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stbtrax··on How we built a Smart Office system based on Raspberry Pi
This does happen, I've had it happen on a product I developed based on a SBC and a non commercial SD card. They make special SD cards for this reason.
stbtrax··on The Anti-Helicopter Parent’s Plea: Let Kids Play
Your present comfort to some extent relies on people not having tons of kids. We'd be overcrowded and resource-constrained.

It's great that you have kids but it's not like a it's a public service you're performing. Unless you adopted a bunch or something. We can always get younger immigrants to come fulfil those jobs.

stbtrax··on CHIP Pro
It's not every SOC manufacturer. TI and NXP do not require NDAs for their datasheets, only for the security subsystem perhaps.
stbtrax··on The Economics of Dining as a Couple
why not both? I know a few couples where one person often has their own place, but is never there. They keep it so they can technically say that they aren't living together with their SO. They're usually from a religious family and afraid of being judged by their relatives for 'living in sin'.
stbtrax··on Edward Snowden's New Research Aims to Keep Smartphones from Betraying Owners
That's talking about a backup battery for the real-time clock on the phone. That type of battery is usually not rechargeable and doesn't support enough power to make any sort of call. I've never heard of an emergency backup battery for just the 'baseband' in any phone, but I am open to being proven wrong.
stbtrax··on Blackbird, a car rig that creates photo-real CG cars [video]
I see you didn't get that that part is not done digitally but on the rig itself.
stbtrax··on Gun-control protest sparks chaotic scenes in US Congress
Dunblane incident:18 people killed. There are 5 incidents in the US with more fatalities than that: http://timelines.latimes.com/deadliest-shooting-rampages/
stbtrax··on Pebble 2, Time 2 + All-New Pebble Core
Garmin's bike computers are the technology of 5 years ago, today! IMO the 520's display and user interface are garish and outdated. It's too bad they don't have any good competition in that space.
stbtrax··on Atlanta, Seattle, Chicago Desperate for Software Engineers, Says Job Search Firm
It's a problem if you work in the suburbs and your work isn't across from a Metra station.
stbtrax··on Thermal camera footage allegedly shows pro cyclists using motors
I think they're picky about who pays them the most.
stbtrax··on I've Just Liberated My Modules
you should ask for your money back
stbtrax··on Glowforge launches consumer-grade laser cutter
It probably has to do with how people/VCs don't see selling hardware alone as a super profitable model on it's own, and want a cloud dependence to sell you more stuff or to sell your data.
stbtrax··on Google Wants to Make Silicon Valley as Bike-Friendly as Copenhagen
Coconuts in Colombia kill pedestrians: http://archive.mid-day.com/news/2010/aug/280810-falling-coco...
stbtrax··on Google Wants to Make Silicon Valley as Bike-Friendly as Copenhagen
Why do bikes on busses not work? They have this already, as well as bike storage on the regional trains.

Do you have a citation for bike lanes digging into sidewalk? I've literally never heard of that, especially in the US where sidewalks are never near bike lanes and separated by a curb/parking/grass.

stbtrax··on Google Wants to Make Silicon Valley as Bike-Friendly as Copenhagen
This sounds like it could be easily solved by you riding a more suitable bike for commuting. It seems people in the US fetishize road bikes with drop bars and skinny tires as the 'best and fastest' kind of bike and then complain about how uncomfortable biking is. Even in the tour de france they don't use 23mm tires anymore. Going to a wider tire won't affect your speed adversely and to an extent will actually speed you up.

https://janheine.wordpress.com/2014/01/01/tires-how-wide-is-...

stbtrax··on An Analysis of Nespresso
where are you getting $2.50 bag of coffee? decent single origin seems to be ~$16-20 for 12 oz these days
stbtrax··on Close Call Database for Cycling
I think you misunderstand him, he saying if you are proceeding straight then you shouldn't wait in the right turn lane to proceed straight. which makes sense
stbtrax··on Amazon drops gendered categories for toys
okay, take it up another level, if you were in Saudi Arabia and you were a woman you wouldn't be able to drive or do anything without a male companion. That's what happens when you make up arbitrary rules about who should do what
stbtrax··on Amazon drops gendered categories for toys
Most likely, you wouldn't be on this website, nor in your field, had a lack of penis dictated that you play with cooking and dress-up toys.
stbtrax··on When Is Cheryl's Birthday?
For me the confusing part was when Albert knew that Bernard didn't know. I initially thought that he inferred this from Bernard telling him.
stbtrax··on How AeroPress Fans Are Hacking Their Way to a Better Cup of Coffee
french presses don't use air pressure
stbtrax··on End the Ethanol Rip-Off
Pardon the pun, but your complaints are incredibly rarified. No one's having a steak party, they're eating burgers and tacos in between their long shifts because of lack of fresh produce and time to cook it.
stbtrax··on Microwave Oven Diagnostics with Indian Snack Food
What are you doing with all this boiled water?
stbtrax··on World’s First Connected Bike Grips
Do you live in sprawling suburbia? In a lot of major cities it's fairly safe, and it becomes safer the more people bike. What's stopping people is that it's perceived as being risky. I don't think we need to abolish helmets for that, but the perception that you will die of head trauma if you're riding a few blocks to the coffee shop is a bit much.
stbtrax··on Do Small-RAM Devices Have a Future? (2011)
It says $2 @ 10K. No one is pricing for hobbyists buying in 10s.
stbtrax··on Uber.gov – It’s Time to Let the Government Drive
Are you saying drivers are making you rate them while you're there? I've literally never seen anyone rate a driver in the car.
stbtrax··on Microsoft Band
presumably to also calculate your UV exposure for the day
stbtrax··on The Poor Man's Triple Headed Display
It's inappropriate because the field of engineering is in dire need of more women, and it doesn't help the situation. Imagine if you wanted to go into a field such as nursing and all of the men in the text books were oiled up shirtless muscular dudes.
stbtrax··on Announcing UberPool
How do people organize cab shares in other countries?
stbtrax··on The Company Quietly Powering a Boom in Hardware Startups
what else do you expect from what's most likely a PR puff piece?
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