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by rrmm 14y ago
To me, the question implied that the design of the suit would have to overcome that problem; but I can see it either way. Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reentry , there is a section on an inflatable heat shield launched on a sound
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by rrmm 14y ago
At the start of the jump you're already going about 27000 km/h (ISS orbital velocity). The falling part of the problem isn't the hard part.
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by rrmm 14y ago
I've never found autorouters to be all that useful. I've always found their results awkward at best. I also find routing by hand to be sort of relaxing.
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by rrmm 14y ago
I've always used the Basic service from http://www.apcircuits.com/ for my one-offs. It's pretty cheap and quick.
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by rrmm 14y ago
They can also use the the Java VM or CLR as those are both stack machines.
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by rrmm 14y ago
I threw together something like this using scraps I had around. Instead of using cardboard though, I used a piece of acrylic for the base. Then I got a couple of those blank expansion slot covers from the backs of PC cases, and bent them t
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by rrmm 14y ago
The educational system is fond of taking things to extremes. Lockhart's Lament (www.maa.org/devlin/lockhartslament.pdf) probably applies equally well here. Kids need to know why humans write, and the joy that can be derived through self-ex
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by rrmm 14y ago
http://www.scribd.com/doc/106190890/PersonalWeb-Technologies...
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by rrmm 14y ago
There's no implication here that Apple is ripping you off. It's just a calculation of the cost of the BoM which gives industry analysts an idea of Apple's bottom line.
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by rrmm 14y ago
I've seen some bit-banged USB interfaces (ie using gpio and discrete level shifting) on avr's and pic's. It was a very neat hack, if very very wrong.
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by rrmm 14y ago
I think most of the issue will disappear when intel issues a clarification. I suspect they meant that linux support wasn't currently available in the kernel for chip level features.
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by rrmm 14y ago
I've been using the Atmel ARM parts for awhile and they're pretty nice. For some reason I can't explain, I would really love a single chip with an MMU/enough RAM to run linux in a QFP/QFN package so I could hand solder it. I doubt there's
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by rrmm 14y ago
They're mostly used to avoid the overhead of a function call. The inline keyword is a recent addition. I saw some examples in the klib code where macros are used to generate boilerplate code, generating functions.
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by rrmm 14y ago
I hope a lot more research is put into this subject to find out. It's something that can greatly improve people's lives. More effort thus far has been put into figuring out how to overcome people's willpower and induce them to make poor de
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by rrmm 14y ago
From scanning that paper, I'm guessing that talking about willpower as a limited resource causes those in that group to assume that willpower is not only limited but small and about to run out as well. So for example, if one were to talk ab
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by rrmm 14y ago
good set of notes, thanks.
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by rrmm 14y ago
I think it's not just slogging through it, but associating the slogging through it with success. That is at the end to enjoy slogging through it, or at least embrace it as part of the process. That way you don't have to delay gratificatio
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by rrmm 14y ago
opportunity for entrepreneurs: build things to help people be what they want
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by rrmm 14y ago
The author of http://www.structuredprocrastination.com/ is the author of the linked wsj article.
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by rrmm 14y ago
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-06-linear-algebra-... I agree, it's very useful. He gives nice explanations of some of the decompositions and why they're useful.
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by rrmm 14y ago
All that stuff works, if you choose your hardware carefully. I've used both apple laptops and now netbooks with linux with great success. The proliferation of hardware using PVR based video chips has been a pain though. No denying hardwa
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by rrmm 14y ago
Yes, the Linux world should stop obsessing about mobile and tablets, since they've basically already lost that battle. Android is doing ok I think. Or do you just mean linux with a gnu/unix userland?
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by rrmm 14y ago
It seems like the API could probably be replicated in glu or glut, so people who just want the fixed pipeline could get it easily.
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by rrmm 14y ago
> More than weird, will a 'tweet' have relevance 50 years from now? Even a social network? Seems using things that have a temporal cultural context is a bit iffy. I don't think Knuth is under any illusions about staying relevant: The
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by rrmm 14y ago
I would have preferred a .dvi! (font embedding issues notwithstanding).
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by rrmm 14y ago
On page 29, Knuth says, "We can regard both variables and clauses as active agents, who continually tweet to their neighbors in this social network." This in the context of statistical physics. Seeing Knuth talk about tweets feels weird. On
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by rrmm 14y ago
same for me...i'm using ff on linux, flash runs in a process called plugin-container. you can even kill it, which just kills the flash content in browser pages.
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by rrmm 14y ago
I think it's hugely important to learn how to interact with VCS for software development. It makes backing up easier, it makes debugging easier, it makes releasing software easier. It is a necessary skill in the professional world. Curren
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by rrmm 14y ago
I started with BASIC on a TRS-80 and then C64. When I first saw QBasic, I was a bit offended they took out the line numbers...I mean, how is one supposed to program without line numbers?!
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by rrmm 14y ago
The guy in the article mentions having trouble figuring out how to change the brightness using the non-OSD controls. As great as LCD monitors are, the one thing I miss about CRT's is having an analogue brightness control. It made it really

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