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by tclmeelmo 11y ago
To be frank, my first reaction on reading this idea was negative. I think part of my reaction is because I'm not seeing a useful goal: "interesting things" is certainly a goal, but strikes me as being too vague from which t
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by tclmeelmo 11y ago
> > The ban on smoking in restaurants – which, let me be clear, I am wildly in favor of, being someone who can't patronize a business with cigarette smoking in it > Can't? Given that tobacco smoke contains no allergens, m
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How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk(nytimes.com)
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by tclmeelmo 11y ago
This is not correct, also from the Wikipedia link above, describing the Volt driving modes: "Dual motor extended – The electric motors are used again in dual configuration with increased efficiency at higher speeds. Additionally the g
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by tclmeelmo 11y ago
"When the engine is running it may be periodically mechanically linked (by a clutch) to a planetary gear set, and hence the output drive axle, to improve energy efficiency."
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by tclmeelmo 11y ago
So what about scientific textbooks? Not undergraduate ones, but the really narrow topic ones that are used in graduate classes as reference materials for professionals. They're frequently written by author(s) who are partly to fully
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by tclmeelmo 11y ago
The proposed policy of shorter username requires more investment (time and activity) strikes me as being somewhat like the amateur radio handle scheme: the shorter (and more desirable, especially for morse code) handles require a higher lic
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by tclmeelmo 11y ago
It wasn't for an EVSE, but I had to upgrade my electrical service and it was in that ballpark.
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by tclmeelmo 11y ago
No. I've never bought a new car because I'm fundamentally unhappy with paying for the early depreciation. It also seems better environmentally to me to buy used and drive it into the ground, although the actual calculus is beyon
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Expa Labs Will Nurture Tech Startups a Few at a Time(nytimes.com)
2 points by tclmeelmo 11y ago|0 comments
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This Porsche Magazine Ad Brings the 911 to Life as a Floating Hologram(adweek.com)
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by tclmeelmo 11y ago
> Except that the WSJ forgot to mention that the research determined the incumbent results were just as irregular. That's too reductive. The WSJ cannot "forget to mention" a manuscript that wasn't published when their
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by tclmeelmo 11y ago
Some limited info for other fields. For the engineering PhD programs (chemical, biomedical, electrical, and mechanical) I'm familiar with at (what was once termed) Carnegie R1 universities, the split ends up being around 50/50 for
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by tclmeelmo 11y ago
Thanks for posting this! So on that first paragraph, are they implying that the journal should have provided Theranos with a copy of the manuscript for review and comment? Maybe I'm not reading that charitably, but that's not how
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by tclmeelmo 11y ago
> Taking a vial of blood prior to a finger prick blood test could dramatically alter results. Interesting. What mechanism or phenomenon are you proposing would be happening? Why do you think sampling order has more influence than the sam
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by tclmeelmo 11y ago
Why have we not seen the butterfly keyboard used since that Thinkpad, or have I not been looking carefully enough? The design seems to have been positively received and fondly remembered. Have the problems it solved been solved in other w
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by tclmeelmo 11y ago
This article might be a good starting place: http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-how-amex-lost-costco/
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by tclmeelmo 11y ago
I've noticed that a many (certainly not all) contracts have an escape hatch for the binding arbitration portion, but it usually requires a timely act: American Express, for example, requires a letter to be sent to a specific address wi
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by tclmeelmo 11y ago
In the US Costco, for credit card payments in the store or fuel pump, only accepts American Express. Cash, checks, and (I believe) debit cards are also acceptable in the store.
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by tclmeelmo 11y ago
Since it features heavily in the article (N.B., from 2015), more information on the Costco/Citibank card just came out the other day: https://www.citi.com/credit-cards/creditcards/citi.action?ID...
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The Strange Tale of Echo, the Parrot Who Saw Too Much(atlasobscura.com)
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Should Parents of Severely Disabled Children Be Allowed to Stop Their Growth?(nytimes.com)
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by tclmeelmo 11y ago
The most accurate (and amusing) description of that game I've heard is that it is a "backstabbing simulator". I was in the alpha and had to delete it from my phone, it was too addictive. It's disappointing to hear that
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by tclmeelmo 11y ago
Chalk markings are not uncommon on the Emory campus, and I think it's a little severe to call them graffiti. For example, https://mobile.twitter.com/michaelgraves91/status/5410463631...
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Chevrolet Bolts are about to start rolling off the production line(arstechnica.com)
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by tclmeelmo 11y ago
It's perhaps the difference between leg-tall and torso-tall. I'm in the latter category and to this day I can't safely drive in most cars with a sunroof. Things have improved a lot over the last 20 years or so: it used to be
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by tclmeelmo 11y ago
> My impression leaving the conference was that it was a complete waste of time if you did not have a PhD in your team who had some connection with the PhD at SBIR in charge of reviewing applications. For the second part, it is standard
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by tclmeelmo 11y ago
I wonder how significant that 3 of 4 observation is, given that "hard tech" is requires more money all around to operate. In context, those numbers don't feel that big to me.
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by tclmeelmo 11y ago
I didn't find it to be clear, otherwise I wouldn't have asked. SV has its own jargon, and not being from SV, I think it's fair to want to clarify what is meant by a capitalized phrase like "Hard Tech" in case there
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by tclmeelmo 11y ago
What is meant by "Hard Tech"? Hardware technology, nontrivial problems, or something else?

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