smilekzs

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by smilekzs 6y ago
Seems to be mainly focusing on the front end (schematic) part of the design, which is smart because PCB layout is a much bigger can of worms. Some casual overly-critical observations (from the PoV of an embedded hobbyist): This really consi
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by smilekzs 6y ago
Can second this. UI elements should not suddenly shift in place, unless interacted with or clearly communicated in advance (think a traffic light going yellow then red).
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by smilekzs 6y ago
"... known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm." CA does this kind of stuff routinely --- part of what Elon Musk described as "complacency".
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by smilekzs 6y ago
IMHO even if fragmentation happens (quite likely as RISC-V gains traction), this will force developers to actually take cross platform compatibility AND performance seriously.
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by smilekzs 6y ago
To that end Beijing also implements a car registration quota per year where applicants are randomly picked
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by smilekzs 6y ago
> odd/even rule for license plates Friendly reminder that Beijing has been implementing exactly that, then later a variant of that, since 2008. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_space_rationing_in_Beijin...
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by smilekzs 6y ago
> Do they Rob or murder? Yes they do. Have you ever parked on the streets of SF?
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by smilekzs 6y ago
On a higher order, not everyone can predict their future usage patterns to a confidence interval unambigious for a clear-cut rent-or-buy decision.
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by smilekzs 6y ago
At which point it starts to make sense for them to choose own their own copy, securing their freedom from the tyranny of such false-sharing.
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by smilekzs 6y ago
Same thing with the "leaf" icon on the Nest thermostats, although I do like the occupancy detection shut-off feature.
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by smilekzs 6y ago
Short answer: Their software will lose mind share, and therefore market share in the long run.
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by smilekzs 6y ago
If there is a relay then you can simply ground a leg of it and get power. Or you could add-a-fuse and provide power. As long as the heater itself has wires going between the seat and the ECU / relay box then you have a way. I doubt the
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by smilekzs 6y ago
That would require an authentication chip on the heater side, which considering the price of USB-C cables / Apple accessories, and the ultimate goal for the car makers is to save money / make more money, does not make much sense.
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by smilekzs 6y ago
> But why would that human commander have to be in the air, putting his life on the line more than when they would be further away and on the ground/in a ship? Latency + Bandwidth.
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by smilekzs 6y ago
My observation is that the industry ("we") as a whole is slowly but steadily making progress, without throwing our hands and say we need AGI. A big part of this comes from the upscaling of test fleets, which now generate data with
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by smilekzs 6y ago
If you count autonomous driving vehicles as robotics (I know it's a stretch), the funding (and therefore pay) story is a lot better, although you get the usual startup vs BigTech debate. Source: I work in an ADV company.
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by smilekzs 6y ago
> Your reasoning is incredibly selfish Capitalism is selfish. Human is selfish. There's nothing inherently wrong with that. Stop moral highgrounding.
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by smilekzs 6y ago
> more state money would mean probably more corrupt goverment officials and more money spent on buying heroine for drugsters and repeat offenders on e.g. SF and Seattle streets.
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by smilekzs 6y ago
No one should have to pay 30% as long as Apple also competes in the same "marketplace".
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by smilekzs 6y ago
I was only suggesting that GP's argument cannot be dismissed (i.e. still holds) by merely emphasizing that 500k is not 60k, with no further judgment or opinion.
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by smilekzs 6y ago
500k / 2.5M < 60k / 100k
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by smilekzs 6y ago
I'm in East Bay and also on Comcast gigabit non-pro only (no TV). Signed up at $90 with no contract and so far it's been as stable as I had in Seattle with CenturyLink (fiber to building). I did buy my own DOCSIS modem so that cou
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by smilekzs 6y ago
Or C++, which can be a great skill for an embedded dev to pivot into other fields, since almost all embedded devs work with C on a daily basis.
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by smilekzs 6y ago
I had a 600E! It was my very first laptop, and I learned Flash 4 (of Macromedia era) on it. It stood out so much against its contemporaries and made me a ThinkPad fan to this day.
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by smilekzs 6y ago
I sincerely hope the service providers sue Apple (and win). This is blatant abuse of their market position. Better if the App Store gets broken up into its own independent company.
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by smilekzs 6y ago
Reminds me of Hadouken and Shoryuken moves :) https://streetfighter.fandom.com/wiki/Hadoken
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by smilekzs 6y ago
But isn't it more likely that said Chinese company will have little to none leverage in the talks, because the choice is between getting banned or getting bought at a token (read: undervalued) price?
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by smilekzs 6y ago
That, plus policy instability like the recent H-1B ban. Effect of instability is amplified by the long wait --- the longer you wait, the more likely some policy changes and hurt your bottom line. It is true that something good could happen
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by smilekzs 6y ago
I concur. I did BP for only 1 semester in college but the experience proved to be valuable down the line. It forces you to articulate yourself "on the fly", streaming out ideas as they are formed (from core principles / bulle
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by smilekzs 6y ago
Long-time OneNote user chiming in. I've briefly switched to Evernote but due to their frequent screw-ups I switched back to OneNote. Stylus input is a big part for my dev logs, and one good thing about OneNote is that it accepts both h

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