stevep98

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by stevep98 7y ago
C.C. Myers also rebuilt I-10 after the 1994 Northridge quake. 74 days early! https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-04-06-mn-42778-...
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by stevep98 7y ago
This reminds me of the classic ‘this is broken’, which has now been moved to: http://goodexperience.com/tib/ Some real gems in there.
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by stevep98 7y ago
I was always impressed by Berlin's subway. Some parts of it are very accessible, with the rails literally 20ft below the street. For example: https://youtu.be/42EV-9G9vjo?t=230 Also, no fare gates (there are occasiona
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by stevep98 7y ago
This is one of the reasons that medical pricing is out of control. If nobody knows the pricing for anything, how can anybody (not just patients, but anybody else involved with the system) make rational decisions?
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by stevep98 7y ago
That tv remote in the picture you linked is awful. Very little tactile differentiation to let you feel your way around, and way too many buttons. I remember when the TiVo came out, that remote was a game-changer: https://www.eba
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by stevep98 7y ago
Putting tape over it.
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by stevep98 7y ago
Also recently discussed on Stuff You Should Know podcast: https://www.stuffyoushouldknow.com/podcasts/short-stuff-empe...
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by stevep98 7y ago
yes, surely the questioner is trying to balance “doing as much of the work as possible”, and “breaking the problem down into small steps”, versus “give me the answer to my entire problem” If you ask too broad a question you’re likely to be
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by stevep98 7y ago
I think there is a lot of scope for an autonomous vehicle to be safer than a human driver. Consider: 1) computer has faster reaction times. 2) 360-degree awareness 3) better awareness of vehicle performance. Imagine a scenario where you are
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by stevep98 7y ago
It was on Tesla's youtube channel up to about 2:30pm, then it just went 'unavailable' as I was watching it, and is now unavailable.
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by stevep98 8y ago
Even if not, it is extensively photographed. The Photosynth TED talk uses Notre Dame as an example of reconstructing geometry from a random selection of photos. https://www.ted.com/talks/blaise_aguera_y_arcas_demos_phot
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by stevep98 8y ago
There is a lot of opportunity to explain engineering concepts through gaming. Especially training users in intuition, and in the applications of math. Calculus and trigonometry have tons of applications in aiming mortars!
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by stevep98 8y ago
Buyers agents get paid more if the home sells for more. They should be incented to drive the price down for the buyers, not up. Even so, it’s really better for any agent to accept the first reasonable offer, close it out and as quickly as p
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by stevep98 8y ago
Seems like he didn't change his tone much after his time-off. https://gizmodo.com/linux-founder-takes-some-time-off-to-lea...
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by stevep98 8y ago
I dont think the delta-v for deorbiting is even necessary. You just need to agglomerate all the debris into one big mass. This will make it easier to track. In the future, when we need some in-orbit resources, etc, we can use these. (much
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by stevep98 8y ago
> but then I am not bound to the train schedule Trains from Tokyo to Osaka leave about every 10 mins. You can generally find a seat on a train if you just show up to the station 30 mins before the departure. And if that train is full, ju
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by stevep98 8y ago
http://www.stickk.com/ does this
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by stevep98 8y ago
Also Apple recently removed a data recovery connector on the motherboard which was used to access the ssd even if the rest of the board was dead. https://www.pcmag.com/news/362635/data-recovery-connector-re...
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by stevep98 8y ago
The artwork should have been generated during the auction itself, with individual bids being seeds into the generative process. The bidders would contribute to the next generation. You wouldn't know what the final product would be. Bu
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by stevep98 8y ago
Driverless cars have advantages over humans too. Faster reaction speed, constant 360 degree surveillance, lack of distraction, (theoretically) better control of brakes and steering to handle skids. Waymo has demonstrated solutions for many
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by stevep98 8y ago
What are the biggest purchases people make? Of those, is there a high-end product which does apple can apply their middle-high end design chop to see a signficant profit? How will Apple grow from a $1T to a $5T, and $50T company? My spe
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by stevep98 8y ago
This one can fly with just one rotor running: https://youtu.be/gfkRCzgHGq8 Admittedly it would be a pretty terrifying ride to the ground, but preferable to plummeting. There’s a lot of rotational energy in the aircraft thou
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by stevep98 8y ago
This reminded me of an old website from about 10+ years ago. The guy would review artist pens, and would include a drawing of the pen, and whatever else he felt like that day. Really nice website. I enjoyed reading it, does anyone remembe
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by stevep98 8y ago
I am very interested in learning about the project management/logistics of the operation in the cave. You have the personnel, who speak different languages, and of variable ability. There are tasks to accomplish such as laying supply l
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by stevep98 8y ago
Offer a student a project to rewrite it for a modern system. I doubt it will be too taxing.
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by stevep98 8y ago
I have a tesla and until recently I misunderstood how the hand detection works. It actually doesn’t detect grip, rather it sense slight resistance to its motors moving the wheel. Also, there is another safeguard... it will warn you when you
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by stevep98 8y ago
A friend of mine got into a little confusion at immigration when asked his profession to which he replied “programmer”, which was seen as lesser category of job than his visa was issued for, which was “software engineer”
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by stevep98 9y ago
Try the rikaikun chrome extension?
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by stevep98 9y ago
I think they are using the accelerometer (or even microphone) to measure road noise. What appears to us as mostly white noise probably reveals unique road flaws such as cracks, concrete joints, potholes, dips, bumps. Sample this data and fe
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by stevep98 9y ago
There’s something missing from this article. When you sign a receipt, you’re not just providing a sample of your signature for comparison against the one on the card. You are signing a document, usually saying that ‘I agree to comply with t

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