kenrikm

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by kenrikm 12y ago
Generally It's not enough to live on. However there is a thriving black market, prostitution or just "hooking up" with wealthy foreigners is common. For example a bartender at a resort will likely have his/her own bottle
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by kenrikm 12y ago
Id like to point out, that if they are making a decent wage it's almost certainly illegally in context to Cuba's laws. (My wife is from Cuba, she has many of her family still living there)
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by kenrikm 12y ago
Not sure where that 2.8million users number comes from as there is no way ~20% of Cubans have internet service. (11.2mil population) Unless they count being able to get online with censored connections from some schools as having internet?
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by kenrikm 12y ago
I'm not sure that's feasible. I've been flying multi-rotors for quit some time and if you lose a motor on a quad it's nearly instantaneously on a collision course with the ground. Y-6 or Hexacopter would be more feasible
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by kenrikm 12y ago
I understand the reason they did it, though I think they should have done this way earlier. This seems to send a negative signal that you're not growing as fast and want to keep your cards close.
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by kenrikm 12y ago
You could always buy 10 of the $600 printer sure there is more overhead but the effective bandwidth is increased. Unless you just need a single cup, however you could be printing multiple cup designs at the same time and if one machine goes
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by kenrikm 12y ago
there are certainly cheaper options if you're willing to wait just a bit longer for example OSH Park, $5 Sq/in for 3 copies 12 Day turn around.
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by kenrikm 12y ago
Interesting, I like that it uses a NTM brushless motor from HobbyKing. Really cheap and easy to replace.
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by kenrikm 12y ago
Yeah but the right to use land they are building on was a granted Monopoly by the local governments. If you buy all the land, install all the poles and run all the cable, sure you should be able to do whatever you want with what you build.
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by kenrikm 12y ago
Flying from known point A to known Landing Zone B via Multi-Rotor is actually a relatively routine task given current tech as you can buy a 3DR Iris for ~$750 and it will (relatively) reliably do just that. However add in unknown landing zo
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by kenrikm 12y ago
Try HSC Electronic Supply.. down in San Jose That'll really blow your mind. Edit: I just clicked the link and realized that is the same place lol, yeah it is awesome.
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by kenrikm 12y ago
Feasible? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOZBrHqTJk4
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by kenrikm 12y ago
Well not all the acquisitions were bad.. ViaWeb ;-)
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by kenrikm 12y ago
You can fly a pretty good distance in 18min @30-40mph (Napkin Math - somewhere in the 10mile one way range) it would be reasonable to speculate they were within 10km as they still had a way to go to get across the border but that's sti
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by kenrikm 12y ago
Having flown many fixed wing and multi-rotors of sizes small to large fixed wing tends to require more skill to pilot and are harder to get autonomous landing right (a bad reading from the barometer on landing and you're toast) at leas
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by kenrikm 12y ago
You can quite easily build a drone capable of flying for many miles with a 2.7kg Payload for 2-3K. Indeed $10,000 would buy you a very, very nice setup. If they wanted to go the plane route a Mugin will do 15kg and still be under 10k [1] [1
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by kenrikm 12y ago
Like Android.. haha. Seriously this is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever read that was not a April Fools Joke.
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by kenrikm 12y ago
Being an Accredited Investor (in the US) is 1Mil in net worth not including the value of your primary house. Indeed that seems to exclude most "poor people" I know
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by kenrikm 12y ago
Balloons can actually go much higher (not sure on the rules with balloons) but UAV's are limited to 400ft AGL and not within 5miles of an airport by the FAA.
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by kenrikm 12y ago
"Didn't get good landing/impact video. Pitch dark and foggy. Will piece it together from telemetry and ... actual pieces." https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/553857574005915648
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by kenrikm 12y ago
Looked like normal ice buildup.
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by kenrikm 12y ago
I've been using Freesound since at least 2008 and it's an awesome resource. Interesting to see it posted here is there something that has changed with the site or is this more of a FYI?
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by kenrikm 12y ago
I can imagine that this is how it feels when you go from a few people in a apartment/basement/house to a company with an office and eventually acquisition. (I've only been through two of the three so far) Regardless of how cl
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by kenrikm 12y ago
Deceleration is going to happen regardless since you're coming down from much thinner air. The plane would most likely rip apart long before hitting said target, Mach 5 at Sea level does not do good things to airframes.
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by kenrikm 12y ago
Also: http://www.banggood.com/Wholesale-New-6-In-1-Educational-Sol... Though beware BangGood takes a LONG time to stuff to the US from the China Warehouse.
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by kenrikm 12y ago
Even on your standard car seats can usually be swapped out in under an hour (Four bolts per seat, disconnect one power cable - Reverse to reinstall) carpet + seats takes longer but still only a 3-4 hour job when I've done it in the pas
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by kenrikm 12y ago
Not sure about that being feasible to detect things of that nature with this system. For example you can build a mini quadcopter (size of a bird) weighing 5-800gms that can provide 2+KG of thrust. Back of the napkin math says a 400gm m67 gr
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by kenrikm 12y ago
I've heard meal worms thrown around as having potential as a protein base, however I think the thought of plant based burgers much easier to stomach (pun!)
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by kenrikm 12y ago
The Bay Area is pretty awesome however the housing prices are not, I would say it's the single biggest issue here. I've been told my $2000/mo Rent for a 500Sqft 1Br Apartment in San Mateo is a "good deal".. to contr
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by kenrikm 12y ago
Replacing undamaged body parts is orders of magnitude easier then replacing something that's been in a crash. Most bumpers or fenders can be removed in under an hour and install time is similar. (Source: I worked at a body shop while I

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