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danbr | 3 years ago | on: Early morning university classes linked to poor sleep and academic performance

I had a professor in undergrad who scheduled his classes as early as possible, around 7:30am, because he was an early riser.

Notoriously known for difficult assignments and exams, he would allow extra time for tests, if we showed up an extra half hour early. Who wants to take an exam at 7am?! There was a massive curve to everyone’s grades.

danbr | 3 years ago | on: Electrify America “fries” EVs at charging stations

I’m somewhat surprised there aren’t more EV (DC) charging companies around.

There are dozens of various oil companies who have their own gas stations (subsidized by the oil industry?). Why don’t we see more electric companies building their own charging networks as well?

danbr | 3 years ago | on: The cost of cheap TVs

For those who are able, a pihole is a must when connecting a smart TV (or any other “smart” device for that matter) to the internet.

It’s shockingly disturbing the amount of traffic my Samsung TV produces, even when watching OTA stations. It easily queries Samsung cloud domains more than any other device on my network. Thankfully I am able to sinkhole all those requests without totally breaking tv functionality, but after paying hundreds of dollars for a television, I don’t need to give them any more of my data for financial gain.

danbr | 3 years ago | on: How did NASA get these Apollo films

The LOX tank cameras are amazing. The quality isn't great but recording video from inside a cryogenic pressure vessel through fiber optics and strobes (shutterless) to the film frame rate using 1960s tech blows me away.

danbr | 3 years ago | on: Shazam turns 20

Does it strike anyone else as being odd that Apple is noting this in their “Newsroom” press release? Don’t get me wrong, great for Shazam and all … but why is Apple - the company that bought them just 4 years ago - is making a todo about it?

danbr | 3 years ago | on: Serving on a SAGE Combat Crew [pdf]

> As a controller I would be in charge of the whole show, moving the aircraft around like a giant ballet in the sky as I turned the target on its target run and controlled the interceptors to use various tactics on their attacks. And doing this with a SAGE radar scope was really a high-tech operation for the time. My display was computer generated and the interceptor pilots would slave their aircraft autopilots to follow whatever instructions I put into my computer display. My inputs into the scope would go to the computer and the computer would broadcast those inputs to the autopilots of the interceptors, and the interceptors would then follow those commands. In essence I would be flying the airplanes using my radar scope while the pilots focused on looking at their onboard radar systems to find their targets and simulate shooting them down.

danbr | 3 years ago | on: $45k Chevy Blazer EV

Can you rotate around a “3D” view on the Chevy site. It’s a 5 seater.

What I find more bothersome is the lack of any technical info on their website.

danbr | 3 years ago | on: Open Circuits – The Inner Beauty of Electronic Components

I first learned of Eric when he made a surprise appearance on CuriousMarcs YouTube channel. He’s a smart guy and I stared following him on Twitter(TubeTimeUS), for his deep dives of retro computing. No doubt this book will be awesome!

danbr | 4 years ago | on: First Raspberry Pi Powered Ultra-Small Form Factor Rugged for Defense, Aerospace

Having worked with CW products before, I imagine this will be in the $500-$1k+ price range and won’t satisfy many aerospace needs/constrains.

There’s plenty of “oh we’re not using a raspberry pi, that’s a kids toy” in the industry, so I’m finding it difficult to find the niche this product satisfies, when there are plenty of more powerful/established options.

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