I go by "be polite, be efficient, have a plan to kiss everyone you meet". With police, that means sound cooperative, but make it clear you don't really want to share information about anything unless you legally have to. If I'm asked why, my answer is that it's what my patent lawyer told me American custom is. If you do want to talk to the guy, remember to always talk to the person rather than the hat. If you're asked a question, answer it then ask something irrelevant/friendly right after. You want to interact with the quarter-italian guy who misses his grandmother's pesto and actually has a use for your pesto recipe, not with the law enforcement officer. I've actually gotten out of a parking ticket because the meter maid asked me what I did for a living, and I happened to have some prototypes in the car, and went into salesman mode until she told me to go away, her head swimming with way too much information about Android-based robotics.
This is hard to do if you've taken a vow of hospitality. I've had a very surreal conversation about that with a cop one time. On one hand, I specifically said that he did not have my permission to enter my house, on the other, since he knocked on my door, he'd get a meal out of me. Fortunately the guy was Catholic and eventually understood what I was saying or we'd still be there looking at each other funny.
"Undue care and attention"? Is that like when you get pulled over for driving too well? (Seen it happens, apparently it's an indication of a drug run. I was actually transporting some lab equipment that cost more than what I make in a year)
Capt. Vasili Borodin: I will live in Montana. And I will marry a round American woman and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pickup truck... maybe even a "recreational vehicle." And drive from state to state. Do they let you do that?
Captain Ramius: I suppose.
Capt. Vasili Borodin: No papers?
Captain Ramius: No papers, state to state.
Capt. Vasili Borodin: Well then, in winter I will live in... Arizona. Actually, I think I will need two wives.
It does, as the law is written; if they want it not to they'll have to make a new law specifically about that.
I would feel safer if the freedom to travel was specifically enumerated in the bill of rights, personally... wonder historically why it wasn't.
I generally downcycle stuff.
Get a new computer? The old one becomes the entertainment center, the old EC becomes the backup server for my work, the old server moves over to run the 3d printers, etc. Takes a full day to move over, mind.
In the early 90s my Dad was winding down his construction business. He had some Zambian employees, who bought (at slightly above scrap value) a truck that was going to be no longer legal to circulate in Europe due to upcoming emissions standards, and a lot of his old equipment before going home (in the truck) and starting their own business there. We still get a card every day, and they are doing incredibly well. Was that wrong?
Never heard of it, but I do know car in Brazil are sold set up to run on ethanol, and at least for a few years there was a lot of ethanol in gas (30-40%).
This is an integral part of engineering a product to me - you can't just make a prototype and send the drawings "off in the cloud" to be made. I mean, I guess you can, but then how can you be sure that it was made well? See all the product recalls, etc.
Where does it stop though? I mean, do I have to mine the silicon and copper, make the wafers, etc. in the US?
I get parts from the open market and build something that is more than the sum of its parts. The PCBs are made here (But, where is the copper mined? where is the solder mask stuff made? etc.), assembled here (but where does the solder come from?), the machining is done here (but who mined the alluminium and made the extrusions, and where?), and the plastic parts are printed here (but where does the filament come from?).
These days it's as close as you can realistically get...
Interestingly, NASA and the DoD have problems getting US-made basic components such as resistors because they're just not being made here anymore.
I have the same problem -- my kickstarter hit 200% and I was not ready for it. So I am having to scale up.
The good thing is that my supply chain was already in place, so all I had to do was increase quantities. I did, however, have to design a simple machine (a jig, basically) to semi-automate a task I had intended to do by hand.
Yeah.
It was a few years ago, but the last person who told me that, I made him bleed, and dared him to do anything about it, and walked away. Mod me down if you like. Talk to the human being, never to the hat.
The issue is, should private monopolies exist.
I am OK with the government (that, at least nominally, I can help steer through voting, sitting on a jury, etc) having a monopoly on some things, like policing, or even road construction.
I am not OK with another entity having a sanctioned monopoly.
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I go by "be polite, be efficient, have a plan to kiss everyone you meet". With police, that means sound cooperative, but make it clear you don't really want to share information about anything unless you legally have to. If I'm asked why, my answer is that it's what my patent lawyer told me American custom is. If you do want to talk to the guy, remember to always talk to the person rather than the hat. If you're asked a question, answer it then ask something irrelevant/friendly right after. You want to interact with the quarter-italian guy who misses his grandmother's pesto and actually has a use for your pesto recipe, not with the law enforcement officer. I've actually gotten out of a parking ticket because the meter maid asked me what I did for a living, and I happened to have some prototypes in the car, and went into salesman mode until she told me to go away, her head swimming with way too much information about Android-based robotics.
This is hard to do if you've taken a vow of hospitality. I've had a very surreal conversation about that with a cop one time. On one hand, I specifically said that he did not have my permission to enter my house, on the other, since he knocked on my door, he'd get a meal out of me. Fortunately the guy was Catholic and eventually understood what I was saying or we'd still be there looking at each other funny.
"Undue care and attention"? Is that like when you get pulled over for driving too well? (Seen it happens, apparently it's an indication of a drug run. I was actually transporting some lab equipment that cost more than what I make in a year)
Capt. Vasili Borodin: I will live in Montana. And I will marry a round American woman and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pickup truck... maybe even a "recreational vehicle." And drive from state to state. Do they let you do that?
Captain Ramius: I suppose.
Capt. Vasili Borodin: No papers?
Captain Ramius: No papers, state to state.
Capt. Vasili Borodin: Well then, in winter I will live in... Arizona. Actually, I think I will need two wives.
Captain Ramius: Oh, at least.
I like the "Constitution as meta-law" concept.
It does, as the law is written; if they want it not to they'll have to make a new law specifically about that. I would feel safer if the freedom to travel was specifically enumerated in the bill of rights, personally... wonder historically why it wasn't.
Now let's hope that the ruling is respected. What are ways by which it couldn't be?
We saw this coming, and have been using autonomous land vehicles since 2010. The oldest stuff has been open sourced, so let me know if you need it.
www.robots-everywhere.com
I generally downcycle stuff. Get a new computer? The old one becomes the entertainment center, the old EC becomes the backup server for my work, the old server moves over to run the 3d printers, etc. Takes a full day to move over, mind.
In the early 90s my Dad was winding down his construction business. He had some Zambian employees, who bought (at slightly above scrap value) a truck that was going to be no longer legal to circulate in Europe due to upcoming emissions standards, and a lot of his old equipment before going home (in the truck) and starting their own business there. We still get a card every day, and they are doing incredibly well. Was that wrong?
When you are trying to prove that you're tougher than him.
Never heard of it, but I do know car in Brazil are sold set up to run on ethanol, and at least for a few years there was a lot of ethanol in gas (30-40%).
Why not just add the cubesat to SLS?
Let's also keep the nuclear assembly instructions secret... but yeah, classifying stuff should be opt-in (and hard to do), not opt-out.
If you put a scientific problem in front of engineers, they'll tell you it can be done when it can't.
Get the right people on the right job.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... This is what I use for the machining.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... This is how I get the 3D printer to just keep going (I am going to be selling this as a kit too).
This is an integral part of engineering a product to me - you can't just make a prototype and send the drawings "off in the cloud" to be made. I mean, I guess you can, but then how can you be sure that it was made well? See all the product recalls, etc.
I get parts from the open market and build something that is more than the sum of its parts. The PCBs are made here (But, where is the copper mined? where is the solder mask stuff made? etc.), assembled here (but where does the solder come from?), the machining is done here (but who mined the alluminium and made the extrusions, and where?), and the plastic parts are printed here (but where does the filament come from?).
These days it's as close as you can realistically get...
Interestingly, NASA and the DoD have problems getting US-made basic components such as resistors because they're just not being made here anymore.
approves.
http://igg.me/at/minilaser/ If you want a cheap laser cutter.
The good thing is that my supply chain was already in place, so all I had to do was increase quantities. I did, however, have to design a simple machine (a jig, basically) to semi-automate a task I had intended to do by hand.
http://igg.me/at/minilaser/ if anyone cares.
Actually it's not overpriced, it's overflowing. Should be $1023.
Yeah. It was a few years ago, but the last person who told me that, I made him bleed, and dared him to do anything about it, and walked away. Mod me down if you like. Talk to the human being, never to the hat.
Jonboat (metal dinghy) heading to a tug for a software patch to its navigation system.
The issue is, should private monopolies exist. I am OK with the government (that, at least nominally, I can help steer through voting, sitting on a jury, etc) having a monopoly on some things, like policing, or even road construction. I am not OK with another entity having a sanctioned monopoly.
He's been very busy practicing it, so maybe he's out of breath for that.