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johncole

815 karma · joined October 18, 2013

https://www.siliconimist.com/

https://github.com/johnisanerd

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johncole··on Survey on Synthea Use to Shape the Future of Open Source Medical Records
Our team is conducting a community survey to learn more about how you're using Synthea. Please come help us shape the future of open source synthetic data and FIHR!
johncole··on Chip-Chat: Challenges and Opportunities in Conversational Hardware Design
Wild that you can use LLM's to design semiconductor chips.
johncole··on Will anvil solve all my problems?
Long story short, most of my projects have been in backend and hardware. I know python really well. I have built a few crude, functional apps in Flask.

I now want to build a full blown webapp. However . . . I don't know any front end.

What's your experience with Anvil?

johncole··on Launch HN: Courier (YC S19) – Developer infrastructure for product notifications
Nice work!
johncole··on Raspberry Pi for Computer Vision [ eBook ]
This is a fantastic KS project, I love his resources and whenever I have a CV project I end up reading a post of his.
johncole··on Ask HN: Is a computer science degree worth it or should I learn on my own?
Had to look it up.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effec...

As someone self taught in a lot of things, definitely don't know what you don't know.

johncole··on Robotic 'trees' can turn CO2 into concrete
Best comment I have read all day.
johncole··on Google Engineers Refused to Build Security Tool to Win Military Contracts
I wonder if the same engineers also refuse to work on the strategic partnership with the PRC?
johncole··on German Engineering Yields New Warship That Isn’t Fit for Sea
Nice to see this is a problem in other countries as well. Reminiscent of the f35
johncole··on Raspberry Pi Performance Test
Maybe this should have gone under "ShowHN" but I had to write up something that would put a load on the Raspberry Pi for testing, so I made a few scripts and a page to share it with others!
johncole··on Ask HN: How do you handle large files in Git Repos under development?
It might be, we could look at it.
johncole··on Ask HN: How do you handle large files in Git Repos under development?
Good question. We need to be able to install offline with a USB drive.
johncole··on ACLU of California Statement: White Supremacist Violence Is Not Free Speech
Historically these groups and thoughts ebb and flow, along with demographic and economic changes. And historicaly speaking, right now, the level of political violence in the US is quite low. Compared to other periods like the 10s the 30s and the 60s this is super mild. This is how a healthy democracy works. We talk, we fight politically, we write articles in the Atlantic, we move forward.
johncole··on Self-Managing People Are Smart about Asking for Help
I could have used this advice 10 years ago. This is a great article to pass on to folks new to the working world. I don't know what other working environments are like, but I appreciate people that keep the venting to a minimum. You can easily frame yourself as the complainer, deserved or not, if you use this one too much.
johncole··on The U.S. Will Surpass China as the No. 1 Country for Manufacturing by 2020
Worst graphic ever.
johncole··on Show HN: Build a robot with the $9 C.H.I.P. Computer
Thank you Troy!
johncole··on Show HN: Build a robot with the $9 C.H.I.P. Computer
Never thought of it this way, but year, it's a lot easier to get started with.
johncole··on Show HN: Build a robot with the $9 C.H.I.P. Computer
Vex is great, I won't trash that platform. The GoPiGo has a lot more depth on programming, and has quite a few projects.
johncole··on Show HN: Build a robot with the $9 C.H.I.P. Computer
You can hook this robot, the GoPiGo, up to a Raspberry Pi Zero as well: http://www.dexterindustries.com/projects/gopigo-raspberry-pi... and a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxZVe_N9Tbk&t=236s
johncole··on Show HN: Build a robot with the $9 C.H.I.P. Computer
That's a GREAT idea. I think if this is popular, we'll do that, and include an install script to handle all the command line stuff we added in.

I wrote this, just documenting what I was doing as I went along, but you're absolutely right, it could use a branch and install script.

johncole··on How I Built This
I love this podcast. I am always torn with so many startup podcasts coming out. On one hand, they are kind of inspirational and entertaining. On the other they are kind of startup porn, only showing successes, and only from the successful founders pov. It's sort of mind candy I save for doing the books or cleaning up.
johncole··on platform: Enable support for Pi2+
It looks like a new Raspberry Pi 2+ is coming soon; maybe for industrial uses and supply chain reasons.
johncole··on Fully Autonomous Robots: The Warehouse Workers of the Near Future
Sort of a tangent but I agree in the character generation from working. I had it too, and I appreciate having had it. I wonder if this really is part of the reason for later launches for millenials.
johncole··on US Economic Liberty Has Been Sinking for Sixteen Years
What should we be considering here?
johncole··on Show HN: Encouraging STEM Using Advanced Math in Music
>>In this song, the emcee articulates and presents math from various, relatively advanced perspectives, while using the context of a nerdy professor giving advise to an embattled Mathematics Major student who must finish his assignments soon, and practice harder.
johncole··on I want a USB microphone for my Raspberry Pi, any recommendations?
This is Seeed Studio, they've created three other projects that have gone pretty well (judging by feedback on their comments). https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/seeed
johncole··on I want a USB microphone for my Raspberry Pi, any recommendations?
Seems like it's on its way to the stretch goal.
johncole··on ​Why Millions of Men Lose Friends in Their Twenties (2015)
+1. I read an anthropology article years ago that helped explain this from an evolutionary point of view. Men tended to make strong bonds with a few men for life, while women tended to have more mobility in their bonding. Men needed intense trusting relationships that their lives depended on: if you're going to organize and go hunt big animals, you needed to trust those you went with. Women needed different things during different periods of their lives. Vulnerability really is the need for community to help raise children. So you made friends maybe before you had children, then different friends who were also raising children, then you made different friends and had different relationships when you were finally a grandparent and not having children yourself.
johncole··on Debian Jessie on Raspberry Pi 2
http://www.dexterindustries.com/GoPiGo/
johncole··on Ask HN: How do you meditate?
And so you're just focusing on breathing? Like you're directing your active thoughts towards thinking those words, and thinking about breathing. Is that correct?
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