michaelnik

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by michaelnik 3y ago
Can confirm CPU part. I once tried to replace a 2d stepwise linear function interpolations (basically, a loop finding the right step, then linear interpolation, on a double; the function's objective is to rescale inputs before they bec
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by michaelnik 3y ago
No need. That could be done be through the system of Airworthiness Directives (ADs) I think.
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by michaelnik 3y ago
It is actually prohibited to use private devices (on the trading floor).
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Escaping Gravity and the struggle to reshape NASA by Lori Garver (2022)(spacenews.com)
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by michaelnik 3y ago
Ha but the modem would not make you feel sick!
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by michaelnik 3y ago
Lots of it is about the execution. I went through 2 PCVR headsets and I'd never think: oh this is going to be mainstream (in the present state!). Those headsets are not comfortable (sweaty); the hardware needed for anything realistic
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by michaelnik 5y ago
I'd add a (major) inconvenience is problem investigation, often exceptions point you to root cause and all you need it to break on the first exception (think after running big codebase, for an 1h just to get where problem is), but if t
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by michaelnik 5y ago
Tokyo: In 2007, _65_percent_ of trips within a 50 mile radius were by mass transit. Overall transit usage is [...] approximately double that of all combined usage in the United States and nearly 10 times that of Paris [ http://www
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by michaelnik 5y ago
It is a small team, maybe few people? On the other hand, Amazon has 10k people on Alexa[1]. One wonders how much is worth info they are sucking out of households.... [1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-says-it-has-ov
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by michaelnik 5y ago
I use MyCroft/PiCroft (Pi4) + PS2 mic array (15$), it is cheap and relatively easy to hack in Python/Git. I believe it uses Mozilla's voice service. Has no ads. Commands which work nicely which we use all the time: "Hi M
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by michaelnik 5y ago
Gosling designed Java with a C/C++-style syntax that system and application programmers would find familiar. [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(programming_language) ]
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by michaelnik 5y ago
I don't know about "rare", since 1999 the broadest "accident" statistic fluctuates around 6 per 100,000h Notice that "accident" definition conveniently excludes tons of partial failures! (see the legalese
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by michaelnik 5y ago
In parallel the GA planes used got old. Imagine the same happening for the software!!! In 2000, the average age of the nation's 150,000 single-engine fleet was more than 30 years. By 2020, the average age could approach 50 years https
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by michaelnik 5y ago
I hope competitors will deliver similar hardware but with more open ecosystem, check out https://lynx-r.com/ !
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by michaelnik 6y ago
There are tangible benefits to world trip "optimization". We started planning our 1 year, 14-country trip, 1 year in advance. There are places (some national parks, certain hiking trails) where you need to make reservation well in
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by michaelnik 6y ago
There are tangible benefits to world trip "optimization". We started planning our 1 year, 14-country trip, 1 year in advance. There are places (some national parks, certain hiking trails) where you need to make reservation well in
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by michaelnik 6y ago
Maybe because KSFO is covered by PilotEdge* ATC? [*] professional air traffic control for flight simulators
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by michaelnik 6y ago
Meanwhile, to use Web Bluetooth Web (very cool and practical) there is no other option than Chrome[0]. [0] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Bluetoo...