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by inetsee 8y ago
I love my RaspberryPis (I have 5 now), but they still struggle sometimes. I would really like to see them come out with one with more memory. I know there are Pi-similar boards out there with more memory, but I would hate to give up the adv
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by inetsee 8y ago
There is a link to a basic AM clone, "Pythagoras" by Steven L. Tanimoto. http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~mperkows/CLASS_ROBOTICS/LISP/tanimo...
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by inetsee 8y ago
My favorite quote of Winston Churchill's is an exchange between him and Lady Nancy Astor: “Lady Nancy Astor: Winston, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea. Churchill: Nancy, if I were your husband, I'd drink it.” Sourc
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by inetsee 8y ago
I would be astonished if the next client gets it for free. The next client might get it for less than it cost the first client, but Engineer.ai has to pay back those investors.
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by inetsee 8y ago
My biggest problem with the idea of developing on a phone, or even on a small tablet (8 inches or less) is the size of the screen, and the difficulty of context switching. I have a 27" and a 20" monitor set up side by side, and I
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Amazon is on pace for its biggest two-day drop since 2011(cnbc.com)
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by inetsee 8y ago
This sounds a lot like "Do What I Mean" (aka DWIM), which dates back to BBN Lisp, around 1966. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DWIM
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by inetsee 8y ago
My first computer had cassette storage. I would not want to inflict that on anyone.
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by inetsee 8y ago
Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, has died.
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by inetsee 8y ago
Voya is the administrator of one on my financial accounts. I'm wondering if I should take my money out of this account and move it to another financial administrator. My first thought is "how would I find out whether my other fina
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by inetsee 8y ago
Once it becomes available again I would really like to order one (or more), but the web page linked from the article for ordering is in Chinese, and I didn't see any way to get to an English language ordering page.
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by inetsee 8y ago
My preference would be to return to the original copyright law; a 14 year term, with one 14 year renewal, with registration required.
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Autonomous Everything: How Algorithms Are Taking Over Our World(lithub.com)
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by inetsee 8y ago
This video led me to another one titled "The Most Unusual Musical Instruments in the World" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCYHMVlQezA My favorite was the juggling drummer. (Starting around 2:30.)
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by inetsee 8y ago
Coursera has a course with exactly that title. The course can be found here https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn . It is one of THE most popular courses on Coursera.
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Ikarus electric “rocket” – Thrust-vectored flying ducted fan [video](youtube.com)
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by inetsee 8y ago
The very first programming job I had out of college was working on a DEC PDP-8 (not an 8-I or and 8-E, a plain 8), and I remember one time when it failed. I ran a diagnostic program (from paper tape) and the result indicated a hardware fail
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by inetsee 8y ago
Thank you rahimnathwani. The procedure took a while to complete, and I'm getting some warnings, but the procedure from https://github.com/gnprice/anki-jessie worked. This should hold me until Anki version 2.1 beco
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by inetsee 8y ago
I'm running a Raspberry Pi 3B+ with the latest Raspbian image (Stretch dated 2018-06-27). I used apt to install Anki version 2.0.32. Starting Anki from the command line results in "Import error: no module named QtWebKit". App
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by inetsee 8y ago
I tried going to the Anki website and I discovered another thing that I don't like about Anki. I went to one of my old decks and tried one of the cards; the spacing options for this card were <10 minutes, 1, 2 and 6 YEARS. I'd
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by inetsee 8y ago
I really like the idea of spaced repetition learning, but it's the little details that are driving me crazy. I cannot get Anki working on Raspberry Pi. (I have a Raspberry Pi connected to a TV in front of my rowing machine so I can stu
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by inetsee 8y ago
The customer "closed the bank account I used to originally pay (for) the phone", which means that getting the bank to help is probably not an option.
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by inetsee 8y ago
I don't think it's accurate to describe ECT as using small electric currents. The very name says that the procedure induces convulsions. From Wikipedia: "ECT is often used with informed consent as a last line of intervention
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by inetsee 8y ago
I have latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA), sometimes called type 1.5 diabetes. Onset was in my early 40s, and I am now insulin dependent. I have reasonably good control (estimated A1C about 6.5) without a continuous glucose monitor
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by inetsee 8y ago
The rules for the list don't say that an author can't recommend his/her own book. The rules do say that a recommender must explain why he/she recommends one book over others, which this author did.
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by inetsee 8y ago
I worked on the Boeing-Sikorsky Comanche helicopter. That aircraft was also intended to be a multi-role aircraft, intended to provide stealthy armed reconnaissance and attack roles. The project was canceled after investing approximately $7
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by inetsee 8y ago
The one line from the article that resonated the most with me was this one: "What would Alan Turing be able to do nowadays if he had the current computing power and all the development around AI?"
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by inetsee 8y ago
I can't find the link right now, but I remember reading a study (also funded by the military) about using sleep masks with ear plugs to improve the quality of soldier's sleep when they do have the opportunity of sleeping. Deployed
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by inetsee 8y ago
The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution, among other things, prohibits "cruel and unusual punishments".
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by inetsee 8y ago
I remember reading a number of years ago that there were some websites hosted in Japan that were selling suicide kits. The kits included a plastic hood, a tank of helium and tubing to connect the two. Some other articles at the time suggest

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