cc439

36 ms·

271.
by cc439 12y ago
Agreed, sub-$40 Chinese Go-Pro knock-offs offer superior performance on top of their silly cheap price tags.
272.
by cc439 12y ago
Oof, I thought resale value on Jaguars was bad ($70k to $15k in 5 years) but these are basically write-offs after the warranty expires. It's a grand experiment but I don't think the market for $70k assets that lose 90% of their va
273.
by cc439 12y ago
I just love the existence of Turf Grass Management as a college major. My school also had a great program and I've always been amazed that people are so crazy about grass that it demands science and study on a large scale but it's
274.
by cc439 12y ago
That would work if personal/residential consumption used the majority of power production but industrial and transportation uses far outpace the demand of consumers: http://www.nap.edu/books/12621/xhtml/
275.
by cc439 12y ago
They did an exceptionally poor job of defining metro areas. Separating Greenville and Spartanburg SC is dubious on its own but defining "Greenville" as the unimaginably small city plus the two smallest suburbs is a bit ludicrous.
276.
by cc439 12y ago
" A dose of the venom contains only a few molecules of the neurotoxin, which has a high molecular weight--in fact, the molecules are large enough to be seen under an ordinary microscope." Does anyone have another source for this
277.
by cc439 12y ago
They may not be able to replicate the materials used to build the aircraft. However as the article explains, they have all of China's resources at hand and China can surely build a decent turbo fan engine and the electronics are the ea
278.
by cc439 12y ago
Stealth will end up as a footnote in the history of military technology just like reinforced concrete. Prior to WWI, reinforced concrete gave rise to an era where networks of large forts could hold against any attack with proper coordinatio
279.
by cc439 12y ago
I'm unable to access ESPN's live feeds without a login provided by my cable company. That login flags what ESPN channels I pay for so, for example, I can't watch ESPN U without paying for an upgraded "sports" packag
280.
by cc439 12y ago
I found this to be informative and simple enough to be interesting for both parents and kids who are interested in Pinewood Derby racing. As mentioned in the video, there are more in-depth sources on engineering a dominant car but I think t
281.
The Scienctific Approach to Dominating a Pinewood Derby(youtube.com)
1 points by cc439 12y ago|1 comments
282.
by cc439 13y ago
That was a great read, hopefully I really took something from it.
283.
by cc439 13y ago
"If you don’t know where to begin here’s a good rule: only target colleges that admit less than 30% of applicants. That will give you a head start on being selective, especially if you have limited spots available in your program.&quot
284.
by cc439 13y ago
Commercial vehicles are utilitarian above all. Efficient semi truck designs pop up all the time but they always fail because they sacrifice ease of service to achieve their gains in efficiency. If a Volvo semi breaks down while hauling one
285.
by cc439 13y ago
Mercedes has their turbo tied in to a motor/generator that smooths out the spin-up/spin-down cycle and can recover a bit of energy as a bonus. A lot of companies have tried to make electric-assisted turbos work but this is the fir
286.
by cc439 13y ago
Some Garrett turbochargers can spin up to 280,000 rpm according to their site: http://garrettbyhoneywell.com/turbo-fundamentals/how-a-turbo... The motor/generator sits in the middle of the two turbines so that can
287.
by cc439 13y ago
The interesting bit about the Ilmor relationship is that it stemmed from development of another Mercedes' branded motorsport superweapon. Ilmor was founded by 2 Cosworth engineers who disagreed with the development direction of the DFX
288.
by cc439 13y ago
I think the hard part wasn't coming up with the configuration, it's making it work without inducing immense turbo lag. The software controlling the motor/generator has to be impressively precise considering the forces and tim
289.
by cc439 13y ago
The cool part of this innovation is that it can directly benefit consumers. Trick engineering in F1 usually just tricks the regulations or the kinds of physics that only apply to racing prototypes. An example of tricking the regulations wou
290.
by cc439 13y ago
The gap between what people are getting for trade-in value and what people end up paying for the exact same car always blows my mind. Some of it can be explained by the need to finance the 2nd most expensive purchase made by the average per
291.
by cc439 13y ago
>The majority of people don't care about the specs of their set-top box since that really doesn't affect the performance of streaming an HD video in this day and age. My Roku 3 might laugh at 1080p video but there's an adv
292.
by cc439 13y ago
The midrange SoCs found in boxes like this have a surprising amount of power. They are capable of powering games with graphical fidelity that falls somewhere in between the PS2 and PS3. Plus they aren't as RAM starved as those consoles
293.
by cc439 13y ago
They might be using the wireless network for a handshake and then bypassing the router entirely with a private network shared by the 2 devices.
294.
by cc439 13y ago
The CPU side can definitely be matched but packing in the GPU power would take a lifecycle at least as long as the last console generations. Personally I'm dismayed by the level of CPU performance found in the new consoles. Last genera
295.
by cc439 13y ago
The problem with that strategy is that Facebook doesn't have the same firm financial foothold that allows Google and Microsoft to burn cash on moonshot projects. Facebook is profitable but ~$7b in revenue leaves less margin for error t
296.
by cc439 13y ago
I think the best chance for emulating the SPUs would be with an Intel processor equipped with Iris Pro and the shared L4 cache. The latency and memory sharing issues involved with using a dedicated GPU would impose a huge bottleneck and the
297.
by cc439 13y ago
Why execute them when you can suffocate them at 45,000 feet? This is conspiracy theory gold even though I think it crashed. My guess is that this bears the traits of the worst disasters, an unforeseeable and unique cascade of system failure
298.
by cc439 13y ago
This whole affair is taking such a conspiracy laden turn that it makes me miss Tom Clancy. Russians building up rhetoric and pushing tensions to a high not seen since the cold war? An airliner that mysteriously disappears with some evidence
299.
by cc439 13y ago
That could be a loophole, here's the relevant legislation: SECTION 61-4-1700. Definitions. For purposes of this article: (1) "Brewpub" means a tavern, public house, restaurant, or hotel which produces on the permitted premise
300.
by cc439 13y ago
I have a friend who works as an area manager in one of the bigger fulfillment centers and he offered a good reason for the processing slowdown after Christmas (although it doesn't explain how the issue is still alive). Staffing a wareh

More ›