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  1. Re:Going too far on Mobile Browsing Just Overtook the Desktop For the First Time (alphr.com) · · Score: 1

    so one knows the site is a waste of time/quote? This exactly. And maybe because I'm older and know more things now, but there seems to be a declining amount of content on the web.

  2. Re:Double-edged sword. on New Attack Can Seize Control of Drones · · Score: 2
    What is a protocol?

    And what do you mean I won't be able to take control of a military drone and fly it from my laptop's touch screen? Idiot. I saw someone do this on a documentary last year and then he turned it into an eco sustainable solar powered harvester.

  3. Re:Single protocol? Whatever on New Attack Can Seize Control of Drones · · Score: 1
    I use analog fm pcm on 56mhz ham band.

    My "drone" is not hacked. Loosers

  4. Re:QA on Bad Code May Have Crashed Schiaparelli Mars Lander (nature.com) · · Score: 1

    My experience is the opposite. One instance we had 3 development engineers to about 8 test engineers. This was for a safety critical system.

  5. Re:sounds familiar on Bad Code May Have Crashed Schiaparelli Mars Lander (nature.com) · · Score: 1

    They don't take that much power (maybe a dozen watts) and have been used on all previous landings. Other than 3d stereoscopic estimates, I don't see another way and nobody is sending processors that powerful out into space yet.

  6. Re:sounds familiar on Bad Code May Have Crashed Schiaparelli Mars Lander (nature.com) · · Score: 1

    You don't experience lower gravity until after you land. Everything up to that point is freefall and not detectable by accelerometers other than the force from the engines.

  7. Re: And.. on A Radiologist Has the Fastest Home Internet In the US (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't know, but that's about right for chickens.

  8. Re:Sorry, Tim... on Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'We're Going To Kill Cash' (cnet.com) · · Score: 0

    You are irrelevant. People will want this because of the convenience.

  9. Re:What kind of environment did the founders have? on Noisy Coworkers And Other Sounds Are Top Distraction in Workplace, Study Says (npr.org) · · Score: 1
    Same with Intel founder, Andy Grove

    Grove's office was an 8 by 9 ft (2.4 by 2.7 m) cubicle like the other employees, as he disliked separate "mahogany-paneled corner offices." He states, "I've been living in cubicles since 1978 — and it hasn't hurt a whole lot."

  10. Re:The popularity of open offices has exacerbated on Noisy Coworkers And Other Sounds Are Top Distraction in Workplace, Study Says (npr.org) · · Score: 1
    I remember watching Andy Grove promoting this at intel. Even the managers didn't have offices.

    Grove's office was an 8 by 9 ft (2.4 by 2.7 m) cubicle like the other employees, as he disliked separate "mahogany-paneled corner offices." He states, "I've been living in cubicles since 1978 — and it hasn't hurt a whole lot."[15] Preferring this egalitarian atmosphere, he thereby made his work area accessible to anyone who walked by. There were no reserved parking spaces, and Grove parked wherever there was a space.[14] This atmosphere at work was partly a reflection of his personal life. Some who have known him, such as venture capitalist Arthur Rock, have stated that "he has no airs." Grove has lived modestly without expensive cars or an airplane.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  11. I went to a startup in the 90's. It was into an empty warehouse out of a literal garage. I remember spending the first couple of days building my own desk and other assorted benches to hold the hardware we were developing (industrial robotics).

    It was really exciting and a lot more fun than having my own office.

  12. Re:fake: Just like the moon landings on Those Facebook Live Videos From Space That Are Going Viral Are Fake, NASA Confirms (mashable.com) · · Score: 1
    And the rest of reality.

    #solipsism

  13. spiders on Study Finds Little Lies Lead To Bigger Ones (go.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Oh what a tangled web we weave

    When first we practice to deceive.

  14. Re:8% on Twitter Plans To Cut About 300 Jobs As Soon As This Week: Bloomberg (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 5, Informative
    Empire Building

    A managers salary is based on how many people they have under them, so if they are greedy, they'll hire as many people as they can. It doesn't matter if they do anything or not.

  15. What heat? Dehumidifiers are basically AC units running in a closed environment. ACs are heat pumps, they move heat from one area to the other. The only heat that is added is the inefficiency of the systems (Eff = 1-Tc/Th, or something like that, I'd have to look it up + the heat from the motor + heat from friction of the gears). The hot air from the AC heat exchanger + cold from the heat exchanger cancel out (exactly if you had perfect efficiency and don't make room colder or warmer. You never have perfect efficiency, so you'll always add heat, but it's not a significant amount at least on the unit that I have.

    Note that it uses 7A max (measured), so 0.84kw on maximum setting and about 60l/day.

  16. Re:Air into water on XPrize's New Challenge: Turn Air Into Water, Make More Than a Million Dollars (cnet.com) · · Score: 3, Informative
    I'm running a dehumidifier on solar. I'm getting about 30L/day, but wouldn't drink the water without a lot of filtration. I could theoretically run 4 dehumidifiers with my inverter. I can scale that up by trivially duplicating what I have 6x, so 6x$4k = $24k for the solar. Actually, add 6k in batteries so that it runs at night - $30k in solar + 70 dehumidifiers @$200 each.so $14k.

    $44k + $6k fudge factor. I could easiy do it for less than $50k assuming a semi-humid environment. Or a flooded laundry room.

    Note that's an off the shelf solution, I'd bet tht this could be reduced by 20% with a more targeted design (no inverters in the system and dc motors in the dehumidifiers)..

  17. Re:Follow the money... on Women in Computing To Decline To 22% by 2025, Study Warns (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Gen X is the demographic cohort following the baby boomers and preceding Generation Y (the Millenials).

    There are no precise dates for when this cohort starts or ends; demographers and researchers typically use starting birth years ranging from the early to mid-1960s and ending birth years ranging from the late 1970s to early 1980s.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  18. Re:Follow the money... on Women in Computing To Decline To 22% by 2025, Study Warns (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    1964 is GenX

  19. Re:WTF is with this summary? on Swedish Administrative Court Bans Drones With Cameras (abc.net.au) · · Score: 1

    Sweden is Nirvana for millennials.

  20. Re:Follow the money... on Women in Computing To Decline To 22% by 2025, Study Warns (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Most baby boomers will be dead by 2030.

  21. Re:as a layperson, im a little confused. on Women in Computing To Decline To 22% by 2025, Study Warns (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    The majority of managers I've had have been female. HR departments are almost exclusively female.

  22. Re: "Growing Demand"? on Women in Computing To Decline To 22% by 2025, Study Warns (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    I have a female truck driver friend who was making over $100k as a truck driver. She said she was tired of doing office work and responded to a newspaper ad for truck driving school. High school education only.

  23. Re:It already feels lower than 24% on Women in Computing To Decline To 22% by 2025, Study Warns (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    I've worked at two company's who had the policy where are females were automatically placed on the management track. If you were male, you had to work there five years before you eligible for management training, education or being mentored.

  24. Your experience sounds identical to mine. I got out of the industry when it got boring though and found new pursuits.

  25. Re: Oh noes!!!!11111 on Women in Computing To Decline To 22% by 2025, Study Warns (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    My HR department is 100% female.