I think in the US I’ve heard ETF/ACH transaction fees are usually around $2.50? It might be possible to have that apply across a batch, though, as in if you submit 10 payments to 10 different people as a single transaction it’s still just $2.50, or 25¢ per person. I’m only getting this from hearing accountants complain at companies I’ve worked with, so I don’t understand the details. But I’ve seen it pretty common with companies doing payouts to want to see a minimum amount before they actually send the payment, otherwise it’s not worth doing.

You can certainly be paid in cash legally. Finding an employer willing to do that, though, might be challenging. It would probably have to be retail or another business that regularly deals in cash.

The cover/OpenGraph image for this post clearly shows a pencil someone is pretending is a rocket.

When we were helping my parents move earlier this year we found the desktop encyclopedia that came with my original copy of the game!

Thanks; it’s a very minor thing but makes the experience better

Some but not all of the instances you mention in the blog don’t have links. Are you able to make them all links? It would be slightly easier on mobile to check them out. I’ve never even heard of Bookwyrm.

Yeah, I feel like I trust Steam as long as Gabe is calling the shots at Valve. I’m sure it helps that they’re a private company. Hopefully whoever takes over after him will have learned the lesson that you can make a nearly unimaginable amount of money in this industry without putting the screws to the consumer. If they were public or let the business “experts” in I’m sure there would be all sorts of moves to extract more money from customers that would end my trust, but I feel like overall I have a couple of decades of experience at this point that Valve isn’t actively trying to hurt me.

Do the safety features still function under Graphene?

Maybe someday a failed landing will be so rare they get NTSB investigations the way an aircraft crash does now.

It’s not actually fully built or operational yet, if that’s a deal-breaker for you clicking in. It’s an interesting project, though!

I don’t think it addresses yet how the food pieces will be added to the game.

“There was just too much uncertainty in the prediction of the thrusters,” [Commercial Crew Program manager Steve] Stich said. “If we had a model, [if] we had a way to accurately predict what the thrusters would do for the undock and all the way through the de-orbit burn, through the separation sequence, I think we would have taken a different course of action.”

I think that’s the crucial issue. I feel good that the NASA officials were unanimous on this decision.

Question I’ve been meaning to ask: if I start with cloud can I move to self-hosted later? I’ve seen this before and it feels like a product I could make good use of, especially for getting tabs closed.

Vulcan and New Glenn overlap probably also not ideal, though. Having not read the article yet, Sierra Space is the most exciting name I’ve seen. Sure hope they can afford it, though.

Caveat: Californians who add a driver’s license to their Apple or Google wallets must still carry their physical ID card as required by law.

What’s the point, then? I thought the reason for a digital ID was so you didn’t always need the physical one with you.

This article is the first I’ve read with comments from any of the astronauts’ family members here on earth.

The peak this year will be on August 12 between 13:00-16:00 Universal Time so the best nights would be Sunday, August 11 or Monday, August 12 depending on where you’re at.

I wonder if the crew gets any say in whether they feel comfortable flying in Starliner or not?

Welp! 😐

I thought I’d seen something about it, I guess for Dream Chaser, but a quick look at Wikipedia the only reference I see for a human-rated Vulcan is a tweet from ULA CEO Tory Bruno in 2016 saying they intend to human-rate it. Of course, back then I think we all expected Starliner to be wildly successful beyond the base NASA mission requirements.

My wife brought home some of the sweetest blackberries I’ve ever had the other day. Not sure where she got them but I bet that’s what this needs.