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by analog31 1y ago
This is kind of a weird aside, but I attended many of my kids' music lessons. The teacher would ask them to play a selection, and then stop them after the first few measures, to work on some point of technique or interpretation. It mea
812.
by analog31 1y ago
What I wonder is: Will they be missed? They're taking money away that the government won't have access to anyway, and by hoarding it, effectively reducing the money supply. If they live somewhere else, they might have less influen
813.
by analog31 1y ago
Someone probably typed % for percent, and the entire economy runs on modular arithmetic.
814.
by analog31 1y ago
It reminds me of dictatorships referring to their officials as "revolutionaries."
815.
by analog31 1y ago
Not to mention countries who subsidized the electricity.
816.
by analog31 1y ago
Depends on where you live. In the upper Midwest, it's common to see a roadside booth at the end of a driveway, where kids can keep out of the weather while waiting for the bus. Most are pretty simplistic, but I can't discount the
817.
by analog31 1y ago
Anything that's processed into something else is likely to be more readily automated, such as grains and canned or frozen produce.
818.
by analog31 1y ago
It evokes the "real engineers don't use it" reaction, similar to any tool that's perceived as being of primary interest to hobbyists and students. Some concerns are valid: Arduino doesn't have as much flexibility fo
819.
by analog31 1y ago
They already burn toxic waste in cement kilns for this reason. A cement plant can operate on widely varying feedstocks. One that I visited could switch from coal to gas at any moment, based on the relative price of each, and was also burnin
820.
by analog31 1y ago
Is there a way to try out embedded Lua within the Arduino dev environment? Yeah I know, friends don't let friends, but I'm still curious.
821.
by analog31 1y ago
"Pre-Islamic" is an odd description of a script that predates Islam by a millennium. Did they mean "pre-Arabic?"
822.
by analog31 1y ago
I've never had that happen. In most cases, the rental company "eats" the cost of normal wear and tear. This is what causes a car to depreciate after all. Is the rental company actually getting the repairs done? If not, then t
823.
by analog31 1y ago
Yes, burn the plastic.
824.
by analog31 1y ago
This is fantastic. I've gotten so much out of cv2 and Python, and just a perusal of the page suggests that there's lots more to learn.
825.
by analog31 1y ago
Indeed, and as a consequence there are rules for who gets which lane.
826.
by analog31 1y ago
I'm a scientist, working adjacent to a team of engineers. My sense is that there's a "conceptual" austerity, due to the limited ability of the human mind to understand complex systems. The programmers are satisfied that
827.
by analog31 1y ago
Just a general comment that the web site is a gold mine of interesting and useful information.
828.
by analog31 1y ago
I have a couple of those type of switches, though smaller, in my parts bin. They were from some piece of surplus equipment that got junked. Where I've seen them used is in a crowded control panel where they might just get bumped. The t
829.
by analog31 1y ago
"The game I play is a very interesting one. It's imagination in a tight straitjacket." -- Feynman
830.
by analog31 1y ago
Yet paradoxically, the user knows instinctively. I know exactly when I'll get my next medical checkup, and when the test results will arrive. I know if a software app improves my work, and what it will cost to get a paid license. The h
831.
by analog31 1y ago
I'm a pretty OK machinist, but not a professional. My reaction is to think about long / loose hair, long sleeves and loose clothing, and (unlikely for kids) neckties. Those would be of concern for any open blade cutting machine, g
832.
by analog31 1y ago
It could be that interest in research itself is a relatively recent development. A lot of scholarship amounted to study of past scholarship, until science came along. Empirical science as we know it was barely a century old when Newton came
833.
by analog31 1y ago
Indeed, and I suppose it's worth looking into the universities of the Muslim world. I read that at one point, there were more universities in the Spanish Caliphate than in the rest of Europe.
834.
by analog31 1y ago
One factor may have to do with birth rates and construction. I grew up in a neighborhood that was all built up within the span of a few years, and populated by young families, in the early 60s. There were kids all over the place. Anybody wh
835.
by analog31 1y ago
Earplugs are a godsend on flights. I've found one more trick. No caffeine on days when I fly. That way, I fall asleep easily all day long.
836.
by analog31 1y ago
IANAL, but there's established precedent about this, under the heading of "Coming to the nuisance."
837.
by analog31 1y ago
At my workplace, when managers are done reading their business books, they go on a bookshelf in the break room. There's an entire shelf devoted to "disruption."
838.
by analog31 1y ago
Also, the auto built on some technologies that were either invented or refined by the bicycle industry: Pneumatic tires, ball bearings, improved steel alloys, and a gradual move to factory production. Many of the first paved roads were the
839.
by analog31 1y ago
The apex monocultures are beef, pork, and chicken.
840.
by analog31 1y ago
As I understand it right now, the corn & beans are ready to harvest when the water content falls below a certain threshold, to minimize the cost of drying it. In my region, it's a betting game against the weather. If the right cond

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