unclewaltr

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by unclewaltr 7y ago
I was not referring to the efficiency of a specific appliance. I didn't mention an oven in my comment. Three phase distribution is more efficient and mechanical appliances designed for three phase can take advantage of that.
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by unclewaltr 7y ago
I agree, most appliances in the US run on 240 volts, but this is separate from 3 phase. Most households only wire up single phase electrics. Both can support 120v or 240v appliances, but appliances designed for 3 phase are more efficient in
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by unclewaltr 8y ago
Interesting, this might be why soy is pressed for its oil before being used as cattle feed. The resulting patties are used as feed and the oil byproduct is sold.
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by unclewaltr 8y ago
As one (slightly abnormal) example that I've worked on. We would build the meat of the solution, then run our tests. Upon success, we'd generate language bindings (think swig), compile them and run API tests against those. The lan
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by unclewaltr 9y ago
singing? https://youtu.be/5WkLoOvm2Yo?t=316
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by unclewaltr 9y ago
Yeah, but it's so satisfying to see what you've produced.
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by unclewaltr 9y ago
Hmm, I suppose I was talking about the specific work to integrate modules in to the C++ standard. I recall hearing from Bjarne at a STAC talk he gave a year (or so) ago that he and Herb had been coordinating effort between MS and MSFT to us
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by unclewaltr 9y ago
Weren't modules created by Herb Sutter at Microsoft to improve the VS201x IDe and compiler? If this is the case, it seems a big player in the tooling world is already on board.
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by unclewaltr 9y ago
From what I've seen of the 1930s/40s tax photos, they're much better quality as far as framing. Not sure if this is the case across the board, but the copies I looked up were pretty consistently better. But you have to either
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by unclewaltr 9y ago
I think the crux of your argument is that you don't feel the employees in the publishing industry should be paid for their time and experience. In your article, you described being very upset when getting critical feedback from them ab
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by unclewaltr 10y ago
His internet was cut, but they have landlines. Is it really Ecuador's obligation to provide him uninterrupted internet access? What else are they obligated to provide? They're giving him a place to hang his hat for free. We have n
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by unclewaltr 10y ago
Yeah, one of these landed in Omaha, NE damaging a clock in Dundee neighborhood. Not terribly deadly, but it made press.