You misunderstood. I wasn't referring to the subject itself (I'm a hobby RC pilot myself), but to the submitted post as you can read above.
It's based on speculation without any reference to why this speculation is justified.
Why would you even bother posting if you havent even read the article?
Given the average attention span of people these days (which lasts for about one sentence), I dare to say he never realized there even were articles behind any posts.
This is great news for disabled people. Exoskeletons do more than the obvious: They give the wearer, being able to stand and walk again, more self-confidence,.
My second thought however reveals my evil side:
Imagine this thing has wireless access. If so, it can be hacked.
Now picture some guy walking along a busy street with an exoskeleton, and me in a cafe nearby, seemingly playing "Frogger" on my laptop...
As many have pointed out, you won't find a 3d-printer with the necessary precision.
Do what I did as a kid: Make your custom part - I did it with plain old ABS and wood (without a printer, obviously) - and spare holes for the original LEGO parts.
Then you place your "connection" parts on a Lego board, put glue in your custom part, fix it on your connection pieces (waiting on the board) and done.
This will give you the precision for distances many pins apart if needed.
Nowadays use any decent 3D printer for your custom part and then do the same.
Thanks for the laugh, Timmy!
Not because of the bad pun itself (it is mildly funny), but because of my somehow related comment from yesterday., especially this line:
Thinking of a clever remark to add to the quotes and fail: 5 hours
This story was on the front-page yesterday, do you guys not even TRY to keep track of this shit?
No, they don't.
Here's a typical working day of slashdot "editors":
Browsing the submissions: 3 hours.
Clicking on links provided with the submissions: 2 hours.
Trying to find the most misleading headlines for a story: 2 hours
Finding the most misleading quote in one of the related articles: 3 hours
Thinking of a clever remark to add to the quotes and fail: 5 hours
Hey, and even slashdot editors need to eat, drink and sleep, so there's no time to check what was posted yesterday.
What beta? It's still there?
I've seen it twice or so, but not for a very long time.
Maybe related to the fact that I appended "?nobeta=1" to the address when browsing AC;)
Uh, we knew 5000 years ago the Earth was round. You think the Egyptians were morons?
That reminds me of a school project I was involved*:
Two classes of different schools went out on the same day, hundreds of miles apart but on the same geographic length, placed a rod vertically on the ground and measured the angles of the resulting shadows at noon.
Given the distance between the two points (via google earth) and using a bit of (school-) geometry they then could calculate earth's circumference.
Considered earth's "potatoness" the results were not bad at all.
And that's precisely what they did a few thousand years ago.
Its a fake conspiracy theory when my nephew believes it. 100% accuracy within 5 seconds.
Hm. "5, Insightful". Seems like quite a few slashdotters know your nephew.
However, a "5, Interesting" would mean a bunch of slashdotters would like to know your nephew.
[...] and I think that's going to send a lot of geophysicists back to the drawing board.
And they will love it, any (true) scientist like facts or even hints that question current theories.
I bet some of them started already with a huge grin on their face.
Heh.
This must be some new kind of energy...
Every system you want to gain energy from has to be loaded with energy first. Both isn't possible without losing energy, at least in our universe which means any additional device on the human body makes the body lose more energy.
And probably completely unrelated:
The original article appeared on Nature on April 1st.
Guy1: "What would you do if a horde of zombies would approach your house?"
Guy2: "I'd blast them to dust with my pocket atomic bombs."
Guy1: "Oh come on, be realistic!"
I'm in tears...
An AC on slashdot with an on-topic, reasonable and comprehensible explanation...
I think last I've seen that must have been around 1912 or so. Thank you! *sniff*
Your example is just bad and exactly a reason why some people should avoid goto by all means.
First, a 'return' between allocating memory and cleaning up? Hello memory leaks!
Second, if you have a more complex program flow which allocates more 'bufs', do you really want 15 different gotos and labels)?
Do you, after 6 months, remember which 'buf' is allocated where and make changes? Even more so, do you think someone else finds your code easy to understand?
I don't mind gotos at all if used properly (e.g., cleanup) at all, so try this instead:
(allocate memory, etc)
if (shit_happens) goto cleanup; br>
cleanup:
if (buf1) free(
buf1);
if (buf2) free(buf2);
etc...
80%?! 80% of Americans are unfamiliar with one of, if not *the* most fundamental concepts of biology?
Recently I explained to a friend why you shouldn't freeze some fruit, because the water will break the cells and the fruit will become mushy.
Her reply: "What are cells?"
After a few moments of baffled silence, I tried to explain how cells are the base "Lego bricks" for all life.
Next she asked "So if you eat cells, it's good for you?"
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You misunderstood. I wasn't referring to the subject itself (I'm a hobby RC pilot myself), but to the submitted post as you can read above.
It's based on speculation without any reference to why this speculation is justified.
... (FAA) is establishing...
The FAA is taking this action...
The committee will [...] issue its final report...
Uhm. Yes, and? Poor submission. Sorry.
Why would you even bother posting if you havent even read the article?
Given the average attention span of people these days (which lasts for about one sentence), I dare to say he never realized there even were articles behind any posts.
Summary:
Stupidity of helicopter parents backfires.
Not to impugn anyone's' skills as I can't even manage the 2 arms I've got to produce a constant rhythm.
But with one hand you can? Yeah, thought so.
;)
(Sorry, but that was sooo much an open door, I couldn't resist
It's kind of an eater egg hoax as someone said.
According to CBS Sacramento setting the date back is supposed to show some vintage screen(s).
It wouldn't be so bad IF they hired new people to address the problems.
For some reason I doubt that however.
This is great news for disabled people. Exoskeletons do more than the obvious: They give the wearer, being able to stand and walk again, more self-confidence, .
My second thought however reveals my evil side:
Imagine this thing has wireless access. If so, it can be hacked.
Now picture some guy walking along a busy street with an exoskeleton, and me in a cafe nearby, seemingly playing "Frogger" on my laptop...
As many have pointed out, you won't find a 3d-printer with the necessary precision.
Do what I did as a kid:
Make your custom part - I did it with plain old ABS and wood (without a printer, obviously) - and spare holes for the original LEGO parts.
Then you place your "connection" parts on a Lego board, put glue in your custom part, fix it on your connection pieces (waiting on the board) and done.
This will give you the precision for distances many pins apart if needed.
Nowadays use any decent 3D printer for your custom part and then do the same.
Not because of the bad pun itself (it is mildly funny), but because of my somehow related comment from yesterday.,
especially this line:
Thinking of a clever remark to add to the quotes and fail: 5 hours
;-)
This story was on the front-page yesterday, do you guys not even TRY to keep track of this shit?
No, they don't.
Here's a typical working day of slashdot "editors":
Browsing the submissions: 3 hours.
Clicking on links provided with the submissions: 2 hours.
Trying to find the most misleading headlines for a story: 2 hours
Finding the most misleading quote in one of the related articles: 3 hours
Thinking of a clever remark to add to the quotes and fail: 5 hours
Hey, and even slashdot editors need to eat, drink and sleep, so there's no time to check what was posted yesterday.
What beta? It's still there? I've seen it twice or so, but not for a very long time. ;)
Maybe related to the fact that I appended "?nobeta=1" to the address when browsing AC
No need when I stick my rod in a potato (see above).
You are hereby invited to walk the distance of about 400 miles with a tape rule for the next project ;)
Uh, we knew 5000 years ago the Earth was round. You think the Egyptians were morons?
That reminds me of a school project I was involved*:
Two classes of different schools went out on the same day, hundreds of miles apart but on the same geographic length, placed a rod vertically on the ground and measured the angles of the resulting shadows at noon.
Given the distance between the two points (via google earth) and using a bit of (school-) geometry they then could calculate earth's circumference.
Considered earth's "potatoness" the results were not bad at all.
And that's precisely what they did a few thousand years ago.
*) I provided one of the rods, heh.
Its a fake conspiracy theory when my nephew believes it. 100% accuracy within 5 seconds.
Hm. "5, Insightful". Seems like quite a few slashdotters know your nephew.
;-)
However, a "5, Interesting" would mean a bunch of slashdotters would like to know your nephew.
Don't know which scares me more
Worse. The thought of giving Trump a blowjob makes me puke.
Are you kidding... for a free blowjob, I'd vote for someone...
This is disgusting. I mean, do you really want a blowjob by Trump?
[...] and I think that's going to send a lot of geophysicists back to the drawing board.
And they will love it, any (true) scientist like facts or even hints that question current theories.
I bet some of them started already with a huge grin on their face.
*chuckle* ;)
You should demand your money back from your school - or rather your physics teacher
Also it might help to read my post to the end.
Heh. ...
This must be some new kind of energy
Every system you want to gain energy from has to be loaded with energy first. Both isn't possible without losing energy, at least in our universe which means any additional device on the human body makes the body lose more energy.
And probably completely unrelated:
The original article appeared on Nature on April 1st.
A piece of conversation overheard in a bus:
Guy1: "What would you do if a horde of zombies would approach your house?"
Guy2: "I'd blast them to dust with my pocket atomic bombs."
Guy1: "Oh come on, be realistic!"
I'm in tears...
An AC on slashdot with an on-topic, reasonable and comprehensible explanation...
I think last I've seen that must have been around 1912 or so. Thank you! *sniff*
Your example is just bad and exactly a reason why some people should avoid goto by all means.
First, a 'return' between allocating memory and cleaning up? Hello memory leaks!
Second, if you have a more complex program flow which allocates more 'bufs', do you really want 15 different gotos and labels)?
Do you, after 6 months, remember which 'buf' is allocated where and make changes? Even more so, do you think someone else finds your code easy to understand?
I don't mind gotos at all if used properly (e.g., cleanup) at all, so try this instead:
(allocate memory, etc)
if (shit_happens) goto cleanup;
br> cleanup:
if (buf1) free( buf1);
if (buf2) free(buf2);
etc...
80%?! 80% of Americans are unfamiliar with one of, if not *the* most fundamental concepts of biology?
Recently I explained to a friend why you shouldn't freeze some fruit, because the water will break the cells and the fruit will become mushy.
Her reply: "What are cells?"
After a few moments of baffled silence, I tried to explain how cells are the base "Lego bricks" for all life.
Next she asked "So if you eat cells, it's good for you?"