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by scrlk 3y ago
Brian Douglas produced a decent set of lectures on control systems, I found them to be quite useful during my degree: https://www.youtube.com/@ControlLectures
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by scrlk 3y ago
> Apple has booked nearly 90% of chip supplier TSMC's first-generation 3-nanometer process capacity this year No surprise, the N3B ("first gen") process has bad economics and poor yields. Everyone else is waiting for N3E,
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by scrlk 3y ago
You can work around this by starting a fresh instance of Excel. Run -> "Excel.exe /x"
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by scrlk 3y ago
> As a consumer you can't in the UK choose to be fully exposed to price fluctuations, which would completely destroy you. You can choose to be partially exposed, it's very expensive right now, but can be cheaper in some periods
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by scrlk 4y ago
The MIDAS [0] system used to set dynamic speed limits can make for some frustrating driving. A few weeks back I had a journey on the M42 at evening rush hour where the dynamic speed limit was frequently cycling between NSL -> 60 -> 50
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by scrlk 4y ago
> I think some people (not suggesting you) don’t seem to recognise that in congestion, 3 lanes actually provide more capacity than 1, and that it’s not possible or logical to stick to the left lane at all times/conditions. Rule 268
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by scrlk 4y ago
From the BBC News article on smart motorways being scrapped, smart motorways can fall in to three categories: * controlled, which have a permanent hard shoulder, but use technology such as variable speed limits to adjust traffic flows * dyn
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by scrlk 4y ago
> It seems like mechanics really don't like digging into the electrical part of the car Probably worth taking it to an auto electrician, rather than a mechanic.
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by scrlk 4y ago
FWIW, I recently purchased a pack of Kirkland Signature T-shirts from Costco, which were made in Ethiopia. It's the first time I've noticed my clothing coming from Africa.
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by scrlk 4y ago
For NSIP projects, there's already a single government body (Planning Inspectorate) that is in charge of the process. Agreed, the process needs to get a lot quicker for all infrastructure projects.
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by scrlk 4y ago
Mainly due to NIMBYism and planning/environment laws becoming more complex. E.g. to get a 132+ kV circuit constructed you need to go through the DCO/NSIP process which takes many years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
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by scrlk 4y ago
A large proportion of the UK's coal power stations were clustered in the Trent Valley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megawatt_Valley Over the last few years, lots of renewable generation and storage projects have
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by scrlk 4y ago
Once you've finished re-reading, here's the reverse version: > There were a lot of things we couldn't do in a Cessna 172, but we were some of the slowest guys on the block and loved reminding our fellow aviators of this fa
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by scrlk 4y ago
It's a shame that the book that this story came from - Sled Driver by Brian Shul - is out of print. The SR-71 speed check story is another good read: https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/Aircraft/Stories/sr-71-bla
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by scrlk 4y ago
https://archive.is/5km1E
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Do Kwon Charged with Fraud by US Prosecutors in New York(bloomberg.com)
2 points by scrlk 4y ago|1 comments
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Arm seeks to raise prices ahead of hotly anticipated IPO(ft.com)
3 points by scrlk 4y ago|1 comments
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by scrlk 4y ago
https://archive.is/ao3An
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by scrlk 4y ago
BTC going up is probably due to Binance converting $1 bn of stablecoins: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/03/13/binance-will-con... That's a lot of buying pressure.
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by scrlk 4y ago
Latest dot plot (page 4, PDF): https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/files/fomcproj... Of note - no cuts planned for this year.
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Federal Reserve to increase interest rates by 25 basis points(federalreserve.gov)
45 points by scrlk 4y ago|10 comments
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by scrlk 4y ago
> There is a concept in the armed forces for making decisions in a given timeframe (struggling to find a source for this). OODA loop? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OODA_loop
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by scrlk 4y ago
Money printer go brrr to the tune of $300 billion: https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/bst_recenttren... They've undone half of the quantitative tightening that's been going on in the last year.
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San Francisco’s Banking Panic of 1855(tontinecoffeehouse.com)
3 points by scrlk 4y ago|0 comments
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by scrlk 4y ago
Is it still a 1/5th of the cost if you have to factor in storage?
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by scrlk 4y ago
Will using the right version of memcpy help with reducing the effects of rotational velocidensity when ripping to lossy formats?
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Euler DeFi Protocol Exploited for Nearly $185M(coindesk.com)
2 points by scrlk 4y ago|0 comments
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by scrlk 4y ago
For a solvent bank, assets >= liabilities. Customer deposits are liabilities on a balance sheet.
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by scrlk 4y ago
> Banks use deposits to extend loans to other customers "Money creation in the modern economy" from the Bank of England is worth a read - it explains why this isn't the case. https://www.bankofengland.co.uk&#x2F
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by scrlk 4y ago
You will work in the Meta Cube(TM), and you'll be happy! /s I hope that this is the first step on the road to allowing more people to have a private office. This seems to be a temporary fix to work within the constraints of buildi

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