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by kqr2 11y ago
If you like the article, the author Tim Wescott went on to write an entire book on applied control theory for embedded systems: http://smile.amazon.com/Applied-Control-Embedded-Systems-Tec...
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by kqr2 11y ago
Another tongue-in-cheek metric we like to joke about is Nobel prizes/house, i.e. how many Nobel prizes you would have to win to afford a home. Recent Nobel prize award was about $1.2 million. Median prices in Palo Alto is about $2.4 m
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From http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2015/05/22/san_franciscos_medi... Median rent is now $4,225 in San Francisco.
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From http://abc7news.com/news/nonprofit-group-hoping-to-save-buen... The City of Palo Alto and Santa Clara County each has pledged $8 million toward purchasing the park from a private owner. Although $16 m
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For reference, this post and discussion started in the thread about getting a thorough CS background online and its employability aspects: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9551239 In particular: https://news.
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SF also needs to study how its own city policy affects housing stock. From http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2014/12/23/sf_now_has_more_tha... : Although SF has 50000 housing units in the pipeline, it suppos
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by kqr2 11y ago
Here's a little more info on the nanomotor which Bill McLellan built to win one of Feynman's prizes: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3785509.stm Amazingly he was able to build the mot
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by kqr2 12y ago
Actually Richard Stallman's view is a little more nuanced. From http://interviews.slashdot.org/story/14/05/05/2012218/richar... : The case of the toaster is very clear: we can't tell,
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A "libre" system is a truly free system which the FSF and Richard Stallman endorses: https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html
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Republic Wireless has been doing hybrid wifi / cell calling for some time: https://republicwireless.com/ Their unlimited 3G plan is $25. Republic Wireless is owned by Bandwidth.com which also manages Google Voice numbe
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There is also a quirky documentary about a Japanese professor who searches for Einstein's brain: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0192519/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relics:_Einstein%27s_Bra
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This is a good editorial on trying to develop housing in the Mission: How San Francisco creates its own housing crisis http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/openforum/article/How-San-Fran... It took 6 long years wi
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What 800 Nerds on a Cruise Ship Taught Me About Life, the Universe (2014)(wired.com)
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I guess this would be useful with Amazon's free unlimited cloud photo storage.
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http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/the-ipod-of-prison The Sony SRF-39FP is the "ipod of prison". It has good reception and runs on a single AA battery for 40 hours.
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I wish there were more details on the project. Do employees sign a lease? Do they have normal SF tenant rights?
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Wearable Reference Platform(warpboard.org)
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For reference he is reverse engineering the Dream Cheeky USB Mini RC Car: http://www.amazon.com/Dream-Cheeky-USB-Mini-Car/dp/B000XGQ9L...
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Hardware Trends 2015(slideshare.net)
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Google has tried to build housing in Mountain View multiple times but their plans have been rejected: http://www.mv-voice.com/print/story/2012/07/13/google-housin... In general, it's much easie
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The Best Language for Math (2014)(wsj.com)
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In a somewhat related issue, many of these financial firms will recruit top science & engineering talent at competitive universities. In some sense, it would have been better if these people had just studied finance to begin with since
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Don't Be a Stanford Asshole(48hillsonline.org)
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For a fascinating look at one of the masters of card manipulation, see Secrets of the Magus : http://rickyjay.com/NewYorker_RickyJay.pdf There was also a recent documentary on Ricky Jay (available on Netflix) called Dece
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For deleted scenes and outtakes, check out her blog: http://www.elanapritchard.com/2014/12/jail-comics-deleted-sc...
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Not open source, but a popular piece of software for converting 3d models to paper: http://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/
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M-discs claim to last up to 1000 years: http://www.mdisc.com/what-is-mdisc/
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Best Science Books of 2014(sciencefriday.com)
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The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering [pdf](mitpress.mit.edu)
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Also recommend Ecstasy of Order : The Tetris Masters in which he briefly appears to kickoff the competition. http://watch.ecstasyoforder.com/ http://www.hulu.com/watch/429491

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