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by THE_PUN_STOPS 9y ago
For the uninitiated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacker_Drive Chicago has also begotten the most amazingly complicated 3D road diagram in America: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons&#
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 9y ago
Smart glasses in aviation manufacturing was actually a key plot point in Michael Chrichton's 1997 novel Airframe. [1] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airframe_(novel)
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 9y ago
I'm not OP but I do ride and experienced the same. If you're taking it seriously and respect the danger, you learn how to drive as if you are invisible. You learn to pay attention to and anticipate the movements of other drivers,
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 9y ago
https://www.juicero.com/the-packs/ Yep. Can get them as a subscription, each one has a QR code so that the juicer knows it is juicing an OEM pack, and is farmer GMO blah blah blah.
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 9y ago
Well, that and cost and simplicity. A manual transmission will always be cheaper to manufacture and repair, and can actually be worked on by mere mortals. I have rebuilt one manual transmission and one automatic transmission, and I have rec
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 10y ago
Related: http://www.npr.org/series/248799434/planet-moneys-t-shirt-pr... NPR's Planet Money podcast created a T-shirt and attempted to follow it every step of it's economic journey. An interesting look i
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 10y ago
I have been seeing this in my hometown of Atlanta over some years since I moved away. Obviously the new wealth is absurdly imbalanced, but overall the economy is booming and every time I go home there's a bevy of new glass-and-steel co
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 10y ago
It does seem a bit apocryphal, but I think that's okay if you take the story as more of a learning parable than an account of facts.
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 10y ago
True, the controls challenges to a self driving truck may be easier than a personal car, but the stakes in the event of an accident are an order of magnitude greater in an autonomous truck. As proof, let's napkin-math some kinetic ener
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 10y ago
I've often heard it said that FAA regulations are written in blood. Meaning, if a rule exists, it exists for a damn good reason. For anyone interested, NASA's ASRS [1] (Aviation Safety Reporting System) is what the parent commente
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 10y ago
I have semi-regular nightmares about getting stuck in eternal stop-and-go traffic on Storrow Drive in Boston on my motorcycle... The lanes are too narrow to lanesplit, there's nowhere to get off (it's a very limited access express
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 10y ago
> Airmule, a rival, sets standard fees for deliveries: $40 for packages up to 5lb (2.3kg), or $60 if the “mule” departs within 48 hours, plus a $5 fee if the mule has to travel to pick up the package. Uhhh.... They actually named it Airm
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 10y ago
The NTSB is involved in the investigation of the Florida case, but not the others. NTSB investigations are rigorous to the extreme, and move at a pace much, much slower than the media events surrounding the other crashes. Any data that Tesl
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 10y ago
Skype is one good historic example of the shift that OP is referring to. Leaks have shown that, since purchase, Microsoft has been unusually cooperative with the NSA with regards to Skype. [1] They also removed the P2P aspect of Skype infra
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 10y ago
Pretty amazing that the "Modern Times" link in this article goes to their original review of the film from July 14, 1936. http://www.theguardian.com/film/1936/jul/14/derekmalcolmscen...
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 13y ago
I can relate, not being able to receive group texts is now my #1 issue with GVoice, since they've fixed most of the bugginess in the Android client.
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 13y ago
No. It's a really low move.
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 13y ago
Simple. Google hopes to woo Hulu, HBO and others. They can't if they keep it open.
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 13y ago
Have you published any details about how you accomplished low latency? For example, you stated 150ms further up in this thread, what were the conditions for that test? Was it documented? As sweet as low latency HD FPV would be, I'm hes
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 13y ago
Yeah, like subwoofers and lenses? Certain classes of mechanical devices simply cannot be miniaturized like electronic devices can.
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 13y ago
Woah, Xiaomi is behind MIUI? I had no idea. I'm impressed, it's refreshing to see Chinese tech companies pushing innovation and quality to compete instead of half-assed clones.
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 13y ago
FWIW I do the same thing with my older, more destroyable text books, but I use a table saw to remove the spine and it works great.
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 14y ago
I had a similar experience buying a MiG-17 as my primary vehicle to commute to work 17 miles away. The DMV was initially not happy about my taking off and landing on quiet highways, but luckily they became more understanding after many lett
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 14y ago
You're right, it should. But Google Voice doesn't do it.
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 14y ago
I use it exclusively, and it is perfect for me, mostly. I can text from any of my android devices, or any device with an internet connection almost entirely reliably. Here's the foibles though: * No extended MMS support AT ALL. This means n
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 14y ago
>Ultimately, I don't think google glass is anything more than a PR project to remove the stigma of google as ripoff artists and to make it look like they're innovative. I disagree with everything about your comment, but especially this
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 14y ago
I can see why its not a bad thing, too. If the raspberry pi is reaching people who otherwise wouldn't be capable or motivated to do the "%s on linux" tutorials, then perhaps it's accomplishing its intended use, no?
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 14y ago
There's no way Musk wants to sell. Tesla is still his baby and personal goal as much as SpaceX is. I think he'll only be willing to sell both after he's "solved" space travel and electric cars.
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 14y ago
Not a shocking verdict. Honestly I'm shocked that it's as well constructed as it is, considering its niche. However, I do disagree with this line: >There is no logical reason this phone should be running Gingerbread. There's an entirely
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by THE_PUN_STOPS 14y ago
My brother is mentally disabled. I love him dearly, and I've fight tooth and nail for him to have as normal a life as possible. However, I would not describe him as being a likely candidate for being a "contributing member of society." His

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