blktiger

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by blktiger 7y ago
If you haven't seen it before, check out the "Battle of Polytopia". Basically mini-civilization with a few extra races you can buy to support the developer. http://midjiwan.com/polytopia.html
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by blktiger 8y ago
Not really, though they are all grounded until this is fixed anyway. I'd expect them to be safe after this if for no other reason than any pilot of this aircraft is going to end up with special training before they fly.
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by blktiger 8y ago
I doubt this will impact the costs of Foreflight. There is already competition in this space in the form of Garmin Pilot, WingX, and Fltplan Go.
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by blktiger 8y ago
Microsoft does this and the built-in password manager on Safari works with it just fine.
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by blktiger 8y ago
You have to assume something other than a best-case stopping distance because almost all drivers assume they are a "good" driver and will assume they can stop in the minimum distance even when they can't. Most drivers also do
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by blktiger 8y ago
Less air polution for sure, but most of the noise from cars isn't from the engines. It's mostly the noise of tires traveling over pavement.
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by blktiger 8y ago
I don't disagree that it's important to understand when something is purely a proof of concept vs something that will stick around to evaluate the costs. However, the AI systems are still in Fortnite (and they even used those syst
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by blktiger 8y ago
Modern games have only increased the benefits a game studio can gain from testing as well. Games are now moving into service territory which only increases the amount of time spent maintaining the game while continuing to add to it.
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by blktiger 8y ago
Alternatively, religion is trying to help those that need it the most. The set of people who need help the most also tend to be the most vulnerable.
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by blktiger 8y ago
I think a lot depends on where you bought the milk from. Our current grocery store milk last much longer than the milk from a previous grocery store. It probably has something to do with temperature in their refrigerator or something.
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by blktiger 8y ago
If that doesn't sound dystopian, I don't know what does. So glad I don't live in a major city with lots of pollution.
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by blktiger 8y ago
If you haven't, be sure to check out Futilitris[1]. A tetris clone with a twist. [1] http://twinbeard.com/140_futilitris.html
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by blktiger 8y ago
I learned some very valuable lessons at least!
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by blktiger 8y ago
30 hour weeks? Don't most people work 40 hour weeks? My first job I worked 60 hour weeks for basically 2 years straight (average, we'd work a ton of hours for a month, then work normal for a week or two, then back up to a ton of h
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by blktiger 8y ago
I have to whole-heartedly agree. My wife and I both got married young as well (23/21), spent the first two years of marriage living in separate states, were broke as crap but not in debt, and came out the other side doing great. I thin
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by blktiger 8y ago
IMO, the thing that he doesn't seem to understand is the difference between criticizing the implementation and criticizing the person. Pointing out flaws in the code is not the same as calling a person stupid. If he could just learn to
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by blktiger 8y ago
I've assumed since there is no link that the content is something that Google has been adding.
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by blktiger 8y ago
Look at what this does with the feature - https://polymer.github.io/lit-html
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by blktiger 8y ago
There are professional drone operators out there and they have been deployed to help out with emergencies.
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by blktiger 8y ago
It's not a matter of whether drone operators _can_ learn. It's more a matter of many of them _not_ learning. Why do firefighters still have trouble with drone operators running drones in areas where they are actively fighting fire
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by blktiger 8y ago
I highly recommend watching this video from flight chops. This is his second attempt to help his friend with her fear of flying. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLv609ABHBA Basically doing some instruction in a flight simul
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by blktiger 8y ago
I find that writing unit tests helps me think about the code so that I write better code. Plus it generally forces me to make the code more modular than I might otherwise. YMMV
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Comcast starts throttling mobile video(arstechnica.com)
8 points by blktiger 8y ago|2 comments
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by blktiger 8y ago
Keep in mind that a self-driving car will necessarily need to have a much safer track-record than a human driver. That's what drives the need for more than just two low resolution cameras looking out the front. Plus you need the camera
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by blktiger 8y ago
Everything works great on my MacBook Pro. No issues with USB-C at all. Having used it for a bit, I'm not a fan of the keyboard, but I use an external ergonomic keyboard for my day-to-day usage so it doesn't bother me.
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by blktiger 8y ago
My plan is to use after-work activities to make up for the social isolation. Though I'm more on the introverted side to begin with, I figure I'll find more people I enjoy spending time with by doing activities with people who like
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by blktiger 8y ago
There are companies out there that are fully remote (like my current employer https://www.sonatype.com/ ). Though I suppose many of them don't like to hire fresh graduates so you could be in a bit of a chicken/egg
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by blktiger 8y ago
In which case, I don't think that's a place I'd like to work. Most often the solution an engineer comes up with is _not_ ideal and will be improved either because they come up with a better one later before they commit it or
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by blktiger 8y ago
That's exactly the way you want an emergency to be. Lots of time to deal with the problem so you can make sure you follow all the steps correctly. If they were to have an engine failure on final or at a much lower altitude then things
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by blktiger 9y ago
My Subaru has a "lane assist" feature which helps keep you in your lane while driving. It only gives a little bit of pressure in the direction you should be moving to help you out and if you don't do anything the car will sti

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