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by throwaway9870 6y ago
The phone as a device appears to definitely be biased towards consumption rather than production. Another message to add about creativity: don't forget about building real physical things. It is great to have digital wealth, but we als
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by throwaway9870 6y ago
> FireWire was possibly better engineered, but USB was better marketed. Yes, perhaps, but it had a big drawback. You could not build a Firewire device with a single die because of the high voltages. This added cost to the USB device (mem
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by throwaway9870 6y ago
Why put it on a network?
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by throwaway9870 6y ago
Rather than wrecking havoc by taking people's land and forcing changes to their production plans, how about just paying the true costs of those changes and everyone doing it because it is in their best interests? How much has the gover
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by throwaway9870 6y ago
I don't understand why one needs the DPA for this. Just issue a PO for a suitable value so that a vendor decides it is worth it economically. Attach the delivery schedule that is desired. If it isn't possible or it is a bad econom
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by throwaway9870 6y ago
I think you underestimate how many smart people proceeded you. Yes, in some cases there are new technologies that transform how we build things and using those from the start might put you in a better place. But in-between those inventions
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by throwaway9870 6y ago
I find I need to learn it all because I write code that interacts with other code. I find myself reading example code that uses advanced C++ constructs, or sleuthing though a 3rd party library to understand it. Every time I find a library w
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by throwaway9870 6y ago
Reminds me of lawn chair Larry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawnchair_Larry_flight
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by throwaway9870 6y ago
Old lawns (1950s) had clover by design. Even the lawn seed had clover seed already in it. Clover produces nitrogen which grass consumes, so it is a nice synergy. Clover eventually fell out of style because kids stepping on bees isn't d
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by throwaway9870 6y ago
> blackballed Honest question - Is that a racist term? Doesn't appear to be based on Google search, but I see people removing words with black in them such as "blacklist" so I am curious.
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by throwaway9870 6y ago
On what do you base that opinion? I did a MS and PHD at Stanford and was blown away by how good the profs were and how hard they actually tried to teach well. I don't agree at all with your thinking. Perhaps you need to be a bit less g
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by throwaway9870 7y ago
Fortune 500 customers with no off-site DR backup? Hm, not really a good plan.
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by throwaway9870 8y ago
Where were you a graduate student? I was a Stanford EE grad student for 8 years in the 90s (first year was for masters). You know why I was there so long? I loved it. Students returned from industry and said same thing: don't be in a h
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by throwaway9870 8y ago
A Deere X700, which is made in Horicon, is a <100HP tractor. They are real tractors with an optional PTO and 3-pt hitch. No tractor in the world is entirely made by a single company. For starters they all have various semiconductors in t
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by throwaway9870 8y ago
This is not correct. The Riding Lawn Equipment (RLE) is built in Horicon WI (as are the gators). The compact tractors (one series, two series, etc) are built in Augusta GA. The RLE has almost nothing from Yanmar in it except the diesels use