sobriquet9

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by sobriquet9 5mo ago
What's the point of comparing quantities expressed in different units? Debt is in dollars, GDP is in dollars per year.
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by sobriquet9 9mo ago
Are you saying the FCC writes one thing in the regulation, but will enforce something different? The language I see there now is unambiguous, "batteries". Lithium-ion battery for my impact driver can be used to fly an FPV drone. I
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by sobriquet9 9mo ago
"the following UAS components: Data transmission devices Communications systems Flight controllers Ground control stations and UAS controllers Navigation systems Sensors and Cameras Batteries and Battery M
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by sobriquet9 9mo ago
DJI requires activation (through a cell phone app, exposing personally identifiable information) for all their products, even action cameras.
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by sobriquet9 9mo ago
DJI had the list of US no-fly zones that included airports, military bases, prisons, etc. Since DJI is no longer selling drones in the US, they removed that restriction.
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by sobriquet9 9mo ago
The covered list now includes batteries and motors, even though they don't emit RF. Most are just battery cells, wires, magnets, and connectors, with not even a single transistor inside. They were not previously subject to FCC certific
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by sobriquet9 9mo ago
Rotor Riot sells a flight controller made in USA. Donald Trump Jr. is on the advisory board of Unusual Machines that owns Rotor Riot.
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by sobriquet9 1y ago
I think if you showed not only the point estimate, but also some measure of uncertainty like standard deviation, it should have given you a passing grade. It's hard to say why an answer like 6.8 +- 5 is wrong. Even if you don't ye
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by sobriquet9 2y ago
For the same reasons people are interested in new iPhones, but not last year iPhones. And tax incentives.
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by sobriquet9 2y ago
Nobody is interested in used EVs, therefore resale values are very low.
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by sobriquet9 2y ago
If it is a completely different game, why are all strongest players the same?
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by sobriquet9 2y ago
This is likely. From example games, it not only knows the rules (which would be impressive by itself, just making the legal moves is not trivial). It also has some planning capabilities (plays combinations of several moves).
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by sobriquet9 2y ago
Tape machines predate GPS. A metaphor should be referring to something common, not something that can be made in theory to fit a different set of requirements, but does not really exist.
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by sobriquet9 2y ago
But not DC itself. Even if it goes down to 1 Hz, the circuit in question will saturate in a few seconds, or be in saturation when initially turned on and never get to zero as there is no DC feedback.
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by sobriquet9 2y ago
Even when you decode with an SDR, you still need to adjust the receiver frequency to match that of the transmitter, as reference oscillators might have slightly different frequencies that can also slowly shift, e.g., due to changes in tempe
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by sobriquet9 2y ago
FM audio does not carry DC either. PLL in the receiver/decoder will eventually catch up with the constant frequency shift.
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by sobriquet9 2y ago
The tape delay methaphor confused me. Tape recorders do not record DC or other frequencies much lower than, say, 20 Hz. So that circuit would run into one of the rails just as quickly as the previous cirquit without DC feedback.
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by sobriquet9 2y ago
An illustrative example to explain ergodicity. Consider the following game. Players start with $100. At every turn, a fair coin is flipped. If tails, the amount of player's money is increased by 50%. If heads, the amount of player&#x27
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by sobriquet9 2y ago
They also lose data. Especially large files you rarely touch, like family videos. Bit rot on SSDs is real. I backup to HDDs now.
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by sobriquet9 2y ago
Unless we live in a simulation.
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by sobriquet9 2y ago
Level IIIA resists penetration from .357 SIG, 9 mm, and .44 magnum. Those are handgun rounds. It may stop some intermediate rounds if you’re lucky, but certainly not full power rifle rounds. Helmets cannot deform as much as vests before ser
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by sobriquet9 2y ago
The guns are different, but primers are mostly the same.
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by sobriquet9 2y ago
If you place a bullet between rifle stock and the shoulder, then fire the rifle, it’s going to be mildly unpleasant, but the bullet won’t penetrate the skin, let alone kill the shooter.
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by sobriquet9 2y ago
One counterexample may be sufficient to disprove a hypothesis. If you claim a certain quadratic equation has no roots and I give you one root, you can’t say “n=1”.
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by sobriquet9 2y ago
Because so many civilians died, including women, and harsh living conditions due to wide spread destruction.
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by sobriquet9 2y ago
Fertility rates do not decrease after a war, which means fewer remaining men get the same number of women pregnant.
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by sobriquet9 2y ago
Not really a concern outdoors. Ben Stoeger, world shooting champion and firearms trainer who shoots a lot, said his blood lead levels are normal and attributes it to shooting outdoors.
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by sobriquet9 2y ago
Guns are kinetic energy weapons, not momentum weapons. It’s the kinetic energy that matters. Momentum is conserved, recoil momentum is the same as bullet momentum, yet recoil does not kill the shooter.
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by sobriquet9 2y ago
Those distinctions are irrelevant. Education was free in USSR. Access to math circles and specialized math schools was also free. It was not necessary to hire a tutor or pay for advanced classes to get admitted, unless we’re talking about t
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by sobriquet9 2y ago
Class based admission meant discrimination against Jews.

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