rodburch

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   by rodburch 17y ago

   hacker news :)
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   by rodburch 17y ago

   lol are we the only two ppl on this article who actually know anything about computers? all the other comments seem to have been written by my mom. did u bust a gut at all that "peeling back the layers" so she could start replacing windows
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   by rodburch 17y ago

   gag. i fled here from reddit after fleeing digg a year or so back. i feel like i am being followed.
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   by rodburch 17y ago

   "Which is a sign of how efficient the educational system has been, and the propaganda system, in simply destroying even our awareness of our own immediate intellectual background." lord god the sky is falling. my response to ridiculous stat
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   by rodburch 18y ago

   just enough to appreciate it. i didn't have the math skills to be a controls engineer, but i did design electromagnetic devices for a while, and totally envied the controls people who got to tie all the pieces together - electrical, electro
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   by rodburch 18y ago

   as many others have said, until the internet is as reliable and secure as my desktop, it will not replace my desktop, only augment it. the security challenge can be met. the reliability challenge will be around for a while.
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   by rodburch 18y ago

   i'm impressed by your brevity. a lost art for sure. real-time control is one place where science is beautiful and fun.