PhotonHunter

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by PhotonHunter 1y ago
If I were designing these newer style aerodynamic handles, I think it would be done such that the handles default to the open graspable state. Retract them when the car is in motion for aerodynamics (is it really that much of a benefit?) su
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by PhotonHunter 1y ago
Back in the glory days of Mercedes, they proudly advertised how their pull-style door handles were a safety feature intended to make it easier for rescuers to open doors from the outside: http://oudemercedesbrochures.nl/Imag
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by PhotonHunter 1y ago
No, the roof: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk0Mzci2Sks
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by PhotonHunter 1y ago
My daily is a W126 with the OM603. It's getting harder every day to find parts (when I need them, which is infrequent) but it's worth the hassle because like you say there is nothing modern that has the same combination of feel a
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by PhotonHunter 1y ago
Is it completely correct to say they have no legal bearing? As I understand things, they can be used to establish a date when someone was made aware of infringement, and that date can be used to start the clock on enhanced damages.
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"How you design the beep is important." Behind the movement for calmer gadgets(arstechnica.com)
7 points by PhotonHunter 1y ago|1 comments
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Musk's fury over a Tesla investigation foreshadowed his war on Washington(washingtonpost.com)
9 points by PhotonHunter 1y ago|0 comments
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by PhotonHunter 2y ago
As to the iPhones: Apple does some really neat stuff with respect to tolerance stacking. As an example, they had a video from the iPhone X showing how they would measure the camera module, and then pair that to a cover that fit it best.
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by PhotonHunter 2y ago
Tech transfer is an important function, however, tech transfer offices outside perhaps the top 15 or 20 in the US (public and private) are not profitable in terms of dollars. AUTM (tech transfer trade group) has extensive data on the subjec
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by PhotonHunter 2y ago
Money in university budgets is most certainly not fungible. Endowments are for the most part directed for specific uses and cannot be used outside of the restrictions. Education and General (E&G, terminology varies between institutions)
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by PhotonHunter 2y ago
Yes, this is so. Ideally, you’d see a mix of direct support (e.g., a core as part of a large site grant like a U54) for things that advance the state of the art and indirect support for core activities supporting other investigators. Instit
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by PhotonHunter 2y ago
They didn’t used to have to deal with FAR and DFARS compliance, export compliance, cybersecurity, iEdison reporting, and so on. Nevertheless, the administrative component of F&A indirects has been capped at 26% for years. The universiti
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by PhotonHunter 2y ago
F&A rates (facilities and administration, “indirects”) are subject to negotiation every 4 (IIRC) years, where those costs are accounted for (perhaps not well enough, but that is a separate point). The administrative component of F&A
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by PhotonHunter 2y ago
This is incorrect: while some NIH and NSF grants require an academic institution as the prime or sole awardee there are many that are open to private organizations and others that are mandated to be specific to small businesses (SBIR).
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by PhotonHunter 2y ago
Lab techs are often classified as “administrative and professional” employees by university HR but on NIH grants they would be paid for as a direct cost, other personnel (B on the R&R budget form).
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by PhotonHunter 2y ago
Additionally, the base of the indirect calculation differs between grantors. NIH is MTDC (Modified Total Direct Costs) on top; Gates is TDC (Total Direct Costs) with their own schedule of allowable indirect costs. You have to do a line by l