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   by pravda 11y ago

   Power requirements? What's in it... steppers, servos? "Guide the arm through a motion, which it replays flawlessly" -- ok, I assume it has servo motors with encoders. The motors are in the base with timing belts extending to
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   by pravda 11y ago

   OMG! It looks like someone used MY email address to sign up! (bonerman@gmail.com)
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   by pravda 11y ago

   Could Kodak have held a monopoly in digital cameras? Kodak had a monopoly on film. A virtual monopoly, Agfa and Fuji also made film but they did not pose much a threat to Kodak profits. And Kodak's monopoly profits were incredibly h
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   by pravda 11y ago

   I'm just gonna leave this here. https://youtu.be/0D62IX-Vd9g?t=69
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   by pravda 11y ago

   $0.10/hour? You think health insurance for a 2000 hour/year worker is $200? I think it is closer to $2-$3 per hour.
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   by pravda 11y ago

   I don't think it would pass emissions. Interestingly (?), Dr. Porsche 'borrowed' the design. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatra_97
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   by pravda 11y ago

   > What prospects will she see to be a hacker and escape being pigeon-holed as a sex object in a community and in offices full of young men? Well, if she doesn't get freakishly large breast implants, I think she'll be OK. http:
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   by pravda 11y ago

   Who cares? The mission of the F-35 was to get taxpayer money into the accounts of Lockheed Martin and its merry army of subcontractors. Mission accomplished!
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   Windshield Devices Bring Distracted Driving Debate to Eye Level(nytimes.com)

   1 points by pravda 11y ago|0 comments
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    by pravda 11y ago

    I still use Word 2000. Am I missing anything?
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    by pravda 11y ago

    Oh yeah. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_Ot1OEfk9I
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    by pravda 11y ago

    Did somebody get low SATs?
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    by pravda 11y ago

    Why was this submitted at all? There are affiliate links to Amazon, for the "recommended" products.
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    by pravda 12y ago

    I agree with everything you said, but I found most disturbing in the article was: "You can make a sneaker equally well in many parts of the world, but you can’t sell it for $300 unless you’ve built a story around it." So when Beat
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    by pravda 12y ago

    Bitcoin! At least that's what they tell me at /r/bitcoin.
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    by pravda 12y ago

    >It's one small step from making threats of physical violence to silence negative reporting. You gotta be kidding me! You really think that journalists should be able to write whatever false, defamatory nonsense they please, free fr
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    by pravda 12y ago

    I think you have to put "journalists" in quotes.
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    by pravda 12y ago

    http://www.batteryshowdown.com/ I get my alkaline AA's from Harbor Freight! $4 for 24. Never had a problem with them. Duracell is for suckers. Their slogan is "Duracell is the #1 trusted brand of parents, pharma
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    Using Cash and Pressure, China Builds Its Chip Industry(nytimes.com)

    7 points by pravda 12y ago|0 comments
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    by pravda 12y ago

    >life insurance has never paid out for suicide and doesn't now. In the USA, life insurance does cover suicide, as long as it is not within 2 years of the issue date.
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    by pravda 12y ago

    I wish we had this in America, for certain jobs. For example, Police Officers. Male police officers should be required to be at least six feet tall. Don't need no short cops. (Let the downvoting commence!)
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    by pravda 12y ago

    >A large proportion of the expense of this mission goes to paying the wages of domestic scientists and engineers in India. >This money will in turn get taxed and spent by the recipients and pumped back into the local economy. Your fal
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    by pravda 12y ago

    So how much do they cost? Ballpark figure. $3k? $10k?
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    by pravda 12y ago

    >According to Pravda, stocks always go up. I don't remember saying that.
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    by pravda 12y ago

    "I then had detailed talks with an injection molding consultant. I was quoted around 50k for all the molding all up.." I think you can have an injection mold made for a lot less in China. Maybe 5-10K? Anyone have accurate number
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    by pravda 12y ago

    Australia gets it right! There are plenty of uses for small high-powered magnets. So you can legally buy them. You just can't sell them as playthings. Australia only bans them if they: "are marketed by the supplier as, or suppli
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    by pravda 12y ago

    I am saying, if you need round magnets for some technical use, you can always buy direct from China. http://www.dx.com/s/magnet+spheres It is better if it is more difficult to buy them. Kinda like hi-powered lasers.
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    by pravda 12y ago

    Was I the only one happy about Buckyballs being shut down? https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=S7Tk... That guy was an uber-douche. I think the difference between the magnets and skateboards, bicycle
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    by pravda 12y ago

    No, details from discovery are not private. But Personal Audio is lying in their press release. They want to drop the case because Carolla is fighting back.
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    by pravda 12y ago

    Civil War, World War II, and more! http://chronicle.nytlabs.com/?keyword=assault.attack Ok, what happened in 1871?