jonmrodriguez

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Verne's remarkable vision in 1870: compare this to the flight path of Apollo 8(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by jonmrodriguez 7y ago|0 comments
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Robotic excavators get a boost with $33M for Built Robotics(zdnet.com)
2 points by jonmrodriguez 7y ago|0 comments
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Ground Testing Begins of 330 m^3 Bigelow Aerospace B330 Orbital Habitat(space.com)
1 points by jonmrodriguez 7y ago|0 comments
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by jonmrodriguez 7y ago
If you would like to request access to the training data she has been gathering / labelling, you may email team@ecofriendlyapp.com . To her knowledge, hers is the most comprehensive and best-labelled dataset to date in this problem do
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My wife's Show HN: Recyclable material classifier. Training data avail by req.(ecofriendlyapp.com)
2 points by jonmrodriguez 7y ago|1 comments
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by jonmrodriguez 8y ago
Please understand that I have no problem with genetic engineering in general, and am probably one of the few people on this thread with genetic engineering experience. I have customized a DNA sequence and had my custom version synthesized
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by jonmrodriguez 8y ago
This is not satire. If it helps explain my position, I also agree with the scientific consensus that animals, not just humans, are sentient, and that sentience comes in varying degrees rather than just a binary yes or no. https:/&#x
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by jonmrodriguez 8y ago
The Vatican these days is no longer regressive, at least on scientific issues. Here is a letter from the Pope in 2015 urging action on climate change: http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals&#x2
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by jonmrodriguez 8y ago
Patrick, don't you think you should reflect on what you are doing before taking sentient neurons and forcing them to live their entire lives confined inside a machine, with no possibility of escape? How would you enjoy being born into
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by jonmrodriguez 8y ago
Don't you think this would constitute slavery? Shouldn't this be extremely illegal?
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by jonmrodriguez 8y ago
Speaking as a vegan: The reason I am vegan is for utilitarian reasons. Neuroscientists agree that there is firm evidence that all animals (NOT PLANTS) are sentient to varying degrees. I believe that in the future it will be possible to q
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by jonmrodriguez 8y ago
In the second paragraph: "In 2017, a reported 11 Titans had gone vegan".
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by jonmrodriguez 11y ago
I feel like part of the cultural fascination with flying saucers is that we intuitively feel like it should be possible for someone with advanced technology to levitate without expending power. We are starting to get there, with quantum l
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by jonmrodriguez 11y ago
Along similar lines, since AI is considered to be potentially dangerous, by figures from Elon Musk to Stephen Hawking, I would rather our civilization never open this pandora's box. We can solve Earth's problems and even spread t
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by jonmrodriguez 11y ago
At least in electrical engineering, we use mental math every day. More specifically, we use approximate mental math (trying to calculate to within about +/- 25% of the correct value) because it's faster than calculating the exac
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by jonmrodriguez 11y ago
Is it common for military electronics to have a self-destruct feature to protect technology secrets? E.g., when damaged beyond repair or abandoned in a hasty retreat, the hardware could ignite a little thermite to incinerate the electronics
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by jonmrodriguez 11y ago
> you have to power it to have it hold still Is it common to work around this by supplementing the electric motor with a disc brake? Depending where you want to be on the tradeoff between complexity vs energy-efficiency, you could use a
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by jonmrodriguez 11y ago
This seems like it would make Xperia phones a potentionally great platform for prototyping of IoT devices that would benefit from a cellular radio. The UART port would be used to connect to a microcontroller which would use protocols such
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by jonmrodriguez 11y ago
Speaking as an engineer, you're supposed to design for the worst-case tolerance stack to be viable... If 0.01% is out of spec then you need tighter tolerance specs on your individual components or otherwise your design does not mathema
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by jonmrodriguez 11y ago
Let me start by saying that I agree that desktop electronics manufacturing will be the "next big thing" in the maker movement, and I am a huge fan. However, this article does not mention two very important issues. In order to mak
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by jonmrodriguez 11y ago
Would the DEC2 mutation be amenable to being given to adults via a gene therapy?
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by jonmrodriguez 11y ago
An example of "tangible interaction" is pressing this checkbox in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=100&v=AoWi10YVmfE In terms of what the projection feels like, this article explains that to some pe
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Soyuz T-13: reconquering a dead space station(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by jonmrodriguez 11y ago|2 comments
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by jonmrodriguez 11y ago
Haha maybe it's just me, but I actually dislike having my real-life nose block part of my view.
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by jonmrodriguez 11y ago
> Binaural means a recording with two microphones spaced at the distance of a human head. I don't think that's enough. It's about the effect of the shape of the head and ears on the propagation of sound waves. For examp
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by jonmrodriguez 12y ago
I guess it's hard to prove, but I think certain objects are inherently correlated with good/evil. E.g. a torture device is inherently evil IMHO, and a vaccine is inherently good.
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by jonmrodriguez 12y ago
Seriously. It's extremely important that we as engineers be ethical about what we build. If you are enabling a surveillance state, I think many people would consider that to be harmful to public welfare.
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by jonmrodriguez 12y ago
Aw man I loved your comment right up to the point where you gave people a suggestion on how to make better surveillance tech :(
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by jonmrodriguez 12y ago
Same thing happened to me. If it's relevant, I'm on the default mobile browser of Samsung Galaxy S5.
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Electric Bacteria(popsci.com)
3 points by jonmrodriguez 12y ago|0 comments

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