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by dbcurtis 8y ago
And remember, boys and girls, that the correct sequence is CR LF, and not LF CR. If I see LF CR in your C code I will slap you with a review comment, just out of nostalgia, even though modern printers rarely drip oil. CR can take more than
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
> And this is how you end up with the HomerMobile..... Ha Ha! I admit that I had to look up HomerMobile. So let me clarify, Good design starts with empathy for every user. But good product design also means that you look at functionalit
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
> Bluetooth more than covers my use cases. That is great for you. But when Apple designers decide that everyone should be forced into your category, they are actively deciding not to have empathy for the users for whom Bluetooth does no
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
Yes. D-Star is the poster-child for the kind of coding scheme that should not be allowed in Amateur Radio. If I can't access the documentation required to do a compatible open implementation, then it is a no-go.
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
I feel for you. Lacking appropriate training, it is hard for us to actually help, even though we care. The first thing to remember is that whatever you say or do will be processed through the lens of his reality. He will try to fit it into
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
No, there are a huge number of people that are on the edge w.r.t. mental health. Not quite capable of handling activities of daily living and/or their own finances. Or not 100% of the time, and that fraction of the time that they can
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
I suspect that this is an exercise in learning how build a two-wheel balancer that doesn't "hunt" around the vertical position. A normal two-wheel balancing robot is continuously controlling to keep the robot at an unstable
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
Expose API? I am not sure why that is necessary? The source code for rostopic is here: https://github.com/ros/ros_comm What is the barrier to simply adding a 'plot' command to rostopic? [edit to add:] Ignore
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
My precinct in Sunnyvale has been doing this for decades. Paper ballot, marked with ink (no “hanging chad”). Ballot is machine readable, and cheap. And easy to process. And has no reliance on high tech on voting day — you could vote by cand
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
Well, yes, for the full feature version. There is also a $500 version that doesn't have some of the higher-end features.
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
> Bums me out so much when I see OSH projects using Eagle Can not agree more. There are multiple alternatives for open source EDA packages. I started using gEDA before the KiCad project even existed, so I mostly still work in gEDA.
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
Well, the way it works in practice is that most buildings have a multi-year service agreement with either the service arm of a major manufacturer, or a third-party maintenance firm. A really large property complex would probably have a mec
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
That depends on the person, doesn't it? I have a nephew that has had issues with ADD. He is an intelligent young man, but not cut out for the kind of butt-in-seat stamina that it takes to get a college degree. He is currently almost
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
> I don't know the first thing about escalator repair I agree with at least that much of what you said. It is near or at the top of OSHA's list of most dangerous construction trades. Elevators and escalators have extreme safet
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
So $125/hr is what the tech takes home from the elevator service company. The company is paying for insurance and general overhead, and billing the tech out at around $500/hour. The real money is in starting an independent eleva
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
Currently in Northern California there is more overtime available for elevator mechanics than people available to work that many hours legally.
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
I know several elevator mechanics. It pays well, very well. Also is a very dangerous job. Its a special kind of personality. You need to be mechanically handy, and have some electronics and software sense as well. I suspect if more peop
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
Once you get a license, it will pay about $125/hour. Four year apprenticeship first, though. There is a general shortage of elevator mechanics, so go for it.
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
You may have a point. Maybe we need to draw a distinction between "non-intrusive" and "non-distracting". Ads should not move, period. No animated gif's, no video. And for $DIETY's sake, no audio. NONE. No
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
> Big fan of land value taxes. Pardon the negative knee-jerk reaction, but I have seen land value taxes used abusively and in the most coercive manner you can imagine. It still makes my blood boil. Back when I lived in Minnesota, the me
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
I would advise to go take a beginner class from the get-go. You will be less frustrated in the long run. What is your current ability to draw? Before you start wrangling a craft-intensive media, develop the ability to get scale and propor
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
"terrifying and clever" describes a lot of the Woz's work... So I am a little fuzzy on the NTSC standard, because it has been a while since I looked at it... but the hack goes something like this: Monochrome TV puts video on
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
> it’s why the suburban ground in California looks — and acts — like concrete. Look, I am as fanatical about soil biome issues as anyone that you are going to find, but your assertion is overly simplistic. If you look at a soil type map
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
Back when the TechShop still existed, I developed the original Safety & Basic Usage class for the manual injection molding machine. Not that I was an expert -- I wanted to learn injection molding. But another member was a total expe
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
For anyone who likes this sort of thing, the Dave Gingery workshop book series is a hoot! http://www.gingerybooks.com In volume 1, you learn how to turn a 5 gallon bucket, some refractory cement, a shop vacuum, and a bag of bbq
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
Oh gosh.... that was so many years ago. I suspect I could never find the floppy, assuming I haven't chucked it. All I can remember about it is that it was structured to ask the user one query per card, and there was some kind of global
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
That would be a challenge. Back in the heyday of expert systems and original Mac’s, I did an expert system in Hypercard. Not really production worthy. But interesting from perspective of exploring UI.
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
Hmmmm... OK, but it also interrupts you at the end of 25 minutes. Maybe look for a venue with fewer distractions? For me, a workspace that has only the relevant work materials and sufficient space to work is a great way to get into flow.
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
Pomodoro is not Deep Work: http://calnewport.com Not that what you are doing is bad, but you need a rebrand.
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by dbcurtis 8y ago
Dimensions? Master model? Assemblies? Or is this only for pretty pictures?

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