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by swimfar 10y ago
He said, "It's much more accurate than I would expect." He's referring to how accurate it is based on how it is designed. And I disagree that it's not very accurate, given the use case. 0.4mm or 1/64" i
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by swimfar 10y ago
FOMO=fear of missing out, for anyone else who is wondering.
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by swimfar 10y ago
There are many ATMs which don't charge any fees at all, even for other banks. I'm on the other side of the country as my credit union, and I have lots of options for fee-less withdrawals. Although you may end up paying a fee if
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by swimfar 10y ago
"Not a motorcycle. This is an electric bicycle. Forgetting the weight of the bike, that front brake isn't enough to properly handle the mass of a rider panic-braking at 100kph." I don't how someone could objectively say
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by swimfar 10y ago
This isn't a Tesla thing, it's an automotive industry thing (as alluded to in the article). You often see this with foreign car companies, or more specifically, with foreign-based contractors. Just a little background, first. The
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by swimfar 10y ago
But it appears that only law enforcement have access to the database. It would be much more effective if people were able use it to do a search to see if a bike was reported stolen or not. It may be because it has been around for a long t
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by swimfar 10y ago
I just tried it and it seemed to work for me.
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by swimfar 10y ago
In a tangentially related topic, here's an interesting animation of location tracking of a German politician based on his phone records: http://www.zeit.de/datenschutz/malte-spitz-data-retention Malte Spitz sued t
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by swimfar 11y ago
They have different membership levels: http://www.hackerdojo.com/Membership The $195/month is for people who use it as their office all day. If you're only there on evenings and weekends it's only $100/
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by swimfar 11y ago
https://www.udacity.com/course/differential-equations-in-act... I'm sure there are others, but this is a pretty good introduction. It focuses quite a bit on numerical solutions (using python programs that are aut
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by swimfar 11y ago
And here's an interview with Eben Upton, a founder of the Raspberry Pi Foundation: http://makezine.com/2016/02/28/eben-upton-talks-about-the-ne... He also talks a little about his ideas for future versio
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by swimfar 11y ago
Just to provide a counter-point, I'm the exact opposite. I get annoyed when websites try to change the language for me based on my location. Just because I may currently be in Spain doesn't mean that Spanish is my preferred langu
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by swimfar 11y ago
Maybe I'm missing something, but it sounds like Walmart has 5x as much revenue as Amazon with 6x as many employees. Then you say that Amazon has 3x the revenue per employee as Walmart. Shouldn't that be 1.2x the revenue per empl
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by swimfar 11y ago
One way to fix that problem is make the experiment last the entire lifetime of the "test subjects". It would be more expensive, but much more informative. They aren't worrying about what they'll do after the money runs
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by swimfar 11y ago
Not sure why you got downvoted, but just a small nitpick. It's FLOPS for FLoating-point Operations Per Second. Otherwise $8300 per FLoating-point OPeration would be quite pricy for almost any time period. ;)
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by swimfar 11y ago
Actually, Autodesk has a version that is free for hobbyists. I don't think the interface is quite as intuitive as Solidworks. But for a free CAD software, it's far beyond any other options. They even include simple stress analys
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by swimfar 11y ago
What is that a reference to?
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by swimfar 11y ago
I bought 5 potions and it seems that I never run out. (Which doesn't actually bother me because I have to use them often)
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by swimfar 11y ago
Mosfilm, the Soviet/Russian film studio also uploaded a lot of their old films to youtube[1] including Stalker, Solaris, and Battleship Potemkin. Many of them also have English subtitles. Here's a small list of more examples: h
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by swimfar 11y ago
http://www.gapminder.org/videos/dont-panic-the-facts-about-p... This is the video. It has some nice visualizations of population related statistics.
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by swimfar 11y ago
Where do you buy your colatura? The prices I see online are about $30 for a 100ml bottle. That comes out to $4.50 for the single tablespoon (15ml) in your recipe. Exorbitant may be too strong of a word, but that seems like a lot of money
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by swimfar 11y ago
Not exactly what you're asking about. But I talked to a guy who worked on a project using genetic algorithms to optimize motorcycle wheel designs. He said one of the best designs that came out looked pretty much like a traditionally
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by swimfar 11y ago
http://www.padmapper.com/ also does this. But only for walk, bike, and drive. Just click on "more features" and "super-secret advanced features."
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by swimfar 11y ago
But they don't just take anyone. Here's an article about a guy who tried to join [1]. Here's another article about some people who made it in [2]. It doesn't seem as exciting as the image that a lot of people have (me
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by swimfar 11y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolipile Although it seems that it may never have been used for any practical purpose, it is often considered to be the first steam engine and was documented in the 1st century AD.
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by swimfar 11y ago
I can't find a reference to it anywhere, but there is a guy in the SF Bay area who is working on that. He has a proof of concept that he put together and claims it dries better than the ones available with closed-loop drying systems.
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by swimfar 11y ago
For people looking for an apartment, padmapper[1] has a similar option where you can give it an address and it will draw a polygonal boundary around it showing the limits for an x-minute commuting distance for walking, cycling, or driving.
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by swimfar 11y ago
Actually, I took a tour of their SF office (across from the Ferry building) and it seems like a really cool place to work. If anyone gets the chance, I'd check out the little museum they have there which is open to the public. I had
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by swimfar 11y ago
Are those startups still around? Could you list some examples? (Note: I'm not being facetious. I'm genuinely curious)
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by swimfar 11y ago
I had to look it up to see what you meant. You are referring to the fact that the book was written in English. But would it not still be considered Russian literature, at least in some sense? I mean, his "true" Russian works ar

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