Phillipharryt

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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
Interesting that the TI-84 is mentioned so much. I am pretty sure this article is making a big deal out of nothing. I think this is a case of journalists reading "graphing calculator" and assuming the 84 is being used. SAT's
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
Posted here less than 2 months ago, nearly 200 comments. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20510933
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
I'm not sure you're actually reading my message. A bluff at the rear of the car is terrible for aerodynamics, but having a rounded shape is inconvenient for the interior and storage. A compromise is made where you have a slope and
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
Ok I hate to do this, but you're wrong about the tail reducing drag instead of increasing it. The rear of the prius has a design feature to reduce the effect of the turbulent wake created by having a flat rear, but it still has a large
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
Of all the ethical considerations of betting, not gambling seems like the most peculiar.
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
Yeah I did clarify it's not the worst, it's a smooth vehicle but it's got pretty bad turbulence at the rear due to that flat back, so it's no aerodynamic masterpiece. I only use that comparison because it's a bog-st
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
It has a horrendous drag coefficient, worse than a prius (not that they are a the worst car, but they're not sporty). It needs this to cool and feed the engine.
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
It also has a worse drag coefficient than your prius, it needs to suck in an enormous amount of air to cool and feed that quad-turbocharged w16 engine.
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
The fantastic coincidence being the man who created the typesetting machine he invested in, had the last name Paige. I love aptonyms. And here's an interesting read if you want to follow up about the machine. http://www.twai
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
Ok but brokers aren't less regulated, exchanges are, and Twitter isn't traded on every exchange.
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
You're probably right. After-hours trading is so large these days that the big movers don't care when the news is announced.
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
I would argue turning off traction control feels safer up until the moment it doesn't and then it causes a crash. Traction control is really impressive tech even on older cars and I wouldn't want to turn it off. By "fly-by-wi
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
Fair enough, I was just giving my driving experience. I don't like to use the car for anything but driving. The most interactive it gets is me putting on a CD.
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
I think those people like the spartan features of older cars. If newer cars had those new safety feature but the same interfaces and simplicity as older cars I think you'd find less people pining for the days of their old Fiat Punto. I
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
I'm in agreement but I've not seen this sentiment shared much. A car is a seperate piece of technology to my phone and I've never felt the need to mix the features of them. Call me a luddite but I use the car to drive and tha
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
Another interesting build currently being polished up is SnapOnAir's Blaspberry v2. It's deemed a "communication tool". They've made a modern day pager as well, but the new one is like a linux blackberry that is ent
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
Well it was the Ratners group that lost 99% of its listed value, so not just the Ratner's brand that felt the damage. It definitely affected Gerald more than it did the company though, but there was definitely a touch and go moment the
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
Fair enough question. They didn't try and cut him down before. They just reported his quotes, and had a laugh at them, it wasn't even front page news. But this time they decided it was worth cutting him down, and it was on all the
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
So I've actually done a fair amount of research on this speech, and there a few skipped points most times people report on it. Firstly the audience loved the jokes, they laughed at them all. It wasn't like he delivered them to stu
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
Considering monochrome wasn't really a limitation at the time, it makes quite a bit of sense as a display. It was certainly thinner than any CRT and so much lighter. I don't recall using one myself, how was the refresh rate on the
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
http://oldcomputers.net/grid1101.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_Compass https://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Personal/Grid.ht... Everywhere says it's ele
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
Works on the same principle of passing a current through a substance to emit radiation, it's just the electroluminescent panels use a solid material, so I think they're able to be flatter.
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
"The Grid" is a fascinating machine. If you're interested in it the full name is the GRiD Compass 1101. It used a display I've never seen on any laptop before, an electroluminescent monochrome one, really weird tech ther
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
Avid are world leaders in buying and ruining software suites. Looking through their lineup you see a sad list of software that either used to be good, or could have been great.
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
Funk pops in particular are rather blob-like, their eyes protrude like raisins on a snowman so that casting is incredibly easy. For the intricate pieces (like a fish's fins) the main body just has holes, that then have a separate piece
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
That is not how the penalties are worded at all. Penalties are usually in the form of a percentage of a number of months' interest. I understand the fine is because the bank makes money on loans by being able to rely on them being a fi
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
This is a terrible analogy and I hope you see that. They are completely different use cases. Do you have your family phones situated in your ceiling all linked together in a fitting? This procedure is inconvenient, but the idea of using a p
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
This way the bulb only has one form of input, current. It is far more basic and probably cheaper that way.
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
Well I would assume if you find yourself in a situation you need to reset a lightbulb in a light fitting, it's likely you would need to reset them all seeing as they're all being used for the same purpose/connecting to the sa
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by Phillipharryt 7y ago
I remember this being brought up on reddit. Yes it's ridiculously lengthy, but having a procedure instead of a reset button is actually a smart idea. So they've taken a kernel of a good idea and went overboard on trying to protect

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