serve the nation. For me, for the future of our country, to meet enormous challenges, and for the proven policy accomplishments above, I believe we are best served by voting for @realDonaldTrump. I wholeheartedly endorse him for President of the United States. Godspeed President Trump, and God Bless the United States of America.

[Jack 🌻 @jack_dot_bin]

Boring ahh RCCA meeting

[Joey Roulette @joroulette]

Musk seems to be gaming while SpaceX staff brief him on Starship Flight 5. "We were one second away from telling the rocket to abort... and try to crash into the ground next to the tower" someone in the background says.

[Jack 🌻 @jack_dot_bin]

Mike Duncan Red Faction playthrough confirmed

[Jack 🌻 @jack_dot_bin]

Top tips for startup hiring:
1. Commit a crime

[Cory Levy @cory]

some of my notes from the Art of Hiring event earlier today:

@rabois
- don't hire anyone over the age of 30
- recruiters are probably ineffective but still important b/c they drive hiring momentum
- it takes 3-30 mins to evaluate someone (probably 3 though)
- undiscovered talent is mispriced. interns can be MVPs on teams
- people who positively manipulate the world around them are great hires

@bchesky
- goal is to have smallest team possible (i.e. be the Navy SEALs... not the Navy)
- be careful of B players. The old saying "A players hire A players B players hire C players" should go like "A players hire A players....and B players hire LOTS of C players b/c they are so bad"
- be in the details. so much so that people complain. and then be in even more details.
- when hiring someone, they are guilty until proven innocent. someone should be selling their case on why to join.

@eglyman
- looks for "aliens" and/or exceptional candidates with little competition
- ranks candidates "strong no, no, yes, strong yes". won't hire people who have all yeses.
- recommended to read great books on this like: Wooden on Leadership, Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success, High Output Management, and The Score Takes Care of Itself

@mike_sheb
- be a broken record. constantly repeat why you are here (mission, goals, etc.)
- sweat the small stuff
- ask candidates if they are in the phase of their lives where they can work like an olympian to help screen people out.

[Jack 🌻 @jack_dot_bin]

@cory @rabois Looking forward to seeing this tweet in an age discrimination lawsuit

[Jack 🌻 @jack_dot_bin]

🚨🚨 New USCSB Video Alert 🚨🚨
https://t.co/B6wE9kFfej

[Jack 🌻 @jack_dot_bin]

Today's equivalent would be asking a SpaceX barista what they do and them (rightfully) replying "I'm helping to build rockets"

[sophie @netcapgirl]

whenever i think about what it must be like to work at spacex on days like today i remember this story about jfk at nasa

[Jack 🌻 @jack_dot_bin]

Honestly the craziest thing about the Starship/Super heavy tests for me is how much damage both vehicles seem to be able to sustain and still mostly work. That is incredibly useful data for finding where your margin is and isn't that you don't get from flawless flights.

[Jack 🌻 @jack_dot_bin]

Great view of the landing. The pressure waves at 0:20 aren't the sonic boom, but are from the rocket engines compressing the air until the water vapor condensed into a cloud. The rocket was well below the speed of sound at that point.

[Steve Jurvetson @FutureJurvetson]

OK Boomers
In this iPhone video by @JCyrier from our vantage point to the south, you can see the sonic boom in the air at 20 seconds and hear it BOOM at 47 seconds. Incredible body feel.

“A sky scraper went into space, returned to earth, and parallel parked” - Sylvia Smith

[Jack 🌻 @jack_dot_bin]

Satisfyingly ironic that I ended up working on this solution but didn't realize it until over a year after I left

[Jack 🌻 @jack_dot_bin]

My favorite undergrad research paper was on communicating through reentry plasma sheaths. Turns out all you have to do is build a gigantic LEO satcom constellation and put a phased array terminal on the vehicle where the plasma is thinnest.

[Jack 🌻 @jack_dot_bin]

lmao mad lads did it

[melody☆ @stargazermellu]

i probably sound like a nerd for saying this, but from a civil aviation perspective the oakland area technically extends in the managed airspace all the way to 230 miles off the shore of the philippines--