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by jpm_sd 5y ago
Big waves and high winds will cause your vessel to go unstable and crash. Ocean-crossing cargo vessels have to handle all weather conditions. Hydrofoils significantly increase draft and nobody wants to dredge their ports and canals 20 feet
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by jpm_sd 5y ago
LOL nobody remembers how to design analog control systems anymore
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by jpm_sd 5y ago
This is correct. The industry is currently constrained on everything from water to wafers, in addition to fab time slots. Everyone is panic buying too, so shortages are getting amplified.
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by jpm_sd 5y ago
> Whether you choose to transfer to a different office or opt for completely remote work, your compensation will be adjusted according to your new location. That's it, the end of geographic arbitrage. No more working from the mounta
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by jpm_sd 5y ago
A brick would generate lift if you apply enough thrust, with the right angle of attack. But it wouldn't have much of a glide ratio. And neither does this contraption.
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by jpm_sd 5y ago
No, many of them are not. As an EE who does his own supply chain mgmt at a startup, I've been in crisis mode for a couple of months now. Some components are not available at any store, at any price, for the next 6-18 months. Had to mak
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by jpm_sd 5y ago
Just started reading these books aloud to my children. IIRC, a particularly vivid passage involves the Mallock children playing with some tubercular lungs, their rosy cheeks aglow
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by jpm_sd 6y ago
Looks like it's streamable online with a $5/mo membership. Special Q&A with the director tonight (4/24) https://metrograph.com/live-screenings/sisters-with-transist...
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by jpm_sd 6y ago
All social media activity should be called "wanks"* *including this post
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by jpm_sd 6y ago
This was published in 2004 and was highly speculative at the time. We are still a long, long way from the Diamond Age fantasy of self assembling nanotech. Recent work in this area seems to mostly involve modding 3D printers to try and integ
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by jpm_sd 6y ago
You're not kidding. Those people are insane.
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by jpm_sd 6y ago
Adam Ragusea also did all the music and interstitials for one of my favorite (very silly) podcasts: https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/greatest-generation/ So far, the hosts have done a complete re-watch of TNG and D
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by jpm_sd 6y ago
Yeah that's pretty disappointing. Gotta implement a "bus clear" feature in any system that relies on I2C working consistently. Slave devices that rely on clock stretching are a total pain in the ass, as well. Tend not to play
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by jpm_sd 6y ago
Yes! I loved our Battleship Cove trip in Cub Scouts. We also got to tour an old submarine. It had a very particular old timey chemical smell to it that I've only ever encountered in one other place; Building 20 at MIT (RIP).
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by jpm_sd 6y ago
I2C is not a wired network standard! It's designed to be used between chips on the same PCB, typically with the same power supply rail (although level shifters are available) and the same ground reference plane. Yes, ground planes matt
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by jpm_sd 6y ago
I've been 100% WFH for just over a year, and I'm really looking forward to /occasionally/ going back into the office. But certainly not every day!
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by jpm_sd 6y ago
There was a run on HOTAS controllers when Star Wars: Squadrons was due for release. Star Wars "space" combat is basically WW2 style dogfighting, so it's not far removed from flight simulator territory.
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by jpm_sd 6y ago
You are very, very wrong. I saw the sausage being made. The "koala" car was ... not a success. Building a car is so hard. And Google mostly sucks at hardware manufacturing. There are good reasons why their market share of Chromebo
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by jpm_sd 6y ago
This is fantastic. You accurately describe the Other Bets climate when I left X in 2015, and I hear it's even worse these days from friends who recently left when Loon shut down.
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by jpm_sd 6y ago
"The One Best Way" is a great book on the subject. http://www.robertkanigel.com/the_one_best_way__frederick_win...
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by jpm_sd 6y ago
(2012) It also interferes with GPS and Iridium. USB3 is a broadband jammer. Previous thread on the subject: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24707479
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by jpm_sd 6y ago
This is art. I mean that as a compliment. It's beautifully executed and, as a finished consumer product, completely useless. Hell of a thing to have in your portfolio when you're looking for jobs, though!
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by jpm_sd 6y ago
Me too! I have three kids, and with all of us everything-ing from home I can't seem to find a quiet moment to read a book (to myself). Although I do read aloud to them every night. But I can listen to a book while exercising, walking
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by jpm_sd 6y ago
Or by quickly hitting Esc: ---------- In the middle of last year, Ecuadorians watched with concern as 340 foreign boats, most of them Chinese, fished just outside the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) around their country’s westernmost province
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by jpm_sd 6y ago
It's enough of a seller's market that OP will almost certainly have to rent at/near their destination while house hunting. Last time I moved, it was 6 months of rental while going to open houses every weekend.
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by jpm_sd 6y ago
> Is that like asking what stocks to invest in Yes, pretty much. We are definitely in an asset price bubble but "the [housing] market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent" (with apologies to Keynes). The str
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by jpm_sd 6y ago
Yes, long form Twitter is THE WORST. However foone is awesome, so maybe they cancel each other out?
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by jpm_sd 6y ago
I worked as a staff engineer in an academic research lab for 7 years and got to observe a wide range of interactions between grad students and faculty. I would characterize most of the bad relationships as a combination of neglect and poor
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by jpm_sd 6y ago
Those suspiciously plain, blank rectangular tunnels have a real Ultima look to them!
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by jpm_sd 6y ago
I wonder if "children raised mostly by their grandparents" will start to become more common. There's been a rise in multi-generational households lately due to pandemic shifts. Maybe younger parents who are also clawing their

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