contingencies

4 ms·

1.
by contingencies 5d ago
I don't doubt that your company (or any other established manufacturer of non-trivial systems) moving production overseas will necessarily engage in training to support that transition. However, this does not change the reality that Sh
2.
by contingencies 6d ago
Likewise, how do you attempt to fix US manufacturing if you are tariffing Canadian aluminum?
3.
by contingencies 6d ago
I also found the GP ridiculous. China probably made more lathes this year than the US has had in its entire history. You can get a complete lathe chuck assembly for 25 bucks. A small casting for maybe double that. I bet you could build a fu
4.
by contingencies 8d ago
Not especially. I'm working on feeding people more efficiently which sounds dystopian but disintermediates the population from some corporations who currently dominate such matters and have not shown themselves to be morally or environ
5.
by contingencies 8d ago
thick_skin certainly isn't your play is it ;)
6.
by contingencies 9d ago
Don't blame others. Inaction is the only thing between you and a better world. Go do something about it.
7.
by contingencies 9d ago
It has infinite patience as a teacher in an infinitesimal number of detail oriented specific areas where others would fail. It can maintain perspective on longer term goals and repetition and such through proven autism treatment pathways li
8.
by contingencies 10d ago
In Y2K I built a Linux on PC104 solution with GPS, bonded dual-channel mobile 9600 baud data links, and a (slow) image feed. It was kind of special to see the data coming over the mobile network in those days: this was before mobile data us
9.
by contingencies 10d ago
Manual processes: Most takeoff/landing processes, navigation waypoint input/confirmation/naming/registration, ATC, regulatory, ground service, gate allocation, boarding, cargo loading, radio, one could go on... I'm
10.
by contingencies 10d ago
It's a by-word for expert systems with management conception as well as multi-domain comprehension these days. Reasoning through failures in one sensor domain with limited data from other domains within a fixed period following strict
11.
by contingencies 10d ago
It will never work because you have too many human processes in the loop. This HN share by the author is selling the idea of consulting to obtain nominal efficiency on a well established process to human organizations who are structurally o
12.
by contingencies 10d ago
TLDR: Architecture optimizes for what is cheap to construct and meets the needs of the commissioning entity at the time of construction. This is often about a big facade, a dream, grandstanding or power dynamics instead of livability or com
13.
by contingencies 11d ago
I have a small collection of traditional PNG artifacts. Spears, masks, oars, axes, etc. I really like them and consider them generally very under-valued as evidence of the dominant technologies over the majority of human history. Some good
14.
by contingencies 11d ago
In constrained plane environments https://github.com/vk2diy/hackbook-m4-mini works well and has long battery life. I fix the screen to the seat using adapted helping hands and use a wireless keyboard/mouse for inp
15.
by contingencies 13d ago
In the same vein if you're in Sydney check out the Australian Computer Museum https://acms.org.au/ https://maps.app.goo.gl/UKtUrrDpDnfAWn6d6
16.
by contingencies 14d ago
On a less medieval and more ancient basis, from the original 白馬非馬 (" A white horse is not a horse. ") we can derive the following suitably high-gravitas philosophical truth-revelatory statements: 競態非態 (" A race race condition
17.
by contingencies 15d ago
Inter-national wars are fought with technology, so this makes sense. However, I believe from an optimist perspective that ideas of global citizenship and environmental awareness / macro humanism are already in the post-formative, snowb
18.
by contingencies 16d ago
Very importantly, the biodiversity of mature old growth forest is exceptionally distinct to a bunch of 20 year old (often single or few species) trees. Take parrots for example. Many rely on old trees with openings or hollows for nesting. W
19.
by contingencies 18d ago
Sorry wouldn't fit ;)
20.
by contingencies 18d ago
If you're not someone's flamebait LLM bot: citation please. I find it very hard to believe that an endangered species chooses to live solely in recently planted forest, particularly with focused legal defense from such an esteemed
21.
Flights cancelled at UK airports due to ATC issue(bbc.com)
126 points by contingencies 18d ago|127 comments
22.
by contingencies 18d ago
The government of Tasmania is still allowing logging of the forests which is utterly insane. See for example this current court case: https://mailchi.mp/wilderness/swift-parrot-court-case
23.
by contingencies 19d ago
all the questionable ones are in Tesla Let's not also forget that NASDAQ changed the rules right before listing SpaceX... resulting in forced index fund procurement of sinking equity. Not sure how 'public policy' that is (a
24.
by contingencies 19d ago
Me too, M4 and keen to run Linux, partly because every damn system update bloats the system by 20GB but no memorably useful novel feature actually emerges and partly because it's long term stable. That said, at this stage in my career
25.
by contingencies 20d ago
For further inspiration, check out Wings of Fury, an old DOS game. https://www.myabandonware.com/game/wings-of-fury-ta Apparently a newer 'inspired by' successor is https://store.steampowered.com&#
26.
by contingencies 20d ago
Musk was raised affluent in apartheid-era South Africa, his father had some connection to Zambian emerald trading/mining, and Musk's companies have benefited enormously from public contracts and policy. He's not stupid.
27.
by contingencies 21d ago
One thing that surprised me as a parent is that watching kids grow up provides significant introspective reflection which is nourishing in a different kind of way.
28.
by contingencies 21d ago
Seems as good a reason as any to nationalize it, have the shareholders forfeit their chips at a steep loss, and ensure its remnant facilities only produce socially positive, safe products.
29.
by contingencies 21d ago
Also, we are in the middle of insect biodiversity freefall. Summary: A global meta-analysis covering 166 surveys at 1,676 sites between 1925 and 2018 estimated terrestrial insect abundance fell about 0.9% per year on average—roughly 9% per
30.
by contingencies 23d ago
Conveniently located in outer Eindhoven!

More ›