Sounds like someone from a hyperloop startup wants Slashdot to do the FMEA for them.
That's ok, I'm game to start one. First we need to define the hyperloop as a system.
Evacuated tube
Pressurized car
Propulsion system
Next, we imagine, and list all of the possible failure modes for each one.
Evacuated tube-
Rapid depressurization
Pressurized car-
Rapid depressurization
Propulsion System-
Thermal event
Explosive event
Then we discuss the effect of each failure mode, and steps that can be taken to mitigate it...
Completing an FMEA usually takes hours in meetings with large numbers of engineers brainstorming all of the possibilities.
Probably not taking a job in the mining industry lets you sleep at night, but, in fact, you are fooling yourself.
A lot of my decisions are decided based on whether or not I will be able to sleep at night. I am aware that I am fooling myself, but so far it's working.
I've seen tons of people who have Master's and PhD degrees in mechanical and electrical engineering end up as business analysts at banks and consulting firms, doing nothing related to the fields in which they became experts in, because that's the only thing that is open to them if they don't want to move to the US.
There were a lot of engineers going to Wall Street the around the time of the housing bubble. The finance industry was paying way more than anywhere else. Things seem to have flipped now that tech is booming again.
Any start-up that wants to make it big in Canada will naturally orient itself towards the US market (which is easy due to NAFTA etc.) and will then end up being bought up by an American corporation or investment fund which then will often move the headquarters to the US. I've seen that happen, Canadian start-ups moving to Silicon Valley because of the investors there, nothing to do with government support.
Perhaps the Canadian government could invest in a few startups in an effort to keep them within Canada. (Socialism! Scary!) It wouldn't have to be a permanent program. Once a few companies succeed, Canadian VC won't see it as a large risk. It just needs to be demonstrated that success is possible outside of Silicon Valley.
Canada's problem isn't unskilled labor. On a whim, I looked into jobs in Canada after Trump won. (yup, I'm that guy) As a mechanical engineer, there are basically two major employers:
1. Bombardier -Horribly mismanaged
2. Mining -Since environmental responsibility was on my mind, I ruled that out.
There were a few smaller organizations, but they seemed to be shrinking rather than growing. One example is the nuclear power sector.
If the Canadian government wants a high tech industry, they need to invest in some scientific research. Sure, it's a gamble that will take decades to pay off if it ever does. It's no coincidence that The Bay Area has four national labs, and the most high tech jobs.
I was at a lab in Ontario five years ago, and that place was struggling. There was so much equipment gathering dust and in disrepair it was astounding! I've since learned that lab went out of business.
Canada already has a very simple immigration system. A lot of people who can't get into the US go to Canada. One of my coworkers immigrated to Canada from China. He ended up in the US because he couldn't find work in Canada. He used to commute between Windsor and Detroit every day until he was granted a US visa.
Or maybe Tesla could just stop artificially crippling the batteries?
Software "crippling" of products happens across many different products. CPUs, GPU's, even other cars.
The BMW N20B20 engine comes in a variety of different horsepower ratings. What makes them different? Software. Yet I don't hear any angry mobs complaining that the BMW should unlock a the higher ratings for all of their customers.
What makes BMW different from Tesla? Tesla is more honest about what they are doing.
Eh...that's about nuking hurricanes. What's that have to do with spraying sulfates, or whatever?
It starts with a discussion on nuking hurricanes, and then it goes into a discussion on human interference in general. However, it never goes into specifically discussing spraying sulfates.
Also a lack of usability testing. My UI designs were subjected to usability testing a few times, with customers video recorded while attempting to accomplish a task. Watching those videos was a very humbling experience. I kept trying to scream "NO! Not THAT button!", but since it was a recording, they didn't hear me. Afterwards, my designs got much simpler.
...one study subject took twenty minutes of staring at a Windows 3.1 desktop before being able to open a text editing program. Finally, a programmer spoke up that this was unacceptable, to Oran's relief. But that relief would be short lived: "Our customers are morons!" exclaimed the programmer.
This was frustrating enough, Oran says. But then they talked to that user, and it turns out that he was actually a propulsion engineer for Boeing.
"He was literally a rocket scientist," Oran says. "And even he couldn't figure out Windows."
It's important to note that so far the only manufacturer to be proven to cheat on emissions is Volkswagen. There are allegations against other manufacturers, but so far they haven't been proven. Although, the fact Chrysler recalled their vehiclesdoesn't look good for them.
If they are going to drill, they could make the project self funding by bleeding out steam for electricity generation. Yellowstone has enough heat to generate 100% of America's power needs for centuries.
While there certainly is enough heat, I'm concerned there isn't a large enough heat sink to dissipate it all. You need both hot and cold to drive an engine.
From your own link HGST never manufactured a "Deathstar". That was entirely IBM's doing.
"The line was continued by Hitachi when in 2003 it bought IBM's hard disk drive division and renamed it Hitachi Global Storage Technologies. In 2012 Hitachi sold the division to Western Digital who rebranded it as HGST."
Hitachi didn't buy just the IP, they bought the division. That typically means all of the IP, manufacturing facilities, engineering, and business operations related to a product line. It's likely that there are a few people that worked on the "deathstar" that still work for HGST today.
What will your app do that can't be done in a browser? Arguably, most of these apps do something with the device's hardware that the browser doesn't have access to (except Facebook).
I agree. I fell for it. I bought at Samsung smart TV in 2013. Now all of the apps are being removed remotely because the creators don't want to support the old hardware anymore.
It's not better than having a separate box, it's worse!
Samsung phones come with a crippled version of AccuWeather installed by default. It's integrated into the firmware and difficult to remove. Does that version track you too?
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That's ok, I'm game to start one. First we need to define the hyperloop as a system.
Next, we imagine, and list all of the possible failure modes for each one.
Rapid depressurization
Rapid depressurization
Thermal event
Explosive event
Then we discuss the effect of each failure mode, and steps that can be taken to mitigate it... Completing an FMEA usually takes hours in meetings with large numbers of engineers brainstorming all of the possibilities.
This is normal for Windows 10. Think of it as a feature, not a bug. Log in, and then go stand around the water cooler for ten minutes.
Probably not taking a job in the mining industry lets you sleep at night, but, in fact, you are fooling yourself.
A lot of my decisions are decided based on whether or not I will be able to sleep at night. I am aware that I am fooling myself, but so far it's working.
I've seen tons of people who have Master's and PhD degrees in mechanical and electrical engineering end up as business analysts at banks and consulting firms, doing nothing related to the fields in which they became experts in, because that's the only thing that is open to them if they don't want to move to the US.
There were a lot of engineers going to Wall Street the around the time of the housing bubble. The finance industry was paying way more than anywhere else. Things seem to have flipped now that tech is booming again.
Any start-up that wants to make it big in Canada will naturally orient itself towards the US market (which is easy due to NAFTA etc.) and will then end up being bought up by an American corporation or investment fund which then will often move the headquarters to the US. I've seen that happen, Canadian start-ups moving to Silicon Valley because of the investors there, nothing to do with government support.
Perhaps the Canadian government could invest in a few startups in an effort to keep them within Canada. (Socialism! Scary!) It wouldn't have to be a permanent program. Once a few companies succeed, Canadian VC won't see it as a large risk. It just needs to be demonstrated that success is possible outside of Silicon Valley.
It's not really a dupe, as it involves entirely different companies.
I just realized Google and Facebook might as well be the same company...
Come on msmash! The story this is a dupe of is still on the main page!
Just like old times...
Canada's problem isn't unskilled labor. On a whim, I looked into jobs in Canada after Trump won. (yup, I'm that guy) As a mechanical engineer, there are basically two major employers:
1. Bombardier -Horribly mismanaged
2. Mining -Since environmental responsibility was on my mind, I ruled that out.
There were a few smaller organizations, but they seemed to be shrinking rather than growing. One example is the nuclear power sector.
If the Canadian government wants a high tech industry, they need to invest in some scientific research. Sure, it's a gamble that will take decades to pay off if it ever does. It's no coincidence that The Bay Area has four national labs, and the most high tech jobs.
I was at a lab in Ontario five years ago, and that place was struggling. There was so much equipment gathering dust and in disrepair it was astounding! I've since learned that lab went out of business.
Canada already has a very simple immigration system. A lot of people who can't get into the US go to Canada. One of my coworkers immigrated to Canada from China. He ended up in the US because he couldn't find work in Canada. He used to commute between Windsor and Detroit every day until he was granted a US visa.
Or maybe Tesla could just stop artificially crippling the batteries?
Software "crippling" of products happens across many different products. CPUs, GPU's, even other cars.
The BMW N20B20 engine comes in a variety of different horsepower ratings. What makes them different? Software. Yet I don't hear any angry mobs complaining that the BMW should unlock a the higher ratings for all of their customers.
What makes BMW different from Tesla? Tesla is more honest about what they are doing.
Eh...that's about nuking hurricanes. What's that have to do with spraying sulfates, or whatever?
It starts with a discussion on nuking hurricanes, and then it goes into a discussion on human interference in general. However, it never goes into specifically discussing spraying sulfates.
I just read an article by NOAA arguing the opposite of this.
...society is over. Back to subsistence living and bartering.
One of the reasons why Windows 95 was so successful in the corporate workplace was the icon set and look-and-feel
Microsoft invested heavily in the design of that UI. Lots of testing.
Also a lack of usability testing. My UI designs were subjected to usability testing a few times, with customers video recorded while attempting to accomplish a task. Watching those videos was a very humbling experience. I kept trying to scream "NO! Not THAT button!", but since it was a recording, they didn't hear me. Afterwards, my designs got much simpler.
That reminds me of a great story about Microsoft's usability testing of Windows 3.1.
...one study subject took twenty minutes of staring at a Windows 3.1 desktop before being able to open a text editing program. Finally, a programmer spoke up that this was unacceptable, to Oran's relief. But that relief would be short lived: "Our customers are morons!" exclaimed the programmer.
This was frustrating enough, Oran says. But then they talked to that user, and it turns out that he was actually a propulsion engineer for Boeing.
"He was literally a rocket scientist," Oran says. "And even he couldn't figure out Windows."
"Clean Diesel" marketing came out around 2007-2010 when US emissions regulations tightened significantly.
It's important to note that so far the only manufacturer to be proven to cheat on emissions is Volkswagen. There are allegations against other manufacturers, but so far they haven't been proven. Although, the fact Chrysler recalled their vehiclesdoesn't look good for them.
If they are going to drill, they could make the project self funding by bleeding out steam for electricity generation. Yellowstone has enough heat to generate 100% of America's power needs for centuries.
While there certainly is enough heat, I'm concerned there isn't a large enough heat sink to dissipate it all. You need both hot and cold to drive an engine.
From your own link HGST never manufactured a "Deathstar". That was entirely IBM's doing.
"The line was continued by Hitachi when in 2003 it bought IBM's hard disk drive division and renamed it Hitachi Global Storage Technologies. In 2012 Hitachi sold the division to Western Digital who rebranded it as HGST."
Hitachi didn't buy just the IP, they bought the division. That typically means all of the IP, manufacturing facilities, engineering, and business operations related to a product line. It's likely that there are a few people that worked on the "deathstar" that still work for HGST today.
HGST has come a long way since the Deathstar days.
US Census records before 1940 are public record and available to anyone.
...so many users are knobs.
I'll be here all week. Try the fish!
The app can report your GPS location, phone number, and other informatics back to the app developer and their advertising partners.
Why would a consumer want that?
What will your app do that can't be done in a browser? Arguably, most of these apps do something with the device's hardware that the browser doesn't have access to (except Facebook).
I've heard some chatter about loss of rudder control. That would do it.
You think a ship's rudder is still controlled mechanically?
I agree. I fell for it. I bought at Samsung smart TV in 2013. Now all of the apps are being removed remotely because the creators don't want to support the old hardware anymore.
It's not better than having a separate box, it's worse!
Sounds like The Spy Who Loved Me specifically.
Samsung phones come with a crippled version of AccuWeather installed by default. It's integrated into the firmware and difficult to remove. Does that version track you too?