Unklejoe

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by Unklejoe 10y ago
True. Even though there's a correlation, basing it off of age would screw some people who are otherwise capable. Point taken.
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by Unklejoe 10y ago
But what I was really getting at is that there is a certain level of judgement/wisdom that is obtained by working hard and living on your own/supporting yourself. This can be learned at any age (as pointed out by my comment about
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by Unklejoe 10y ago
I'm not trying to condescend people who aren't financially independent. Maybe the use of the word "children" wasn't the best, because I can see how it gives off that vibe. I am just pointing out what I have observed
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by Unklejoe 10y ago
[Would they have learned that lesson without making that mistake? Are you even sure they really wouldn't do the same again?] It's hard to say. However, I think one really learns the value of money after having been in the work for
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by Unklejoe 10y ago
The link you posted doesn't seem to work. [How very convenient that the cutoff of adulthood is your own age] I chose the number 25 because it is usually a few years after most people have graduated college and have entered the work for
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by Unklejoe 10y ago
I think it's mainly because these days, it's much harder for an 18 year old to make an indipendent living than it was back in the day. Today, most people don't even begin their careers until after college, which is usually ar
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by Unklejoe 10y ago
That's quite the accomplishment, and is by far not the norm. I am 25 and have only been financially independent since 23, and even I am the anomaly amongst my peers. I don't see what's wrong with my stereotype in this case. M
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by Unklejoe 10y ago
Makes sense. And no, but a temporary program could have been put in place I guess. It seems you're now stuck with a program that was designed to address a problem of 70 years ago. I'm especially curious about the history of Social
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by Unklejoe 10y ago
I think we should actually lower the drinking age. It's currently 21 here. In fact, being 18 really gains you nothing here other than the ability to join the military and get into trouble with the law. My main point is that a few years
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by Unklejoe 10y ago
The only feasible approach in my opinion: [What about children? Does a child get the same as an adult?] Yes, but the funds are stored in an account and are inaccessible to them until a certain age is met (or they qualify as an independent,
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by Unklejoe 10y ago
The only way for this approach to work would be to define the metrics of "success" before starting this taper process. Also, it would need to be implemented in such a way that makes the process unstoppable. Otherwise, it will be n
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by Unklejoe 10y ago
Do you really not believe that some people would start having children for the sole purpose of income if there was suddenly a program that provided people with $10,000 per year in cash for every child they have? Having children for financia
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by Unklejoe 10y ago
Cool idea. I'd advocate for an age of 25 though. An 18 year old these days is still a child. Give them a couple years into the drinking age to get their bad decisions out of the way.
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by Unklejoe 10y ago
Social security works basically the same way in the USA. Once a system like that is in place, it's very hard to stop the pipeline. I honestly don't see the purpose of that type of system either. Why create this pipeline of money a
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by Unklejoe 10y ago
Yeah, I can see that happening soon to be honest. If Donald Trump doesn't win at the contested convention (if there is one), I wouldn't be surprised if the entire party split. The same goes for the Bernie Sanders supporters (if Hi
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by Unklejoe 10y ago
This is probably because the USA is relatively large and there are significant differences between states in terms of culture and industry. For example, the people of New York probably have very little in common with those of Tennessee. For
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by Unklejoe 10y ago
This is one of the fundamental problems with politics today. The quantization of opinions into discrete "groups" has been happening forever, but I really think we're at an all time high now. The system seems to be the most di
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by Unklejoe 10y ago
I hear that. It's one thing to have a debate on the internet, where all the information in the world is basically at your fingertips and you have a chance to review your comments before posting them. It's another thing to do this
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by Unklejoe 10y ago
Same. I even went to the extent of completely deleting my Facebook account. I knew that it was going to be a shit show with this upcoming election, and I knew that being constantly bombarded with opinions from a ton of people would stress m
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by Unklejoe 10y ago
I actually tried this the other day with my new Bosch wall oven microwave. It appeared to block the signals enough to prevent my phone from receiving calls, which is what I would have expected from any microwave. I figured a microwave is pr
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by Unklejoe 11y ago
You are probably referring to the BMW INPA software, which can be executed on any Windows 7 machine. It is hard to set up, which is why the usual solution is to just use a complete image of an OS (with the necessary software already install
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by Unklejoe 11y ago
There is absolutely no way you will achieve a 50% increase in torque (at any RPM) just by switching from ordinary port injection to direct injection. Do you have any references to this claim? The efficiency improvements are possible, mainly
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by Unklejoe 11y ago
{Combustion engines are steadily increasing in technology too, due to emissions laws.} 100. If you ask me, it has reached the point of diminishing returns too (with respect to gains achieved vs added complexity). Take direct injection for e
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by Unklejoe 11y ago
Sadly, I don't know of any good resources. It's kind of a specific topic, and it wasn't really part of my task to consider these issues, so I only spent a small amount of time researching it myself. I believe most of the stud
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by Unklejoe 11y ago
Good question. I'm not sure about the specifics of the stackoverflow poster's application, but for my case, they're used in space. It's my understanding that you would need a very thick layer of metal to actually protect
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by Unklejoe 11y ago
I write code that is executed in rad environments. The fist thing I learned is that any plan that I come up with to help mitigate risks always ends up being proven less effective than I initially thought. The idea that the hardware can flip
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by Unklejoe 11y ago
Halo is what sold me. Also, I was "in to computers", so the fact that Microsoft was making a video game console was pretty cool to me. I was 11 years old when the first Halo game came out, and I got the original XBox/Halo for
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by Unklejoe 11y ago
Another specific example would be something like an IRIG-B (DC) timecode decoder where you need to provide a PPS signal that's phase locked to the P0 rising edge or maybe even just display the time. This would be accomplished by implem
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by Unklejoe 11y ago
Timing requirements don't necessarily translate to _speed_ requirements. Microcontrollers like the Arduino/Atmel are perfect for situations where you need to guarantee that some signal will be asserted exactly 250 (no more, no les
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by Unklejoe 11y ago
I thought type C was just a connector. How is this supported or (not supported) by the SoC? There are USB 2.0 devices with a type C connector. This is more confusing than it should be for me...

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