joshuas | 5 years ago | on: Boston Dynamics' Handle Robot Recreated with Raspberry Pi
Who would get close to the edge of a cliff while on a Segway?
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joshuas | 5 years ago | on: Unauthorized Bread: Jailbreaking IoT toasters
Sounds like you need a smart toilet lid.
joshuas | 7 years ago | on: A brief history of why artists are no longer making a living making music
I don't know about you, but I'm paid to perform(much like a live musician I suppose). I don't get residuals on my performance. I don't list myself as the writer or composer of my code and receive payment if someone uses or derives their own work from mine. My employer might.
I haven't seen anyone here saying musicians shouldn't get paid when they perform for an audience or for a certain purpose (let's say a commercial or soundtrack)
joshuas | 7 years ago | on: CNC milling with open source software
I've yet to see anyone make a test board on CNC that wouldn't have been made quicker and with better quality by using photoresist boards and etching them. And I have a pretty decent CNC mill.
joshuas | 7 years ago | on: CNC milling with open source software
There are two types of dremels in the world, those about to overheat and those that are burned out.
joshuas | 7 years ago | on: CNC milling with open source software
The machines do some sanity checking. Most of the issues come from the machine being improperly informed about what is on the table(height or shape) or the length of the tool in the spindle. The tool length can be tested if you have the hardware, but it's more difficult to scan the whole table for stuff that might get in the way.
joshuas | 7 years ago | on: Scientists find 'friendliness' genes that distinguish dogs from wolves
There fact that they can't solve problems without us is why we can leave them alone in our houses. Can you imagine a dog with great problem solving skills in your house all day?
joshuas | 7 years ago | on: Computer History Museum Makes Eudora Email Client Source Code Available
Back then you didn't have a lot of choice of what language to use, windows was MFC on visual studio and Mac was codewarrior(I think). The Mac and Windows versions were written by two separate teams even though we sat next to each other, and I can't think of any code shared between them, anything we could have shared would have been trivial to write from scratch. I have no explanation for the enormous size of the Mac version.
joshuas | 7 years ago | on: NFL Releases Finite Element Helmet Models
This is not true, most universities lose money on their sports programs.
joshuas | 8 years ago | on: John Carmack: My Steve Jobs Stories
His cars were registered, he paid the taxes, he just didn't put the license plate on.
joshuas | 8 years ago | on: A manufacturing process that produces long strips of high-quality graphene
A google search says yes.
joshuas | 8 years ago | on: Apple plans new U.S. campus, to pay $38B in foreign cash taxes
Are you under the impression that a sizable portion of those currently unemployed have the skills that Apple looks for in their employees? Or are you suggesting they start up a pastry shop, carwash and clothing conglomerate?
joshuas | 8 years ago | on: Brain inflammation sows the seeds of Alzheimer’s
paracetamol is acetaminophen(Tylenol) for the Americans in the audience.
joshuas | 8 years ago | on: This Dumb Industry: Wilson Boxes
Can I buy a Lootbox that might have your answer in it?
joshuas | 8 years ago | on: Alexa, are you listening?
Hacking an Alexa is probably one of the more difficult ways to bug a hotel room.
joshuas | 8 years ago | on: Alexa, are you listening?
I don't get the fear mongering. It seems infinitely more likely my computer is compromised than some single purpose device that doesn't load code from third party developers or visit random web pages.
If we're expecting that Apple/Google/Amazon/Microsoft are the people attacking us then they have easier ways. If we expect it's outsiders then how do they even get to my Alexa?
joshuas | 8 years ago | on: Amazon is in exploratory talks with generic-drug makers
Restaurants pay less for meat than you and I do. Trucking companies pay less for diesel than you or I would.
joshuas | 8 years ago | on: Rise of the yimbys: the angry millennials with a radical housing solution
Sounds more like YIYBYs to me. Doesn't have the same ring to it tho.
joshuas | 8 years ago | on: Cuban Doctors Revolt: ‘You Get Tired of Being a Slave’
The grass is always greener I suspect.
joshuas | 8 years ago | on: More Americans Are Falling Behind on Student Loans, and Nobody Quite Knows Why
How would free college affect rent prices?
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