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1. 781.▲
   by boznz 8y ago

   Musk is Willy Wonka for the 21st century, for all his flaws you still gotta love him and lets face it Wonka Chocolates just wouldn't be the same without him.
2. 782.▲
   by boznz 9y ago

   Elon Musk got car #1 and therefore by their reconning the shittiest one.. There's Karma in action.
3. 783.▲
   by boznz 9y ago

   Ford, BMW, VW, Volvo, etc already manufacture cars in China, and with 50% to 100% Chinese ownership its pretty obvious the next generation of Chinese cars are going to have the same level of refinement and safety as these (because, well Fuc
4. 784.▲
   by boznz 9y ago

   Good luck buying ANYTHING either not made in China or having parts made in China, that ship has well and truly sailed.
5. 785.▲
   by boznz 9y ago

   RS232 is 12V, but a couple of resistors would sort that out. If you're a beginner I would actually recommend the Saleae Logic Analyser over this scope, unless your routinely dealing with analog or voltages over 5.5V, the Saleae is much
6. 786.▲
   by boznz 9y ago

   Couple of points here Firstly, this is still years off and you seriously expect Tesla not to be developing the Mega-charger? Well here's a big hint, it has a fucking massive electric truck that will need to be charged somewhere and a s
7. 787.▲
   by boznz 9y ago

   What is it with buying an RPi zero? It has been out for a few years now but is never in stock anywhere for the advertised price of $5 ,it's sometimes available bundled with loads of crap you dont need for 10x this price, also you cant
8. 788.▲
   by boznz 9y ago

   No explanation he could possibly give on HN will prevent him being down voted. Sad but true
9. 789.▲
   by boznz 9y ago

   Microsoft is a different company now from the one you probably think it is, the latest podcast of Exponent http://exponent.fm/episode-147-there-always-a-bigger-fish/ was very enlightening
10. 790.▲
    by boznz 9y ago

    Windows 10 is still not a good option for embedded x86 systems even in its proper supported embedded mode. Once I've replaced the shell, turned off all the services and junk programs and opened the one port on the firewall my industria
11. 791.▲
    by boznz 9y ago

    I call them Data Scientologists
12. 792.▲
    by boznz 9y ago

    Basically like a D&D Game. You put the jewel into the gold box which is in your backpack and the whole lot follows you around the dungeon.
13. 793.▲
    by boznz 9y ago

    Same My daughters new macbook pro dropped in to some very wet grass and the authorised repair shop wanted $1400 (in New Zealand) for a new motherboard to repair the water damage, the insurance company said to get a new one which we did. The
14. 794.▲
    by boznz 9y ago

    Pointing out a lava tube would have been nice.
15. 795.▲
    by boznz 9y ago

    Awesome, but will there be a market now fully re-useable rockets are becoming a thing? Also the bits supporting the engine (ie the fucking spaceship) is not mentioned anywhere, if they are going to fly this thing in 2020 (!!) making an airf
16. 796.▲
    by boznz 9y ago

    Dark matter may be popular but only because it is currently the best theory that fits, it still has lots of assumptions and gaps that are not tested.
17. 797.▲
    by boznz 9y ago

    Space is still still hard. SpaceX are making it look easy but we saw how a single failure two years ago pushed them back quite significantly. Elon seems to have a good ability to recover, is likeable (by most people) and has a good investor
18. 798.▲
    by boznz 9y ago

    Here's mine in New Zealand (Slingshot), which sounds a bit more fair "We do not proactively monitor what content you download or access, however, we must act on lawful requests for information and/or interception as well as i
19. 799.▲
    by boznz 9y ago

    >Personally, I would far rather spend 17 hours in a comfy, wide body aircraft than even 10 in a narrow missile. Personally, I would rather spend 3-4 days in an airship with a bedroom and a bar and a view.. Not everyone is in a rush.
20. 800.▲
    by boznz 9y ago

    All I've been seeing is red across the board for the past few weeks, someone must be hurting. https://coin360.io/
21. 801.▲
    by boznz 9y ago

    Wow, What a shit web site, I'd hate to see what a payroll system looks like :-)
22. 802.▲
    by boznz 9y ago

    I can almost guarantee every variation on the above accident is being tested now by waymo, tesla et-al..
23. 803.▲
    by boznz 9y ago

    Like a gambler, the next hand is always going to win.
24. 804.▲
    by boznz 9y ago

    I would recommend you find your enclosure before you even start the PCB and design the PCB with all the correct sizes, screw holes and cutouts. This might be useful http://rodyne.com/?p=415 (re-using existing cases for you
25. 805.▲
    by boznz 9y ago

    Fuck Yeah!
26. 806.▲
    by boznz 9y ago

    I know which ones I'd rather be a henchman for.
27. 807.▲
    by boznz 9y ago

    Interesting but I Don't see anything about physical hardware or timelines in the articles, can someone do a TLDR summary?
28. 808.▲
    by boznz 9y ago

    Wonder why they dont just leave them in space, could make a good chassis or building block for building bigger space stations
29. 809.▲
    by boznz 9y ago

    .. and would make an awesome movie if done right
30. 810.▲
    by boznz 9y ago

    Quite an interesting article. My beef is also with car manufacturers. I have a bog standard 2015 Mazda 3. The speedometer reads up to 260KMH, the national speed limit in the country is 100KMH, who the fuck are they designing these things fo