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by gvb 8y ago
Part 1: https://spun.io/2018/04/23/lets-repair-an-ancient-macintosh-...
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How to hear (and delete) every conversation your Amazon Alexa has recorded(theverge.com)
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by gvb 8y ago
Before you click the link, be aware that the alt-text states: By clicking anywhere, scrolling, or closing this notification, you agree to be legally bound by the witch Sycorax within a cloven pine.
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Elon Musk Explains Improvements to SpaceX's Falcon 9 Block 5 Rocket(space.com)
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"During its 27 years in service, Concorde had about 70 tyre- or wheel-related incidents, 7 of which caused serious damage to the aircraft or were potentially catastrophic." Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A
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by gvb 8y ago
The manned Dragon was supposed to fly in the 2nd quarter 2017, then delayed to 2018, now delayed to 2019+. https://newatlas.com/crew-dragon-delayed/46913/
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by gvb 8y ago
I mentor a high school robotics team. Oh man does it apply to them! I like to run the laws past them at the start of every season. They still stumble over many of them. :-O The laws I stress: 14. (Edison's Law) "Better" is th
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by gvb 8y ago
SpaceX has "affordable" under control, but not schedule. "SpaceX and Boeing spacecraft may not become operational until 2020" https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/05/new-report-suggests-...
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This is what a payload fairing looks like as it returns from space(arstechnica.com)
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>“If I can help people suffering from herpes, isn’t it my duty to do so?” That is a question, not a statement "Since I can help...". The problem is that he did significant harm to people trying to answer that question. The resu
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Why the Future of Tesla May Depend on Knowing What Happened to Billy Durant(steveblank.com)
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Unstoppable exploit in Nintendo Switch opens door to homebrew and piracy(techcrunch.com)
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US pensions are a guaranteed benefit, insured by the US government. If GE defaults on the pension, the US government says they will step in as trustee and will pay him the full $85,000/year. Ref: https://www.pbgc.gov/
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by gvb 9y ago
I followed the Ars guide to building a linux router from scratch and adjusted to fit my network needs: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/04/the-ars-guide-to-bui...
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SpaceX isn’t responsible for loss of Zuma spy satellite, WSJ report confirms(theverge.com)
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Intel to sell WindRiver embedded software unit to private equity firm(bizjournals.com)
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I ordered a mug as support, as a (nerdy) collector's item, and because the joke it was well done. Not necessarily in that order.
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Speaking up is understandable: Mobileye supplies its technology to Aptiv who supplies the system to Volvo for the XC90. The reports are that their system was disabled by Uber at the time of the accident. It is understandable that Mobileye d
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by gvb 9y ago
My grandma (age 80++) wants: * A flip phone: - People that are no longer very dexterous have a hard time with touch screen phones - It's a phone - she will only be using it as a phone; all the touch screen features are just confusing *
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by gvb 9y ago
Conway's game of life in one line of APL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=a9xAKttWgP4&fm... HN discussion(2010) : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1041500
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These robotic skiers hit the slopes in style(techcrunch.com)
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FWIW, he was a Software Engineer aspiring to be a Senior Software Engineer. The promotion committee noted that in the past six months, I clearly demonstrated senior-level work. These were, uncoincidentally, the months when I was optimizing
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by gvb 9y ago
Except, if I got the sequence right, it turned into "bait and switch:" Priorities shifted. Management traded my project away to our sister team in India. In exchange, that team gave us one of their projects. It was an undocumente
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Stratolaunch aircraft edges closer to first flight(spacenews.com)
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They are Y-Combinator companies looking to hire. From the FAQ (link at the bottom of the page): Can I post a job ad? [...] The other kind of job ad is reserved for YC-funded startups. These appear on the front page, but are not stories: the
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by gvb 9y ago
Have you ever been kind of idly thinking about a topic, catch yourself, and then (mentally) go back through your thought processes to see how you got to the end topic? That is what I consider a (mental) "trail."
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New plan to defund space station opens up some surprising possibilities(nbcnews.com)
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Tackling Software with a High “Complexity to Visibility” Ratio(spin.atomicobject.com)
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Better solution that already exists: the Nieco autonomous broiler (Burger King): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHU8kZ2l4Qg
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According to google, the Tesla roadster is 1235 kg. I don't know whether weight was added (probably) or removed (very likely the stock batteries were removed) in preparation for its launch. Update: According to Wikipedia, launch weight

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