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by gmadsen 7y ago
10^9 watts? a watt is a unit of power
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by gmadsen 7y ago
never heard of that. At least in California there are strict requirements and qualifications to be able to transport children on a school bus
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by gmadsen 8y ago
New robotics and vision systems are still very much using c++. Real time object tracking with sensor fusion requires careful handling of resources all of which needs to fit into a larger framework. C++ is the best choice to be able to devel
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by gmadsen 8y ago
I think you are missing the sentimental aspect of gift giving. It is not purely price/utility value. Emotions attached to gift giving have value for both the giver and the receiver.
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by gmadsen 8y ago
privilege doesn't need to be all encompassing. I'd argue that just being white has some inherent privilege no matter how poor you are. Such as interactions with police. that doesn't mean you automatically do better in life, a
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by gmadsen 8y ago
inhaling any type of smoke is bad for your lungs. Combustion of organic material releases carcinogens. That is pretty basic science. https://www.lung.org/stop-smoking/smoking-facts/marijuana-an...
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by gmadsen 8y ago
smoking definitely reduces stress when smoking, but it also makes you a more stressful person. Its like rubbing yourself with poison ivy, just so you can have the relief of itching a scratch
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by gmadsen 8y ago
it shouldn't be an either or with geometry and algebra. both are valid and it helps to know both. representing H as a matrix is certainly valid and makes computations easier, but I dont really think that is building intuition
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by gmadsen 8y ago
traditional robots need to be smooth. I doubt commoditized robots will be based on traditional servos with traditional pid control, there is plenty of room for algorithm and control improvement, not too mention the huge strides being made i
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by gmadsen 8y ago
never formally, but TAing in grad school and tutoring math/physics since high school has definitely given me a profound respect for teaching and helping others learn
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by gmadsen 8y ago
this isn't a "solution" in the sense of solving a problem that people use to build upon or share to help others not deal with that problem, rather its an essential part of the educational process of a course to derive the a
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by gmadsen 8y ago
we are talking about basic assignments to further understanding of a well understood topic. Doing the assignment itself is critical to the educational experience of truly understanding that topic, reading a solution robs you of that
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by gmadsen 8y ago
what? ha, that is the text book approach to reallocating an array for additional values to get log complexity
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by gmadsen 8y ago
I've always been curious what "skills" need to be practiced to drive in the snow. It isn't overly technical. Just don't accelerate or brake too fast and dont turn while you are doing either. If you feel the car star
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by gmadsen 8y ago
I'd say betting any tech 10 years down the line is a fools game. in 2008, people were saying the same thing about object detection, or literally 100s of other things that deep learning has done that people said was impossible. Autonomo
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by gmadsen 8y ago
for one, American right wing conservatism is strongly anti-union and anything that diminishes the employers agility to conduct business as they see fit, so the idea of a bunch of well paid conservatives banding together to collectively argu
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by gmadsen 8y ago
so basically Westworld?