morganw

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by morganw 5y ago
There were maker spaces before TechShop (Noisebridge) that still exist and new spaces do open up, for example Maker Nexus https://www.makernexus.com/our-story
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by morganw 6y ago
besides commercial aviation, Boeing (which swallowed Douglas and McDonnell Aircraft, Rocketdyne, etc.) is the second largest defense contractor in the world. It's too critical to be allowed to fail. Intel and Global Foundries have th
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by morganw 6y ago
Let's just hope that if Intel's position is protected because of its strategic importance in the tug of war, it doesn't become another Boeing.
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by morganw 6y ago
> puerto rican nationalists stormed the capitol and shot congressmen in 1954;... we somehow managed to persist without restricting civil liberties both times. Because Puerto Rico already had the Ley de la Mordaza since 1948. Also Pedro
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by morganw 6y ago
I work at a company going hard on diversity and inclusion and they haven't gone even a baby step towards asking us to empathize with the grievances of people who feel fascism is the only thing that can help them. Empathy isn't the
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by morganw 6y ago
In case you need to do something personal that can't wait until you get home. More of an issue with a longer commute. Might have to pop down to a local coffee shop or use the personal phone's hotspot to avoid using corp net. I&#
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by morganw 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_cell#Library "A standard cell library is a collection of low-level electronic logic functions such as AND, OR, INVERT, flip-flops, latches, and buffers. " I think SRAMs
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by morganw 6y ago
> Temperature-screening might catch a few people who... are going to "tough it out". And cause others with symptoms to stay home in the first place with the fear that they'll be caught, wasting the trip (e.g. to LAX in LA
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by morganw 6y ago
Watch how much effort it takes to adjust trim with the motors disabled https://youtu.be/xixM_cwSLcQ?t=1106 It's good that MCAS will now disable itself without having to disable the trim motors completely. I wish they&
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by morganw 6y ago
> gradual escalation Part of the reason for the quick escalation is that (American) cops are taught things like the Tueller Drill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwHYRBNc9r8 that claims that an attacker can close 21 feet
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by morganw 7y ago
Flight crew did all the right things and saved the aircraft and passengers. Brilliant improvisation saved the day and the tale made better with post-incident interviews: 'Moody described it [glide slope calculation] as "a bit lik
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by morganw 7y ago
It's time for a careful analysis by a qualified cryptographer of how key escrow weakens the protections encryption is supposed to afford. Schneier does conclude his post with a general "weakening encryption does more harm than goo
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by morganw 7y ago
Rube Goldberg had a predecessor. The machine that came before Colossus at Bletchley was named Heath Robinson after him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Heath_Robinson
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by morganw 7y ago
That was my first thought- Williams' Notice of Demurrer claims they were intercepted, but the complaint just quotes some texts without saying how they were obtained. I hope for transparency in this matter.
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by morganw 7y ago
A lot of the discovery was never redacted & released; it remains under seal. I think there was more going on like a courtesy "we're going to hire your person. You want us to turn them down & earn a chit for the future?&q
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by morganw 8y ago
My cardiologist is saying that it's not a big deal for me to be in afib 4% of the time with the longest lasting 3 hours 10 mins over a 2 week period. I haven't had a stroke or transient ischemic attack previously, don't hav
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by morganw 8y ago
After watching Mentour Pilot's demo correcting for runaway trim in a 737 simulator, it seems like a switch that cuts out computer (autopilot, auto-speed, MCAS) control of the elevator trim motors, but keeps the column switches working
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by morganw 8y ago
from the article: "Did my Apple Watch save my life? I think in my case, that’s a bit of an overstatement." Thanks to an Apple Watch w/ ECG, I now have a cardiologist, too. My A-fib burden is only 4% and at my age without dia
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by morganw 8y ago
"uses the MKV and WEBM containers" Maybe, but not exclusively VP9: https://www.webmproject.org/vp9/mp4/ (uses 'vp09' & 'vpcC' in the stsd) AV1: https://aomedia.org&#x2F
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by morganw 8y ago
By giving that party another key. Key escrow is even harder to implement than regular security, but it is in use. FileVault on macOS and Mobile Device Management for iOS have Institutional Recovery Keys already implemented. https:/
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by morganw 8y ago
The Yamaha Disklavier has a floppy library. Hal Leonard still sells Pianosoft https://www.halleonard.com/search/search.action?menuid=3984&... There were also diskettes with standard MIDI files voiced for General M
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by morganw 8y ago
> 25 km/h top speed In California, mopeds can go 30 MPH (48.3km/h). I think it's 25 or 30 in most US states. The GenZe has 4 horsepower which is the CA limit (used to be 2) but some states only specify displacement as 49
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by morganw 9y ago
> very pricey made in america brands, or very cheap made in China brands Trek, Specialized and Cannondale all manufacture in China. Waterford and Vanilla don't make electric bikes. Even Stromer, with $10k bikes, only does final
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by morganw 10y ago
> aptX support ... iPhone Nope, but "iOS devices support the non-mandatory codec MPEG-2/4 AAC, as defined in Section 4.5 of the A2DP specification, Version 1.2.Accessories should use the AAC codec in addition to SBC, because it
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by morganw 11y ago
How do you know that employee-initiated applications & interviews weren't stopped by recruiters calling back & forth "OK to hire this guy?". The only reason the "no cold calling" agreement was made public w
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by morganw 12y ago
They also let the carriers customize the UI and control how subscribers could access advanced services and software (games). Remember BREW?
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by morganw 12y ago
In Los Gatos http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_codes_408_and_669#Los_Gato... , the copper network is all there is. I can get DSL with up to 3Mbps. I have a cell phone and cable modem.
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by morganw 12y ago
OP has both problems and while the former seems like the big one, it's really just the first one. Introverts don't need a lot of friends, just a few really good ones. Making those strong connections by staying engaged really is
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by morganw 12y ago
Holy crap- automated wire-wrapping. I used a wire-wrapped Lisp Machine in 1984 like this one: https://plus.google.com/+DrewFustini/posts/Vfe6TsXVpZW Zaphod and Arthur were made available to us. Arthur crashed mo
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by morganw 12y ago
no federal money used: http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20110705/wire/107051072... "California decided not to apply for federal funding for the project because the "Buy America" provisos wo

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