etimberg

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   by etimberg 8y ago

   I just bought a ThinkPad T480 to replace my 2011 MBP that had been upgraded over the years. I couldn't justify spending $3k on a laptop with such a crappy keyboard.
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   by etimberg 8y ago

   Looks great!
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   Canada Grounds 737 Max Aircraft(twitter.com)

   2 points by etimberg 8y ago|0 comments
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   by etimberg 8y ago

   Yup. The company I work for is creating solutions to help utilities better integrate renewable energy onto the electrical grid. The environmental benefits are huge and I get to work with some really cool tech
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   by etimberg 8y ago

   I just started the process of moving from gmail to an email on a custom domain through https://www.migadu.com/en/index.html . The setup process was pretty painfree and they provide very detailed setup instructions. I ha
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   by etimberg 8y ago

   I've used https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax in the past Edit: if you're asking why you don't see the author's page as intended, you might have JS disabled
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   by etimberg 8y ago

   I think the secret is uploading photoshop files directly
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   by etimberg 8y ago

   If the designs are uploaded correctly, you can see CSS snippets for different UI elements. Definitely helps to recreate it faster.
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   by etimberg 8y ago

   Could be interesting as long as this stuff is encrypted properly.
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    by etimberg 8y ago

    It's used in power systems as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Information_Model_(elec...
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    by etimberg 8y ago

    The coercing between types only happens if the types are different.
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    by etimberg 8y ago

    That's unfortunate. I really liked Inbox (other than the horrible performance)
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    by etimberg 8y ago

    Power drops off with the square of distance in free space. To get power of an RF wave you S = E x H [1]. Both the E & H fields decrease with distance. If you double the distance and both E&H decrease by half then |S| decreases by a
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    by etimberg 8y ago

    It's always nice to hear from someone else in cleantech on here :) I work for a startup that's focused on making it easier for utilities to integrate DERs into the distribution grid. We make software to simulate the grid, gain rea
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    How many Model 3 cars Tesla has made so far this year(businessinsider.com)

    2 points by etimberg 8y ago|0 comments
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    by etimberg 8y ago

    When I was at NI I helped build https://www.multisim.com which is powered by a full SPICE simulator.
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    by etimberg 8y ago

    Yup, I work for a company that does power systems optimization software. I get to work on the core problem and find ways to improve performance. It's a lot of fun and it combines software and electrical engineering.
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    by etimberg 8y ago

    A lot has changed on the waterfront. Areas along Queens Quay have been deindustrialized and are a mix of commercial and residential. Revitalization of the eastern sections of the waterfront has only started more recently with the Lower Don
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    by etimberg 8y ago

    This brings back memories! I learned to code in highschool using QB 4.5. I think I still have my final project, a deal or no deal style video game, somewhere.
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    by etimberg 9y ago

    I think the big differences are that: * pilots have thousands of hours of training/practice * there are 2 of them * there is a lot less traffic in the sky / not making a turn every km
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    by etimberg 9y ago

    Stuff like this is why P.Engs should be required in certain software fields
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    by etimberg 9y ago

    Sort of related, but if anyone finds this topic interesting and is looking for software positions related to power systems engineering the startup I work for is hiring. We create 3 phase unbalanced distribution system simulation and optimiz
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    by etimberg 9y ago

    There is one of these in the grocery store near my house. The store has very long lines between 5 & 6 P and I noticed that the terminal conveniently disappears during that time. It's always there on the weekends though.
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    by etimberg 9y ago

    Personally I think it goes better in this scenario when the manager/tech lead is not the one at the keyboard. That way the person who's learning can make a lot of the decisions while bouncing ideas off the other person. If it just
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    by etimberg 9y ago

    > Then, I do the somewhat tedious work of translating between elements' bounding rectangles and positions into this space. Having done something similar, it can be quite frustrating. Add in high DPI devices (window.devicePixelRatio
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    by etimberg 9y ago

    Totally agree! He was able to accomplish a lot at the TTC with pretty tight resources.
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    by etimberg 9y ago

    I've been writing a lot of python 3.6 lately. f-strings are really helpful and I use them all over the place. I haven't used type hints yet.
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    by etimberg 9y ago

    Specifically the install script is looking for source bash_files/ask.sh source bash_files/install_cli_tool.sh
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    by etimberg 9y ago

    Agreed that responses like that are frustrating. Usually when they start getting to me I find it's time to take an evening off.
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    by etimberg 9y ago

    I think part of the problem, especially in software, is that not having a P.Eng designation is now self fulfilling. So few people in software have one that the number of people who can get one is very small. I think the solution would be to