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Not an expert in the field, but it's possible to convolve a signal on the recorded impulse response of a room [1] or a 'Slinky' toy [2], or that of a subjectively 'desirable' piece…

Not much later, and with its own completely different tech for auto navigation, came the Etak Navigator / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etak . A good bit of SV history there.

Search for PDF Prefixing your appliance model number with PDF cuts way down on unrelated sales material and spam.

What to do about fake news? Some suggestions[1] from John Bothwick Jeff Jarvis. I particularly like #4. "Make the brands of those sources more visible to users". ------- [] http://…

NPR sussed out what looks to me like "FNaaS" (Fake News as a Service (tm))[1]. The company's called "Disinfomedia". Does FNaaS constitute shouting fire in the crowded theatre that …

Opinions vary; here's a very busy BBS for ebike and other EV DIY-ers: https://endless-sphere.com/forums/

We can't have sidetone nor full duplex in wide area cellular telephony because end-to-end latencies become so long the far-end echos go beyond asthetically disconcerting. Try this …

Dropped to 0.02% circa 1878, stayed about there until a slow trend upwards started in 2012, now at 0.09% in 2014: http://chronicle.nytlabs.com/?keyword=while.whilst&format=pe...

I've found enduring value in these things: * Understanding binary vs decimal math, deeply. Implementing decimal math out of integers nothing else is available. * Understanding lock…

Let's look at who's behind it, what it is, how it can be used, and where the benefits accrue: * Who: NRG, while not a utility, is an owner of utility-scale generation capacity. The…

Here [1] is an electric-assist bike I recently purchased which can be configured to: * Measure one's pedal torque and cadence, thus calculate and display "Human Watts" input to the…

An intro to GIS, geography vs. geometry as applied to Postgres

Zigurd, I doubt the "direct" 'gas to electricity' claim in this press release. Near the bottom the press release admits the conversion /isn't/ actually "direct", stating: If the fu…

It's history that goes /way/ back to the circuit-switched phone call days, and monopoly behavior. Here's my take on it: To stop the high-priced no-progress monopoly behavior of the…

Another concept for V2G possibilities, perhaps with more predictability and utility than personal vehicle V2G. No info on battery longevity, and the economic analysis assunes a 14-…

Preceding his accomplishments at Sportvision, Stan Honey created, in 1985, an automobile navigation system showing your car's position on a moving map. This was before Google Maps,…

I think that means the (emulated) machine is filled out to a full 64KiB. In the days of "4K BASIC", and 4KiB memory boards, a full 64KiB would have been impossibly expensive, but B…

30-some years ago the courts broke up the Bell System (original AT&T) monopoly on the basis of monopolistic behavior. Perhaps a judicial finding that present day ISP practice const…

Perhaps it's been on HN already, but this video [1] uses a books-from-different-vendors, one-shipping-company analogy. Plain-speaking and clear IMO. [1] https://www.youtube.com/wat…

There was a different approach to this called the "MyTemp system" [1] by a company called "Home Comfort Zones". Home Comfort Zones has been acquired by a company called "Emme E2MS …

The old approach: "Stores! Stores! Stores!" A new approach: Anchor stores, entertainment, utility, accessiblity, asthetics, a spectrum of economic appeal, grocery stores. Owners ca…