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bcohen5055 commented on Milwaukee Tool Raises the Bar with New USA Factory   toolguyd.com/milwaukee-to... · Posted by u/stacktrust
arbitrage · 4 years ago
They're so "made in america" that you have to put qualifiers on that statement ...

not buying it, sorry.

bcohen5055 · 4 years ago
This qualifier is actually more about lawyers and accountants. The US has a very unclear policy about labeling something as USA Made. It comes down to the US content in the BOM cost and it is specific to costs essential to the product, at my last 2 companies these decisions were left to accounting and legal.

In my current company we make sunglasses a non-polarized pair of sunglasses will say made in USA and a polarized pair will say assembled in the USA because the polarized wafers are not domestically made. In both cases the boxes, stickers, and logos are non domestic but aren't counted because they "aren't essential". In my previous company anything that had electronics from overseas had to be "assembled" but electronics from NAFTA areas were "usa made"

In reality it doesn't make much sense to ever have a BOM 100% USA made as that fully negates the benefits of trade but we should have policies that still encourage companies that chose to conduct business here. When consumers are turned off by "assembled in" it drives business out of the country.

*I work as a product development engineer for consumer goods. My current role and previous company both had US MFG sites

Edit: here is a link to the requirements https://www.nist.gov/standardsgov/compliance-faqs-made-usa#4

bcohen5055 commented on Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack   wfla.com/news/hillsboroug... · Posted by u/Firebrand
threatofrain · 6 years ago
> Also should any repercussions be considered against Twitter that a 17yo was able to gain access to the private messages of potentially some of the most important individuals in the world?

Is the suggestion that if your security is weak, at least some of the blame goes to the hacked? If your home security is weak, should we grant more leniency to a burglar? The insurance company should be the one to punish the riskiness of homeowner security.

bcohen5055 · 6 years ago
Not a home but if you were a bank and a 17 year old walked into the bank, talked to someone and was able to walk out with a fat stack of cash i think the insurance company would have to reconsider your policy.

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bcohen5055 commented on 3D Modelling in a Browser   vectary.com/... · Posted by u/redindian75
mmcwilliams · 7 years ago
I think a better distinction here is mesh vs. solid geometry. This is a tool for creating mesh-based models and has a focus on rendering. STL is a mesh format that you can print with consumer 3D printers and it looks like Vectary supports that as an export format, but it's not a product built for engineering or mechanical design.

That said it looks really cool and I would definitely print something made with it. Trying that out now, actually.

bcohen5055 · 7 years ago
The distinction you are looking for is parametric vs. geometric.

Parametric models such as Solidworks or Creo use complex equations to derive the 3D geometry. Geometric models use a point cloud built from polygons to develop surfaces. These point clouds are defined by the user and are not as "stable" when used in product development setting where you are trying to create multiple iterations/sizes of an object

bcohen5055 commented on Samsung used my DSLR photo to fake their phone’s “portrait mode”   diyphotography.net/samsun... · Posted by u/minikites
Angostura · 7 years ago
Except of course that dumb TVs used to at least offer programme guide. Now you can't even get that without an internet connection
bcohen5055 · 7 years ago
There is a system for TV Meta Data to be sent over the air and TVs with tuners used to be able to read this data and create an on screen guide. I had this on one of the first HDTVs I got but haven't seen it since

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program_and_System_Information...

bcohen5055 commented on Home Assistant: Open-source home automation platform running on Python 3   home-assistant.io/... · Posted by u/fanf2
bcohen5055 · 8 years ago
I've been running Home Assistant for a while in Docker on my home NAS server. It runs great, is reliable, very scriptable, and so easy my wife can use it! I run it on my LAN without needing any additional online services and I VPN when away from home if I want to check anything out.
bcohen5055 commented on Amazon's electricity rate discounts have pushed up utility costs   bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/petethomas
jrockway · 8 years ago
I feel like this is nothing new. Every few years, some major sportsball team threatens to leave their city unless the taxpayers fork over mega-billions for a new stadium. Despite any measurable economic benefits to having a stadium, the cities fall for it every time. It's the same thing, right? Amazon says "give us free electricity and we'll make jobs", and the politicians buy it even though it's very unlikely to be true.

Maybe someday we'll get an itemized tax bill, so you can see that you paid $4.12 for Amazon's electricity and $1.23 for a new sports arena, and can vote for someone else if that upsets you. Now that I think about it, that will never happen. And so, the cycle continues.

bcohen5055 · 8 years ago
To be fair they don't pay for it every time... The chargers are now in LA, not SD
bcohen5055 commented on 15 Years of SparkFun   sparkfun.com/news/2571... · Posted by u/kartikkumar
bcohen5055 · 8 years ago
I grew up in Colorado and having them as a local resource for components was truly a gift. My dad was an EE and in his eyes Sparkfun was a great alternative to the Radioshack of his early days.

When I was in college in Fort Collins I made a quite a few trips for last minute parts to finish my projects and I had a ton of fun when I got one of the 5.00 dumpster dive boxes.

Keep up the good work!

bcohen5055 commented on Lemming Suicide Myth: Disney Film Faked Bogus Behavior   adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm... · Posted by u/merraksh
CodesInChaos · 8 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions

Which among many other things, mentions the Lemming Suicide myth:

> Lemmings do not engage in mass suicidal dives off cliffs when migrating. This misconception was popularized by the Disney film White Wilderness, which shot many of the migration scenes (also staged by using multiple shots of different groups of lemmings) on a large, snow-covered turntable in a studio. Photographers later pushed the lemmings off a cliff.[234] The misconception itself is much older, dating back to at least the late 19th century.

bcohen5055 · 8 years ago
Thanks for this list.. you have killed my productivity this afternoon.
bcohen5055 commented on 40% of Americans can't cover a $400 emergency expense   money.cnn.com/2018/05/22/... · Posted by u/uptown
georgrwasington · 8 years ago
I'm actually not going to do this. If you want to have this conversation go read up on it. Not trying to be rude but your question makes it sound like you've never heard the idea before. Given that, I feel like you're not ready to have this conversation. ...I'm trying not to sound rude but it isn't working. I am not expressing malice towards you.
bcohen5055 · 8 years ago
Any links to good articles about this? I for one have not heard of this before.

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