tjmc

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by tjmc 1mo ago
I spy a copy of the "Cold Fusion Web Application Construction Kit"! I worked for Allaire in Sydney in 2000, then Macromedia when they got acquired in 2001. I used to visit a lot of studios like that. The dotcom boom was a wild rid
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by tjmc 3mo ago
This is why I'll never be a fire protection engineer
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by tjmc 3mo ago
Thank you. A big omission from the original article.
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by tjmc 4mo ago
Data center mech eng here - from our perspective it's higher rack densities typically due to GPUs. It's certainly possible to have high densities due to CPUs as well but I've seen a significant spike in rack densities in the
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by tjmc 5mo ago
That's a reasonable take - Apple had a gun to their head regarding tarriffs and exposure to China, but I'd still love to know how Steve would have played the same hand.
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by tjmc 5mo ago
54yo here. We (GenX) grew up with computers. It’s the Boomers and Silent Generation that have trouble.
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by tjmc 6mo ago
You should see the price of noise cancelling aviation headsets. Bose are killing it.
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by tjmc 7mo ago
The issue is maximum take off weight. Presumably the discharged battery weight would be the one you use in the pre-flight MTOW calculations, because the worse case scenario is one where you're landing an almost discharged battery and h
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by tjmc 7mo ago
Looking forward to seeing solid state batteries for aviation, but the scary part is that they get heavier when they discharge as oxygen from the air turns into solid oxide.
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by tjmc 10mo ago
And we're even happier if you keep it!
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by tjmc 1y ago
I can see a future for microreactors powering container ships. Outside nuclear subs and aircraft carriers there are already nuclear powered icebreakers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear-powered_icebreaker
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by tjmc 1y ago
I suspect this unawareness of language use is universal. When I lived in the UK in the early 90's, people would discuss the weather in celcius when it was cold and fahrenheit when it was warm with seemingly no idea that they'd swi
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Tech company reaches gender quotas by replacing half workers with female AI bots(betootaadvocate.com)
2 points by tjmc 1y ago|2 comments
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by tjmc 1y ago
Easy transfers between different people's iThings with Airdrop. I got my CompSci degree over 30 years ago and yet my 74yo aunt taught me this - the shame!
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by tjmc 1y ago
The white plastic toothpick found on most Swiss Army knives is perfect for cleaning USB-C ports.
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by tjmc 1y ago
"eKaren" is shorter
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by tjmc 2y ago
Apologies for a trivial question. I have an odd fascination about the edge cases of birthright citizenship. If a non- citizen gave birth in an American embassy, would their child be entitled to US citizenship? What about US Antarctic Territ
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by tjmc 2y ago
Congratulations YC! I remember prior to HN, pg used to post his essays to Slashdot under the username Bugbear and all the attendant sniping and lame memes that would come back in response. Hacker News was a breath of fresh air and continues
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by tjmc 2y ago
I wonder how they start them. Park at the top of a hill?
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by tjmc 2y ago
It's a pity they didn't discuss 2-way charging
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by tjmc 2y ago
It's a great way to get started if you're already a developer. Here's some of the stuff my company is doing in the digital space: https://www.aurecongroup.com/expertise/digital-engineering-a... They like
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by tjmc 2y ago
Fair point. I did my mech eng degree in Australia where university is heavily subsidised for citizens. Total cost for the 4 year degree here was $32,000 (roughly $21,560USD at today’s exchange rate)
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by tjmc 2y ago
Absolutely. There was a student in his 50’s in my graduating year who was an aviation mechanic previously. There’s also a lot of opportunities at engineering firms for developers. Start that way and see if you like it maybe.
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by tjmc 2y ago
I was in your position with web development and went back to uni to get a mechanical engineering degree. Started at 38 and graduated at 42. I’ve been working at it for 10 years now and specialise in designing data centres funnily enough. Th
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by tjmc 2y ago
What's wrong with Wolfie?
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by tjmc 2y ago
No - I think the architects just weren't fans.
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by tjmc 2y ago
One of my earliest jobs as a mechanical engineer was checking the pneumatic tube shop drawings for Perth Children's Hospital. Basically looking for bends with too small a radius and appropriate collars through firewalls. One of the eng
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by tjmc 2y ago
It will be interesting to see if there's an Osborne Effect on iPhone 15 (non-pro) sales now that the model is effectively stuck with brain-dead Siri.
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by tjmc 2y ago
Nothing? If you're acting like the sea witch in "The Little Mermaid" you're probably doing something wrong.
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by tjmc 2y ago
Yoko would have made a great Wormtongue though

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