This is why you SHOULD vote. Vote 3rd party or write in. That at least shows the main two parties that you're willing to vote but aren't happy with them. If you don't vote why should anyone in the government (that is supposed to represent you as a citizen) give a shit what you think?
Don't give up just because your vote won't go to the winner, that doesn't mean it was "thrown away". Your single vote will probably never swing an election anyway. But parties and politicians will absolutely try to appeal to the people who are willing to vote. What matters is that you as a citizen exercise your right to influence your government.
I remember my dad having black and white CRT monitors that he'd put tinted plastic transparencies over to make them black-and-green, black-and-orange, etc.
I'm sure the same principal could be applied to get red;)
Regenerative braking can provide up to a certain amount of deceleration based on the speed of the vehicle. Low speeds need to use the conventional brakes to come to a complete stop or hold the vehicle in place. But if you're at moderate speed and the driver (or an automated system) requests more deceleration than the regenerative braking can supply, it still uses that first and then makes up the difference with the conventional brakes. So you still put less wear-and-tear on the conventional brakes.
Source: I work on this stuff. Disclaimer: could vary between different vehicle's (supplier's) design decisions / algorithms.
It's like the nasty dystopian future, but without cool skater chicks and designer digital drugs.
Only one thing to do then: we need to throw resources at advancing our cool skater chick and designer digital drug technologies to catch up and balance things out! Best place to start on both would probably be by forking the current EDM scene...
In general, solenoids are either on or off, but that is not intrinsic to their design. Opening and closing times can be altered either electrically or physically (for example, using soft iron to slow the magnetic field's change).
To add: I write software for automotive braking systems (ABS, traction control, etc.) which use solenoids to actuate hydraulic valves to control the braking pressure at each wheel. A lot of work goes into controlling the solenoids/valves with a certain duty cycle or current level in order to actuate the valves to precise degrees of openness. This is done both to precisely control hydraulic fluid flow/pressure and also for auditory noise and mechanical vibration reasons. Automakers want ABS/ESC to be as quiet as possible. If the valves simply slam open/closed it's usually very audible to the driver, and potentially distracting at a time when their control of the vehicle could be compromised. Some things are done to dampen this mechanically but largely it comes down to algorithms requesting fine control.
So it depends on the application. Strictly speaking I think a "solenoid" is just the coil of wire which is definitely an analog component, turning an electrical current into a magnetic field. How the core, such as a valve, physically responds to the magnetic field may be simple on/off or could be analog.
Other techniques involve detecting flawed logic or intentionally faulty reasoning which is often used in sarcasm or satire.
Good point. And this won't have any false positives when looking for sarcasm in online sources, because logically humans should always demonstrate flawless reasoning when having non-sarcastic discussion.
I've done marathons, ultras, and tris with my Garmin 910XT; it was awesome but simply stopped turning on last year. After a lot of research I replaced it with the Garmin Vivoactive and have loved it so far.
It does not have music storage, but it does have bluetooth, so you could use it to control a phone/ipod which has music on it. I don't know of any GPS watches that also have storage but that wasn't something I looked for either. (I don't listen to music when running; if you do please be extra careful as other posts have mentioned)
The cons of the Vivoactive: -"only" 10 hours of GPS battery life; should be plenty for a marathon but the 910 had 20 hours so this was a downgrade -can't turn off or configure the sometimes annoying step-tracking feature (so far, that I've found)
Things about it I love: -can be used as a smartwatch -great battery life as a smartwatch (screen is color LCD with backlight, instead of always-on LED like Apple watch or others) -very very small profile and light weight -has vibrate; some of the cheaper GPS watches skip this but I love it for mile split alerts -it has swimming/biking/indoor workout features
I can speak from experience on this. I have a relatively mild peanut* allergy - by relatively mild I mean I don't have to carry an epi-pen and I've never had any life-threatening reactions though they can be very unpleasant.
The first/most common reaction I get is a scratchy throat which results in coughing. I don't find it hard to breathe beyond the coughing but my throat feels very irritated and slightly constricted. The best way to describe it might be like feeling incredibly dry. This reaction is usually pretty quick and if I feel it coming on I know I'd better stop eating whatever is causing it. It's not fun but if the coughing isn't bad I don't always have to excuse myself from social situations and it gradually fades over the course of an hour or so. But sometimes the onset is more gradual, perhaps due to lower concentrations. In this case if I ingest enough I can end up curled up in a pretty miserable ball of the worst stomach pain I've ever felt.
Bendadryl and time help. When I was a child in school I usually carried a benadryl capsule with me, but now I'm just cautious. I'm grateful that my reactions aren't life-threatening and also that I have no problem being around other people eating peanuts, but they can certainly be unpleasant enough for me to read ingredient labels closely and ask when offered things like cookies/brownies/etc.
*known allergens - peanuts, walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts; known non-allergens - cashews, pistachios (both of which I love)
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I'd play it safe and set it 5 seconds fast now so that we don't forget later.
I doubt that. Why would they want that joke back? They were probably really hoping you'd slip up and mention the past 26 Superbowl outcomes.
but you can have 999 players (on a 999 sided polygon field) and 1 ball
Nit-picking to hell...
The best kind of nit-picking. :)
This is why you SHOULD vote. Vote 3rd party or write in. That at least shows the main two parties that you're willing to vote but aren't happy with them. If you don't vote why should anyone in the government (that is supposed to represent you as a citizen) give a shit what you think?
Don't give up just because your vote won't go to the winner, that doesn't mean it was "thrown away". Your single vote will probably never swing an election anyway. But parties and politicians will absolutely try to appeal to the people who are willing to vote. What matters is that you as a citizen exercise your right to influence your government.
"Caps Lock is cruise control for cool."
-Some INTERNET user forever ago
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I remember my dad having black and white CRT monitors that he'd put tinted plastic transparencies over to make them black-and-green, black-and-orange, etc.
I'm sure the same principal could be applied to get red ;)
Regenerative braking can provide up to a certain amount of deceleration based on the speed of the vehicle. Low speeds need to use the conventional brakes to come to a complete stop or hold the vehicle in place. But if you're at moderate speed and the driver (or an automated system) requests more deceleration than the regenerative braking can supply, it still uses that first and then makes up the difference with the conventional brakes. So you still put less wear-and-tear on the conventional brakes.
Source: I work on this stuff. Disclaimer: could vary between different vehicle's (supplier's) design decisions / algorithms.
So the Information Age is going to be followed by the Misinformation Age?
No, he spelled "Slurm" correctly.
Witness!!
It's like the nasty dystopian future, but without cool skater chicks and designer digital drugs.
Only one thing to do then: we need to throw resources at advancing our cool skater chick and designer digital drug technologies to catch up and balance things out! Best place to start on both would probably be by forking the current EDM scene ...
Maybe not now, but just wait until my bread loaf rail gun is operational ...
In general, solenoids are either on or off, but that is not intrinsic to their design. Opening and closing times can be altered either electrically or physically (for example, using soft iron to slow the magnetic field's change).
To add: I write software for automotive braking systems (ABS, traction control, etc.) which use solenoids to actuate hydraulic valves to control the braking pressure at each wheel. A lot of work goes into controlling the solenoids/valves with a certain duty cycle or current level in order to actuate the valves to precise degrees of openness. This is done both to precisely control hydraulic fluid flow/pressure and also for auditory noise and mechanical vibration reasons. Automakers want ABS/ESC to be as quiet as possible. If the valves simply slam open/closed it's usually very audible to the driver, and potentially distracting at a time when their control of the vehicle could be compromised. Some things are done to dampen this mechanically but largely it comes down to algorithms requesting fine control.
So it depends on the application. Strictly speaking I think a "solenoid" is just the coil of wire which is definitely an analog component, turning an electrical current into a magnetic field. How the core, such as a valve, physically responds to the magnetic field may be simple on/off or could be analog.
Other techniques involve detecting flawed logic or intentionally faulty reasoning which is often used in sarcasm or satire.
Good point. And this won't have any false positives when looking for sarcasm in online sources, because logically humans should always demonstrate flawless reasoning when having non-sarcastic discussion.
Hmm. Maybe they were from a set of quadruplets?
Why did nobody tell me this?!?
This.
Oh, also the price ($250) is very reasonable for the features it has when compared to the running-focused Forerunner line.
I've done marathons, ultras, and tris with my Garmin 910XT; it was awesome but simply stopped turning on last year. After a lot of research I replaced it with the Garmin Vivoactive and have loved it so far.
It does not have music storage, but it does have bluetooth, so you could use it to control a phone/ipod which has music on it. I don't know of any GPS watches that also have storage but that wasn't something I looked for either. (I don't listen to music when running; if you do please be extra careful as other posts have mentioned)
The cons of the Vivoactive:
-"only" 10 hours of GPS battery life; should be plenty for a marathon but the 910 had 20 hours so this was a downgrade
-can't turn off or configure the sometimes annoying step-tracking feature (so far, that I've found)
Things about it I love:
-can be used as a smartwatch
-great battery life as a smartwatch (screen is color LCD with backlight, instead of always-on LED like Apple watch or others)
-very very small profile and light weight
-has vibrate; some of the cheaper GPS watches skip this but I love it for mile split alerts
-it has swimming/biking/indoor workout features
I can speak from experience on this. I have a relatively mild peanut* allergy - by relatively mild I mean I don't have to carry an epi-pen and I've never had any life-threatening reactions though they can be very unpleasant.
The first/most common reaction I get is a scratchy throat which results in coughing. I don't find it hard to breathe beyond the coughing but my throat feels very irritated and slightly constricted. The best way to describe it might be like feeling incredibly dry. This reaction is usually pretty quick and if I feel it coming on I know I'd better stop eating whatever is causing it. It's not fun but if the coughing isn't bad I don't always have to excuse myself from social situations and it gradually fades over the course of an hour or so. But sometimes the onset is more gradual, perhaps due to lower concentrations. In this case if I ingest enough I can end up curled up in a pretty miserable ball of the worst stomach pain I've ever felt.
Bendadryl and time help. When I was a child in school I usually carried a benadryl capsule with me, but now I'm just cautious. I'm grateful that my reactions aren't life-threatening and also that I have no problem being around other people eating peanuts, but they can certainly be unpleasant enough for me to read ingredient labels closely and ask when offered things like cookies/brownies/etc.
*known allergens - peanuts, walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts; known non-allergens - cashews, pistachios (both of which I love)
Thank you, Martian winds. I always like extra bonus science.
You need two digits to write the number 90.
Not in numbering systems of base-91 or higher, you insensitive clod!
They look so kind! But, let us pray WWF and Greepeace doesn't get too involved in this. Or, in other words, How un-pc can this untangling get?
The World Wrestling Federation and Greenpeace? Seems an unlikely combination but could be interesting ...