tomswartz07

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by tomswartz07 11y ago
Really it depends on the frame. I have a $50 UDI U818A and (with the plastic frame) if I cut the power, it falls no faster than a leaf. It actually does the same 'wobble' and lands softly on the ground. Larger multicopters, like t
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
> Enough of an obstacle to block general population from doing their stupid things, while still allowing those who know what they're doing to exercise the full capabilities of the machine (taking the responsibility for eventual dama
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
The propellers can absolutely break skin. A commercial quadcopter motor typically runs at 1000KV, meaning that it spins at 1000 RPM per Volt. Most batteries are 12-14 volts. Even for little plastic bits, if they're spinning at 12,000RP
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
I applaud this. My opinion is that the vast majority of the issues are caused by people who buy a drone off the shelf and take it up as high as it can go on their first flight. This move will help stop general folks who have no idea about
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
Gang: Here's a relevation that I only, just now, realized. Python is named after the Monty Python gang. This I knew. IDLE is a play off of Eric Idle. How have I never realized this before?
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
> "Eagle isn't a very good piece of software" > Proceeds to make a great quality device
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
I see your point, and I admit that incidents have occurred where they have prevented firefighting efforts and have fallen, injuring people. I'm not going to comment on the 'invasion of privacy' part, as it's a strawman;
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
There's a lot of vitriol and misinformation flying around (pun definitely intended). Here's my take on the situation. Large companies building 'ready to fly' multicopters need to have some sort of communication with the
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
That's still a large amount of weight to carry on a device. There are 250 class quadcopters that are built for First Person View racing. Races are won and lost because of the difference in a few grams of extra weight. Any extra weight
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there a 'soft ban' on un-necessary water usage? Just like when there's a drought, municipalities enact a 'burn ban', charging those who have open fires with heavy fines.
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
Strange. What issues were you having? We've been using Packer and Vagrant with Windows builds for the better part of a year now and it's been rock solid. We actually leverage it into our Windows Deployment Server to create automat
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
I'm not defending Lenovo for their actions. However: 3 years ago, my department went with Acer V5-571P laptops. Every single one has been broken and destroyed from casual use. We've found serious manufacturing defects and other fl
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
I'd love to see what could be done to these with some selective farming. Heck, a good number of years ago, this is what a wild banana looked like: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e&#x
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
According to the results, 86% of people over 65 got it correct. Makes you wonder what the other 14% were doing at the time...
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
All of that extra power really only amounts to tens of dollars per year. Running a processor at an extra (grossly exaggerating here) few watts + an extra 5-10 watts for fans, LEDs, etc don't amount to much. Especially when you consider
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
I looked at the code of conduct, and it makes absolutely zero mention of this sort of thing.
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
> electricity for non-work related causes I wish we could fire teachers for using their computers for Facebook and Amazon shopping during the day.
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
"..AAANND HOOOOMME OF THE BRAVVVEEEE!"
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
Working in a school district, doing IT, I can agree. My buddies do the same sort of stuff I do and make 1.5x my salary.
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
> a kind of jack-tool A ball point pen works great too. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5mvvZl6pLI
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
Not saying that I endorse it, I'm just throwing it out there as what DJI, the manufacturer, considers and uses for their hardware.
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.”
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
DJI, the company that makes a number of consumer-ready 'drones', already integrates this feature. http://www.dji.com/fly-safe/category-mc
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
Going off of my previous comment, the person you spoke to was probably flying a DJI Phantom[1]. DJI, to their credit, have been trying to integrate some form of safety into their products. One of these such features are the 'FlySafe&#x
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
LiPos don't explode. They must be seriously mishandled for some time to even become relatively unsafe. Yes, the chemical reactions are pretty vigorous, but it takes quite a lot of special cases to get it to burn.
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
Good catch. Edited.
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
Agruably, there's a significant difference between: 1: Collecting parts, soldering them together, programming and tuning a device, learning about how it all works, failing sometimes, then being able to fly 100'+ in the air and 2:
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
You're a pilot of a quadcopter. You're an owner of a specific make/model of quadcopter. Incidentally, I don't intend to knock the whole of all DJI owners (the Inspire is an amazing piece of hardware), it just seems to be
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
There's a common joke among us multicopter pilots about DJI Phantom owners. The majority (by quite a large margin) of these 'close calls' are caused by regular Joes buying a $1000 DJI Phantom and running it with the throttle
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by tomswartz07 11y ago
To further expand on your comment, Tim Pope's Fugitive plugin is an almost exact replica of OP's tig program. Fugitive allows you to perform almost all of these actions while still in Vim; I'd say it's almost a must-have

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