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I loved this book as a kid, and I built this robot as a kid for a science fair. And, despite having built a lot of balsa wood R/C airplanes, it was challenging. It kick started an …

I was able to update to the latest tag of emqtt on GH (1.14.4), which was not previously possible. I don't believe there are any blockers now to a package on hex.pm, so hopefully t…

Ah, yes - we are pulling from the tag on GH. However, I believe the hard dependency on the older version of gun was fixed recently. IIRC, that was what prevented a proper package a…

We use it in our robotics startup, and I wholeheartedly agree. As an example, we just rolled out a feature in our cloud offering that allows a user to remotely call a robot to a sp…

Which version of emqtt are you referring to? We are successfully using 1.11.0 (with AWS IoT Core), which I believe is the "blessed" version for elixir.

The Piperench runtime reconfigurable FPGA out of CMU: https://research.ece.cmu.edu/piperench/

Nice photo of the now defunct Montana Rail Link. I always loved that livery.

Aside from the flow technique mentioned below, I think it is pretty common. If I'm acting as the non-flying pilot, my job is to talk to ATC, set radios, load flight plans and instr…

Of course. That’s pretty common though, and you don’t hear about when that is successful. As an example, the 757 and 767 share a common type rating.

There's a lot of safety value in not having to be retrained, too.

Accelerate-go is definitely used in twin pistons and turboprops. For example, in the DA-42, V1 is specified as 75 kts. In the King Air 350, V1 is typically around 100 kts.

Parking downtown is bad, but I'd be curious what cities you are comparing it to with respect to traffic. I grew up in Chicago and lived in the Bay Area for a few years, and those a…

I understand your position, but I think these companies do exist here. I know, because I've been at a few of them (Avere Systems and Bossa Nova Robotics, for example). I think our …