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We used the TRS-80 Model 100 at work to write software for Allen-Bradley Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs). PLCs were fairly new at the time, and when coupled with the TRS-80 in the field, many minds were blown.

Just export the key from a current version and import it into the old version. Worked for me.

I'm not a civil engineer, but I do know that a CLT (cross-laminated timber) building can get built faster because many parts are pre-fabricated panels. The University of British Columbia (UBC) built a 18-story wooden building (which is shorter at 54 metres), and it was built relatively fast:

https://archinect.com/news/article/150029630/the-world-s-tal...

Excellent 1960's video demonstrating the AGC, which gives an indication of the thought processes and design rigor that were going on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6S-mmunKuo

I remember National Geographic Magazine had an article on exactly this, and reach the same conclusion, a decade or two ago. I'm not a subscriber so I can't search their archives (anyone?). However, they do have a nice list of depictions of Jesus:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/jesus-portrayals...

Articles all state "from air" but half the system uses pyrolysis (high heat to gasify without flame) to extract water from biomass.

See also comments on slashdot from someone claiming to be from All Power Labs, the gasifier supplier:

https://science.slashdot.org/story/18/10/22/079250/a-device-...

Seems like wheel-reinvention. There are already many companies providing machinery for large-scale optimized horticultural operations. I used to work with this one:

https://www.visser.eu/

Notice the task-specific machines and the high plant volumes, such as transplanting machines capable of handling 35,000 plants per hour.

Are there awards for this sort of thing? If not, there should be. Such marvelous engineering and craftsmanship skills need to be recognized for the benefit of the individual and to inspire others.

Related article from 1986, predicting such bugs, and listing a few:

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1986-12-14/news/860403047...

What if equity purchases were forced to occur more slowly? Such as being locked into that equity for a cooling off period before it could be sold? What about other ways to allow, if not coax, investors and corporations to think long term again? You know, force greed to chill out a bit.

From my perspective as a parent and employer of several millenials here in the Vancouver BC area, those that go into a skilled trade seem to do far better right now than those getting a desk or general labor job.

I also find them an eyesore, audibly irritating[1], and the documented bird deaths are awful[2]. But, I'll take them over coal any day.

[1] http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal....

[2] http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-many-birds-do-w...

I would much rather drive an iterated vehicle than one based on a large swing or risk.

Do you mean the Lightning add-on[0] that is now bundled with Thunderbird [1]? I don't know if it's available as a stand-alone app. I use Thunderbird but not Lightning.

[0]https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/lightning/

[1]https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Calendar/Integration-into-Thu...

Is it unsolicited when you post your issue on a public medium for all the world to see? I consider any such public announcement a direct request for the target's response and an indirect request for the public's response.

The almost-smallest devices are powered by LoopOS(tm):

  while(1){ }

"Buy-twice" methods like this further convince me that a stronger incentive is needed to ensure such junk is not manufactured but is integrated into what many are calling a "circular economy". I wish it was the responsibility of the manufacturers to take back all failed and end-of-life products and recycle the materials such that their waste output was minimal. Likewise, the I wish the wholesaler and retailers were responsible to take back the product from the purchaser or consumer and send it back upstream (and not drop it in the dumpster like Costco does).

Using gpm=(hp x 1715 x efficiency)/psi and allowing for 90% pump efficiency along with max 1.93 hp continuous from a 15A 120VAC receptacle, we can simplify the pumping-water-with-a-North-American-receptacle equation to gpm=3000/psi. So 10k psi outputs only 0.3 gpm, 3000psi outputs 1gpm, and 2000psi spits out 1.5 gpm (the latter of which matches the output from the top electric pressure washers).

Another solution [1] was on HN a while ago. Lower the cold eggs into boiling water, boil for 7-9 minutes for desired yolk, then plunge into ice water. We regularly boil 2-4 dozen eggs a week this way and almost never get a stubborn peeler, whether the eggs are old or fresh, store-bought or backyard.

[1] http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/05/the-secrets-to-peeling-ha...

It's fair in the context of her statement:

> We give more easily to the people and causes we see

All she is saying is that the amount of giving is correlated to the proximity, which you seem to agree with. It's just a statement, not a judgement.

Wouldn't punishments of only jail time and big fines increase animosity from the shooter towards the birds and those protecting them? What about getting the guy to work alongside biologists and others caring for the birds for a while? Teach him that they are more than just targets or animals to be conquered.

A typical short phone call has a few items of back & forth equal to a good number of texts. So for text to surpass phone calls, I think the ratio needs to be much higher than 1:1, maybe something like 8:1. So the "death" date gets pushed further out, but it's still there somewhere.

I agree that mobile voice quality is terrible on most phones, especially when people choose to make their calls on speakerphone for some reason. At work we have landlines and actual desk phones with hard-wired headsets because the call quality is amazing compared to mobile. It lets you have a fully nuanced, tonal, relaxed conversation with everything but the facial expressions and hand gestures.

Tesla could gets lots of quality data with the autopilot disengaged and running in a passive state such that the autopilot's calculations are compared to the human driver's actions. Any large variances (such as the autopilot wanting to suddenly veer left when the driver didn't) would be very valuable. I've done this with experimental machine control algorithms a number of times.

Though the times given in the article doesn't seem all correct, it seems there were several hours between her phone call and locating the vehicle. The police also "ping her phone" to locate it. My questions are:

1. Why couldn't the police locate her in time, given the her cell phone usage?

2. When will we see a standard for something like digital GPS coordinate data overlaid onto voice 911 calls?

The 6 or so people I know who have seen the original Numberphile video responded with statements like "I'll never understand math", "that's just stupid", and "I don't get it". None expressed a greater interest in maths as a result; quite the opposite.

Just like a good host at a party, a good educational video should leave the viewer felling positive and better about themselves. So clearly, in this case, it depends on the audience.

That was one of the most disappointing robotic demonstrations and videos I've seen in a while. I fail to see the ant correlation. On the surface I don't see anything robotic, just a bunch of light winches operating in parallel (albeit with a nifty sticky footpad). Are they somehow autonomously synced, or just automatically load-limiting?

That article really needed a map:

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/91-214-x/2010000/m003-eng.htm

Compared to SolidWorks, SketchUp, and even parts of MS Visio. The UI and meta-data handling is very cumbersome and every time we use it we think how much better some parts could be. As with many mega-corps they tend to follow or buy the innovations of others, eventually.

I can see that most comments here didn't read your entire article. I work at my two-monitor desktop 90% of the time. I really like your ideas. Most of the time I only need to see two application windows at a time.

Maybe the your article needs to immediately clarify who you are and the intent of the design, and maybe differentiate between your design intended for producers vs. consumers.

Novodaq has been using fluorescence imaging to identify cancer cells for years, but with endoscopy. [1] They bought a company called Xillix who brought the technology to market in the early 2000's. [2] Xillix was created from some technology out of the University of British Columbia in the late 1980's. [3]

Putting this into glasses is very cool, makes one wonder why Novodaq didn't do this.

[1] http://novadaq.com/products/pinpoint-endoscopic-fluorescence... [2]http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/novadaq-completes-p... [3]http://www.bctechnology.com/investor/scripts/xillix.cfm

Same (49, freelance).