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   by jpm_sd 8y ago

   My 9-year old is learning to code with a Kano Harry Potter kit, and also learning tinkercad and 3D printing in her classroom! She doesn't need a smartphone/ipod/etc.
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   by jpm_sd 8y ago

   My kids are still young (5, 6, 9), so I have yet to fight most of those battles. But I've already told them they can wait to have their own mobile devices until they turn 16... We'll see if I can hold out.
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   by jpm_sd 8y ago

   As a parent who grew up with the internet (I'm 40), I am astonished that anyone allows their children to watch anything they want on YouTube. So much utter garbage.
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   by jpm_sd 8y ago

   A certain amount of cross-pollination is not unknown, either: https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/a21238129/seveneves...
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   by jpm_sd 8y ago

   That all seems right in line with your typical sci-fi dystopian worldview, though
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   by jpm_sd 8y ago

   I have used a few different system76 laptops with Ubuntu LTS pre-installed (you can opt-out of Pop!OS, whatever that is!). They've been just fine for my purposes. https://system76.com/laptops
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   by jpm_sd 8y ago

   I'm looking forward to the upcoming announcement of a Google game console in 2019 [0], and the subsequent announcement that it has been discontinued in 2022. [0] https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/03/al
8. 668.▲
   by jpm_sd 8y ago

   As an Xoogler, I can tell you that promising products that "will never be a billion-dollar business" get killed all the time. $100M in projected revenue? Yawn. Kill it.
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   by jpm_sd 8y ago

   TL;DR: looks like the raw data will be publicly available. Charts made using the raw data will probably be licensed or offered via subscription according to existing business models? ----- The FAQ page says: Where will all the data be store
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    by jpm_sd 8y ago

    We've come a long way since VRML [0] running in java applets! Re-live the experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eghlSdGvuC0 [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VRML
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    Zipline Emphasizes Safety with Delivery Drones in Preparation for US Operations(spectrum.ieee.org)

    2 points by jpm_sd 8y ago|0 comments
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    by jpm_sd 8y ago

    As a hardware engineer and sometimes product designer, I am interested in discussing the list of features with other people of a similar background. This isn't a review of the user experience (since I've never touched one of these
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    by jpm_sd 8y ago

    This was a fun read. I don't really 'get' the product, though. Lots of smart lightbulbs already on the market, with wakeup timer features etc. This is one you can pick up and carry around? Is that actually better? Those pogo
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    Building Robots That Can Go Where We Go(spectrum.ieee.org)

    5 points by jpm_sd 8y ago|0 comments
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    by jpm_sd 8y ago

    It's standard operating procedure. Declare success even as you're winding it down.
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    by jpm_sd 8y ago

    OK, I'm sold. I finally have to learn vi[m].
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    by jpm_sd 8y ago

    Ask yourself this: does the offer sound more like a legitimate business proposition, or more like a plotline from the Silicon Valley TV series?
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    by jpm_sd 8y ago

    Every job I've had since my first job has been through a personal referral, from people I have worked closely with in the past. Not from people I met at "networking" events.
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    by jpm_sd 8y ago

    > Google chief financial officer Ruth Porat pointed to sizable jumps in compensation for Other Bets employees and executives, with the total stock-based compensation now amounting to nearly $500 million for this past quarter. https:&#x2
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    by jpm_sd 8y ago

    Yes, we have a big lead weight in the keel. The southern ocean can occasionally have breaking waves over 50 feet tall!
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    by jpm_sd 8y ago

    Unfortunately, this never actually got built. (The video is dated 2014 and is entirely CG). My company is currently performing a very similar mission using an unmanned platform: http://www.saildrone.com/antarctica
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    by jpm_sd 8y ago

    Also, Larry and Sergey got obsessed with useless and irrelevant things. (Flying cars? Robot butlers? Airship yachts? Glass?)
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    by jpm_sd 8y ago

    These animals are also famous for their cube-shaped poop! https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/wombat-po...
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    by jpm_sd 8y ago

    I've been wondering lately if there is a profitable business model to be made out of this problem. Could you collect manure from giant dairies and hog farms, and use solar-thermal-assisted pyrolysis to break down harmful compounds and
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    by jpm_sd 8y ago

    This is all true. The biggest deal breaker for any kind of serious work is being constrained to two layers, routing is so much harder that way! Milled PCBs also have lousy surface quality which is incompatible with fine pitch parts.
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    by jpm_sd 8y ago

    Nope, the headlight of the future is a LIDAR on a self-driving vehicle.
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    by jpm_sd 8y ago

    Acronym explanation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_launching_system In general, this is not a super new idea, but it's interesting to see it getting a bit more traction. Here's another pair of articl
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    by jpm_sd 8y ago

    Single wire DC transmission is a solved problem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-wire_earth_return#In_HV... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-voltage_direct_current#Mo...
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    by jpm_sd 8y ago

    I have 3 kids in elementary school. So far my career advice plan for them is as follows: Pick something and try to get really good at it. If that doesn't work, pick something else. (Privileged, top 5%-er) parenting in 2019 is a constan
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    by jpm_sd 8y ago

    This is ridiculous. Good-enough solutions are here already. Daimler just issued purchase contracts for $20 BILLION worth of battery components! https://electrek.co/2018/12/11/daimler-billion-battery-cells...