Actually, the core of all ‘battery remaining’ programs is the function of Peukert’s Curve. It is a theoretical calculation that contrary to rumor, isn’t always ‘that accurate’. Long time ago (when I still served a valid commercial purpose), I used this equation quite frequently for large storage batteries and their…

Had a beautiful Canadian girlfriend long ago. Even the perpetual wafting odor of fresh syrup in her hair couldn’t offset that ‘if she looks up, she’s going to drown if it starts raining’ lack of common sense. Yes, she could design aerospace components - it was just that walking and talking simultaneously that she…

RIGHT! I mean, after 9-devastating years of Harper, they jump out of the fire and right into the lava with Trudeau! It’s like the two jaws of a really big pair of pliers. Big ‘maple-wave’ to a nation that has 90-percent of its total population living within 60-miles of the U.S., solely dependent upon the U.S. for…

Wow, C, the 40+ year old language. The first C I touched was in college in 1980 (ah, the good old Pac Man days, and student lounges!). The best part about C, is that it’s been around so long, it’s been revised what, 3, 4 times for bugs and updates? It’s still the ‘master low-level power language’ that everyone ends up…

This Lenovo, in particular, screams ‘I would work wonderfully with Linux’, but due to some serious ‘conflict of interests’ created by Lenovo and Microsoft’s ‘silent partnership’, I doubt you’ll see this happen. As a result, it’s like putting chrome mufflers on a bicycle. The hardware that would benefit the most from a…

I’ve heard this for years, but I still don’t believe it. Protein-based foods, especially meats, are very high in cysteines, while broccoli, brussel spouts, etc. are very low (though do have some). The horrific odor of someone with flatulence from brussel sprouts far exceeds someone who just finished off a steak. This…

Not THAT rare, my tabby, Blender, has gas that could be registered as a ‘W.O.D.’ (Weapon of Olfactory Destruction), and he is NOT afraid to use it, combined with mastering the art of the ‘drive-by’.

Back, oh, 10-years ago or so, Yahoo had it happening. Customizable home pages with various modules you could ‘plug-and-play’ with. Custom tailored news, info etc., great mail functionality, and so much more. But, for the past 5-8 years, it has turned into a failed internet cespool of ‘what not to do’, and if they had…

* ZING * (followed by double-take), “YOU did NOT just throw the CAT at me, did you?!” (response) ‘he has claws, thinks he can fly, and you were there to catch him anyway!’

OMG, it would take about twice for Wild Cherry’s ‘Play that Funky Music’ to kick off, before I would require serious carpentry work (to the door frame), a new RPi, some new bluetooth stuff (whatever I had inappropriately used as the trigger), and most-likely some of those chemical ice-packs (for my aching body, after…

I have one for ‘play time’ (online cheap purchases, PlayStation charges, etc.; where you don’t want real data going to unknown or through unknown pipes), and my card (that I can charge anytime relatively easy), has had all these features for years. Put $50 on it a month, costs you $3, want to put more on, cost you $3…

By the way, anyone in NY or the ‘East Coast’ that thinks they have ‘no cap’, I recommend you ‘take it to the limit once’, and find out just where your cap really is. It is NOT limitless (unless you are specifically paying for this feature, which I have had several support and installer techs laugh at me when I’ve…

Having been a Comcast customer for a long time (until about 3-years ago), I always liked paying for the ‘faster access’, because unbeknownst to most, the ‘cap’ for larger packages was 3000-gb monthly (heard it from more than one tech, and found it to be true). I kept wondering as 20-mb/sec speeds turned into 50-mb/sec…

Counterpoint: You can easily create parts in 3D printing that cannot be replicated in actual manufacturing. This becomes a ‘well, we can use cast aluminum instead of forged steel’ scenario, really fast, where the creator doesn’t then return to FEA to validate the strength in the new material is still appropriate to…

Counterpoint: You can easily create parts in 3D printing that cannot be replicated in actual manufacturing. This…

And for those really wanting to do an ‘affordable start-up’, my personal advice for any real ‘manufacturing or product’ effort would be to skip the ‘3D’, buy a good used knee mill and small engine lathe, go on e-Bay and buy various sizes of UHMW and HDPE bars (plastics), and actually cut-to-size what you are trying to…

And for those really wanting to do an ‘affordable start-up’, my personal advice for any real ‘manufacturing or…

I have to recognize a portion of what ‘CleverBS’ said in the comments, to bring ‘fact’ to 3D-Printing. Before retiring (from my old ‘real job’), I was an Engineering Manager for a relatively advanced heavy industry. We used a lot of ‘top end’ engineering tools, from AutoCAD Inventor to various FEA packages and of…

I have to recognize a portion of what ‘CleverBS’ said in the comments, to bring ‘fact’ to 3D-Printing. Before…

I’m not really sure what nation (or what world, for that matter) most commenting on this article live, but my paycheck direct-deposits to my account on the expected payday, and I pay bills to (mostly local) providers using this same account/card, and 99-percent of the time, my payment hits within 15-minutes (into…

Definitely my Danner Boots, but then again, at $320, they have a warranty, too.

Their numbers (for the anti-venom) actually look low. I’ve seen a guy I work with’s bill from a bite his son got last year, and they itemized it to insurance at $5,100 per ampule (his son needed 3). Granted, pharma-to-hospital-to-insurance-billing is how we end up with $800 aspirin on our bills, but you’d think on an…

Almost everything you said is wrong, but never let the truth get in the way of a good smear campaign, right?