johnwalkr

95 ms·

1111.
by johnwalkr 8y ago
I only have that happen when I use Siri (accidentally). Perhaps there's some setting related to that.
1112.
by johnwalkr 8y ago
I’ve used Solidworks for 15 years, and I think Onshape is close to as good for modeling, and now much better for collaboration and version control. Collaboration is great, but version control and configuration management is the killer featu
1113.
by johnwalkr 8y ago
It’s not feasible without a proxy or special browser. When I run out of data on my phone plan, it’s throttled to 100kbps. Many sites load fine, notable HN and google search. But the average news site or company website will fail to load.
1114.
by johnwalkr 8y ago
> And then you get that one user who takes the collaborative document, downloads it to their desktop, then emails everyone a revision. This is a constant struggle for me. It took about 3 years, but I had most of our company using google
1115.
by johnwalkr 8y ago
Yes, provided it’s stored in an MS cloud. In my experience it’s much more fragile than google docs. In my company trying to use it was a non-starter because there is too much friction to convince people to consistently keep files online and
1116.
by johnwalkr 8y ago
Orange Pi 3, which is $30. I have no experience with these, but in general, if you venture away from the most popular SBCs, be sure to check the forums to make sure there’s support to do what you want. I was using high spec SBCs for a long
1117.
by johnwalkr 8y ago
Apple AirPods. They’ve been a pleasure to use unlike any other headphones I’ve had. The way the automatically pair to all my devices works well and the method of choosing which device is connected is well-thought-out. Apple Watch is also we
1118.
by johnwalkr 8y ago
I use iMX6 because it has nice features for image processing, like compressing camera input to H264 before putting information to memory.
1119.
by johnwalkr 8y ago
Not quite as comprehensive as your example but in Japan all highways are tolled and the toll is approximately the same as high speed train fare. In cities all parking is paid too, normally even at your apartment. Driving is often more expen
1120.
by johnwalkr 8y ago
I rode in one of these. It seemed pretty far from production ready, and the driver had to take over several times. But, I was impressed with the testing philosophy. 2 engineers rode in the car, and the taxi driver had only the responsibilit