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by jpm_sd 7y ago
and if you're curious about the back-story, as I was: https://today.duke.edu/2012/11/lock5stat
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by jpm_sd 7y ago
I'm a little bit disappointed that they didn't mention the critical role played by Speak & Spell in the movie "E.T.": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T._the_Extra-Terrestrial#/me...
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by jpm_sd 7y ago
Even Linus suffers from imposter syndrome? Never would have thought. If Linux was a "one-hit wonder" it's been topping the charts for decades...
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by jpm_sd 7y ago
https://news.yahoo.com/google-acquiring-fitbit-130619853.htm... "Google has struggled to make much of a dent in the wearables category..." "Fitbit, meanwhile, has had issues maintaining growth in recent years
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Uber Money is the company’s latest attempt to expand into financial services(theverge.com)
1 points by jpm_sd 7y ago|0 comments
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by jpm_sd 7y ago
Equally bad, ask inexperienced developers to come up with schedule estimates, then insist that they be held accountable to those laughably inaccurate estimates.
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Technology Companies Target the Cord Cutters(wsj.com)
2 points by jpm_sd 7y ago|0 comments
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by jpm_sd 7y ago
If you've ever owned an inflatable kayak - or even an inflatable mattress - you'll already know that: Inflation takes a long time. Deflation takes a long time. Folding it back up neatly is impossible. Leaks appear out of nowhere a
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by jpm_sd 7y ago
https://monster6502.com/
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by jpm_sd 7y ago
This video is so well done! @dang this would make a much better top link than the nonsensical article posted originally
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by jpm_sd 7y ago
"However, all wars must eventually be won with boots on the ground." Can wars even be "won", in this sense, any more? Modern war is asymmetric. If the enemy is a radicalized percentage of the civilian population, hiding
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by jpm_sd 7y ago
For those of you who remember this when it was "the 2004 slashdot phenomenon", the newer additions include powered (motorized) rod logic, and rotational logic. https://www.randomwraith.com/blog.html
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by jpm_sd 7y ago
Might as well title it "Why there should be more hours in the day"
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by jpm_sd 7y ago
They're hoping to save a TON of money. This isn't their only health care experiment: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-09-26/amazon-hea... They're also hoping to deliver a higher qual
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by jpm_sd 7y ago
These guys are really sharp, I met a few of them when they worked on Google's Project Wing in the early days.
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by jpm_sd 7y ago
Both the force of gravity and the energy density of lithium-ion remain more or less unchanged.
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by jpm_sd 7y ago
How many frozen pizzas does a pizza factory make, per hour? Is that the real competition?
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by jpm_sd 7y ago
This is really impressive work.
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The Oceans We Know Won't Survive Climate Change(theatlantic.com)
1 points by jpm_sd 7y ago|1 comments
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by jpm_sd 7y ago
"Power turned out to be a major constraint. At a chip’s standard 1-volt supply, the wafer’s narrow wiring would consume a full 2 kilowatts. Instead, we chose to up the supply voltage to 12 V, reducing the amount of current needed and t
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by jpm_sd 7y ago
Reading between the lines a bit, I think they're also recommending that you avoid installing a lithium-ion ESS in the basement of your hotel, or the attached garage in your house... which is a big part of the marketing for these system
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by jpm_sd 7y ago
The strategy of "making haste slowly" dates back to the Roman empire (or earlier!), where they said "Festina lente" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festina_lente This was also used as a catch-phrase o
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by jpm_sd 7y ago
Also the name of a modern research vessel: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=French_ship_Pou...
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by jpm_sd 7y ago
Tell us more! What's the name of your school? Can I send my kids there?
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by jpm_sd 7y ago
TL;DR: No. (Betteridge's Law-compliant!) Which matches my experience. Think about why you're leaving - probably for reasons which might help predict the company's future.
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by jpm_sd 7y ago
Unfortunately the reason it's hard is because nobody wants these products. They don't do very much, they cost hundreds of dollars - where is the value?
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How Ford Is Keeping Autonomous Car Sensors Squeaky Clean(medium.com)
1 points by jpm_sd 7y ago|0 comments
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What If Silicon Valley’s ‘Brilliant Jerks’ Are Just Jerks?(bloomberg.com)
87 points by jpm_sd 7y ago|53 comments
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by jpm_sd 7y ago
I suggest "Perl Nukem Forever"
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by jpm_sd 7y ago
He was incredibly skilled at "managing up" - which in this case meant telling Larry and Travis what they wanted to hear.

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