clumma

Returns to Scale vs Experience

How many wristwatches are cheaper than Big Ben?

Abstract

Big machines are sometimes more efficient. But they cost more, so fewer can be produced with a finite budget. Small machines are cheaper and may benefit from improvement over time, driven by experience in building more units. When does this experience lead to greater overall efficiency? We derive an approximation which, given a learning rate, tells how much smaller a machine must be to overcome an initial efficiency disadvantage.

Background

Learning curves were characterized in the context of industrial production in the 1930s by Wright.[^1] The production cost of a machine follows a power law in the number of units made so far

simoncos

Install Golang 1.9:

wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.9.linux-armv6l.tar.gz
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.9.linux-armv6l.tar.gz
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin # put into ~/.profile

If already installed old golang with apt-get:

PurpleBooth

FROM golang:1.9

WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/purplebooth/example
COPY . .
RUN go build -ldflags "-linkmode external -extldflags -static" -a main.go

FROM scratch
COPY --from=0 /go/src/github.com/purplebooth/example/main /main
CMD ["/main"]

jessfraz

# Description: Boxstarter Script
# Author: Jess Frazelle <jess@linux.com>
# Last Updated: 2017-09-11
#
# Install boxstarter:
# 	. { iwr -useb http://boxstarter.org/bootstrapper.ps1 } | iex; get-boxstarter -Force
#
# You might need to set: Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
#
# Run this boxstarter by calling the following from an **elevated** command-prompt:

dmnsgn

A non-exhaustive list of WebGL and WebGPU frameworks and libraries. It is mostly for learning purposes as some of the libraries listed are wip/outdated/not maintained anymore.

Engines and libraries ⚙️

Name	Stars	Last Commit	Description
three.js	![GitHub

simonw

How to recover lost Python source code if it's still resident in-memory

I screwed up using git ("git checkout --" on the wrong file) and managed to delete the code I had just written... but it was still running in a process in a docker container. Here's how I got it back, using https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyrasite/ and https://pypi.python.org/pypi/uncompyle6

Attach a shell to the docker container

Install GDB (needed by pyrasite)

apt-get update && apt-get install gdb

d2s

NOTE: This is heavily outdated Gist snippet from 2017.

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Install Go language with a Bash script

Another alternative to installing Go is to use a simple Bash script. It will download and install Go language under of your own user account.

Note that a system-wide installation might be better for some things

lucabelluccini

MEDICAL DEVICES

http://gyko.microgate.it/it
http://www.molinarilife.it/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Scheda-T-PLATE.pdf
https://www.myvert.com/
http://www.myotest.com/
http://www.lizardmed.eu/it/pedana-lizard-ultimate/57-scheda-tecnica-pedana-lizard-ultimate.html
http://www.myotest.com/

LASER LENSES AND LASER LINE BEAMS

gbaman

Raspberry Pi Zero OTG Mode

Simple guide for setting up OTG modes on the Raspberry Pi Zero - By Andrew Mulholland (gbaman).

The Raspberry Pi Zero (and model A and A+) support USB On The Go, given the processor is connected directly to the USB port, unlike on the B, B+ or Pi 2 B, which goes via a USB hub.
Because of this, if setup to, the Pi can act as a USB slave instead, providing virtual serial (a terminal), virtual ethernet, virtual mass storage device (pendrive) or even other virtual devices like HID, MIDI, or act as a virtual webcam!
It is important to note that, although the model A and A+ can support being a USB slave, they are missing the ID pin (is tied to ground internally) so are unable to dynamically switch between USB master/slave mode. As such, they default to USB master mode. There is no easy way to change this right now.
It is also important to note, that a USB to UART serial adapter is not needed for any of these guides, as may be documented elsewhere across the int

howtogeek

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