stevep98

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by stevep98 9y ago
Really they should have some kind of flag when they get a high number of autopilot disconnects ( or steering overrides) happening in the same place. I had to disconnect every day because it ignored temporary lane stripe markings, and it nev
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by stevep98 9y ago
I was thinking about the transparent screens from Avatar See: http://itsbeau.com/work/avatar/ (scroll down)
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by stevep98 9y ago
I don't see what his real name has to do with this
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by stevep98 9y ago
Shaders are a good use case for live reloading because their output is discarded 60 times per second, and nothing depends on that output except our eyes and brains.
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by stevep98 9y ago
Dividends, especially qualified dividends are taxed way below regular income though, to reflect this.
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by stevep98 9y ago
> Why do people assume HSR will not have TSA lines? Because in places where HSR does currently exist, there are no significant security lines. Trains have fundamental safety advantages compared to planes, so the payoff of an attack is le
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by stevep98 9y ago
I wonder whether scrutiny of those tax avoidance schemes revealed in the paradise papers or Panama papers will lead to those investors moving their funds to bitcoin.
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by stevep98 9y ago
I’m not sure if the model 3 has any voice-control, but a decent voice system might be a good way to augment the touch screen for some tasks like ‘wipers faster’, for example. The voice control in the model is ok - it’s good at recognition,
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by stevep98 9y ago
One of the stated goals for model 3 is true autonomy... the car will need to charge itself. It will drop you off, go find somewhere to charge.
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by stevep98 9y ago
It’s really impossible to look up the fees even if you want to. They are in a spreadsheet posted online with cryptic codes associated with each charge. You literally need a degree in medical coding to understand it. I didn’t understand my
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by stevep98 9y ago
Definitely those SCSI connectors with the two little screws holding them in aren't going anywhere. But the original ones had ribbon cables. Those would be impractical on today's devices. Those thick cables also had a significant i
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by stevep98 9y ago
An initial pipeline could be built with a lower target speed. This would postpone some of the potential challenges with regard to heat dissipation, and also route selection. For example, you wouldn't have to worry so much about tunneli
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by stevep98 9y ago
When I got my iMac the biggest change for me was the lack of clutter in my office. It was amazing. Part of that was the small Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, but the rest was the box with all the cables trailing from it. It was a true breath
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by stevep98 9y ago
Ataris had plenty of security holes. And were vulnerable to viruses spread on floppy disks.
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by stevep98 9y ago
It costs the government to provide infrastructure to service people in these areas. It costs them to repair when they get flooded. It costs the government to rescue people and provide emergency services.
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by stevep98 9y ago
In a gas pipeline, the high pressures help to stiffen the structure. In a hyperloop, you have very low pressure inside the pipe which changes the pipe design completely. https://youtu.be/T9bpUfWy8Wg?t=161
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by stevep98 9y ago
I think this is another reason why musk is getting into tunneling. Reducing the cost of tunnels lets you place the hyperloop track in a more optimal location.
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by stevep98 9y ago
> My understanding is that closer to the equator is better, with some caveats. For this project, I don't think it matters. They even said they will orient the launcher vertically. The reason you normally want to be closer to the equ
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by stevep98 9y ago
The traffic aware cruise control in the Tesla is very good in traffic. Especially stop-and go traffic. My passengers always tell me to switch it on because it gives a smoother ride than me. It's also much more relaxing.
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by stevep98 9y ago
What about if I sent a proposal with my website to a bunch of investors that I know, and I want to see which ones clicked on it.
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by stevep98 9y ago
You could say the same about dogs and cats. Wouldn't everyone love it if their puppy or kitten would stay cute forever. But then again, if you've somehow invented a way for animals to stay looking young forever, 7 billion humans m
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by stevep98 9y ago
SpaceX plans to deploy >4000 of their own satellites over the next few years. I wonder how Iridium reconcile SpaceX's plan with their own.
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by stevep98 9y ago
I find this depends a lot on where you are. In my house in California, I can leave the clothes in the washer a lot longer. In florida, the washer is already stinking most of the time. Even if I disinfect the washer occasionally with bleac
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by stevep98 9y ago
It would be nice to be able to see the whole transcript instead of just that tiny scrollable section.
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by stevep98 9y ago
The US lost a significant part of their launch capability and ULA was the only provider left. They were free to charge whatever they wanted, and it was in the national interest for them to stay in business, hence the subsidy. Now spacex is
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by stevep98 9y ago
From the fire perspective, I suppose the positive aspects of musks proposal would be: Cars are transported on skates, so the engines aren't running during the fire, reducing noxious fumes in the tunnel. Cars are controlled automaticall
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by stevep98 9y ago
I hate my bookshelves. They are really ugly... a collection of mismatched colors, styles fonts. I would pay for a service that would print out new spine stickers for all my books that cover the existing spines and create a consistent look f
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by stevep98 9y ago
And the advances in robotics necessary to handle processing the waste are probably just a few decades away. And if we don't develop these machines, our AI augmented successors will. Ironically, it's just really short-sighted to pl
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by stevep98 9y ago
When I tried cornmeal in a pizza oven, I ended up with what looked like black styrofoam. I think the corn 'popped' then burned. What did I do wrong?
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by stevep98 9y ago
I bet this tunnel boring idea was inspired by the lack of an economical path for hyperloop to get to downtown LA. The hyperloop concept took a lot of heat for that.

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