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Re:Fist-sized 11M-to-1 gearbox
on Thursday July 09, 2015 @10:34AM (#9858029)
Its sometimes nice to take a break from software/digital engineering and build stuff in the real physical world. Feels like a vacation for my brain almost.
Re:Mapping the U.S. By Property Value Instead of Land Area
on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @03:42PM (#9854126)
It'd be nice to see the values adjusted for household income.
Re:Wego: a weather app for the terminal
on Thursday May 14, 2015 @04:34PM (#9547422)
You just got me to finally install and try out Go! Thanks! Also great app!
Re:Some American Airlines planes are grounded because the pilots’ iPad...
on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @10:48AM (#9458634)
One of the first things I was taught in a freshman CIT class was "Don't forget about paper! It has its place!" Not saying pilots should have to carry around heavy paper charts...but yeah.
Re:Aerotow to Orbit: The Eclipse Project
on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @10:28AM (#9381162)
Why not lift something up with a balloon? As computers get smaller you could probably pack more useful stuff into something like a CubeSat.
Re:Aerotow to Orbit: The Eclipse Project
on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @10:21AM (#9381113)
I do that in Kerbal all the time....but I just use detachable jet engines....works great!
Re:Cities with High Salary to Cost of Living Ratios for Software Devel...
on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @12:53PM (#9102260)
I wouldn't move back to Atlanta unless I had a job ITP....I worked in Alpharetta for 2 years right out of school and hated the location...all of the action is near midtown/ponce/buckhead
Re:Fully Functional 1KB Hard Drive in Vanilla Minecraft
on Wednesday August 20, 2014 @12:53PM (#8203149)
The control room actually kind of reminds me of the control rooms for old computers in the 1950's.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Eniac.jpg
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on Sunday September 02, 2012 @12:27PM (#4467357)
I saw a couple of music scrapers/crawlers on HN today, so I thought I would share mine!