joehosteny

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by joehosteny 4mo ago
I loved this book as a kid, and I built this robot as a kid for a science fair. And, despite having built a lot of balsa wood R/C airplanes, it was challenging. It kick started an interest in robotics for me though. I now work for my s
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by joehosteny 1y ago
I was able to update to the latest tag of emqtt on GH (1.14.4), which was not previously possible. I don't believe there are any blockers now to a package on hex.pm, so hopefully this is made available soon.
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by joehosteny 1y ago
Ah, yes - we are pulling from the tag on GH. However, I believe the hard dependency on the older version of gun was fixed recently. IIRC, that was what prevented a proper package at the latest version from being on hex.
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by joehosteny 1y ago
We use it in our robotics startup, and I wholeheartedly agree. As an example, we just rolled out a feature in our cloud offering that allows a user to remotely call a robot to a specified waypoint inside a facility, and show real time updat
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by joehosteny 1y ago
Which version of emqtt are you referring to? We are successfully using 1.11.0 (with AWS IoT Core), which I believe is the "blessed" version for elixir.
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by joehosteny 2y ago
The Piperench runtime reconfigurable FPGA out of CMU: https://research.ece.cmu.edu/piperench/
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by joehosteny 4y ago
Nice photo of the now defunct Montana Rail Link. I always loved that livery.
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by joehosteny 6y ago
Aside from the flow technique mentioned below, I think it is pretty common. If I'm acting as the non-flying pilot, my job is to talk to ATC, set radios, load flight plans and instrument approaches, etc. As an example (slight variation)
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by joehosteny 7y ago
Of course. That’s pretty common though, and you don’t hear about when that is successful. As an example, the 757 and 767 share a common type rating.
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by joehosteny 7y ago
There's a lot of safety value in not having to be retrained, too.
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by joehosteny 8y ago
Accelerate-go is definitely used in twin pistons and turboprops. For example, in the DA-42, V1 is specified as 75 kts. In the King Air 350, V1 is typically around 100 kts.
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by joehosteny 9y ago
Parking downtown is bad, but I'd be curious what cities you are comparing it to with respect to traffic. I grew up in Chicago and lived in the Bay Area for a few years, and those are both far worse. A lot of the newer tech jobs are fai
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by joehosteny 9y ago
I understand your position, but I think these companies do exist here. I know, because I've been at a few of them (Avere Systems and Bossa Nova Robotics, for example). I think our biggest challenge is getting sufficient capital in the