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by dnewms 2y ago
There is another University of Michigan professor who created an Introduction to Computational Linear Algebra course: https://grizzle.robotics.umich.edu/education/rob101.html with free textbook: https://griz
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Robotic exoskeleton increases jump height by 2 inches(youtube.com)
1 points by dnewms 3y ago|1 comments
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Facebook employees: help this business owner get acct back
1 points by dnewms 6y ago|0 comments
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by dnewms 7y ago
Great point. The sharing economy destroyed an entire set of spaces like this... when hosting a couchsurfer, I was told that I could make a ton using Airbnb instead. That money wasn’t the point was lost on this guest — but thankfully not the
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by dnewms 7y ago
Yeah, an herbicide like triclopyr breaks down quickly, but still can bioaccumulate in wildlife and humans need proper protection during application [1]. Also, glyphosate (RoundUp) is debated as far as safety... and unfortunately for Monsant
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by dnewms 7y ago
At least Norway does: "Norway makes annual payments to Brazil as part of a long-term billion-dollar program to curb the loss of Amazon rainforest to slow global warming." https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nor
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by dnewms 8y ago
For more on this, check out the PBS Frontline on child slave labor in an Ohio egg farm: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/trafficked-in-americ...
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An even smaller world’s smallest ‘computer’(news.engin.umich.edu)
2 points by dnewms 8y ago|0 comments
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E-waste recycler loses appeal on computer restore disks, must serve prison term(washingtonpost.com)
391 points by dnewms 8y ago|257 comments
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by dnewms 9y ago
For those without a technical background: https://news.engin.umich.edu/2017/12/new-quick-learning-neur...
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New quick-learning neural network powered by memristors(news.engin.umich.edu)
1 points by dnewms 9y ago|0 comments
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Using buildings as batteries to accommodate more wind and solar(news.engin.umich.edu)
9 points by dnewms 9y ago|8 comments
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by dnewms 10y ago
Nope - the last workplace-provided insurance I had was my parents.
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by dnewms 10y ago
<30 midwest
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by dnewms 10y ago
UnitedHealthcare -- though my plan may have been grandfathered in to be acceptable under ACA.
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by dnewms 10y ago
For anecdotes: I've had a HDHP before ACA, started at about $45/mo now up to about $60/mo with an outrageously high $12.5k or so deductible. I've had two different DPC, one about $45/mo, now with one about $30/
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by dnewms 11y ago
That's exactly what it is, K-Cups of juice, and it's genius. People love throwing things away instead of cleaning. And like K-Cups, Juicero has already created a system to lock out generic veggie bags past their patent with the ba
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by dnewms 11y ago
It's more than not talking, though. It's extreme meditation. If you didn't have to worry about anything in your life for ten days, where to sleep, what to eat next, the next project, proposal, email, significant or insignific
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U.S. NSA domestic phone spying program illegal: appeals court(reuters.com)
653 points by dnewms 11y ago|143 comments
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by dnewms 12y ago
Since voices don't change until puberty -- any kid screaming sounds the same. And in the vein of special individuals, there are little girls who love and hate insects, and little boys who love and hate insects. Perhaps a more original
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How Twitter Killed My Fish(coldweatheraquaponics.com)
26 points by dnewms 12y ago|33 comments
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by dnewms 12y ago
Mayday is truly a new level of customer service, and makes the phone a great choice for those who might struggle with new technology -- like the remaining population without a smartphone.
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by dnewms 12y ago
Here is a similar remix of OSM, that allows you to zoom in and pan, export as .jpg, or embed - for free: http://maps.stamen.com/#watercolor/12/42.3318/-83.0503
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by dnewms 12y ago
The site offers a 5% minimum interest rate. With such a (relatively) high return, the risks are also high, as your money is used to leverage trading on Bitcoin itself. Taking such a risk with a currency that can move 5% in hours seems fooli
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by dnewms 12y ago
To the creator, let me know if you have q's -- http://leftoverswap.com/ was a fun project for my buddy and I that seems to have brought up the exact same criticisms.
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A Short History of LeftoverSwap(indiscreetacumen.com)
1 points by dnewms 13y ago|0 comments
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LeftoverSwap(leftoverswap.com)
2 points by dnewms 13y ago|0 comments
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by dnewms 13y ago
I think there's a whole literary niche that has yet to catch on or be truly explored that just tells the story from texts and other electronic communications - like the modern version of a story told with just letters.
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InWHEREitence: The Only Heir Incentive Platform(indiscreetacumen.com)
2 points by dnewms 13y ago|0 comments
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The Government Shutdown Has Revealed Silicon Valley’s Dysfunction Fetish(nymag.com)
68 points by dnewms 13y ago|62 comments

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