OldSchool

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by OldSchool 3y ago
The 240V electrical isn’t as scary as it sounds; individually, the hots are no more “hot” relative to ground than a 120V hot (still demands respect!) Certainly it’s not for everyone or even every engineer but I guess my point was that if yo
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by OldSchool 3y ago
The HVAC industry in the US enjoys massive gross margins on this equipment. Prices are supported primarily by licensing laws. You can't legally break into the business, but DIY on your own house is entirely possible: the equipment is a
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by OldSchool 3y ago
MF tones nicely preserved as art at the end of "Young Lust" on Pink Floyd's The Wall! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ9mtd08rc0
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by OldSchool 5y ago
Reminds me of Lissajous figures on an oscilloscope, visually and the principles involved.
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by OldSchool 6y ago
Anyone else see the irony in all of this hacker-bashing on this site called "Hacker News?" Not just in this particular discussion, but overall a shift away from talking about individual, inspired and sometimes entrepreneurial crea
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by OldSchool 7y ago
If you're not using a discrete GPU, that addition very possible will open up some more HiDPI resolutions for you. With a modest RX-460 (recognized in 10.13+) I get a variety of formats starting from a 2560x1440 layout over 3840x2160 pi
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by OldSchool 8y ago
What would really be impressive would be a story entitled,"How I sold 57 lines of code for $86M."
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by OldSchool 11y ago
I'll suggest that the escrow route is an alternative to agreeing to indemnification in a simpler form; I can't imagine a situation where having both would be of benefit to the seller at least. I think ideally escrow would nicely e
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by OldSchool 11y ago
I'm surprised this isn't more discussed in the comments. It's a major element to consider when you're selling your business. He correctly identified it after all, as a potential deal breaker. You're selling somethi
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by OldSchool 11y ago
All of his books have been worthwhile in some way. "Fooled by Randomness" is a great place to start. Its effect of exposing the lack of objectivity in many commonly-accepted beliefs that rely heavily on perceived cause and effect
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by OldSchool 11y ago
Thanks for commenting. Yes, the A/C is useless (pre-1984) then almost useless until the 964 and the 993 got it right. As for a $10K repair bill, it's certainly possible, especially if you recently bought the car and/or get h
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by OldSchool 11y ago
If you appreciate great engineering as well as design, any one of the air-cooled cars is a remarkable car. I think most will agree however that the 2.7L engine was a low point in quality. Yes, many completely ordinary cars today can match
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by OldSchool 11y ago
Yeah, I'm going to "guess" that as late as the 1970's at least, almost 100% of male children succeeded at blowing up stuff on purpose, whether or not they were electronics hobbyists.
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by OldSchool 11y ago
Wow, out of 28 comments at the moment, yours is the only one to point this out.
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by OldSchool 11y ago
No doubt the Valley will survive and thrive. However it will continue its path toward the business culture lead of Hollywood: further concentration of power and capital, more emphasis on acquaintance-level connections (something innately te
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by OldSchool 12y ago
That's correct as I recall.
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by OldSchool 12y ago
Ticketmaster in Phoenix, AZ - early times - here's a little anecdote about the bizarre culture I saw there circa 1989-90. I applied there, having an EE degree already and I was called in for an interview. The initial interview consis
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by OldSchool 12y ago
Thanks for pointing me to that book - it sounds like something I'd read. Yeah phased arrays have probably been the rule for decades at that price-no-object level. Even at the consumer level, there have been phased-array marine -sonars-
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by OldSchool 12y ago
Thanks for the thoughtful reply and reference!
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by OldSchool 12y ago
Hmmm, I was kind of hoping for an explanation of how the control system determines how to modify the highly directional antenna's orientation to continue to maximally "illuminate" the target once it's been selected from
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by OldSchool 12y ago
It comes down to at least two things: 1. Easy (to acquire) debt drives demand 2. Education is still "Made in America" thus it cannot hide from the real devaluation of the dollar
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by OldSchool 13y ago
I'm surprised nobody's mentioned this curse's endgame: getting a typical corporate job. Everything about it is against your nature: fixed schedule, dictated product and process, micro management and arbitrary accountability c
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by OldSchool 13y ago
Reminds me of the movie "Pi." "Max... You will find that thing everywhere... As soon as you discard scientific rigor, you're no longer a mathematician, you're a numerologist." http://www.youtube.com&
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by OldSchool 13y ago
Steve Jobs said it well, "this means war." The engineering profession as a whole needs to play "war" like adults. This is going to cost money like anything. A permanent PR company that at least gets the engineering profe
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by OldSchool 13y ago
One thing I don't see in the article or discussed here is that (at least I believe) a sign of reaching maturity is that you don't need to define yourself by where you live. While these places can be helpful in achieving your goals
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by OldSchool 13y ago
If the Affordable Care Act providers deliver what they seem to promise, it's tremendously helpful to small-scale entrepreneurship. Pre-ACA, once you had a family with any health claim history it became increasingly difficult, expensive
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by OldSchool 13y ago
From what I've seen, corporate plans are becoming more and more like what was once called major medical insurance. So yes, coverage for anything below a small crisis is non-existent under these new plans, but it's about the same u
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by OldSchool 13y ago
I've never found much to like about policies pitched by any of our leaders left or right, but ObamaCare surprisingly seems to be something that is positive. It may not be much different for single people or those under 30, but if you h
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by OldSchool 13y ago
Unless you're the rare tech entrepreneur getting a lifetime's fortune in a single acquisition event, or the equally rare successful serial entrepreneur, there will be ups and downs and you won't know the outcome until years l
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by OldSchool 13y ago
In contrast to the far overused sugary definition, Phil Katz really was a rock star programmer. He also died a rock star's tragic and pathetic death. There is probably no line between self and business for a guy like PK. At that time y

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