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by bpowah 5mo ago
Very nice. I was looking for something like this a few months ago to stiffen some vase-mode prints and quickly found it wasn't worth my time messing around with UV maps in Blender or adding corrugations in CAD. Now I can reboot my stor
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by bpowah 2y ago
I think I would use it to design a bot attractant. Create some links with random text use a genetic algorithm to refine those words based on how many bots click on them. It might be interesting to see what they fixate on.
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by bpowah 4y ago
I can't speak for Wine, but my son uses it on Proton regularly and except for a few brief glitches after updates and the inability to use the steering wheel controller, it's worked very well. https://www.protondb.com&#x
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by bpowah 8y ago
Undoubtedly desperately needed tech, but I don't understand why the geolocation couldn't be embedded in the voice call itself (14.4k modem style). It's such a tiny amount of data, it wouldn't need to interfere with the c
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by bpowah 9y ago
So my WiFi should easily be able to detect if my (all metal) garage door is open or closed? I would like this. I run dd-wrt. Is there an all-software solution to this? Or does this research rely on fairly specialized hardware? (sorry, didn&
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by bpowah 10y ago
The reputation system should be overhauled. A user-based PageRank-style system would highlight the quality of work over quantity and a high rank would give a user voting power that would take some burden off of moderation. A monetary volun
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by bpowah 10y ago
We are required to notify (by mail) residents within a specified distance of a map feature. directmail.com uses a geoselection tool that, while suffering from last year's UI, is fairly full-featured: http://www.geoselector.
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by bpowah 10y ago
Can you poly-select on a map to get addresses? Or do I need my own pre-compiled list?
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by bpowah 11y ago
The original article mentions hybrid but does not say the motors are exclusive to hybrid drives, merely that the motor will be flight tested in a series-hybrid DA36. Besides, the MIT article I linked enumerates the benefits of the hybrid d
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by bpowah 11y ago
this article does a fair amount of discussion on advantages. Basically it is quiet, has no on-site emissions, and is theoretically more efficient. They also go on to mention that it loosens some design constraints. http://www.
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Show HN: Dynapack – a JavaScript module bundler(github.com)
5 points by bpowah 11y ago|0 comments
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by bpowah 12y ago
Right? Me too. Then it dawned on me: "Software Developer" is just the new "Secretary". Instead of guarding filing cabinets, you are managing a db. Instead of manning the front desk, you maintain the website.
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by bpowah 12y ago
Yield strength for steel is about 5x that of wood's UTS, and the cross-section of a 2x4 is about 5x that of a 1-in bolt, so yeah wood is 'that' strong. Screws are typically used in a way that they are not carrying a static l
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by bpowah 12y ago
Great stuff. Works great on a desktop except for the two-finger gestures. I'd love to see a zoom and rotate binding to the mouse scroll-wheel.
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by bpowah 12y ago
In the same vein, there was the proposed MOOSE reentry system: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOOSE
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by bpowah 12y ago
A number of random thoughts come to mind. Apologies if this comes across as negative. I like the idea because it makes selling a hassle-free experience, but the way I am imagining it feels inefficient to me. "Free delivery" ==
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by bpowah 12y ago
Many jurisdictions tried to introduce speed trap cameras decades ago. But they failed to gain wide acceptance mainly due to public outrage. Hopefully, the LAPD will seek a compromise between utility and public image.
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by bpowah 12y ago
It's really just a geometric growth problem. I've been a member for 5 years and I feel like it hit it's "Eternal September" a couple years ago. And I'm sure the people who have been a member since the beginni
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by bpowah 12y ago
For more involved explorations, I use the editor of my choice and import/reload the script as a module in the notebook.
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by bpowah 12y ago
I don't understand how the '14 model S is "AWD equivalent".
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by bpowah 13y ago
I'm excited to see where this goes. You are right about the competition. There is tons of information out there, but not many are wiki and none have the responsiveness or a clean modern design yours does. Kudos on the "free and
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by bpowah 13y ago
It's certainly possible to build. It's a joke because it should never need to be built. There are so many simpler ways to route power around the wheel rather than through it. If it ever became apparent that you needed such a devi
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by bpowah 14y ago
or have some capacitance of their own.
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by bpowah 14y ago
Now would somebody please tell me what the little holes are for in the end of the plug prongs!? http://www.worldofstock.com/slides/BEN2097.jpg
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by bpowah 14y ago
Wonderfully entertaining to read. I was once told by a certified electrician (and physicist) that you don't even need a neutral wire and many rural services only have one "hot wire" and use the earth as the neutral "return" circuit (which
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by bpowah 14y ago
Yes, they clearly thought thru the white-image issue: http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/ice-extreme-close-up... The box is just a low-contrast region (not adaptive). But I still think there will be lots of conditions where it will
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by bpowah 14y ago
What do they do for almost-white images? Hopefully at some threshold they switch to black test. Even at that, a black/white tiled checkerboard image would leave the url illegible. They should have outlined the white text in black. Also,
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by bpowah 14y ago
It is a moot question. A simulation is just a name of a thing that is a part of the universe. The current definition covers simple things like thoughts or sentences and some simulations (ex: the Bay Model) are not really distinguishable fr
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by bpowah 15y ago
I absolutely love the idea. I cant remember where I read it or heard it, but physical letters do get much more attention. Nothing against SendWrite, but I think even more attention can be gained via distinctive-looking enveloped letters t