True that. But I do have a toaster that I got at a yard sale that was given to me for free that has a countdown led display. Not necessary, but probably easier with a PIC (analog would require too high of a tolerance to get it right to the second).
Yeah, it's a gimmick, but (very) marginally useful. I certainly wouldn't pay extra for it.
I'm not sure why you would want to use anything beyond a $0.04 PIC on a toaster. It's not like I need to check my toast's status while I'm on vacation in Bali.
This really goes for anything in my house, and since I'm a nerd and an engineer, I've had the ability for two decades to almost trivially do it if I wanted. In fact I was really into doing stuff like this in the 1990's, but beyond the 'wow, look what I can do' factor it was always cumbersome even when it might have been handy which honestly was never.
If people stopped smoking, there would be a savings in health care costs, but only in the short term. Eventually, smoking cessation would lead to increased health care costs.
Although smoking cessation is desirable from a public health perspective, its consequences with respect to health care costs are still debated. Smokers have more disease than nonsmokers, but nonsmokers live longer and can incur more health costs at advanced ages. We analyzed health care costs for smokers and nonsmokers and estimated the economic consequences of smoking cessation.
And no I don't smoke and didn't vote for trump standard disclaimer.
I have a Honeywell T87A AI. It turns my heater on when it gets too cold and off when it is warm enough. And that's only in the winter. In the summer, it turns the AC on when I get too warm and off when I am cool enough.
It's amazing.
I've rarely seen people older than 30 in dance clubs. I went to Coachella when I was 32 and think I was the oldest person there besides the performers. Enjoy it while you can.
Most of the hours are equivalent to the software engineering equivalent of grunt work - publishing specs, making sure that code meets coding standards, etc...something you can give to an intern to do at $25/hr vs your 25 years experience $75/hr/ - Drilling holes in studs, running cable, installing outlet boxes and light fixtures.
If you've had a physics class and can read the building codes (not easy to find), you can correctly size the wire and do everything else without much difficulty. Let the electrician do the final connections at the breaker box. That's a few minutes of work. Hanging the fuse box and getting the wires to all fit in neatly is a PITA and takes a long time, but not a job you can screw up unless you break the shielding, or have enough shielding extending beyond the strain reliefs, or not having strain reliefs. Stuff you can pick up through a few hours of study.
Yeah. I actually built my house mostly from youtube videos also. For licensed work like electrical, you can do the majority of work yourself (60 hours) and then hire a licensed electrician to inspect the work and do the final connection (4 hours) - $360 instead of $3000. The codes in my area are probably not as strict as in a major city, but there are still building codes that follow national guidelines (like NEC)
I originally had the idea that I would build a house with craigslist free materials, but gave up quickly on the idea because it was taking a long time to find the parts I needed...though I'm certain that it could be done. It's not a tiny house either.
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I have a slab of Acasta (sp?) gneiss too. :) (I was bored one day on ebay)
Seems like everyone is angry or upset now. Maybe it's just something you notice as you get older.
I wish they would all just stop
Posts I know I made in the late 80s and early 90s are forever gone.
That's a relief!
See Eternal September
Reddit took a big dump after digg self imploded too.
All I ever heard of it before on here was how awful it was.
They didn't proof read it.
Sure they did. They just don't understand what they're writing about.
Yeah, it's a gimmick, but (very) marginally useful. I certainly wouldn't pay extra for it.
This really goes for anything in my house, and since I'm a nerd and an engineer, I've had the ability for two decades to almost trivially do it if I wanted. In fact I was really into doing stuff like this in the 1990's, but beyond the 'wow, look what I can do' factor it was always cumbersome even when it might have been handy which honestly was never.
At this point, what else is there?
And gate count decrease which increases yields.
DOS ain't done till 1-2-3 won't run.
Don't forget Perris, CA. Near LA. (Los Angeles, not Louisiana)
We used to build stuff like this in college. It's actually an easier problem to realize than bi (or quaddru)pedal locomotion
What about people who live a healthy lifestyle and spend 40 years in a nursing home?
If people stopped smoking, there would be a savings in health care costs, but only in the short term. Eventually, smoking cessation would lead to increased health care costs.
Although smoking cessation is desirable from a public health perspective, its consequences with respect to health care costs are still debated. Smokers have more disease than nonsmokers, but nonsmokers live longer and can incur more health costs at advanced ages. We analyzed health care costs for smokers and nonsmokers and estimated the economic consequences of smoking cessation.
And no I don't smoke and didn't vote for trump standard disclaimer.
I have a Honeywell T87A AI. It turns my heater on when it gets too cold and off when it is warm enough. And that's only in the winter. In the summer, it turns the AC on when I get too warm and off when I am cool enough. It's amazing.
I've rarely seen people older than 30 in dance clubs. I went to Coachella when I was 32 and think I was the oldest person there besides the performers. Enjoy it while you can.
If you've had a physics class and can read the building codes (not easy to find), you can correctly size the wire and do everything else without much difficulty. Let the electrician do the final connections at the breaker box. That's a few minutes of work. Hanging the fuse box and getting the wires to all fit in neatly is a PITA and takes a long time, but not a job you can screw up unless you break the shielding, or have enough shielding extending beyond the strain reliefs, or not having strain reliefs. Stuff you can pick up through a few hours of study.
Although with him it's more like 15m.
It's is older and also an ancestor
I built my own house. It's not exactly rocket science - and I was a rocket scientist IRL.
I originally had the idea that I would build a house with craigslist free materials, but gave up quickly on the idea because it was taking a long time to find the parts I needed...though I'm certain that it could be done. It's not a tiny house either.
how many employees do they need?
Apparently not all of them