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jpm_sd
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The sea, if it teaches nothing else, does at least compel a submission to the inevitable; which resembles patience.
Patrick O'Brian, Blue at the Mizzen
- jpm_sdPatrick O'Brian (author of the Aubrey/Maturin series) was a huge Austen fan and intentionally modeled his writing style after hers. Post Captain (book 2) is the most explicit homage, with a number of character names borrowed from Austen's work.
- That's funny, just about a year ago, I had to replace a dead fridge and ended up with a reliable $3000-ish model. It's been great. GE PWE23KYNFS
https://www.geappliances.com/appliance/GE-Profile-ENERGY-STA...
- Nothing about NXP? They are a pretty big player in this space, and mostly do a great job contributing upstream to the kernel, but I guess they don't have a hobby-level entry point readily available.
I've used NXP-based embedded Linux hardware from Toradex, Gateworks and EmbeddedTS in previous projects, lots of vendors out there.
- Steve Roberts beat you to it, back in the 80s.
https://bikepacking.com/plog/steve-roberts-computing-across-...
More details, from the man himself:
https://microship.com/winnebiko-ii/
https://microship.com/bicycle-mobile-packeteering/
https://microship.com/first-text-while-driving/
https://microship.com/behemoth/
I think the craziest thing is that almost every feature he built into BEHEMOTH is now covered by the average smartphone (+ a small solar panel).
- iRobot got crushed by Chinese competitors. Rethink failed early, they had a poor quality product and Universal made a much better cobot. And this new venture is pointless, there are 10 other companies in the Boston area alone doing warehouse automation...
- 45 points
- They're just trying to compete with Ethernet.
- I was into these trackball devices for a while, then my thumb started to hurt!
Since I switched to a vertical mouse all my hand pain is gone. Highly recommend the MX Vertical.
- That's exactly what this article is about, though. Assistive systems that are incredibly capable without needing to have a fake personality.
- This is how ship's AI is depicted in The Expanse (TV series) and I think it's really compelling. Quiet and unobtrusive, but Alex can ask the Rocinante to plot a new course or display the tactical situation and it's fast, effective and effortlessly superhuman with no back-talk or unnecessary personality.
Compare another sci-fi depiction taken to the opposite extreme: Sirius Cybernetics products in the Hitchhikers Guide books. "Thank you for making a simple door very happy!"
- I think we're more or less on schedule?
- I think this idea that we need more people is completely bonkers. Look at the housing market in any developed country; overcrowding at tourist destinations around the world; environmental impact of resource extraction, plastics manufacturing, fossil fuel consumption. There are WAY TOO MANY people in the world already. We had thriving communities with <1B people on the planet, we certainly don't need to go rocketing past 10B.
- I don't think this proposal addresses the most important problems in mechanical CAD.
Have a look at Dune3D: