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Erik van Eykelen

@hackteck

Rieta's husband and David’s dad. CTO @ return.energy, building battery energy storage systems. Born at 322 ppm CO₂. 6510 assembly coder.

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Yesterday, I made an 11-hour car trip that flew by as I listened to Karpathy and Dwarkesh first (highly recommended, don’t miss it!), followed by an interview with Rogan of Palmer Luckey (Anduril, China, VR). Finally, I caught up on the Social Radars (the short Founder Mode

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I wonder if SpaceX is already practicing this very long hovering mode to sandblast and melt a landing spot on the Moon, turning a rocky field of regolith into a smooth landing pad.

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Finished reading “Focus: The ASML way”, describing the creation of the most complex machine on Earth. Well-written, well-researched book based on actual interviews and facts. goodreads.com/book/show/2096…

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It went wrong around 1970 when the real NASA designers, builders, and makers were replaced by bureaucrats who seized power when the Apollo Project started to wind down. After that only JPL retained the ability to innovate with interplanetary projects and Mars landings.