clayrichardson

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by clayrichardson 8y ago
I'm spinning up a lab in Santa Cruz to research the local tick population. We could use extra skilled hands to help obtain the distribution of pathogens, and in developing treatment protocols. Plus, who doesn't enjoy a good tick h
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by clayrichardson 9y ago
Getting liquidity to short or long on margin is as easy as clicking a button and getting liquidated. Poloniex, Bitfinex and BitMex are some of the places you can play that game. You can even become a BTC lender on some of those exchanges an
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by clayrichardson 9y ago
BitMex
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Ask HN: Is anyone using BEAM for DevOps and/or control systems?
5 points by clayrichardson 9y ago|0 comments
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by clayrichardson 9y ago
Sorry, order should be reversed: Power up via USB and connect VDD_5V.
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by clayrichardson 10y ago
I hope they fixed the Easter Egg that blows the CPU if you power up via VDD_5V and plug the USB cable in.
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by clayrichardson 10y ago
Non mobile linque: http://www.dw.com/en/ant-species-cultivates-coffee-for-accom...
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by clayrichardson 10y ago
Playing around with the wheel friction and letting it run for days was interesting: https://github.com/red42/HTML5_Genetic_Cars/blob/master/cawr...
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by clayrichardson 10y ago
I'm around to answer any questions you might have :)
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Show HN: First test chamber constructed, experiment data available(openawg.github.io)
12 points by clayrichardson 10y ago|1 comments
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by clayrichardson 10y ago
Interesting. How often is the groundwater potable during an emergency situation?
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by clayrichardson 10y ago
> but this whole project seems like a total waste of time Are you talking about just the water generator, or the "civilization-in-a-box" collection of modules?
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by clayrichardson 10y ago
> This isn't a new or novel technology, and it's already available for public use. Can you point me in the direction of this project? I'd like to see what the current implementation looks like. > (or even ice cubes and
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by clayrichardson 10y ago
Where should we spend our time instead? Definitely not novel at this stage, but once we modify the AWG to achieve water reclamation from urine, would that be considered novel? The next milestone is to create open source designs for larger-s
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by clayrichardson 10y ago
I will definitely look into that, and probably test a commercially available model or two. If you end up beating me to it: https://github.com/openawg/openawg/pulls
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by clayrichardson 10y ago
Ah, that makes sense, thank you for the feedback. When I was drafting it in Google Docs, I was using footnote annotations, and I just copypasta'd it over.
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by clayrichardson 10y ago
Our current approach is to get the AWG module working, then add a module which boils urine and feeds the vapor into the AWG module for distillation and filtration. Ideally, we'd like to use a gasifier for carbon negative power generati
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by clayrichardson 10y ago
Thank you for the feedback, this is awesome! There is always more to read up on and calculate :) EDIT: The current dehumidifier does accumulate ice on the evaporator coils, depending on the ambient conditions. Once enough ice has accumulate
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by clayrichardson 10y ago
Right? I was thinking that was quite odd as well. I wonder how the current primary and secondary drinking water regulations came to be.
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by clayrichardson 10y ago
That is awesome! We'd love to have a chat with you to better understand your thinking process, perspective, and sources. The pump were using right now consumes 104 W intermittently. For our next prototype, we're going to use a con
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by clayrichardson 10y ago
Thank you! I hope it does too.
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by clayrichardson 10y ago
It would, but it would most likely be less efficient than filtering the water you're floating in :) A good way to increase the efficiency of this machine would be to increase the relative humidity by adding moisture. This is the reason
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by clayrichardson 10y ago
Interesting. I haven't thought about combining it with the mechanical refrigeration process! I'll run the numbers on that, thanks. The initial proof-of-concept I threw together with spare parts actually used a spare TEC (19911-5L3
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by clayrichardson 10y ago
Indeed. Ideally, we'd like to include a mini-datacenter module, allowing for data storage, streaming, and processing. We'd like to be able to gather metrics from these machines all over the world, and identify trends in things suc
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by clayrichardson 10y ago
Oops, thanks for the feedback. Fixed :)
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by clayrichardson 10y ago
Whoa. That is cool. Where can I read more about this, and are there any designs available to peruse?
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by clayrichardson 10y ago
The only difference is the addition of a filtration system to render potable water. Dehumidifiers are not designed to produce potable water. Adding a filtration system removes the contaminants from the non-food grade components and anything
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by clayrichardson 10y ago
I would like to see that comparison as well! I'm not sure how to determine the practicality of well excavation, but my intuition tells me it largely depends on geographically influenced factors. I'll look into that.
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by clayrichardson 10y ago
Interesting. With 32.2C ambient, 14% RH, 1.35C DWP, the absolute humidity is 4.78 g/m^3 With 24.4C ambient, 14% RH, -4.80C DWP, the absolute humidity is 3.12 g/m^3 Absolute humidity here is specified as grams of water per
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by clayrichardson 10y ago
It's also going to be the centerpiece for a water-conscious art installation addressing the global water crisis at Burning Man, pulling water out of some of the driest air on the planet :)

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