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Wide range of applications for ESA’s astronaut selection(esa.int)
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by frederikvs 5y ago
In our setup, we have a class that does the heavy lifting. The file where that class lives ends with : if __name__ == '__main__': fire.Fire(JobManager) which turns it into an instant CLI. Then we have a separate g
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by frederikvs 5y ago
Actually, I misspoke slightly when I said it turns the GUI into a CLI. Rather, it turns the same underlying class into a GUI. So we have one file which contains the class with all the functions we want to expose (in our case, the class is n
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by frederikvs 5y ago
Gooey is a brilliant bit of software. We use it in combination with Python Fire [0] to easily convert python code to something that users can interact with. Python fire converts our python code into a CLI without all the manual parameter pa
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by frederikvs 5y ago
It's cross-platform. I've developed gooey-interfaces on my macbook that later ran on a windows machine.
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by frederikvs 5y ago
It all depends on the situation and context. When I left my previous employer, I told them exactly where I was going. The mentality at the previous employer had been changing (post-takeover), and the new company was founded by, and mostly c
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by frederikvs 5y ago
No math is involved, only common sense : there's a certain amount of natural space debris surrounding planet earth. This amount has reached a steady state over the past few millions or billions of years. Over the past few decades we&#x
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by frederikvs 5y ago
I think authorities are becoming stricter in requirements for end-of-life planning for anything you launch. * For some other satellites, there are plans to move them to a graveyard orbit when they are no longer useful. Of course, this requi
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by frederikvs 5y ago
I don't think the term "space debris" is only applied to man-made space debris. Yes, there are rocks and other stuff out there, and those are just as dangerous as the man-made debris. AFAIK both types fall under the term spac
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by frederikvs 5y ago
While there is no air convection, there is a lot of heat loss via radiation. Of course, if there's a CPU in there that's drawing lots of power (e.g. image processing), it will have to shed that heat. But if there's only some
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by frederikvs 5y ago
I just have vim-angry installed. It gives me "cia" and friends, though without the count you mention. Sounds like treesitter will have more flexibility, but for now the vim-angry plugin does what I need it to :-)
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by frederikvs 6y ago
It's more than just "appears", it's a confirmed april fools joke. If you click on the pre-order button, this text shows up: > April Fools’! We’ll never restrict your ability to learn, grow, and share with this communi
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by frederikvs 6y ago
Once the event is over, I suspect people will review the page and decide that this has no place in the opening section. Then it'll move down to its rightful place. Right now it's more a matter of racing to be as up-to-date as poss
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by frederikvs 6y ago
Even if atmospheric methane has not increased in recent times, it may be a good idea to try and reduce it. We have too much of one greenhouse gas, and so far we've been unable to change that. Reducing another greenhouse gas could parti
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by frederikvs 6y ago
I am less skeptical about an EEG-based device like the Dreem than I am about a wristband. Most wristbands have a heart rate monitor and an accelerometer. Is there a pattern in the heart rate that shows REM sleep versus deep or light sleep?
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by frederikvs 6y ago
Out of curiosity : how do you know it reliably detects it? I have a polar watch that also tracks my sleep and presents it in a nice plot. I have no way to check whether that plot is a good representation of my night, or whether they just ra
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by frederikvs 6y ago
Do take into account that there are places where infrastructure is designed primarily around cars. This means a.o. that wherever you want to go, there'll be pretty good parking really close by. Combine that with a lack of proper bike i
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by frederikvs 6y ago
Another thing to consider : more and more single-use items also have processors and electronics in them. At what point will disposable electronics have more processing power than, say, the Apollo flight computer? A couple of examples that I
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by frederikvs 6y ago
This seems like a brilliant idea. On the other hand, I wonder how quickly it'll become annoying. If you have more than a few of these products, getting badgered to update your review every year for each of them might get tedious. Perha
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by frederikvs 6y ago
Regarding the two towers : if you look at the E-ship 1 [0] you'll see 4 towers - 2 in the front, 2 in the rear. There are no towers in the middle, probably because that area is intended for cargo. I presume there is also a minimum dist
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by frederikvs 6y ago
Perhaps they could, assuming somebody is willing to make the necessary investment to develop what you describe. However, it will probably be a complex system, and like most complex systems, it will be fairly fragile. Compare that to these F
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by frederikvs 6y ago
Pretty sure you don't need a tail-wind. Regular old sails as well as kites can be used at various angles to the wind. See e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_of_sail [edit] P.S. from my understanding of the m
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by frederikvs 6y ago
From the article : "Ships can easily be retrofitted, literally overnight, with rotors activated by an on/off switch." I think kite systems require more work, e.g. for launching & landing. When it gets taken down, you prob
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by frederikvs 6y ago
As an experiment, I gave it The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, a Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin, and the silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien. A pretty standard selection of well-known books in the Fantasy genre. Out of the 90 books
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by frederikvs 6y ago
A clear timeline would be useful to have. When was this originally reported to Microsoft, when did they reply, how much back-and-forth was involved, was a proof-of-concept of the attack sent to Microsoft, when was the fix released, and what
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by frederikvs 6y ago
Another great resource, for those who are interested in this sort of thing, is the book "Reinventing Organizations" by Frédéric Laloux. It's a bit of a guidebook on how to build this sort of organisation.
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by frederikvs 8y ago
Do you / does anyone happen to know a similar resource that isn't focused solely on web security? I work in embedded systems, mostly C code, and I find this area is often missing from general "security guidelines" type o
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by frederikvs 8y ago
There are some interesting books regarding organisational structure, that also reflect some of what's in the blog post. Reinventing Organisations by Frederic Laloux is one that especially struck my interest.
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by frederikvs 8y ago
Pray that there's some decent software architecture documentation. If there is, this should be your starting point, to help you understand which files do what.
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by frederikvs 8y ago
I have my work account set up as a "work profile". Separate set of icons (with a small, red briefcase added to the normal logo). Added advantages : * I have it set up so my employer can only control the part of my phone that'

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