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by rz2k 12y ago
An interesting point to consider is that `(speed of sound) * 67ms ~ 25yds`. A musician could elaborate on the challenges involved in playing in a large symphony orchestra, and yet it's accomplished.
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by rz2k 12y ago
Reading the title as it now provides interesting material for brief thought experiments. Since it isn't clear whether the judges tend to favor patent owners or those with new products and services that may infringe, one can imagine rea
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by rz2k 12y ago
The first two courses, which were formerly one, have great material and require a solid effort from students. However, I am under the impression that the schedule seems to have slipped a couple times for when later courses will be offered,
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by rz2k 13y ago
I think it is amazing how little strategy and disruption there seems to be in the industry. My dad is mostly retired, he rents out his office, but his secretary still comes into the office one afternoon a week. I didn't want to stress
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by rz2k 13y ago
Take a look at the older BBC "Connections" documentaries by James Burke.[1] They're really fascinating, however they have a strong editorial presence. In my view, like with Sagan's Cosmos, the presence of the series crea
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by rz2k 13y ago
Chirality refers to the type of twist. While the side of the cord that is inner or outer will stay the same, but if you're looking from one end toward the other, the cord will approach you in a clockwise or counter clockwise circles. P
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by rz2k 13y ago
You can get a tv tuner for your computer, and storage for what you record, to roll your own DVR for about $100, but it may be less of a hassle to pay $8/month.
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by rz2k 13y ago
"Arbeit" is a way to free yourself, but it isn't arbitration.
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by rz2k 13y ago
It will do pretty bad sitting if it is left out in the cold for a long time without being plugged in. As I understand it, it must heat its batteries to keep them from freezing, and if this power use completely runs down the battery or it fr
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by rz2k 13y ago
- I will use tax law as a political tool! And simultaneously, he talks as though he's on the side that thinks it matters whether Turkey is taken seriously.
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by rz2k 13y ago
I'm not sure how those two conclusions can be gleaned from this story. It is pretty safe to assume that Steve Wozniak was not pulling the same types of shenanigans. And, it's really too bad if the story serves to normalize such
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by rz2k 13y ago
Long before the music store existed, the iPod was entirely different than other MP3 players of the time. When I got the first iPod, I also had a Creative Nomad player that had a little more storage and a search function. However, the iPod o
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by rz2k 13y ago
It's an excellent term! It does capture why I am surprised that content distributors have lobbied against ISP favoritism. I want to believe that Netflix wants an entrepreneurial environment like the one that enabled their initial gro
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by rz2k 13y ago
I think that you are right when it comes to something like a negotiation between a business and a labor union. Both sides simply view it as an adversarial process, much like how lawyers represent their clients and presume the system will wo
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by rz2k 13y ago
And, if understood in that way, it is an instance where the term "pro-business" is a political ideology rather than an economic perspective. Historically the rationale for pro-business policies is that greater production creates m
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by rz2k 13y ago
Alluding to the New York Times article says that this combative strategy has worked. It's pretty clear that it was not a hit piece, but that has remained the common memory. After the initial public letter, further details revealed that
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by rz2k 13y ago
While it would be foolish to categorize companies as adhering to a messianic mission or being pragmatic and responsible to shareholders, since no company is entirely one or the other, it does affect the credibility as to how ideological suc
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by rz2k 13y ago
There's production and there's consumption. The allocation of that production and how it's consumed is dependent on the structure and the vagaries of the rules of all economies, regardless of which definition of meritocracy t
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by rz2k 13y ago
Relative to the entire population, humanity is more urbanized, but that seems irrelevant to me compared to how many single square miles on the earth's surface contain a human who is connected to the global community. While the decreas
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by rz2k 13y ago
If the distribution of meteors is perfectly even and all of the planes are parked next to each other in the desert, then the probability should be the same 4% expectation within the next 20 years of one of those parked aircraft being hit. W
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by rz2k 13y ago
The data are interesting on their own if you start with the idea that meteor strikes are random across centuries, but the information collection and preservation isn't. For instance, with two data points you might claim there were more
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by rz2k 13y ago
Somehow I imagine that Instagram for Squirrels necessarily includes a revolutionary AI system.
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by rz2k 13y ago
It makes sense that Dropbox wants to avoid the popularity that would come from being an easy way to distribute unauthorized content. However, takedown notices have been abused on YouTube to censor criticism, and dishonestly claim ownership.
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by rz2k 13y ago
Just to be clear, increasing demand implies shifting the demand curve rightward, and increases the price. The dynamics of economies of scale that we are familiar with are related to chance that suppliers can lower their marginal costs if
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by rz2k 13y ago
I first wrote geosynchronous and approximately geostationary, then decided it was too cumbersome. What sort of magnitude does the analemma have? Also is the effect amplified by it being a "bent pipe"? Even if it isn't intenti
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by rz2k 13y ago
Brooks Brothers calls theirs "Digital Tailoring", but apparently it is from an industry-sponsored company [TC]², and first offered by Levi's. If anything being sponsored by its industry, like a technology standards authority,
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by rz2k 13y ago
I thought it was geostationary rather than polar orbiting.
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by rz2k 13y ago
Ah, that makes a lot more sense, though nevertheless impressive precision on the part of the base station. However, given the corridors, it still seems like the suggestion is that the Doppler measurements said it was moving rightward or lef
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by rz2k 13y ago
What is a likely way for that to work with something launched in 1996? If the plane was going 50 MPH away or toward satellite, that's ~7e-8 * c. If I remember, the frequency would be shifted by a factor of the square root of (1 - 7e-8)
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by rz2k 13y ago
I'm taking a Coursera class on discrete optimization where the grading feedback depends on your implementation of canonical problems. Optimizing your problems with better heuristics get you a better score. Simply matching up like tiles

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