marsRoverDev

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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
You could say the same thing about the UK government's equivalent, which I would argue is somewhat of an influence on 18F (though I'm not an insider). They actively open source their work, this being a great example of it: https:
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
Australia is too car dependent, these tolls will slowly help wean us off that and will eventually result in good public transport for all. When you live in a city where the balance has shifted from cars to public transport, your life gets b
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
Because said system would be very heavy, and probably on balance it would result in more crashes due to an increased number of failure modes.
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
It'll be more costly for them if the EU ban all combustion consumer vehicles and VW are left unable to sell to the european market. That is beside the point that the author of this article will be on the wrong side of history.
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
Either way, you probably don't want to be using a name that implies failure on the part of the person who started the project.
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
It's worth noting that they hash their email lists and upload those. They are never given access to a list of the list of people on facebook who share those addresses.
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
I think that the best solution here would be for the major players to go dark together for a day or two. No Google, no Bing, no WhatsApp, no Facebook. I say this as an Australian developer who relies on these services to communicate with fa
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
Full retail price in china is 1,999 RMB ($289-300). Wholesale on Alibaba for more than 300 is $153USD per scooter. Bird probably manages to get a further $25-30 off that, so perhaps as low as $120 per scooter, plus perhaps $10 for the bird
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
Does anyone have a source for confiscated Bird scooters in europe? I would definitely buy a Xiaomi M365 from a government/police auction and do this mod if possible; for now, it seems like they are being welcomed with open arms though.
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
In most cases, it is possible to convey the same information in a concise manner to the average person. Just like with math, I get the impression that sometimes the level of jargon/legalese used is an attempt to differentiate oneself f
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
I have never heard any complaints in real life, only praise. Gov.uk is brilliant for the same reason facebook beat myspace; it's clean and predictable design which focuses on functionality.
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
This place is wonderful - for someone like me who works with languages like C, but is quite young it was very valuable to be able to see how programming with older machines worked - and seeing the progression of things like Vi/Vim etc.
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
The ability to modify memory contents is pretty much universal; you can modify things like eeprom contents, the RAM, hard drive, etc. There is no differentiation between critical and non-critical; it's all just fairly critical. Ground
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
You are right, they have redudnancy in all cases - but it isn't usually software written by multiple teams with different hardware.
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
I think that in some cases it's simply due to the launch schedules being more optimistic than reality; the hardware has to be done, but the software development doesn't necessarily have to stop once you launch the thing.
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
Yes, we can send commands to the spacecraft once it's up there to do thing like modify memory or hard drive contents directly, turn on/off or command payloads and equipment. The full list is pretty exhaustive - anything you could
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
There is usually a piece of software running on the machine which basically just does this - allows you to command an image upload to the SSD, do a checksum of the file, then install it if all goes well. There is also usually a simpler vers
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
This redundant software and hardware setup typically isn't necessary when humans aren't involved. The space shuttle system is similar to what you will find on a Boeing or Airbus aircraft. Redundant software, written by different p
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
C/C++ is fine as long as you adhere to coding standards like MISRA and you thoroughly test it . Our code for example, is unit tested, then we have java tests running on a server-based simulator, then other independently written java t
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
The hardware we use for non-earth stuff is effectively arduino-level (ok, maybe not exactly - but on the order of 70-100Mhz) because of the constraints put upon it by the radiation hardened hardware. Writing python is a trade-off between co
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
NASA / ESA epoch is 1 January 1958: https://public.ccsds.org/Pubs/301x0b4e1.pdf
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
If NASA are anything like us, their epoch is January 1, 1958: https://public.ccsds.org/Pubs/301x0b4e1.pdf
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
I think there is a balance when it comes to unions - a point where they are very much necessary, and a point where they are a burden upon society. If workers in general are being underpaid, I think they are justified. But then you have othe
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
Why is this term so familiar to people on HN but like OP I cannot find a single reference to it on Google...
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
I can vouch for this - had my charger overnighted in a foreign country free of charge. I used to be able to rely on Apple to put this kind of effort in, but I don't think I would be able to today. Dell are really trying.
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
On the flip side, some countries really need these places - Australia being a key example. The Australian Postal Service even runs their own in the US, in order to allow australians to order from the likes of amazon: https://shop
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
I will reconsider the UK as a place to live and work if / when it goes through as I have both British and European nationality. I believe that it is already having a negative impact on the industry as there has been a definite slow dow
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
Similar - the facility in Stevenage; there's a sand dune in a warehouse next to the station on the left hand side (when travelling towards cambridge).
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
We use ada for older projects, I think the move to C was precipitated by the fact that it's hard to hire for ADA and there is not that much external support. C + MISRA + extensive testing plugs the gaps.
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by marsRoverDev 8y ago
For reference, I used to be in web/mobile dev before working with OP. You can always transfer over, as to be honest a lot of the skills are transferable. That said, space code has its own versions of webpack dependency hell...

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