Posts by Andrew Kaluzniacki

TSMC triples spending on Arizona advanced chip site with extra 3nm fab

It is a fraction of Taiwans output now, but it will be enough in the event that Taiwan is unable to make some for a while under whatever circumstance. In some ways we were lucky that COVID showed us how dependent we had become on foreign manufacture. A lesson that I hope is pushing Russia to its end.

Tesla has a lot of work to do on its Optimus robot

"That's one expensive Roomba."

I tried Roomba a few times over the last 5 years and it did 80% of what I was hoping it would do and cost $500. At 80% I still had to vacuum and it would get stuck, and cleaning it was not much fun. So I felt it was a $500 experiment that ended up being worth nothing.

Not sure I'd pay $20K for a vacuum, but if it mowed and washed windows, and carried a few gallons of water to the end of the driveway for the flowers, oh and I suppose it would make pretty good security bot; at that point a few thousand a year might well be worth doing.

Oh- and if it can clear snow - then it would be well worth it!

Joint European Torus more than doubles fusion record with 59 megajoules

I think there is a chance of this, and there maybe some competition with newer generation fission reactors, but I suspect if this gets done, we will find a way to use the energy - maybe CO2 sequestration plants!

Vulture 2 X-Plane soars over Spaceport America

What do we expect in delta altitude from the rocket?

I've tried to look over the LOHAN historical record, but I can not seem to find the chart that shows how much altitude we expect to get from the rocket after release. Do we expect it is better than the ballon would get us alone - given the weight of the engine? I know it is cool to have a rocket and all...but I feel like the maximum would be gained by launching on balloon burst.

Best luck - looking forward to the documentary.

Vulture 1 rolls out of fab bunker

Very nice

What a terrific effort. Good luck on launch.

Apple issues moral regulations apps dev guide

3rd party browser are fine and good.

I tried Opera on iPhone. I found it slower and no better than Safari. I tried Atomic Web browser, which I assume uses WebKit and built in JavaScript engine. It is way better than Safari on iPhone. The interface is much nicer for an experienced user than Safari. So, I am not sure what the issue is saying 3rd party browsers are not allowed. Use WebKit you get good rendering reasonably fast; same with built in JavaScript. Spend your time making a better interface and you win like Atomic. I suppose the rules still prevent a dev from implementing Flash, but apparently even Adobe is taking years to do that well; so no loss there.

PARIS threatened by the bends

Wet after glued to both sides.

I've made plenty of balsa/tissue planes. And once even made the mistake of covering a single side before shrinking the tissue; now you know the results too. But I agree with other posters here. You glue (with dope - on the balsa and then through the tissue ) the tissue dry to one side of the wing, and only glue the leading edge, trailing edge, and outermost ribs. You trim that paper with fine sand paper. Fix paper to the other side the same way, and trim. Now you have the wing fully covered but only fixed with dope around the circumference of the wing. Now, you steal your mom's best perfume sprayer empty and fill with water. Very lightly spray the tissue uniformly so that it shrinks uniformly and does not warp your structure. You may need to do this three to six times being patient to let it dry between spraying. Hang dry using a thread. The tissue will now be taught uniformly and the structure should be fine. At that point further dope through the tissue at the ribs to fix the tissue to the ribs. After that you can choose a 50/50 dope/thinner spray - again in mom's perfume bottle - to coat the whole wing. But I never did as it will add too much weight. Good luck.

Jobs takes swing at Google over Android activations

Yes

The museum of my top shelf - I'm keeping my original iPhone for backup. For the $25 I might get, I'd rather keep it as a backup for me or the kids.

iPhone anti-malware stuck in state of denial

Wake me when there is an actual threat

McAfee Anti-Virus makes my work computer run like a narcoleptic terrier with amnesia. I'd like to keep my phone usable thanks.

The Trend Micro SmartSurf for iPhone is not a browser add-on, its a replacement browser app. No thanks!

Cal Tech, Berkeley and UCSB working on 'iPhoD'

Please - it's Caltech.

Cal is used to refer to the University of California system of schools; e.g. Cal Berkley. There is no Cal Pasadena. And, there is only one Caltech. See http://www.caltech.edu/# .

Fire for Ricketts Hovse.

DARPA gives Cal Tech boffin $6m 'to save Moore's Law'

Caltech - one word not two

Fire for Ricketts Hovse

Did the width move for you, darling?

10 Years - no one told me when to run...

God help me if it has been 10 years since the last change, clear still I have no prospects if I have time to read this rag.

Gordo returns to website in crisis

NMM did not read the CCL very carefully

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New Van Gogh pic discovered using German atom-smasher

@Mike Richards

I've not done it myself, but some of my Caltech physicist friends have stuck their heads in the high power magnets of a synchrotron. A static magnetic field would have no effect, provided you have no iron fillings. However, by turning ones head, the field is no longer static as far as the brain is concerned and generates small currents directly inside. Colors and tastes were reported.

Fire for Ricketts Hovse

Steve Fossett may be alive, investigator claims

Re the six other planes

As I recall one was from the '50s and others had not been reported missing. Nevada is a big empty desert and one is not actually required to file a flight plan. So, unless one of the planes that they found had been searched for previously, it is really not indicative of incompetence.

Even without 3-Jesus Phone, Apple busts revenue records

Dude - $17 == 10%

Hey, thanks for the heart attack. AAPL is down 10% not 17%.

XCOR challenges Virgin with the Lynx effect

XCOR CEO Jeff Greason

I had the great pleasure of attending Caltech with Jeff. He was one of the most motivated and smartest student in our class. If he thinks this can be done, I have no doubt he can get it done.

Just hope he has an old school friends discount!

-- fire because we were in Ricketts Hovse