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by analog31 11mo ago
The high school that my kids attended did.
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by analog31 11mo ago
What are the necessary capabilities? My city has no helicopters or drones. There's a medical chopper that flies over my house regularly, but it has an obvious purpose.
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by analog31 11mo ago
Granted, this is an edge case: I'm a musician. I use an Android tablet for sheet music. That's great when I have WiFi access, otherwise, file transfer is hard. Not impossible, but awkward when show time is in 5 minutes and someone
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by analog31 11mo ago
I think the data itself has to come under attack in a variety of ways. Thinking off the top of my head: Possession of the data could be made illegal. The data could be treated as a public record. Defendants could be guaranteed access to all
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by analog31 11mo ago
When talking among engineers about Arduino, I find that it always requires a bit of explanation, because there's Arduino, but then there's Arduino. "Arduino" is the name of the original, humble little microcontroller boa
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by analog31 11mo ago
Reminds me of "fetched up" describing what happened to the Exxon Valdez.
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by analog31 11mo ago
Ah, good point, and likewise for adjacent comment. I was aware of those options, but have been procrastinating on making the switch. What's important to me is the library support, and ability to spin up a boilerplate project that runs
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by analog31 11mo ago
What can you create as a programmer that isn't already a product? For each of us the answer is only limited by our interests and imagination. I use the Arduino development environment to create peripherals for specialized measurment ge
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by analog31 11mo ago
How's this affect the Arduino IDE and libraries? At this point those seem more important than Arduino-branded hardware.
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by analog31 11mo ago
Indeed, ever since the first high-Tc superconductors were announced, the holy grail has been 77k, i.e., liquid nitrogen. In addition, critical current, field, and pressure are important for practical applications.
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by analog31 11mo ago
I casually research this topic once in a while, and so far, have not seen high temperature superconductors emerge from either the laboratory or short haul pilot projects. Is this technology close to widespread commercial use?
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by analog31 1y ago
Retired from public office.
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by analog31 1y ago
That's what backing up the design is for. ;-)
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by analog31 1y ago
Indeed, my dad was a research scientist at a large chemical company, and every scientist had a Friden mechanical calculator, which was capable of multiplying and dividing. But it was not a programmable computer. When the HP 35 came out, it
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by analog31 1y ago
And discrete transistors. Now that my curiosity is piqued, I found this nice timeline: https://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/computers/ It looks like transistorized computers were dominant at the point when int
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by analog31 1y ago
Obligatory Dr. Strangelove reference: *You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do you?" But I must admit that I never formed the habit of bringing change with me when I go somewhere. So it piled up
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by analog31 1y ago
As I understand it, more than X dollars worth of coins is not legal tender. I learned this due to an absurd case in Detroit, where someone stole bags of coins from an armored car, got caught, and claimed their crime was not a felony because
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by analog31 1y ago
One of the reasons why I changed banks. My new bank has a coin counting machine in the lobby, you throw your coins in, it consumes them, and gives you a slip that you take to the teller. As I understand it, coins are considered a government
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by analog31 1y ago
I don't think a way of teaching has been found, that doesn't require a willingness to be at least moderately bored, and that isn't to some extent disconnected from everyday life. Even using computers in class, which I endorse
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by analog31 1y ago
"You are a human." "Here's the refrigerator." "Here's a cell phone."
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by analog31 1y ago
Just have overworked teachers with minimal tech savvy compete for engagement with trillion dollar companies that employ armies of psychologists and programmers, and who have popular momentum on their side. Have them do this without turning
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by analog31 1y ago
>>>>> Don’t those new violent dictators also tend to be more aligned with the people revolting? Empirically, no. "Popular dictator" is an oxymoron. The dictator is always focused on their own survival. They are neve
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by analog31 1y ago
In Wisconsin, this means there's a good chance the Democratic governor will veto it, probably with widespread public support.
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by analog31 1y ago
Not that hard. A dilution fridge, used for instance for cooling quantum computers, can go much lower: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilution_refrigerator
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by analog31 1y ago
Rejection is when the fun begins. Note that I'm not a lawyer, but I do have 20+ patents, none in the software realm. Rejection means you get to revise your application and re-submit with a new deadline and new fees. Your chances of get
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by analog31 1y ago
I don't want to discourage this idea, but I have to admit that I've lost interest in debates. It seems like a debate is not a search for the truth, but a form of public entertainment to see who wins. I wouldn't change my view
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by analog31 1y ago
"All models are wrong, but some are useful." -- George Box With that said, a N type JFET is not a bad start. The main rules of thumb work: The grid draws negligible current. The tube will pass enough current from plate to cathode,
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by analog31 1y ago
I play music part-time, on top of my regular day job. I still get paid in cash quite often, both by the venue and via the tip jar. I give it to the kids, if I need to send them on an errand. I also keep some singles in my bass bag, to tip b
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by analog31 1y ago
If it's like jury duty, the maintainers will reject all of the developers who show any sign of independent thought or domain knowledge.
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by analog31 1y ago
I live in a region with a lot of Amish and Mennonite groups. As I understand it, there's no central authority, but each community can make their own rules. Also, he may have been following his own instincts, independent of his sect.

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