Robelius

>Mechanical solutions are cheaper up front, but you'll be fixing them weekly. So a robot that can do this can sell for ~$50000 and be profitable from day 1

Aren't you ignoring potential reliability issues of a robot though? A lot more moving parts in a robot than a simple motor on a pivot point.

I think the simplest answer is probably the real answer here. An article had inaccurate information, and all involved parties responded with the same story because they were all responding with the truth.

The alternative is the Chinese government inserted a chip onto boards. Which would have required a modification to the board as well as bypassing all of Apple's own hardware security measures. This sounds like an interesting story, but seems a lot less likely. Would the people planting an additional component not expect a company to inspect their own boards when doing normal checks?

I did the CCC path about 6 years ago in Northern California too, but I did 3 years instead of 1. Tuition was free with the BOG Fee Waiver (I think around 50% of CCC students get it).

Not having to worry about financials really helped in reducing the pressure of changing majors. I went from CS to Mfg Engineering. If I had to factor in an additional $20000 into that, I probably would be working in a job I disliked rather than exploring other options.

On top of going to school for free, and living rent free, I was able to have a job for a few years which basically paid for my expenses in a 4-year.

Hardest part of it all was convincing my parents that I didn't want to go to Berkley even though I was accepted, but would rather go to a CC. The stigma behind CCs was the only hurdle.

All in all, got free school, had a savings, and knew what I wanted to do for a career. Would recommend it to anyone. PLUS I got to have my mom's cooking for lunch and dinner.

I remember buying a couple dozen BTC for $0.10, and thinking I was amazing when I sold all of the coins for a total of $20.

Still don’t regret it though because I know the next few years of my early 20s would have been spent tracking BTC like a bloodhound rather than spending that time on things I enjoy.

Then again I’m probably telling myself that so I don’t feel bad for missing out on 100s of thousands of dollars.

About 4 years ago I was listening to a podcast. One host was explaining to the other that he had tinnitus, and what that meant. I still remember how shocked I was when I heard the tinnitus host was in the minority of the population. Never knew what tinnitus was, but had assumed everyone heard a low buzzing noise. I always thought a low buzzing noise was what silence meant.

Now you have me interested. Do you have any links to follow up on?

Innocent unless proven guilty.

Until until is normally how people treat a suspect rather than a mindset where it’s innocent unless proven guilty.

You did a lot better job of expressing my thoughts than I did. I wrote my original comment for this thread in a hurry. I had a short lunch because one of our suppliers gave us a shipment of parts that were all out of spec. Management told me to keep the parts since they would get a discount on their next shipment if they kept these bad parts for production. Using these bad parts caused more rework than we’re saving. Buuuut I’m just ranting.

Back in my school IEs are called “Imaginary Enginners.” So they made shirts that said “We may be Imaginary Engineers but we’ll be your boss someday.”

In the organizations that I’ve worked at (around 100 people), sourcing is done by the purchasing department. After some quality engineers give the green light on a few shipments to make sure the parts are good, the vendor is trusted and more of their parts can be purchased. Manufacturers usually try and stay with the vendors they have for parts because the vendors are trusted to give quality parts, have relationships, and lines of credit already established. Basically reduces risk of getting junk and investing more time and money to find something that works.

I’m finishing up school for a Manufacturing Engineering degree. It’s frustrating when people look down on the degree due to a lack of appreciation. So many people are so far removed from manufacturing that they think a company simply walks into a store, buy a few parts, and put them together just like a consumer would when in reality there’s an entire discipline dedicated to figuring out how stuff should be made.

I’ll check back in 20 years and hold you to your word.

Reading the “(don’t ask)” line was probably the funniest thing I’ve read in a while. I instantly got an image of a person quietly embracing defeat after endlessly trying to convince their partner that there was a better way of doing a task.

I don’t doubt that the writer of the memo had the best of intentions with this memo. And there’s even some parts that I could support.

But the main thing that gets to me is the idea of biological differences being partially to blame. He views males as predetermined to be better engineers. And he was a senior engineer who was in a hiring position. Someone who is hiring engineers, that views female engineers as biologically inferior for the job, allows for a system of discriminatory hiring to occur.

If Our Bodies Could Talk by James Hamblin. There was a passage from his book hosted on The Atlantic that got to the front page of HN. It went over a crash course on sleep.

The book only has a small passage on the topic. Instead, the book goes over random topics from STDs to popping zits with the same depth that his sleep article followed. I started reading it, but gave the audiobook version a try. The author makes the book even better and would recommend that form instead.

The number of games in my steam library that have Linux/Mac support now is over 100 versus a few years ago where it was maybe 10 games. My gaming PC died a week ago, and I started looking into getting a new pc. But the thing is I don’t feel forced to do a Windows machine to have a gaming PC. I don’t play many AAA games, and am considering going with a Linux build.

I think the healthier ecosystem for non-windows games is what Value was going for. And it hasn’t stopped shifting towards that direction.

They probably felt comfortable taking a loss while they expanded more on these subsidized prices. As long as they don't get involved in harassment claims and theft of a competitors IP they should be in a strong position to start raising prices....

Well there goes my idea. I think on my older phones like the LG Shine, it would auto correct to "Okay." Realistically I'm just remembering what I want to remember though.

Appreciate you checking that. Didn't even cross my mind to do it on my phone right by me.

I wonder if that has anything to do with auto correct on phones changing "OK" to "Okay".

There was a Japanese client where I use to work that was in a meeting with my coworker. When my coworker would go into detail about how our products work, the Japanese client would nod their head up and down while saying Okay in English. My coworker would take pauses during his mini-lecture, asking "Do you understand what it's doing so far?" He would almost always respond with "No."

It was pretty funny watching from the sidelines as my coworker slowly slipped into insanity because of the miscommunication.

Random Edit Note:

Had a class that dealt with Supply Chains in college. We had a section devoted to negotiations, including international. As a result we had to learn about various business cultures.

One of the main points of that section was Western Cultures tend to have their words require little context (Their words are literal) and have focused more on Individualism. Eastern and Latin Cultures tend to have more of a Collectivism and their words rely heavily on the context of the situation (Their words are implicit).

Making a homebrew smartwatch sounds like a fun side-project. Any chance you would be willing to share your progress so far? I'm a student with an interest in electronics manufacturing so making one would be more of a learning experience.

Also, for a one-off screen have you looked at contacting a manufacturer on something like Alibaba? They are usually more than willing to send a discounted/free one-off sample of a product.

Forgive my ignorance since I don't have a CS degree, but don't all algorithms used for selecting have a human behind the logic. So wouldn't an algorithm always have some bias based on the weights given by a human. Kind of like OKCupid saying you are a 75% match with someone. You may not be compatible with that person, but whoever designed the algorithm declared it to be true with their design.

So wouldn't any algorithm always have some biased in it?

Sorry if this comes off as a stupid question or is unclear.

Location: Northern California

Remote: No

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: C++, CAD, CAM, CAE, Lean Processes, Machining, Quality Engineering (More in resume)

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B50MTzO6nl2wdjg5dWd0VV9QWk...

Email: In Resume

Been a lurker on HN for almost 6 years, but just had the idea to post here for an internship. I'm a Manufacturing Engineering student in California, looking for something over the summer geared towards process or quality engineering.

I'm struggling trying to find an English link to buy one. Would you mind providing a link I could use to by one?

>No point being animated then, as it's unlikely to be accurate.

The point isn't to show how the pacing would look if you lined up all the winners. It's to show the difference in finishing times throughout the century plus.

Which is still not the 500000 cars/year they need.

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Because NYC has an obligation to improve the quality of life for its citizens.

I thought this was a big rumor for a few days that ended up getting extinguished by a Google exec.

I remember the number of scammers started increasing when Jagex removed the buy limit from the grand exchange. Lost 150 mil within the span of a week from scammers around that time. I'll never forget that. Luckily it's what got me to quit.

I'm a community college transfer, and seeing that 20k always reminds me how nice the California Community College system is. Completing an AS is 5K max, assuming you don't get 100% tuition covered which a large percentage do via BOG.

A free degree is always nice.