JKCalhoun

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1. 1021.▲
   by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

   I'm a hobbyist and price, in the end, sold me on Bambu Labs. (And I stayed once I saw the quality. Likely Prusa can match or exceed it, but not with what I was willing to lose from my wallet.)
2. 1022.▲
   by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

   Pretty sure Iranians with 3D printed guns would not be able to kick their own army out of Iran.
3. 1023.▲
   by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

   Feels like this is about as unserious as flamethrowers, the Boring Company, and Hyperloop. We're living in the Age of Distraction… amusing ourselves to death (as usual).
4. 1024.▲
   by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

   Interesting. The Wikipedia entry mentions SPD and I think that is where I think LEDs fall down—having a skewed and/or incomplete spectrum. Even though it may make certain target colors look correct.
5. 1025.▲
   by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

   "Nothing in outer space treaty that enables first come / first serve squatting. Second mover can always park next door." Antarctica then. (That's fine.)
6. 1026.▲
   by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

   In the same way Space Race 1.0 kicked the US into putting engineering at the forefront, I look forward to Space Race 2.0. Even if China kicks our (U.S.) ass, I'm be hoping for a sea-change in our attitudes (in fact, the US getting thei
7. 1027.▲
   by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

   You might be right. But a lunar telescope, lunar bases, lunar-orbiting station… Lots still to do within the Earth's sphere of influence.
8. 1028.▲
   by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

   Curious if LEDs can really match the black-body that is our sun (and therefore incandescents). I would get/build such a thing for my mental health, but I worry the LED illumination will be counter-productive.
9. 1029.▲
   by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

   Yep, in his first term he was called "tariff man" (among other things).
10. 1030.▲
    by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

    Yeah, Thomas Midgley Jr., from Wikipedia [1]: "…played a major role in developing leaded gasoline and some of the first chlorofluorocarbons…; both products were later banned from common use due to their harmful impact on human health a
11. 1031.▲
    by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

    You attenuate the power of the presidency.
12. 1032.▲
    by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

    I wonder if that was part of the original 1-season canon or a later episode from the 70's.
13. 1033.▲
    by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

    "1975 and the Changes to Come" [1], a book from 1962 that was mentioned as inspirational to the creator of the show. [1] https://archive.org/details/1975changestocom0000arno/page/32...
14. 1034.▲
    by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

    (The title of the blog reminded me the late Bob Pease [1] who had the signature, "What's all this XXX stuff, anyhow?" [2] where XXX might be "noise gain", "capacitor leakage"…) [1] https://en.wi
15. 1035.▲
    by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

    Reminding me of the classic take on brevity [1]: A prominent example of a laconism involving Philip II of Macedon was reported by the historian Plutarch. After invading southern Greece and receiving the submission of other key city-states
16. 1036.▲
    by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

    Being late to a post though does you no favors. People have moved on. So it's both. Hot takes? Aside: an example of a "third rail" post (where I seem to get the most downvotes) appears to be when I disparage UBI. I used to ge
17. 1037.▲
    by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

    Please don't start subtracting for em-dashes though. ;-)
18. 1038.▲
    by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

    Showoff. (I'm at 0.06).
19. 1039.▲
    by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

    Wondering who those people are.
20. 1040.▲
    by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

    Of course we can always find a marginalized people for any generation. I am speaking as a white male though and not for everyone else.
21. 1041.▲
    by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

    Oh wow, if we're talking about code reviews that's a different topic. I've never, FWIW, encountered "artisans" in code reviews. More like "that's not how I would have coded itsans" and "let me sh
22. 1042.▲
    by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

    "You get paid to get stuff done, period." It sounds like you hate your job? To be sure, I've done plenty of grinding over my career as a software engineer but in fact I coded as a hobby before it turned into a career, I then
23. 1043.▲
    by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

    No doubt.
24. 1044.▲
    by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

    I've seen a few people point this out in this thread, but, seriously? There's a generation that are going to say the 2020's were the best decade? I think that suggests: 1) Things are getting worse from decade to decade and, 2
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    by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

    Sure, please list. FWIW, the "1001" has introduced me to a number of Czech (Obchod na korze, Sedmikrásky, Ostře sledované vlaky, Hoří, má panenko, Marketa Lazarová, Ucho) and Polish (Popiól I Diament, The Saragossa Manuscript, Czł
26. 1046.▲
    by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

    I started with the AFI100. Obviously US-centric. As you say though about the overlap—I can of course skip those when I get to the 1001.
27. 1047.▲
    by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

    My Mother Night hope is that Cook publicly shows obsequiousness only so that in private he can hold the line on backdoors, etc. I know, I'm living in a fantasy world in my head.
28. 1048.▲
    by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

    Are you suggesting that is what is keeping Apple afloat?
29. 1049.▲
    by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

    My understanding though is that the monetization pathways for Samsung and Google are 3rd party—Apple keeps your data to itself.
30. 1050.▲
    by JKCalhoun 9mo ago

    Anyone that wants their own private "film school", can invest 10 years or so and work through the "1001 Movies to See Before You Die" [1]. It's a book compiled by several film critics as I understand it. For each of