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by xondono 5y ago
Because it has just one interface, GP was taking about waterproof and modular.
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by xondono 5y ago
“Wind turbines” and “floating wind turbines” are not the same. Floating wind turbines are not as cost effective as their stationary counterparts.
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by xondono 5y ago
It’s technically possible, but this things are barely cost effective already. A system for sinking them and raise them for repairs would be too expensive. As for ships, they already use custom barges, but if they’re deployed somewhere it’s
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by xondono 5y ago
Modularity is a great feature, but modularity is a mobility killer. Modular laptops, phones, etc.. will be always penalized in terms of either performance or battery life for a given size.
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by xondono 5y ago
Yeah sure, but that will make your phone significantly bulkier
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by xondono 5y ago
No I’m not, all I’m saying is that by OPs logic, I can claim to have a computer with only a part of it. “It’s not very useful but it can make computations” is a very low bar to pass, and very basic discrete (classical) logic can clear that
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by xondono 5y ago
> The thing is, if a device uses the quantum-mechanical properties of the universe to do calculation, then it is a quantum computer; Except this definition includes classical computers as well. At the scales of current transistors, quant
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by xondono 5y ago
Except there’s a lot of people (myself included) who don’t consider a quantum annealer to be a quantum computer. There has been also very little if any actual research in other fields powered with quantum computing. We can keep moving the g
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by xondono 5y ago
By this logic a 74LS138 is a “digital computer”. It’s limited because it has only 3 bits, but if you play with the input bits, the output bits change!
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by xondono 5y ago
They really don’t though. We have some things that if you squint a little, and are willing to stretch the words, look like a quantum computer.
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by xondono 5y ago
Except then the courts would have to decide what constitutes “bad software”…
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by xondono 5y ago
In some part the problem here is that Rust is making error handling explicit, while the C driver has all those error handling covered in other files. For example, in the C version: struct pl061 *pl061 = gpiochip_get_data(gc); What ha
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by xondono 5y ago
A lot of the problems that tend to be ignored when talking about embedded C++ come from the fact that we have good C++ compilers for embedded targets now . This was certainly not the case just a few years ago, especially before ARM was the
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by xondono 5y ago
Point taken, did not know about those technicalities, but I would argue that then, the example makes even less sense. > "Concerning the debate between eternalism and presentism, a typical physicist would say: 'who cares?'&
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by xondono 5y ago
It's weird to see this: The “punk” in Solarpunk is about rebellion, counterculture, post-capitalism, decolonialism and enthusiasm. It is about going in a different direction than the mainstream, which is increasingly going in a sca
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by xondono 5y ago
IMO This article is a mess. Starts with an interesting premise, the foundations of logic (or rather, what people are taught as the foundations of logic) introduces unspoken assumptions. Then it goes on to illustrate with the worst example I
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by xondono 5y ago
The author realizes that you can also use an ipad with your kid right? And if that’s too little screen to share comfortably, you can use a PC…
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by xondono 5y ago
I know, but in most places "remote" actually means "somewhere in US". I'd be willing to take a significant paycut to work at some of those companies remotely.
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by xondono 5y ago
Yes, I've started doing this, but living in Barcelona it's quite a challenge. There's not that many local opportunities and getting leads out of the country so far has yielded very little for me.
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by xondono 5y ago
This type of site is what always has me considering moving “up” in the stack. Remote work on either hardware or systems level programming (embedded) is almost non existent. Remote and not full-time is even rarer.
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by xondono 5y ago
For 2020 that looks even low. For reference QQQ almost hit 50%.
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by xondono 5y ago
I'm guessing he is asking now because a lot of people have recently worked out their 2020 incomes statementes for tax purposes.
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by xondono 5y ago
That’s the “idea”, but there’s no way this would be the end result. You’ll find the odd case of someone who instead of paying their health insurance decided to gamble their income or spent it on drugs. If UBI truly replaces public health, t
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by xondono 5y ago
Agreed that it’s too scarce on details. The obvious problem here is that UBI only makes sense if you take those other programs out (no public healthcare, no public pensions), but it will be unthinkable for most europeans to loose those.
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by xondono 5y ago
It’s not really that rare, there’s a reason for the common saying in public choice, “concentrated benefits, dispersed costs”. Think subsidies. Industry specific subsidies (e.g. farmer subsidies) are popular, while industry wide subsidies (e
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by xondono 5y ago
Some places in europe have lower population densities because of low population , not because of massive distances. The problem in the US is that distances are way longer.
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by xondono 5y ago
Claiming that America has slow connections compared to Europe without acknowledging the obvious differences in infrastructure cost is ridiculous. Europe is way more dense than America, just look at any light pollution map and compare. Europ
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by xondono 5y ago
How is that not a win-win scenario? Moving to Canada improves their standard of living.
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by xondono 5y ago
We pay for that dearly with lower wages and higher taxes.
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by xondono 5y ago
I’m so relieved that Altium showed the middle finger to Autodesk…

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