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by jackhack 8y ago
For many, this won't even begin to offset the increase in income and property taxes from this notoriously high-tax state. Individual or business, you're likely to pay more. http://money.cnn.com/gallery/smallbu
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And, just like that, the tech world suddenly understands the stifling burden of overregulation that affects nearly every other industry.
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The BigTrak was my first exposure to programming, as well. I was so distressed when my family moved and it was lost/discarded. I used to work out path programs for it to drive from my bedroom, down the hall to my brother's room,
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by jackhack 8y ago
Wow! $1800 for the arm subassembly. (IMO, an essential component. If you're going to have a 'bot it must be able to fetch a beer.) That strikes me as a tough price point to meet. Perhaps I'm jaded after having seen numerous 3
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It's irrational, but I'd like to tinker around with a HERO robot, too. I say irrational because it's possible to have vastly more capability with a Raspberry Pi-based modern bot, at 10% of the price. But there's somethin
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You might be troubled to know that the guidance control systems on modern spacecraft and many aeronautics subsystems work this way -- at least three redundant systems have access to sensor data and each make independent decisions about the
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Good luck. We can't get them to stop ignoring wide swaths of the Constitution. Even if it were to pass, I wouldn't hold my breath hoping they would begin obeying some minor procedural rule.
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Genius isn't enough. In fact, it can be a detriment in the right (wrong?) environment resulting in stunted emotional and social development. The problem with geniuses is that they tend to think their aptitude is enough to grant them ma
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In fact, one could say the island is growing.
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Everyone things they're the next Steve Jobs - well-known for his binary view of the world (where something could only be the "greatest thing ever" or "(profanity)"). He had finely tuned design sensibilities, but his
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by jackhack 8y ago
but "Hey Spybot-Listening-To-Every-Conversation-In-This-Household-And-Building-A-Transcript-For-The-NSA" doesn't roll off the tongue the same way.
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At least they're not yet so pretentious as to call it an "eatery" which seem to be the latest trend among middling restaurants trying to distinguish themselves.
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Germane to this article -- the pretention of calling a restaurant an "eatery."
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Not with a crushed spirit. A bird that has lived its life in a cage won't leave. It's really quite sad to see. Men convince themselves they are free by refusing to ackowledge the walls of their own dungeon.
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I can confidently say I disagree with that conclusion. As Jim Rohn famously said, you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. While I don't completely agree because I think think "time" can also be in
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Thanks for the TLDR. But if that's the argument, then not even assembly is sufficient, as control over speculative branching and prefetch is only accessible via microcode in the CPU. I think the argument is improperly framed. This is a
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by jackhack 8y ago
I appreciate the clarification. (and agree) There are many cases of lack-of-attribution or no respect for open-source licensing.
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That should be a fairly deep rooted memory. If you're having difficulty recalling, that is concerning. I respectfully urge you to consult with a neurologist or at least your GP.
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>>software, where innovation suffers from the open-sourcing/attribution problem to a greater degree than any other field. Suffers? What a curious choice of word! I would claim quite the contrary, where innovation flourishes due
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Indeed - this is often forgotten but just like the fashion of necktie widths and the length of hemlines, so the AI pendulum swings from symbolic representation to ML. I believe it will return, eventually, and at it's foundation rests L
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It's the way of the world. Apple and Microsoft seem hell-bent on introducing "phone/tablet" type gestures into their desktop UIs also. It seems only natural that linux distros would follow. Lesson for the kids making the
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by jackhack 8y ago
I would like to thank America for being the world pharma profit center, as well. It is impossible to give away antibiotics for 30 pence a dosage if not for the American paying $50 per tablet.
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Respectfully, Art Of Electronics is not a great choice for OP. AOE is a deep dive with a fast, steep learning curve and while appropriate for a serious student (EE?) I would argue it's not appropriate for someone who has no fundamental
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It is unavoidable, you must learn some basic theory. A gentle introduction is found in this book: "Make: Electronics: Learning Through Discovery, 2nd Edition" by Charles Platt
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for those wondering: Pytorch == Tensors and Dynamic neural networks in Python with strong GPU acceleration for Computer Vision, Text, Reinforcement Learning, etc.
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Agreed. And not just any cables, but polarized cables, with gold plated connectors, and the copper wire formed in oxygen-deprived environments, with individual strands following certain twist-pattern to optimize the electron flow, etc. To
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>Experienced guitarists (well, I, anyway) can easily an instantly spot the difference between a modeller and a real tube amp. It might be possible , but it surely isn't easy nor obvious. "Instantly," as you claim? Sorry,
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>>convincing fake video since the 60s (see Kubric) I assume you mean stanley kubrick. What are you referring to?
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And not too far from parental "assistance: is the question of cheating, which is reportedly widespread. Is it the pressure of the exams alone, or anger about the cheating-prevention measures? Somewhat related, I recall stories of riots
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>miraculous Yes, miraculous is precisely the right word. 128 bytes of memory. BYTES! Or as the article's author so beautifully frames it : "the RAM can't hold a full Tweet". And that's just the RAM; CPU is simila

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