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by gjkood 1mo ago
Just the other day I heard about the heroic effort[0] to restore communication with Voyager 2 after they inadvertently changed the antenna to point in the wrong direction due to some planned manoeuvres. Definitely worth a listen if you get
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'AI will free us': Javier Milei's plan for Argentina(telegraph.co.uk)
9 points by gjkood 3mo ago|2 comments
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Judge Strikes Down Trump's $100K H-1B Visa Fee(wsj.com)
7 points by gjkood 3mo ago|1 comments
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by gjkood 7mo ago
One of the best shows I have ever watched. It evokes the early history (though fictional) of the personal computing revolution. The character of Cameron Howe resonated with me greatly. What a fantastic show.
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by gjkood 7mo ago
First person I thought about when I read the title. If you haven't already, I would highly recommend this book[1] on Seymour Cray. An amazing read. 1. https://www.amazon.com/Supermen-Seymour-Technical-Wizards-Su...
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Is beef tallow making a comeback?(nytimes.com)
48 points by gjkood 8mo ago|159 comments
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by gjkood 2y ago
The best non-fiction book I have ever read is 'The Making of the Atomic Bomb'[1] by Richard Rhodes. Fantastic early history of the people that eventually comprise the Manhattan Project. I feel any person who is interested in physi
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by gjkood 2y ago
The show was talking about chip packaging companies to create the end usable chips from the silicon produced. Just for the construction work alone, they mentioned that the pipefitters local union membership has doubled since 2020. Refinery
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by gjkood 2y ago
I believe the new term for Phoenix, AZ and other major cities in AZ is "Silicon Desert". You can see a map of the many companies in the high tech space in AZ at the following site. https://siliconmaps.com/silicon-d
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by gjkood 2y ago
I have been listening to Kai Ryssdal's Marketplace on NPR/KQED the last few days on my commute home from work. The topic for the last several days was on the CHIPS And Science Act and the new Semiconductor Fabs being built by TSMC
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by gjkood 2y ago
Early in my career I once optimized an inherited 10,000+ line C program to less than 500 lines. It was a C program making SQL calls into a Sybase database. No, not because I had some brilliant insight but for the simple assumption that my p
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by gjkood 3y ago
Interesting timing. Just watching 'Tokyo Vice'[1] on Amazon Prime now. There was an episode or two where Jake is chasing down a Yakusa Fan Magazine author to get intel on Tozawa. Amazing Show! Reminds me a bit of 'The Wire&#x
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by gjkood 3y ago
I started out my computing journey on the ZX81 learning little BASIC programs. I graduated to a full color MSX Spectravideo [1] afterwards. I loved making little graphics programs and playing with the sound chip. I wish I had seen the origi
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by gjkood 3y ago
I wonder if anyone recalls the little worker robots in the 1972 movie "Silent Running". [1] I don't know what it was about those fellows but I felt emotionally attached to them. It was not that they had any visible means of c
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NASA hears back from Voyager 2(scientificamerican.com)
8 points by gjkood 3y ago|2 comments
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by gjkood 3y ago
Its still alive! Even though NASA would likely have restablished connection with Voyager 2 sometime in October during the next pre-scheduled alignment window there would be an element of uncertainty about its health. However they have detec
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by gjkood 3y ago
OT wrt. Shakespeare, but David Suchet's portrayal of Agatha Christie's Poirot is one of my favorite shows. What a wonderful classy portrayal of the character! I enjoy it more with each repeated viewing.
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by gjkood 4y ago
If you don't mind, can you clarify what is the fast front-end framework that you mentioned above?
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by gjkood 4y ago
For those new to MicroPython or to the ESP8266 line of microprocessors here is a talk that I gave at a PyCaribbean conference in 2017. [1] Its a bit long winded but I tried to touch upon everything that a new entrant to the space would want
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by gjkood 4y ago
Couldn't agree more! When I am forced to use a Windows environment I find myself reaching out to these evergreen tools in many situations and is frustrated by having to find workarounds to these tools that should be ubiquitous tools in
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by gjkood 5y ago
A very good choice Karsteski, probably one of the best online CS programs out there. Wishing you the best in getting in. I have embarked on another MOOC catering to a business degree and still figuring out how to balance course load with pe
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by gjkood 5y ago
Have you tried some of the old "Graphics Gems" series books yet? [1], [2], [3] They are not CS fundamentals but will help you out with the necessary concepts, math and algorithms for graphics programming and ray-tracing. As others
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by gjkood 5y ago
Indeed! I am sure I missed quite a few high speed systems. India is in the shape of a diamond, where the most populous cities would be at the four points of the diamond aligned North-South. A high speed train network that would cover Delhi,
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by gjkood 5y ago
The Indian Railways is definitely an interesting organization. Doing a cursory glance at a Wikipedia entry, some of the stats: 1. Established in 1832 2. 3rd largest railway network in the world 3. 8th largest employer in the world. I was ho
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by gjkood 5y ago
Ah MSX! My first computer was a Spectravideo MSX machine. Loved it! I learned programming on a Sinclair ZX81 so getting the MSX was a huge boost in graphics and color. But it was the 80s so anything with color was great! 1. https:/&#x
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by gjkood 5y ago
"Tell ‘Em What You’re Going To Tell ‘Em; Next, Tell ‘Em; Next, Tell ‘Em What You Told ‘Em" - attributed to lots of people all the way back to Aristotle. [1] I know this is not the same thing as the linked article but I just love t
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by gjkood 5y ago
I would recommend watching "The Durells in Corfu" for some wonderful stories about a British family living in a remote Greek village. 1. https://www.amazon.com/Masterpiece-Durrells-Corfu-Seasons-1-...
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by gjkood 5y ago
I wonder how the availability of Starlink in the truly remote areas will make remote work more accessible. Of course being truly remote also means lack of accessibility to basic facilities that we take for granted. But there is a certain ro
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by gjkood 5y ago
If you live near San Francisco, the Bay Area or Silicon Valley there is a Monarch Butterfly overwintering site in the Ardenwood Historical Farms, Fremont. The season is from November to February.
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by gjkood 5y ago
Just searched for Hansen's book on Amazon. The only one available was 'U.S. Nuclear Weapons the Secret History'. Steep price, $159 for a used copy.

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