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by gjkood 5y ago
“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds” - J. Robert Oppenheimer's thoughts on witnessing the first atomic bomb test. A quote from the Bhagavad-Gita. That bomb was finally measured to be 'only' 20 kilotons. [1] God I
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by gjkood 5y ago
One of the most interesting non-fiction books I have read is Richard Rhodes' "The Making of the Atomic Bomb". It talks about how the majority of the brains behind the Manhattan Project came from one school in Budapest, Hungar
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by gjkood 5y ago
RIP Sir Clive Sinclair. His Sinclair ZX81 got me into my love for computing. I wouldn't be where I am without that exposure.
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by gjkood 5y ago
"In a YouTube video, Toyota Chief Executive Akio Toyoda apologized for the incident and said he offered to meet the person but was unable to do so." Is it just me or does it feel refreshing to hear a CEO accepting some responsibil
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by gjkood 6y ago
Here's my advice to save money on good astronomy equipment. Go to 'wwww.astromart.com' and pay $15 for a year's membership that gives you access to the classifieds section. I am a very infrequent hobbyist but have bought
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by gjkood 6y ago
The two things that endeared me to this movie: 1. The theme song; Joan Baez's "Rejoice in the sun" 2. Huey, Dewey and Louie, the little Robots that assist Bruce Dern's character Lowell in maintaining the space ship. I al
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by gjkood 6y ago
Thank you for this. Passed through Barstow several times but never knew this gem existed. Added to list of places to visit. For me personally, I think the deep space probes are the finest examples of man's ingenuity. The use of math an
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by gjkood 6y ago
For me, watching "Spirited Away"[1] was my mind blowing introduction to beautiful Japanese animation and Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli in particular. As a child I used to watch a lot of the Japanese Robot related animations. A
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by gjkood 6y ago
Bought one of those Wusthof Classic Block Set with a few knives in it more than 20 years ago. The blades still look like new, the handles have some scratch marks. Use them every week multiple times. Only care provided was to hand wash them,
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by gjkood 6y ago
Yes, this is a favorite of mine. I had an old wooden plaque with this saying on my wall. Got lost when I moved homes.
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by gjkood 6y ago
If you have time I would recommend two movies that touches deeply upon this topic. They are 'Philadelphia'[1] which garnered a 'Best Actor' Oscar for Tom Hanks and 'And the band played on'[2] starring Mathew Mo
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by gjkood 6y ago
I guess its all relative. In the late 80s I was impressed by a full Wordstar compatible text editor for Turbo Pascal which only occupied 25K (including the compiler). Times have indeed changed.
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by gjkood 6y ago
For a nice introduction to the subject of Mumbai Dabawallahs I would strongly recommend watching "The Lunchbox" [1] starring the late Irfan Khan. A great actor tragically taken from us at a relatively young age. Beautiful movie.
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Techies Tried to ‘Hack’ the Coronavirus. Here’s How That Went(thedailybeast.com)
1 points by gjkood 7y ago|0 comments
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by gjkood 7y ago
To start with, "The C Programming Langauge", Kernighan & Richie (K & R) [1]. Find the latest edition that you can buy. I think the primary topic to master in C is pointers. This is where most falter. It takes a few years t
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by gjkood 7y ago
I used to coach a FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Team for my son's high school. The main Robotics competition for middle/high schools are based on the FTC Pitsco TETRIX, FRC AndyMark, VEX Robotics Platforms. You can find the majority
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by gjkood 7y ago
Any building in HQB is an example of "vertical integration". The ground floor sells the finished product, the top floor you can get all the components to make that product with all floors in between you can get some form of sub-as
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by gjkood 7y ago
Or as commonly attributed to George Orwell... "We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm."
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by gjkood 8y ago
I was coaching/mentoring my son's high school robotics team for a few years and on many occasions I used the NASA workmanship standards [1] (also mentioned/linked in the article) for learning myself and teaching the kids how
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Trump Administration to End Program Providing Work Permits to H4 Spouse Visa(thehill.com)
2 points by gjkood 8y ago|0 comments
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by gjkood 8y ago
Digilent has been making affordable FPGA Development kits using chips from multiple vendors for a long time. I am sure you will find something suitable there. https://store.digilentinc.com/fpga-development-boards-kits-f...
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by gjkood 8y ago
Agreed. Hence my quotes around "new world". I wish we humans can outgrow the inherent evil in ourselves, but I doubt we ever will.
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by gjkood 8y ago
My favorite collection is the "The Golf Omnibus" aside from all the Bertie Wooster books themselves.
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by gjkood 8y ago
Watching Mel Gibson's Apocalypto gave me chills. I don't know if there are any other movies that depict the times so realisticly (atleast from a movie watcher's perspective though not from a historian's one). The last sc
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by gjkood 8y ago
Some great comics/graphic novels that are relatively unknown in the US Asterix comics [1] Tintin comics [2] Yes, I know Spielberg's Tintin animated movie is well known but I doubt most people in the US have heard of the entire ser
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by gjkood 8y ago
Just for context for those who don't know who Steve Blank is, he is the author of two books that I admire the most in my journey starting up my own venture. The story here gives the origin of one his most critical 'Epiphanies&#x27
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by gjkood 8y ago
You just forced me to skim the article for that nugget!
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by gjkood 8y ago
Yes, different licences for different impulse classes of rocket motors. More details can be found on the National Association of Rocketry website ( http://www.nar.org ). Level 1[1], Level 2[2] and Level 3[3] certifications. [1] h
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by gjkood 8y ago
This is at the end of the article. "The system costs $299, and is only available for sale to residents and citizens of the United States due to ITAR restrictions."
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by gjkood 8y ago
You obviously have a good heart for asking the question! I have a feeling that whatever decisions you finally take would take into consideration the wellbeing of your employees. I would assume that the folks who are doing the legacy stuff h

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