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boznz
9y ago
6,000.. Wow! I seriously assumed just a couple of administrators
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boznz
9y ago
Just a small note. Map seems to have missed off NZ who have just launched an orbital rocket. Only mentioning it because I am from NZ and consider it one of the countries most significant technical achievements of the last decade.
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boznz
9y ago
I for one am very grateful for the continuing efforts of the open source community to develop this. Thanks.
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boznz
9y ago
>Performance and features. I think both these metrics are now adequate, battery life is the single metric I am interested in now.
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boznz
9y ago
> On Windows, once the file is open, it is that filename that is open; You can't rename or delete it; I am not sure about deletion, but one of my programs has been using the ability to rename itself to do updates for the last 15 yea
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boznz
9y ago
Shame all these players cant get their shit together before we all have electric cars :-(
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boznz
9y ago
http://www.interestingprojects.com/cruisemissile/
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boznz
9y ago
I'm sure it will get plenty of coverage here tonight. I think the news channels are over the PM getting pregnant and there are no rugby matches on :-)
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boznz
9y ago
I can see why they let her go.
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boznz
9y ago
Stable and reliable is why I use it, please dont f * it up guys.
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boznz
9y ago
The bagging control system at my customers seafood factory still uses DOS, it controls the hardware through 2 serial ports, the hardware has been updated several times since the 80's, There are no drivers or security, just base DOS for
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boznz
9y ago
True, DOS and BIOS interrupt calls stopped your program until complete, this lag was however fairly consistent and in the order of a few milliseconds on newer machines so could be used in higher latency real time control. "Proper"
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boznz
9y ago
I'm not trolling and I'm sure he's a decent guy, but I wonder what he does that is so special they have made this rule, Apple makes great products but has not really been that innovative since Steve Jobs left.
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boznz
9y ago
The software to balance the engine throttling so it doesnt damage the connections between the three parts of the rocket will have to be pretty amazing and I hope they pull it off.
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boznz
9y ago
People who live in these will be real pioneers and I don't think there will be anything glamorous about it (thinking more modern caveman rather than moon base alpha). I think the people who go will have to be crazy, wreck less and have
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boznz
9y ago
Is becoming my new tool of choice, just keeps getting better and better, keep up the good work chaps..
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boznz
9y ago
more like 100% its just a matter of time
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boznz
9y ago
not sure corrupt is the right word, but I get your point
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boznz
9y ago
I thought it was real for a few seconds.. Wow Scary!
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boznz
9y ago
I have done the same with two fusion energy companies, almost zero chance of payback but always the slim chance for a breakthrough to save the world. Think of it as a lottery ticket for rich and middle income people. Tesla is a lottery tick
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boznz
9y ago
Groan.. I think we need a version of Godwin's law for bitcoin
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boznz
9y ago
In Arizona?
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boznz
9y ago
Will unlocking it actually benefit anyone or bring anyone back? No! Nor will it give any insight whatsoever into the next shooting.. What it will do is enable them to find someone or something else to blame (TV, Rock Music, Religion, Racial
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boznz
9y ago
.. And not applicable to 8-bit embedded programmers.
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boznz
9y ago
Not sure what the point of this is if they have give up making phones. I doubt a surface pro will be made thinner than a phone.
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boznz
9y ago
> Why do you think the Bolt can't be produced in larger numbers? Battery Supply I guess.
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boznz
9y ago
Not heard anything, but I live in NZ so I will be last in the queue, realistically it is more likely to be 2019 before I see mine however that suits me fine as I still need to get better infrastructure in place at home to move to an EV. The
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boznz
9y ago
My Wife will be first in the slammer, English is her second language and she often gets he and she mixed up..
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boznz
9y ago
Pulling a single code unit out to test is fine so long as interrupts and other race conditions are not involved, but you must do end-to-end system tests regardless and with extremes of voltage and temperature, corrupted IO etc. It's al
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boznz
9y ago
Been using the chip for a while and the current ATMega328PB variant is a better chip, dual UART and more IO, some people say they had XTAL issues but I have not come across them and also the internal 8Mhz Osc is accurate enough for reliable
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