georgeoliver

Yep, I think Boeing still has a paid break.

It would be interesting to take the same model but use known inputs for different eras, i.e. 1600s, 1700s, 1800s, and see when it would then predict collapse.

It doesn't seem to reduce the supply of labor in Canada, since the author of the article is self-taught.

However it's likely to increase the overall level of training, which is good for someone who needs their broken trim board replaced.

I'm definitely for more guided resources on making Linux apps from idea -> release, which I wish TFA was more of.

I think there's a common misconception that if the developers of ten similar apps would just pool their resources, then one great app would result. Fragmentation certainly can be a problem but I feel like this is some kind of corollary to the mythical man-month.

That the author describes himself as a self-taught handyman may not sound like much to USA readers like myself, but it's my understanding that Canada has a much more widespread formal trade apprentice program than what's available in the states (through unions). I've always wished something like that was developed here, since it doesn't seem like union labor will ever make inroads on the USA residential market.

That's a great book, and (speaking as a carpenter, though in the USA) accurate and well observed.

Sometimes I feel like Google bends the laws of physics by shutting down more products than they launch.

> Again, these are not the densities that actually prevail in Middle Earth

Obviously the author of TFA knows LoTR is a fantasy novel but I still find this comment hilarious for some reason.

If someone with a non-related degree and profession was interested in a career change to mechatronics/industrial automation and controls, what would people recommend? An engineering degree? Would a one or two year certificate course be enough training to find a good position? Any particular schools that are worth looking at?

I would like to listen to audiobooks at work, but often there's too much background noise to hear it properly (while not wearing headphones); it makes me wonder if there are audio player apps that will pause and rewind when the mic detects db over a certain threshold.

> A better solution would be for nobody to tip

Would you rather not tip or not use the service?

> (The majority of the rurals are considered urban by the US census, btw.)

I wonder if there's some administrative reason the census considers huge cities and little villages both 'urban'?

Certainly many books today are over-written, but I also wonder if the general reader today is less adept at reading. Skills like memorization and a person's depth and breadth of knowledge all play a part in what you get out of reading and I feel like one could make the case that the average educated reader 100 years ago was better at these things than people today.

I don't know how the numbers would play out, but maybe higher average food prices would reduce global poverty if in general the global poor's income derives from food production?

Perhaps a build system with a very high kurtosis means the builds are usually the same.

So where do folks get good x220 batteries? My x220 is still running well but mostly tethered to the power brick these days.

The question of who owns a product's externalities is not absurd at all, but pretty complicated, and unfortunately rarely responsibly accounted for.

The author of the linked post wrote the (open access) Handmade Electronic Music, https://www.nicolascollins.com/handmade.htm, a really fun book to make projects from for anyone interested.

Cool to see Eskil Steenberg's name pop up, his game dev diary was a very interesting read back in the day.

Used to love this living in MN (Gyro pizza with tzatziki sauce!), interesting to hear it's 'a style' at all. It makes perfect sense it's a popular tavern style, the small pieces are great for sharing (and long drinking sessions).

At the risk of slightly embarrassing the lead dev of Evennia, Griatch, let me say that they are one of the best maintainers of an open source project I've ever seen, guiding the 15+ year old project with skill and grace (and also an amazing artist btw). It's nice to know there are projects like this out there whenever you see the latest open source dumpster fire in the headlines.

I think doing any math on this number has issues when you consider Apple is sitting on 60+ billion in cash.

Thanks for mentioning it, really interesting! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Coffee_House

Sure, you can redefine "off the grid" to mean dozens of things, but doesn't it have a somewhat accepted definition of "not currently connected to the major utility and supply networks"?

I wonder what's a rough estimate of how many people find a job by first finding a company they want to work for?

Why is 90 minutes the magic number? For example lots of people commute from New Haven to New York City, where the train ride alone is 90+ minutes.

In theory it wouldn't be too hard to take the battery, controller, and a front wheel with hub motor. But I think in practice even the extra few minutes to unplug, remove and reinstall, not to mention carrying all this stuff, would raise the friction to the point where it would be quite a chore.

Ebikes are ugly (subjectively speaking) because of the battery, but there are significant trade-offs when you design that away, like vendor-locked designs and energy capacity/performance. Assuming battery technology will improve, which seems likely, ebikes should get nicer looking (again, subjectively) in the future.

That rate is quite good. The best I could find with multiple quotes for an 8k USD ebike was 35 USD/month.

Perhaps not, I thought one of the claims is interesting though, that they illegally acquired some of the dataset. What would be the damages from that, the retail price of the hardcopy?