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by cr0sh 7y ago
$2000 would go a long way toward building your own robomower. Find a broken lawnmower in the trash for "bulk pickup" - free (getting it fixed might cost a bit of money, but in most cases, mowers get thrown away because the carb ge
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by cr0sh 7y ago
TMobile used to offer (maybe they still do?) a data-only plan that was/is meant for remote sensing applications (alarms, etc). It wasn't something that was listed on their site (ok - it was there, but you had to really, really dig
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by cr0sh 7y ago
> searching "Arduino" returns entirely knockoff boards for me on the first page Something to be aware of - there are mainly three classes of Arduino boards in the marketplace: 1. Name-brand Arduinos (ie - those marketed and sol
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by cr0sh 7y ago
I am impressed with this solution, insofar as was described in the press release. But I also have concerns. My concerns mainly lie with choosing such a proprietary solution over one using more open-source standards. Both in the language sel
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by cr0sh 7y ago
To me, the story reminds me of "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" (William Kamkwamba): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kamkwamba Here's to Hope's similar advancement as he grows, studies, and le
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by cr0sh 7y ago
Part 2: So lastly, AI. Something to know off hand is that AI encompasses many things historically, but if we are talking about today, then AI is basically focused on two areas: * Machine Learning * Neural Networks (Deep Learning) Machine Le
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by cr0sh 7y ago
A little late on this, but... > Am I also the only one who’s very skeptical of AI? I see no correlation between what we call “biological thinking” and computation. I think you're confusing several things together here, possibly (par
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by cr0sh 7y ago
The thing that sucks about such a thing is that for those of us who want standard components, we'll be relegated to the cheaper automobiles meant for those with less buying power - if we can get them at all. One vehicle I would love to
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by cr0sh 7y ago
If you re-read the ad copy included in the article, you'll notice that it had a lockout function that disabled the screen when the engine was on (though you could still listen to the TV sound output).
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by cr0sh 7y ago
I still think the epitome of 80's "engineering" belonged to Tomy. Their engineers and product designers were mechanical engineering wizards. I personally think they showed absolute mastery of the subject with the release of t
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by cr0sh 7y ago
What if you neglect getting your brakes repaired and...? /I'm not sure this means anything, just a thought...
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by cr0sh 7y ago
> And don't forget those that do the same thing on youtube Yeah...I'm starting to develop an unhealthy obsession with bits of junk electronics, office trash, and hot glue guns... /s
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by cr0sh 7y ago
Collectors and others of similar nature aside, I tend to wonder if this is going to lead to problems in the future? I'm not anti-gun by a long shot (no pun intended), but pictures I have seen of some of these "collections" ar
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by cr0sh 7y ago
Carefully does not peek inside home shop to see tons of crap (aka - "vintage computers and robotics") purchased from hamfests... /sigh
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by cr0sh 7y ago
> am I missing something about how you were asked as a juror to consider that sentence? It was probably asked during the "voir dire" phase; that's where if you actually perform jury duty and have to go down to the court, y
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by cr0sh 8y ago
I was starting to get into "Russian/Soviet" mechanical movement watches a few years back: https://wornandwound.com/an-introduction-to-russian-watches/ ...but then with everything that has happened politi
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by cr0sh 8y ago
> Brands change, particularly fashion brands. Many high-end brands become debased and low end brands slowly scale up in quality to become high-end a decade later. My wife and I have noticed this kind of trend with fast food. At one time,
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by cr0sh 8y ago
> Why doesn’t everyone buy Toyotas? Because nobody can afford 'em? Ok - I'm speaking mainly of their pickups, which are (overall) great vehicles (disregarding the earlier frame-rot issue they had in the early 2000s). But they&#
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by cr0sh 8y ago
I'm not sure of it's historical accuracy, or if the author took some liberties with the subject at hand, but one of my favorite works of fiction on the "building of a cathedral" is Ken Follett's "The Pillars of
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by cr0sh 8y ago
Not that this explains it, but IIRC, caller ID information is sent (or was, at one time with land lines) "out of band", in a particular data format, that occurs between the first and second rings. IIRC, it's done using freque
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by cr0sh 8y ago
Just going to throw out the call/sms blocker I use and love: https://github.com/kaliturin/BlackList I have no connection to the software other than being a satisfied user. Yes, it's open source. Yes it's
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by cr0sh 8y ago
Not just the gullible, but the desperate, too. There's another class of people that fall for this stuff, and I am not sure what label (if any) could apply, but I think of people like Steve Jobs. Arguably, his diagnoses was essentially
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by cr0sh 8y ago
> I’d say having landmarks (like literally spray marks on the land) Such marks could wear away, or be obscured by spills, debris, or rain. Ideally, they should be included, along with other sensor systems for positioning, just to give an
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by cr0sh 8y ago
From what I understand, in robotics SLAM is still one of those areas of development that still has a lot of room for innovation, if you have the chops for it.
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by cr0sh 8y ago
Or even fixed-on-a-pole rotors. The fans they were likely talking about are probably the horizontal-style fans you see in orchards for (mainly) frost prevention (they look like small windmills). But why not very large rotor fans - maybe mou
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by cr0sh 8y ago
> I'm the founder of http://handwrite.io , which allows you to use your own real handwriting to send out cards in about 30 seconds a card. I was about to mention that about a year ago I had this as an idea, but not someth
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by cr0sh 8y ago
> Personally I would be hard pressed to bother contributing to a project not on GitHub at this point. Though I wonder if "homogenous ecosystem" effects/issues could rear their ugly head...just a random thought.
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by cr0sh 8y ago
Protip: All your fingers will wipe the device... ...but your left middle toe will work ok. /does this ruling say anything about toes?
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by cr0sh 8y ago
I wonder if we're all blinding heading into another "taxation without representation" debacle (aka revolution)? I mean, yeah - we technically have "representation" - but you'd have to be blind and willfully ign
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by cr0sh 8y ago
Probably already mentioned, but looking at the "schematic symbols" - I noticed they didn't mention the (usually international) form of values - ie 2k5 - meaning 2.5k. Also - they show symbols for potentiometer and variable re

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