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by digikata 12y ago
It sounds like this work has expanded the envelope for how wide a set of inputs the autopilot will stabilize (and that's a bit more difficult at time of launch - so good going!). But, the mention of GPS is odd here as GPS is mostly use
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by digikata 12y ago
Something like this wifi capable portable drive? http://www.macworld.com/article/2033633/review-boost-your-ip... or http://www.sandisk.com/products/wireless/flash-drive/ or http:&#
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by digikata 12y ago
We are also living in a world economy which is constrained (among other factors) by energy inputs, water, and arable land. So a method of reducing calorie intake of a food after you've spent the resources to produce a crop seems... wel
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by digikata 12y ago
You bring up a good point about the connotions associated with 'manifestos', but writings like political platforms & planks are largely ignored in the media. It seems like our mass media is largely dominated by reality-tv flav
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by digikata 12y ago
Well, we should consider moving away from lawns too. They are the largest crop grown in the US. http://scienceline.org/2011/07/lawns-vs-crops-in-the-contine...
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by digikata 12y ago
A lot of Shakespeare plays have contemporary precursors or are retellings of old stories - IIRC some of Shakespeare's work might be considered 'best of breed' type refinements on common storylines and themes of the time. Iron
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by digikata 12y ago
I've found that dealers will trade cars with other dealers to the get what is wanted, but they'll try push back on the buyer to avoid having to do that. If it's out of stock in the region - then you have a harder situation...
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by digikata 12y ago
It makes for interesting speculation for when automated cars come along and you don't need to park. Of course you don't need automation of you're willing to forgo parking via other services. Which leads to the many cities wit
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by digikata 12y ago
I just don't think that people forced to sell property because of high taxes as a good way to encourage mobility...
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by digikata 12y ago
Talking to relatives who live out of state, Prop 13 really does protect the elderly from rising property taxes. I think you don't really see it because it has largely solved the problem of rising-propery-tax-based evictions without muc
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by digikata 12y ago
It looks like there are proposals, but who knows how serious that is: http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_25859513/nations-large...
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by digikata 12y ago
This step gives a foundation to curb many aspects of monopoly broadband providers. There needs to be another related but separate fight on competition in the last mile.
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by digikata 12y ago
The alternative is that your only last-mile private broadband provider is in complete control of your link to the internet, and you can't even begin to have a say in how the link is managed... Markets with multiple private competitors
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by digikata 12y ago
I hope Apple develops a USB-C cable with a MagSafe decoupling point.
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by digikata 12y ago
Yes, but then you also need to stabilize the antenna platform, either physically, or electronically or both. All that increases the cost vs a terrestrial tower where the stabilization requirements will be lower. Not saying it would be impos
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by digikata 12y ago
Yup, it's easy to reach a large area, but it's hard to do that and service a high density of customers/connections at the same time...
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by digikata 12y ago
The band is just the ID device, the real value is how & when that ID process happens and gets wrapped organically into many different processes in the park - and that's not something that a small inventor would likely have the cont
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by digikata 12y ago
Two ports would be nice in case one became unreliable... which seems pretty likely since everything plugs into it and it doesn't have a magsafe-like disconnect if someone trips over a cord...
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by digikata 12y ago
I think the worst thing is that so many of them force classes to move long at a fixed timeframe instead of letting everybody go at their own pace.
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by digikata 12y ago
IMO, bigger risk is the climate change momentum put into motion from extraction of fossil fuels at economically feasible levels. Economic pressure was adding to motivation to address global climate change - but the collapse of oil prices ea
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by digikata 12y ago
I understand why architects are attracted to transparency - it's beautiful and let's you see the internal structure of what the architects spend all their time designing. But letting that much light into an enclosed space is basic
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by digikata 12y ago
The way to scale it would be to contract it back out to an existing personal concierge service, but then it might be obvious that Magic is new marketing for old services (with a little bit of an updated tech twist). It might be valuable in
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by digikata 12y ago
I wasn't familiar with that area of Jaynes work. Your description of it is fascinating, especially given the modern contexts of scientists trying to convince climate change deniers as well as doctors with anti-vaccine groups.
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by digikata 12y ago
Your description of the work could describe a large corporation. I think its really difficult to separate the inefficiencies of government organizations and the inefficiencies of large organizations (public or private). And unfortunately, s
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by digikata 12y ago
I think the inventory carried by retailers is more driven by marketing theme sets, but LEGO itself still carries generic building sets. (e.g. http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Ultimate-Building-Set-Pieces/dp/B... ) You ca
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by digikata 12y ago
I guess I am confused then about the statement that "[Seniors 85+ are] only about 0.8% more likely to kill an occupant of another vehicle or a non-motorist, over the course of a year." Through some sort of statistical interpretati
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by digikata 12y ago
The 'magic' of Magic isn't that unique either. It boils down to an open channel(s) to communicate with a personal assistant / concierge service. And I suspect that that calling a live person to describe the initial requ
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by digikata 12y ago
I'm not sure about your takeaway from that link. In the Summary: "For example, the results of this study suggest that if a randomly-selected driver in his or thirties and a randomly-selected driver aged 85 or older were to drive e
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by digikata 12y ago
Some of them might even be judged as getting paid for a net negative effect to society...
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by digikata 12y ago
We produce several times more than we need with the current climate, water and energy inputs. If the climate shifts with long term trends, and water becomes scarce under those trends, and the fossil fuel energy inputs cause long term CO2 re

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