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by jkestner 2y ago
In my experience, kids already get plenty of opportunities for screen-based STEM stuff. Mine have Hour of Code that offers block programming tutorials that are relatively fun. If they're anything like we were, they'll self-teach c
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by jkestner 2y ago
Paper airplanes are a rich medium. It's fast and fun to get results, and quick to iterate on improvements. You can start to fold in physics/aerodynamic lessons and introduce them (without a lecture) on how to think like an enginee
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by jkestner 2y ago
Underrated is ordering SLS parts from a printer, like on CraftCloud. You can get small functional nylon parts made for $2 + shipping. Modeling things has always been the biggest friction point. Not easy to make CAD interfaces easier. Part f
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by jkestner 2y ago
I think the point was to explore different approaches and spark discussion about what we care about.
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I bought an iPhone 11 on Swappa last year to replace my 8 with a wonky camera. A lot of this is just maturation of the market. The growth in recent years came from the general population who just wanted functionality, and that itch is scrat
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by jkestner 2y ago
Free coffee in exchange for all future rights to my productivity metrics.
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by jkestner 2y ago
From what I gather, they invested in Onion News Network for IFC, and when that got canceled relatively quickly, they didn't risk online-only distribution. Maybe 2011 was too early to pivot to video? https://en.wikipedia.org&
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by jkestner 3y ago
Agreed! Seems like these systems are about 10 years behind in general, so I was pleasantly surprised that the voice system worked after a fashion. Just requires too specific phrasing to make it do stuff, and then I didn't pay to keep t
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by jkestner 3y ago
Once my Ford's infotainment system (Microsoft CE, I believe) crashed hard, and I had to open and close the door while I was at a stoplight to get it to reset. On the other hand, the voice command system works as badly as it did when I
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by jkestner 3y ago
That's the problem I have with this, that Congress is banning a company instead of the practice they're supposedly worried about. But how else is the FBI supposed to spy on us? I mean, besides the renewed and expanded FISA Section
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by jkestner 3y ago
An aside for that common ASU slander: It's a huge school (55K students on the main campus alone). It can have both a party scene and a good education. I remember it having quality departments in engineering, business, design (and there
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by jkestner 3y ago
My combination tattoo gun/removal laser works. Just need some VC funding to get the size and refresh rate down.
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by jkestner 3y ago
I agree that intent is not relevant, but humans must be held accountable for outcomes. Ever since we've had algorithms that appear to make decisions, we've been fighting this idea that _humans_ are "technically blameless enti
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by jkestner 3y ago
And who funded this idiocy in order to get less taxes and regulations?
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by jkestner 3y ago
You're right, as I understand it myself, it's more about overcoming network burps, a major point of user friction. I guess local-first is not the exact term for what I'm thinking, which is that an app should not need the Inte
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by jkestner 3y ago
I'm using Pouch/Couch on a web app, and the sync is really good DX - I got all the functionality I wanted, including easy undo, in a day or so. So yeah, what more DX would actually make people adopt local-first? I don't think
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Bubble Trouble(wheresyoured.at)
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by jkestner 3y ago
We had three Mat+s, and since one already spelled it Mat, the third became Mattt.
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by jkestner 3y ago
Hardware production is wonderful/terrible and constant learning. A lot of people get tripped up not understanding that the manufacturing process is a product equal to your actual product. Hit me up if I can help. I've brought a ha
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by jkestner 3y ago
Wow, the presentation belies the nicely written source (excepting obfuscated JS). It's a depixelated love letter to 90s sites.
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I'd say, it's to optimize for source readability. That's something many of us relied on to learn HTML, and we need to keep that path open.
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by jkestner 3y ago
There are plenty of junk apps in the App Store now. Apple does a good job marketing trustworthiness, but having competing app stores may at least get them to put more effort into backing it up.
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by jkestner 3y ago
Where’s your “build the airplane on the way down” spirit?
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I'm donating my body to art, so sure.
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the US Navy's flawed technology set the McCain up for disaster(features.propublica.org)
2 points by jkestner 3y ago|1 comments
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by jkestner 3y ago
ProPublica did excellent reporting on this: https://features.propublica.org/navy-uss-mccain-crash/navy-i...
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by jkestner 3y ago
> chickens are omnivores and opportunistic predators Boy are they. Once I got a squirrel to let go of a baby cardinal, only for it to drop to the ground where my chickens fell upon it like velociraptors.
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Construction boomed in Austin and rents went down. Now new construction is down(kut.org)
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We've shifted from a manufacturing to a service economy, hence the focus on moving unionization to that sector. Going from home ownership/pensions to... nothing as a retirement plan is a similar generational shift that political p
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by jkestner 3y ago
Let’s not stop there. Set the number of senators in proportion to the state’s population, in order to be a more representative democracy.

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