wingineer

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by wingineer 3y ago
I do not think that. This similarly applies to both sides of some other contentious scientific/medical topics which can easily get someone labeled an “antivaxxer” as an ad-hominem directed without solid reasoning. One imagines what lab
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by wingineer 3y ago
Very clear visual. Does anyone have a similar visual reference for how quadraphonic records work?
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by wingineer 4y ago
Sounds like you’re in the market for the EV mini.
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by wingineer 4y ago
Which is what makes these misleadingly-marketed features so controversial…
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by wingineer 4y ago
Can you provide a source re:19th century dog breeding with wolf genes? Very curious!
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by wingineer 5y ago
FORTRAN, glorious FORTRAN.
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by wingineer 5y ago
Under what criteria?
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by wingineer 5y ago
What about fuel injected 4-strokes? (Maybe these don’t exist in the leaf blower market yet).
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by wingineer 5y ago
Seems like the most impactful solution would be an EPA or CARB ban on sales of new two-stroke lawn devices. Although this article suggests a switch to battery powered devices, four-stroke replacements more easily fit the niche than somethin
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by wingineer 5y ago
What about the tail risk of mismanagement of spent fuel?
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by wingineer 5y ago
Chernobyl may not even necessarily represent the tail risk of a nuclear catastrophe. After all, only one of the four reactors melted down. What is your evidence that the tech "becomes safer with time"?
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by wingineer 5y ago
Redundancy is your friend. If you are serious about data retention, you should be storing your most important data offsite. If you are serious about privacy, this may require backing up to a hard drive and physically storing that offsite yo
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by wingineer 5y ago
Great article. Lightning concerns are affecting wind turbines design choices in many ways nowadays. I know several OEMs use fiber-optic cables to connect to load sensors within blades to prevent lightning damage.
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by wingineer 5y ago
I agree, as someone who likes a lot about Python (particularly its wide selection of libraries), the whitespace sensitivity is annoying. However, it seems like part of the language that could conceivably be removed in future versions if def
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by wingineer 5y ago
What a beautifully written piece. The statistics about childhood COVID risk need to continue to be broadcast far and wide in context of the other risks of life.
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by wingineer 5y ago
Great piece, thanks for posting. The misleading media narratives on Florida don’t only affect Florida, but are also meant to strike fear into the heart of Americans and kill hopes for normalcy. A future without constant fearmongering over C
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by wingineer 5y ago
So what is it about? This interview contains a lot of questionable claims.
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by wingineer 5y ago
I personally agree with you.
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by wingineer 5y ago
Or simpler: remove all zoning restrictions.
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by wingineer 5y ago
IMO this is a good thing, and should be applied to all manufacturers of driver-assist technology. Tesla has certainly been at the bleeding-edge of overly optimistic and confusing marketing for their product, but others should be on alert to
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by wingineer 5y ago
Yes, floating wind is a growing research area that may be successfully commercialized within the next 10 years. There are a variety of different substructure concepts, some of which have been tried at full-scale, though not quite this large
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by wingineer 5y ago
What kind of phone was it?
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by wingineer 5y ago
The solution that seems most fair to Tesla, all other manufacturers, and road users seems to me to be mandated driver monitoring for all driver assist systems. Regardless of your feelings on the abilities of Autopilot, driver monitoring cou
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by wingineer 5y ago
Yes, and as I understand it, the COVID vaccines under EUA are exempt from even this vaccine court system to date because of an HHS declaration in March 2020. So this isn't changing? https://www.govinfo.gov/content/
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by wingineer 5y ago
Does this have any effect on the exemption from liability for this drug or is that still in effect until 2024? I haven't seen any language on this.
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by wingineer 5y ago
Interesting paper. When I refer to "wake blockage", think of the turbines in the middle of a huge grid of machines. The energy in incoming wind on any side of the farm is mostly extracted by the outer turbines. The inner turbines
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by wingineer 5y ago
Fair. I once was told by a senior NREL engineer that industrialization of a different concept than HAWTs would take over $1B in investment. Which is a lot in a low-margin, capital -intensive business like wind energy. And that number is pro
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by wingineer 5y ago
I think the bladeless vortex concept makes no sense. Here's why: 1. The surface area of the machine is small. Think of this as the area that can capture power from the wind. Due to the cylindrical shape this is way smaller than the rot
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by wingineer 5y ago
Wind turbine design engineer here: There are several significant barriers to adoption that VAWTs face. 1. The wind resource is more powerful and more consistent higher off the ground. The hub heights of industry standard horizontal-axis win