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by asynchronous13 10y ago
There's a difference between saying "You're fat, so we won't operate on you." versus "The pain that you hope to fix will become worse if we perform surgery on you." Surgeries that involve weight-bearing
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by asynchronous13 10y ago
"But there should not be blanket refusals to operate on fat people" I don't know anyone who would disagree with this sentiment. And the article doesn't present any evidence that there are blanket refusals. Sure, the arti
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by asynchronous13 10y ago
Several cities take the even simpler approach of having lights that change from timed cycles to blinking red/yellow after a certain hour.
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by asynchronous13 10y ago
> A sensible algorithm would let the platoon pass first. You're taking an example of a sub-optimal local solution and claiming that is proof that the global solution is sub-optimal. That does not follow. It could easily be, taking y
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by asynchronous13 10y ago
ADS-B is not drone specific, but it is very useful to make drones more safe. The problem in the real world is that many pilots of small aircraft refuse to use ADS-B. For some, there is concern about the government tracking their movements,
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by asynchronous13 10y ago
The horsepower ratings of engines in the hobby world are optimistic at best. I have personal experience with some RC airplane engines and a dyno, and frankly I don't understand how the manufacturers can keep advertising the numbers tha
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by asynchronous13 10y ago
I'll agree that memory and type issues are more of a barrier, but the variable naming is just convention of the programmer. There is a lot of legacy code where brevity in naming was emphasized, but that was just the convention of the t
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by asynchronous13 10y ago
Very nice work! I noticed a pretty significant bug (i think). The ghost character actually clears the checkpoints for the current rider! As an example, on level two, the rider must go right for checkpoint A, then left for checkpoint B, back
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by asynchronous13 11y ago
a) there are microkernel-based operating systems that are available right now. QNX and Green Hills, for example. There aren't any free ones that I know about, so the cost might be hindering adoption. b) agree with you on this point tha
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by asynchronous13 11y ago
That's surprisingly light! Well done. I happened to fall into a flying group that is very serious and they obsess about weight. My personal flying skills are not to the same level, but they are competing in (and winning) several comp
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by asynchronous13 11y ago
This is a neat idea, but the tradeoff for the added flexibility is extra weight. In FPV racing, weight is everything.
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by asynchronous13 11y ago
Check out the video, this was actually a close call.
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by asynchronous13 11y ago
> Other commercial flying objects are rigorously safety tested for their ability to remain in the air despite different mechanical failures. The key phrase here is commercial . There are strict regulations on commercial aircraft, but th
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by asynchronous13 11y ago
Yep, the FAA does not distinguish between an RC aircraft and a drone. There's also been accidents with larger UAVs: http://www.suasnews.com/2012/05/15515/schiebel-s-100-crash-k...
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by asynchronous13 11y ago
Parachutes create additional failure modes. What if the parachute caught the athlete's arm or leg or ski? There's lots of ways it wouldn't work perfectly (sadly, I know from experience).
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by asynchronous13 11y ago
> I very much doubt there's enough of a data recorder to reconstruct the event, even with a commercial-grade drone. Why do you think that? It's very easy to record telemetry data on even hobby level devices. In fact, it's
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by asynchronous13 11y ago
True. They are talking about including this new information in the same database that is used to register N-numbers for full sized aircraft. It's not really a new thing, and doesn't bother me too much. However, their FAQ is very m
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by asynchronous13 11y ago
Check with the AMA (Academy of Model Aeronautics) if you are a hobbyist. http://www.modelaircraft.org/ And check with AUVSI (Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International) if you're a professional. http:&#x2F
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by asynchronous13 11y ago
Your cost estimate is a little too low. The Zenmuse gimbal is about $2,200 alone (without the FLIR camera) and it's designed for use on the Phantom or Matrice platforms, both of which cost more than $3k. Total cost is likely in excess
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by asynchronous13 11y ago
You can force maps into lite mode, which seems closer to the old version. https://www.google.com/maps/@?force=lite
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by asynchronous13 11y ago
Yes, I make UAVs as my day job and I run into this confusion regularly. People are very confused about the meaning of the term drone. For some people 'drone' definitively means military drone. For others, 'drone' definit
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by asynchronous13 11y ago
This is both genius and horrifying.
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by asynchronous13 11y ago
Depends on which country you live in. The U.S. is lagging far behind in terms of regulations for unmanned aircraft compared to other countries.
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by asynchronous13 11y ago
No, I haven't looked at systemd source code. Does it have gotos hidden in macros, too? There are many practices that used to be common that we have learned should not be common. Hopefully a new project doesn't repeat the mistakes
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by asynchronous13 11y ago
Believe me, I know what it is. This just isn't the way to do it. Hiding a goto in a macro is bad. Hiding a goto in a nested macro is even worse. Sure, it's fine right now, but this is setting the project up for maintenance nightma
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by asynchronous13 11y ago
SetOrExit ("S16.Name"); Oh wait, SetOrExit is a macro ... #define SetOrExit(Name) \ if (!prop_find_name (new_svc->properties, Name))
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by asynchronous13 11y ago
Most of the crimpers I use are $1000+. I was totally shocked at the expense when I first switched from home hobby to professional work, but the quality of the crimps is simply incomparable. Very much worth it for reliability.
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by asynchronous13 11y ago
This is one of the reasons I left a startup. As an example, bonuses were promised to the hourly employees if a specific deadline was met. Deadline was met, backpedaling ensued and no bonus awarded after the fact. (I was full-time, so not el
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by asynchronous13 11y ago
At the risk of feeding a troll, re-read SquareWheel's comment because I don't think that your criticism applies at all.
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by asynchronous13 12y ago
>and ironically it's the animal based fats that tend to be healthier Got any sources to back up that claim? The Yerushalmy and Hilleboe paper is usually the study that people quote when they try to debunk Ancel Keys. In that study,

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