epalmer

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   by epalmer 11y ago

   >White-collar types see their peers as life-long adversaries who do not belong in the same boat they are in. Some also believe that they “really” belong to a much more exclusive boat and were just plain unlucky to land in their one they
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   by epalmer 11y ago

   I worked on VAX/VMS mostly with FORTRAN and loved the hardware and the DCL (digital command language). I ending up founding and building a small company around building RDBMS based manufacturing applications using VAX/VMS as the
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   by epalmer 11y ago

   >If we naively squish the curve, as if by pressing down with a finger, we end up with a bimodal distribution, where the task is now easy for one group of users and impossible for another. This is not an improvement. This resonates with m
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   by epalmer 11y ago

   Great, I will be an old addict to cheese.
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   by epalmer 11y ago

   Thanks for this. This seems very plausable. I'm now eating low carb and shuning most vetegable oils. I do use Olive Oil and eat more fish. I use just a little coconut oil. Lost ~28 lbs and have not been sick at all since going keto
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   by epalmer 11y ago

   OP here According to an email from their forum I just got The board is currently going through FCC/CE certification.
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   Beagleboard-X15 soon(elinux.org)

   3 points by epalmer 11y ago|1 comments
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   by epalmer 11y ago

   We have near 100% college attendance from alumni and about 80% go into STEM majors. Many get scholarships for merit.
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   by epalmer 11y ago

   I don't have any VEX experience but I hear great things about that program and I have heard from many that the costs are lower.
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    by epalmer 11y ago

    I was reading my reply and this does not sound right: >We have a manufacturer that sponsor's us with space and tools but not money. We love our primary sponsor. Without space and tools we could not do our work. While we need to rais
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    by epalmer 11y ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Kamen#Inventions http://allaboutroboticsurgery.com/artificialkidneydevices/ki... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slingshot_(water_vapor_distil
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    by epalmer 11y ago

    FLL is the best program to start with at 9 years old. The balance between robots, research, presentations and core values gives students of all sorts a chance to grow. I coached FLL 4 years and I stay in touch with most of the students. Th
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    by epalmer 11y ago

    Our team is from a public school. We have a manufacturer that sponsor's us with space and tools but not money. We have a variety of sponsors that provide funds and we raise our own money as well. All funds go into a 501c3 that is a &qu
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    by epalmer 11y ago

    My youngest is a senior in High School and will be getting a Engineering degree starting in 2017. All because of FIRST Robotics started by Dean Kamen. Her mom and I are very grateful for FIRST robotics and the influence it has had on our tw
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    by epalmer 11y ago

    FTC is significantly cheaper. http://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/ftc I do fundraising for a team that is 13 or 14 years old. We raise a lot of money each year and it is always hard. Plus the parents put in a lot of
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    by epalmer 11y ago

    I agree we don't need sweet food. I gave up carbs and everything tastes better. I don't use artificial sweeteners at all. Of course low carb may turn out to be harmful. Who knows. I feel better =, have lost some weight and my bl
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    by epalmer 11y ago

    I think access to CS concepts for all ages in schools is a good thing because 1) technology is increasing a part of the fabric of life and 2) it is good have a way to identify early those whose inate abilities could do technology jobs. The
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    by epalmer 11y ago

    It is time we abandon SAT and ACT tests.
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    by epalmer 11y ago

    Yes I am looking forward to the camera especially and the quality and size of the screen for my aging eyes. @bithust do you use hands free phone dialing from a car? If so what car model and how is your experience with HFD?
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    by epalmer 11y ago

    I ordered a nexus 6p today. Been an iphone user since the first year. I have grown tired of so many things that are ios. I mostly use google apps and them games and other apps that have android versions. I'm concerned that hands free
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    by epalmer 11y ago

    The University of Richmond has the Spider Management Company managing it and other smaller endowments. Richmond has done well with its endowment. http://smc.richmond.edu/ As of 2015 its endowment was valued at $2.37 Billio
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    by epalmer 11y ago

    So noted. We asked follow up questions to get to a person's contribution. It is valid to move the team forward. It is not valid to ride on the contributions of the team without putting your own contribution in.
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    by epalmer 11y ago

    I worked in an organization where we used behavioral interviewing techniques to get to the core of how someone operates. "Tell me about a time in which you..." works very well. If they resist answering the made mistakes questions
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    What is a T-shaped professional?(tsummit.org)

    2 points by epalmer 11y ago|0 comments
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    by epalmer 11y ago

    Some areas are location specific. Richmond VA seems to be a .NET and Java town mostly. My team's stack is Apache httpd PHP and Java mostly on Linux. A little scripting in Python and bash.
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    by epalmer 11y ago

    I use uBlock origin and love it. But I have a mental conflict. I run 135+ university web sites (for one university) with no ads and no flash. But we do use google analytics and include some 3rd party fonts on specific sites. Many ad blocke
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    by epalmer 11y ago

    My commute into work is usually 17 mins. Going home I take a different but sane return route that is predictable and has less traffic but takes 25 minutes. I use my commute time to catch up on tech news and security issues via podcasts. I
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    Reiventing Engineering Education the Olin Way(inc.com)

    1 points by epalmer 11y ago|0 comments
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    by epalmer 11y ago

    Observing high school kids that take part in project based learning (outside of the classroom) and noting how fast they develop deeper skills, critical thinking and problem solving. Small sample size but before and after observations are m
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    by epalmer 11y ago

    I am slightly dyslexic but my oldest is severely dyslexic. She could read it (she can read a book a day now after years and years of work) She barely noticed the text changing. Oh.... But the weird thing for her is she works in a library an