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Digital news consumers increasingly control how they view content(cjr.org)
3 points by skaevola 11y ago|0 comments
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by skaevola 11y ago
I stumbled upon one remnant of the Manhattan Project at my university's machine shop a couple of years ago. In the machine shop is a row of boxy modern lathes, with one beautiful curved older lathe at the end of the row. Without fail,
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by skaevola 12y ago
Sure: http://www.eejournal.com/archives/articles/20131118-lattice/ But you're right - when programmability isn't important you'd rather have an ASIC.
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by skaevola 12y ago
For any sort of mobile device energy-usage per computation is an important metric. Hence you have chips with multiple low power modes which can trade off different amounts of computational power with different amounts of power efficiency.
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by skaevola 12y ago
A fun little essay by Eco: http://www.themodernword.com/eco/eco_mac_vs_pc.html
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by skaevola 12y ago
I think it's related to both of those factors, but also the continued miniaturization of parts, and the shrinking of package sizes. Rework on modern day electronics is infeasible without somewhat expensive tools and a fair amount of sk
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The Industrial Awakening: The Internet of Heavier Things(kpcb.com)
1 points by skaevola 12y ago|0 comments
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Design in Tech Report 2015(kpcb.com)
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by skaevola 12y ago
As they say: "Gallium Arsenide is the material of the future, and will always remain so" (1986)
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by skaevola 12y ago
You're mixing up your history. The Huns were an entirely different nomadic people (separated from the Mongol Empire by about a thousand years). Prestor John was a mythical Christian king who lived beyond the Islamic lands and whose lan
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by skaevola 12y ago
> At Austerlitz, Britain paid money for each dead Russian soldier. English agents were busy counting the dead making sure his majestry's money is well spent Can you provide more information on this?
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by skaevola 12y ago
Wow... forget dog, I guess nobody on the internet knows if you're an Iranian nuclear engineer.
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Live to fly another day(planetaryresources.com)
1 points by skaevola 12y ago|0 comments
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VEST: A Sensory Substitution Neuroscience Project(kickstarter.com)
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by skaevola 12y ago
This is a great explanation, thanks.
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by skaevola 12y ago
That's a joke website. eg: http://zapatopi.net/belgium/
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by skaevola 12y ago
Texas didn't ban direct sales of Tesla motors. Dealership directly owned by automakers are prohibited by an antiquated law. There was a law in the last legislative session which would have allowed Tesla to set up dealerships, but it n
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In Tech Marketing Jobs, Women's Successes Are Rarely Recognized(npr.org)
3 points by skaevola 12y ago|0 comments
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by skaevola 12y ago
Can you explain the frequency dependence of the Faraday cage? The only time I can think of them being ineffective is against waves which are above the plasma frequency of the metal the cage is made of.
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by skaevola 12y ago
> A commercial game would have a tutorial mode and other bells and whistles to make it more approachable. Does Jackson Pollock have a tutorial? Duchamp? The beauty in Dwarf Fortress is that it doesn't cater to the lowest common deno
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by skaevola 12y ago
Semiconductor processing is amazing technology. A quote you'll hear in these circles: "Gallium arsenide is the material of the future and will always remain so"
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by skaevola 12y ago
What's the purpose in announcing this three years in advance?
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by skaevola 12y ago
>I wish there were a starter packet for using the metro. A map? What else does a starter packet need to contain?
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by skaevola 12y ago
Could be related to Apple's announcement regarding cryptocurrencies in apps.
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by skaevola 12y ago
What does systems-oriented mean in this sentence: "It’s the systems-oriented software engineer who understands concepts like power management, radio signals, network communication for small devices" ? He's not talking about o
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Freescale Promises Self-Driving Cars by 2017(pcmag.com)
2 points by skaevola 12y ago|0 comments
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Obama Administration proposes massive increase in H-1B visas(ifpte.org)
8 points by skaevola 12y ago|2 comments
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by skaevola 13y ago
It was more than a couple of top tech companies: http://pando.com/2014/03/22/revealed-apple-and-googles-wage-...
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by skaevola 13y ago
Try this: http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21596553-benefit...
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The Rise of the Creative Class (2002)(washingtonmonthly.com)
1 points by skaevola 13y ago|0 comments

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