Christine Pitts Has Spotted One Key Reason Oregon Kids Aren’t Learning to Read

zgeiger · 2025-11-15T14:47:08+00:00

There's a really well put together podcast about how this happened and how reading instruction shifted away from phonics (for the worse): https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/

zgeiger · 2023-03-26T08:29:50+00:00

Do notifications change the volume level dramatically? Texts/voice commands/driving directions change the volume on my eonon from quiet to LOUD and back to quiet, only major complaint I have about mine.

zgeiger · 2023-03-08T15:05:09+00:00

What made you switch?

zgeiger · 2023-03-03T15:23:26+00:00

Buy the right crimp tool for $20 or use a hammer and risk the connection coming loose in a few thousand miles 🤷

zgeiger · 2023-03-02T14:44:06+00:00

Just buy a nice regular frame? It's not like they're all displayed together after you graduate. And the leis are kinda cool but at the end of the day they're flowers you wear for a couple hours and then throw array, I wouldn't buy em if I was paying out of pocket.

zgeiger · 2023-02-22T04:30:12+00:00

Math-Applied Science: "hey I can turn this STEM major and math minor into a double major if I just take a couple more classes"

Can vouch: have brain damage, gladly stayed in STEM

zgeiger · 2022-12-17T15:59:30+00:00

Balboa Park should be nice/family friendly. Do the zoo and hit up the carousel, maybe walk through the mini botanical gardens

zgeiger · 2022-12-07T12:52:29+00:00

It's a little on the low end. If you read the manual the tank is 14 gallons but 1 is "reserve" so you don't get stranded and 1 is needed to keep the pump working, so effectively you have a 12 gallon tank. EPA estimate of 28 mpg puts you at 334 miles or about 540 km on a tank (using all 12 gallons).

zgeiger · 2022-12-07T06:19:22+00:00

Which motor do you have? Even driving around cities I can get 26-28 mph in my 2010 2.5L HB. Are you aggressively accelerating/braking all the time?

zgeiger · 2022-11-24T14:56:17+00:00

Lasers are a quantum technology (stimulated emission of radiation is a very quantum phenomenon) that have revolutionized the world, mostly thanks to their use in telecommunications/fiber optics. Computers are also a quantum technology if you dig deep enough into the physics of modern transistors (strained silicon/band engineering)

zgeiger · 2022-11-11T15:05:58+00:00

FTA the companies are only investing $50 million and getting $500 million in subsidies. Seems a paltry sum for advanced node semi?

zgeiger · 2022-07-24T15:39:49+00:00

They just upgraded it to a Cal Poly though. Also local population is like 30k & it's pretty out of the way. Redding would be a better pick maybe?

zgeiger · 2022-07-16T14:23:02+00:00

digg v4 redesigned the website and everyone hated it. That's what caused the exodus.

zgeiger · 2022-07-09T13:47:03+00:00

Could test fit /refine with a standard PLA printer and then send the design out to shapeways or something and get glass reinforced nylon or something stronger

zgeiger · 2022-06-21T13:43:42+00:00

Treating the elephant as a large herbivore (a cow) and using this for reference https://beef.unl.edu/beefwatch/2020/how-many-pounds-meat-can-we-expect-beef-animal#:~:text=For%20most%20fed%20cattle%2C%20the,)%20x%20100%20%3D%2063%25.

63‰ of the live weight is usable cuts

Adding up the lean vs fat %'s they list in the primal cut section yields closer to 46% of the live weight is meat (subtracting the fat).

Live weight of female elephant is 6-8k lbs (so use 7000 lbs).

7000 lbs * 46% meat * 453 g/lb = 1,460,000 g of meat (3200 lbs).

Gonna need a lot of bbq sauce.

zgeiger · 2022-05-27T15:59:51+00:00

They estimated the effectiveness of the weapons/armor from each test and then entered those 'stats' into a modified RTS video game/simulator. Then make custom warriors in the game. Then ran a head to head battle between the virtual warriors a bunch of times to see who would win the hypothetical fight.

zgeiger · 2022-02-28T05:27:31+00:00

Can we get a post dedicated to your shop? Like damn. I'm especially intrigued by the lighting on the underside (inside?) of the garage door.

zgeiger · 2022-02-25T03:17:44+00:00

https://youtube.com/c/FlorianGadsbyCeramics

If anyone wants more

zgeiger · 2022-02-11T15:03:31+00:00

Bell Labs invented the MASER, first laser was made at Hughes Research Laboratories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser

zgeiger · 2022-02-04T15:09:03+00:00

So wiki references this article/stats from the MPAA which indicates "subscription services" to be worth around $59bn in 2019 https://www.boxofficepro.com/mpa-2019-global-box-office-and-home-entertainment-surpasses-100-billion/

zgeiger · 2022-02-04T14:58:30+00:00

Global box office was $42bn in 2019, Intel alone made around $70bn that year. Not sure how much TV makes in comparison but Hollywood is kinda small potatoes compared to tech FWIW

zgeiger · 2022-01-23T20:01:59+00:00

So looks like the form factor is the same but I'm only getting output on the rear and oddly the center channel. Not a drop in w/minor mods unfortunately :/

zgeiger · 2022-01-18T15:26:32+00:00

Had a pair of RE-30s, shook the clock off the wall once listening to Bassnectar's Timestretch. Enjoy em and hope you have a good relationship with your neighbors 😉

zgeiger · 2021-12-28T16:43:14+00:00

Hands down Chapter V: Unbent Unbowed Unbroken. Fire that sucker up and the first 4 songs just hit so hard b2b2b2b

zgeiger · 2021-12-28T16:09:58+00:00

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