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by rrmm 11y ago
Check out section 10.3 in posted article. The short of it is that lots of physical observables in nature are derivatives of things. So if the underlying thing contains a constant term, it goes away. Because it goes away, you are free to c
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by rrmm 11y ago
Gauge transformations in physical theories can lead to possibly unpalatable conclusions if you believe a certain way. It certainly wouldn't be the first time. Mostly, people just get used to it and live with "Nature is a perverse
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by rrmm 11y ago
Is your objection here based on just the denotation of the word? What's your preferred definition? Are you coming at it from a legal definition (e.g. Black's) or other specific context? I think the word broadly works in this sit
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by rrmm 11y ago
The definition of censor is "to examine books, movies, letters, etc., in order to remove things that are considered to be offensive, immoral, harmful to society, etc.", right? Github is censoring content on their site according to
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by rrmm 11y ago
AI has gone through the same sort of buzzword treadmill and even programming in general. Only after living through a few cycles does it really become obvious how cyclic these sorts of trends are. I'm trying to work on being less jaded
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by rrmm 11y ago
iirc, too low, and too much vibration.
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by rrmm 11y ago
ctrl-k ctrl-y ?
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by rrmm 12y ago
Your hash function is fast! So it's got that going for it.
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by rrmm 12y ago
IMO, the garbage collection (along with optimization) is the most interesting part of implementing a lisp.
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by rrmm 12y ago
As much as programmers are responsible for making computers as impenetrable as possible for normal folks to understand. And let's not even get started with the mathematicians. We all know that when stuff gets down to the details, thing
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by rrmm 12y ago
The power supply output 12, 5, -5, -12 volts. -5v rail was for the DRAM.
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by rrmm 12y ago
if.
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by rrmm 12y ago
Traditionally, they use ullage motors, right? ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ullage_motor ). Perhaps they could dock with it a little harder than is strictly necessary or use a maneuvering thruster burn. It seems like it
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by rrmm 12y ago
That's what it looked like to me. I wonder what they wanted from that shot; looking for slosh, remaining fuel, or how the remainder of the fuel influences the momentum of the craft after engine cut-off? If it's something operatio
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by rrmm 12y ago
Robots cost money to build and maintain. Eventually if enough people are displaced from their jobs by their use, the cost of labor will drop. At some point it will make it cheaper to employ people, than use robots for a given task. (That
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by rrmm 12y ago
They are the big government they claim to want to eliminate.
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by rrmm 12y ago
Can you say anything about where you are on the path towards silicon implementation or is it all still under wraps?
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by rrmm 12y ago
Electrons don't do much flowing in circuits either. The drift velocity is something on the order of 1meter/hr.
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by rrmm 12y ago
They seem to be having consistent results (modulo the landings), so it's almost safe to take a successful launch for granted (at least for people like us who are just watching).
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by rrmm 12y ago
That's definitely more like it. 256k is a reasonable chunk. Although at $20 and 144LQFP, it's a pricey and kind of chunky part. It exists though which is nice. How does mRuby do GC; does it ref count? I don't think lisps
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by rrmm 12y ago
I've used those too. Having to wire up the 'LS373 latch was always annoying though.
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by rrmm 12y ago
I'm interested in this too. What I've been wanting is a single chip solution. I've designed various systems based on arm7 chips, but my naive lisp implementations barely fit any usable system into the onboard RAM (~90k). I&#
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by rrmm 12y ago
This is an advert for Thompson Reuters' services. The copy borders on gobbldygook.
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by rrmm 12y ago
Ahh, thanks, that makes so much more sense! It seems that 5kW inverters have efficiencies around 97% which is pretty good. I wonder if they could print the micro-inverters as part of the panel manufacture and then just add the caps and in
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by rrmm 12y ago
It's hard to tell if one is even in the intended audience. A smaller inverter? What are the specs on the current one...how much improvement is necessary...how long does it need to last? Do I need access to a semiconductor fab? I can
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by rrmm 12y ago
another usecase I've encountered is a single system hosting multiple users running persistent desktops remotely via x2go or tigervnc.
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by rrmm 13y ago
The complexity is not horrible as far as communications protocols go. Anyone know what working implementations exist currently? Ideally, it'd be nice to see actual real world data showing the benefits over http 1.1.
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by rrmm 13y ago
woo, in atl and went to GT, just saying hi!
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by rrmm 13y ago
This is basically why they created the flight director. http://www.flyingmag.com/wonder-flight-director With it you get the hands-on feeling of flying the plane with the precision of AP/ILS information.
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by rrmm 13y ago
Here's an article from analog devices (who make the AD620 used in the article) http://www.analog.com/library/analogdialogue/archives/37-11/... It has some background as well as an example circuit wi

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